Academic Librarianship Today

by Todd Gilman (Editor), Beverly P. Lynch (Foreword by)

Overview

Academic Librarianship Today offers the most current, comprehensive overview of the field available today. Key features include:
·Each chapter was commissioned specifically for this new book, and the authors are highly regarded academic librarians or library school faculty—or both
·Cutting-edge topics such as open access, copyright, digital curation and preservation, emerging technologies, new roles for academic librarians, cooperative collection development and resource sharing, and patron-driven acquisitions are explored in depth
·Each chapter ends with thought-provoking questions for discussion and creative and carefully constructed assignments that faculty can assign or adapt for their courses

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442278752
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/02/2017
Pages:	262
Sales rank:	901,584
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Todd Gilman taught literature and writing at the University of Toronto, Boston University, and MIT before embarking on a career in academic librarianship. Since 2001 he has served as Librarian for Literature in English at Yale University, where he builds humanities collections for Sterling Memorial Library and, as library liaison to various humanities departments, assists undergraduate and graduate students with their library research. Since 2004 Gilman has served as a part-time member of the faculty of the School of Information at San Jose State University, where he teaches graduate courses on Academic Libraries, Reference, and Book and Library History.

Table of Contents

Foreword – Beverly P. Lynch Acknowledgments Introduction - Todd Gilman PART I: The Academic Library Landscape Today Chapter 1: Historical Context and Contemporary Challenges – Deanna B. Marcum Chapter 2: College and University Governance: The Role of the Academic Library – Barbara I. Dewey Chapter 3: Organization, Administration, Management, and Planning – Starr Hoffman Chapter 4: Funding and Budgeting – Tahir Rauf Chapter 5: Faculty Research and Scholarly Communication – Sarah K. Lippincott and Joan K. Lippincott PART II: Academic Librarians and Services Today Chapter 6: Reference, Instruction, and Outreach: Current Methods and Models – Carrie Forbes and Peggy Keeran Chapter 7: Collection Development: General and Special, Print and Digital, and Resource Sharing – Lidia Uziel Chapter 8: Challenges Facing Technical Services – Autumn Faulkner Chapter 9: Librarians and Services in College and Community College Libraries – Zoe Fisher and Kim Read PART III: Changing Priorities, New Directions Chapter 10: Recruitment, Retention, Diversity, and Professional Development – Marta Brunner and Jennifer 'sorio Chapter 11: Library as Place – David W. Lewis Chapter 12: Serving Campus and Remote Students and Faculty: Online Learning, Distance Education, and MOOCs - Debbie Faires Chapter 13: Open Access, Institutional Repositories, E-Science and Data Curation, and Preservation - Brian Owen Chapter 14: Assessment and Evaluation, Promotion, and Marketing of Academic Library Services – Nisa Bakkalbasi Chapter 15: A Vision for the Future: New Roles for Academic Librarians – Ronald C. Jantz Bibliography Index About the Editor and Contributors

Editorial Reviews

Academic libraries are increasingly seen as a hub for faculty and student engagement across curricular and co-curricular programs, and a catalyst for innovation across the academic enterprise. Thriving at the center of a swiftly changing higher education experience requires academic librarians to be prepared to take advantage of a host of opportunities to demonstrate the impact of their work on teaching, learning, and scholarship, and this requires a broader introduction to the academic enterprise as part of LIS education and a commitment to continued learning about its future directions. Gilman and his co-authors provide one of the best introductions currently available to the array of challenges and opportunities that academic librarians must embrace as they plan their careers and their continuing professional education in this environment of transformational change.

Scott Walter

Todd Gilman has put together a first-rate book on the issues facing academic libraries and librarians today. Moreover, he has selected a genuine who’s-who of thinkers and practitioners, each of whom is uniquely able to provide a critical perspective on the fifteen topics included in the book. While some collections of essays are uneven, this volume provides consistently excellent pieces on difficult and complex matters. Each essay is concise, but it is by no means cursory…. The scope of inclusion—from state and federal influences all the way to the roles of institutional general counsels and alumni affairs—is extremely difficult to locate elsewhere…. There are two additional aspects of the book—very positive aspects—that need to be mentioned. Each essay includes either extensive notes or bibliographies; these are extremely useful for practicing professionals and for teachers and students. The other aspect is the inclusion in each essay of activity questions and assignments. It is this aspect that lends the book most readily to instructional use, giving potential students prompts according to which they can ponder seriously the meaning and implications of the topics presented. In short, Gilman has done a real service in putting together a uniformly excellent volume. First, all academic libraries should acquire the book for professional development purposes. Second, academic programs should give serious consideration to using this book in instruction. As collections of essays go, this book is exceptional.

College & Research Libraries

Academic libraries are increasingly seen as a hub for faculty and student engagement across curricular and co-curricular programs, and a catalyst for innovation across the academic enterprise. Thriving at the center of a swiftly-changing higher education experience requires academic librarians to be prepared to take advantage of a host of opportunities to demonstrate the impact of their work on teaching, learning, and scholarship, and this requires a broader introduction to the academic enterprise as part of LIS education and a commitment to continued learning about its future directions. Gilman and his co-authors provide one of the best introductions currently available to the array of challenges and opportunities that academic librarians must embrace as they plan their careers and their continuing professional education in this environment of transformational change.

Scott Walker

09/01/2017
Academic libraries are the cornerstone of higher education institutions. Beverly Lynch (dept. of information studies, Univ. of California Los Angeles) begins this book with a foreword discussing the current state of academic libraries, how they are constantly evolving, and how information technology is a crucial part of their mission. An introduction by editor Gilman (librarian for literature in English, Yale Univ.) lays out the framework and topics of importance discussed in later chapters: financial and technological challenges facing academic libraries, the library's governance and organization within the larger university, research and scholarly communication efforts, recruitment and retention, and more. Chapters are authored by well-respected librarians and or professors of library science, including Starr Hoffman (head of planning & assessment, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Barbara I. Dewey (dean, univ. libraries & scholarly communications, Pennsylvania State Univ.). Sections also touch upon open access, emerging technologies, and resource sharing. At the end of each chapter, questions and assignments will spark further conversation on the subjects. VERDICT A thoroughly useful option in the field of academic librarianship. Beneficial for all academic libraries.—Holly Skir, York Coll., CUNY

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