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Digital Dilemmas and Solutions

Peter Limb, Michigan State University Libraries, USA

Chandos Information Professional Series

 - provides analysis of recent trends and relevant and viable solutions to problems facing all librarians
 - written by a highly knowledgeable and well-respected practitioner in the field
 - draws on the author’s international and practical experience in libraries and experience of leading-edge developments in the field

Today, all librarians face daunting challenges posed by trends in technology, publishing, and education as the impact of a globalising information economy forces a rethink of both library strategic directions and everyday library operations. This book brings together the main issues and dilemmas facing libraries; the book clearly shows how to deal with them, and provides a best-practice guide to the solutions.

Readership: Managerial and supervisory levels within library and information services; students and staff in library/information studies courses (undergraduate and postgraduate); educationalists; publishers; and all people interested in recent information and digital trends.

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About the author

Dr Peter Limb, based at Michigan State University Libraries, is a widely known and published author and frequent presenter at international conferences. Dr Limb is also involved in a number of internationally-based library and digitisation projects.

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Contents

The impact of a globalising information economy
 - Introduction
 - Trends in technology, education and publishing
 - Conclusion
 - Note

Libraries, digitisation and change
 - Introduction
 - Changes in the form and delivery of information
 - Changes in the nature of library operations
 - Case study: changes in the reference paradigm
 - Convergences and divergences
 - Conclusion
 - Notes

Changing strategies: winning the information game
 - Introduction
 - Collection development in the digital age
 - Presenting digital information
 - Managing digital data
 - Conclusion
 - Note

Applying digital technologies
 - Introduction
 - Digital projects and their impact
 - Emerging models of library digitisation
 - Digital preservation
 - Future trends
 - Conclusion

User perspectives
 - Introduction
 - Attracting users to the library – physically and virtually
 - Teaching users to exploit the ‘new library’
 - New needs of new library users
 -  Conclusion
 - Note

Managing change
 - Introduction
 - Financial constraints and solutions
 - Personnel and operations management
 - The ‘new librarian’ coping with constant change
 - Libraries as managers and marketers of information
 - Cooperation or competition?
 - Conclusion
 - Notes

Resolving ethical and legal dilemmas and problems
 - Introduction
 - Disturbing challenges
 - Commercial capers
 - Digital divides and ethical issues
 - The librarian as digital mentor, partner, guide
 - Conclusion
 - Note

Conclusion