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Transforming Research Libraries for the Global Knowledge Society

Barbara I Dewey, University of Tennessee Libraries, USA

 - authors are leaders in the research libraries field from a variety of countries
 - thought provoking chapters will help guide research library transformation globally
 - contains a diversity of thinking on research librarianship in the 21st century
 - chapters reflect deep experience and varied expertise of authors

Transforming Research Libraries for the Global Knowledge Society explores critical aspects of research library transformation needed for successful transition into our vastly different 21st century multicultural environment. The book is written by leaders in the field who have real world experience with transformational change and thought-provoking ideas for the future of research libraries, academic librarianship, research collections, and the changing nature of global scholarship within a higher education context.

ISBN 1 84334 594 3
ISBN-13: 978 1 84334 594 7
September 2010
208 pages  234 x 156mm  paperback  
£45.00 / US$75.00 / €55.00

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About the author

Barbara I. Dewey is Dean of Libraries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. From 1987 until 2000 she held several administrative positions at the University of Iowa Libraries including Director, Information and Research Services and finally Interim University Librarian. Prior to her work at Iowa she held positions at Indiana University, Northwestern University, and Minnesota Valley Regional Library in Mankato, Minnesota. She is the author or editor of six books and has published articles and presented papers on research library topics including digital libraries, diversity, technology, user education, fundraising, organizational development and human resources.

Contents

PART 1 FRAMING THE TWENTY FIRST-CENTURY RESEARCH LIBRARY
PART 2 ORGANIZATION AND THE UNIVERSITY CONTEXT
PART 3 PARTNERS AND COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS
PART 4 CREATING ACCESSIBLE AND ENDURING SCHOLARSHIP

Transforming research libraries: an introduction
Barbara I. Dewey
 - Introduction
 - Transformation from different perspectives
 - Relevance and effectiveness
 - Organizing for successful collaboration
 - Creation literacy: an example of the transformation journey
 - Knowledge creation is global
 - Conclusions: building to scale at the interfaces of culture
 - Notes

PART 1 FRAMING THE TWENTY FIRST-CENTURY RESEARCH LIBRARY

Advancing from Kumbaya to radical collaboration: redefi ning the future research library
James G. Neal
 - Collaboration and innovation
 - Radical collaboration
 - Strategic leadership for preservation
 - Accountability and assessment
 - Library space and collaboration
 - Big science and data curation
 - Faculty relationships
 - The 2CUL project
 - Conclusions
 - Note

Will universities still need libraries (or librarians) in 2020?
Graham Jefcoate
 - Introduction
 - Contours of change
 - What will the university’s information needs be in 2020?
 - The ‘library’ in 2020
 - ‘Librarians in 2020’
 - Some conclusions
 - Notes

Transforming research libraries: Piano, piano, si va lontano
Jennifer A. Younger
 - Starting at the top
 - Leading organizational transformations
 - An enabling vision
 - Creating opportunities for others to do the right things
 - The acquisition of knowledge, professional networks, and partners
 - Transformative, collaborative priorities
 - The continuing involvement of the user community
 - Piano, piano, si va lontano: toward lasting transformations
 - Selected references and bibliography

The transformation of academic libraries in China
Anthony W. Ferguson
 - Yesteryear’s libraries
 - Today’s libraries
 - Staffing: recovery
 - Collections and collection development
 - Library buildings
 - Summary and challenges
 - References

PART 2 ORGANIZATION AND THE UNIVERSITY CONTEXT

Organizational and strategic alignment for academic libraries
Brinley Franklin
 - Introduction
 - The strategy focused organization
 - Aligning strategies to performance
 - Strategic alignment in the academic environment
 - Strategic alignment for academic libraries
 - Organizational alignment for libraries
 - Organizational and strategic alignment for libraries – the leadership challenge
 - Acknowledgements
 - Bibliography

Building key relationships with senior campus administrators
Jeffrey G. Trzeciak
 - Introduction
 - About McMaster University
 - Human performance technology
 - Systems theory
 - Applying the HPT model, phase one: performance analysis
 - Phase two: cause analysis
 - Phase three: intervention (selection and implementation)
 - Phase four: evaluation
 - Conclusion
 - Appendix A: Interview questions
 - Appendix B: Focus groups
 - Appendix C: Web survey questions
 - Notes

PART 3 PARTNERS AND COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS

Partnerships and connections
Nancy Noe and Bonnie MacEwan
 - Partners defi ned
 - Engaging partners
 - Sustaining partners
 - Partnering skills
 - Future partners
 - Bibliography
 - Notes

Common spaces, common ground: shaping intercultural experiences in the learning commons
Allison S. Bolorizadeh and Rita H. Smith
 - Impetus for change
 - The commons concept
 - The role of Web 2.0
 - A learning commons and Ready for the World
 - Common Ground Book Club
 - The Sparky Awards
 - Commons World
 - Film discussion series
 - Programming for international students
 - Conclusion
 - Notes

PART 4 CREATING ACCESSIBLE AND ENDURING SCHOLARSHIP

New modes of scholarly communication: implications of Web 2.0 in the context of research dissemination
Gunilla Widén
 - Introduction
 - Scholarly communication
 - Social web and interactive tools
 - Scholarly communication and implications of Web 2.0
 - Developing academic library services towards scholarly communication 2.0
 - Conclusions
 - References

Coming home: scholarly publishing returns to the university
Linda L. Phillips
 - Introduction
 - Digital publishing issues
 - Campus publishing stakeholders
 - Creators
 - University publishing as commodity
 - Publishing: a university priority
 - Conclusion
 - Notes

Confronting challenges of documentation in the digital world: the Human Rights Documentation Initiative at the University of Texas
Fred Heath, Christian Kelleher, T-Kay Sangwand, and Kevin Wood
 - Introduction
 - The birth of the Human Rights Documentation Initiative
 - Mission and scope of the HRDI
 - Building external partnerships
 - Access
 - Privacy
 - Archiving the Internet
 - Collaboration
 - Conclusion
 - Appendix 1: List of Human Rights Documentation Initiative personnel
 - Notes