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Academic Branch Libraries in Changing TimesNevenka Zdravkovska, University of Maryland, USA
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The thorough efforts of the author's quality research, combined with her experience and knowledge of the topic, make this a very comprehensive, well-researched text.
The Australian Library Journal
After reading this text I now have a very comprehensive and balanced understanding of the topic. Overall, this is a very interesting and informative text.
The Australian Library Journal
- provides practical and realistic solutions to academic libraries that they can execute in their daily operating cycle
- covers a variety of issues from staffing and public services, through to collections and bibliographic instruction
- presents a clear analysis of the current situation and suggestions for the future
- written by a knowledgeable and respected practitioner in the field
- includes examples drawn from the author’s wide-ranging practical experience in managing the Engineering and Physical Sciences branch library at the University of Maryland
Are academic branch libraries going to be extinct in the near future? In these difficult economic times, when collections are digitized rapidly, is there still a need for a separate unit within proximity to the department, school, or college with a subject-based or subject-specific collection? Academic Branch Libraries in Changing Times gives a brief historical overview of the role of a branch academic library. It reviews the current situation from a practitioner’s point of view and suggests solutions for the future.
ISBN 1 84334 630 3
ISBN-13: 978 1 84334 630 2
August 2011
230 pages 234 x 156mm paperback
£47.50 / US$80.00 / €55.00
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About the author
Ms. Nevenka Zdravkovska is the Head of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Library (EPSL) at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. Prior to that she was the Science Reference Librarian at the Blommer Science Library, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA. Nevenka holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Engineering Physics from Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia and a Masters of Library Science (MLS) from Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, USA. She has presented at international library conferences on a number of issues with a focus on academic library collections and services.
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Contents
Historical overview of academic branch libraries
- The beginnings
- The state of academic research branch libraries
- Evolution of branch libraries at the University of Maryland
- References
Types of branch libraries
- Definitions
- Discipline specific branch libraries
- Undergraduate library
- Departmental libraries
- References
Most common subject branch libraries
- Music libraries as special collections
- The case of the chemistry libraries
- The many faces of science and engineering libraries
- References
Assessment/review of viability of branch libraries
- Published guidelines
- Examples of assessment studies
- Examples of consolidating/closing branches
- Adding new branches
- References
Future of academic branch libraries
- Publications of note
- Twenty-first century creations
- Examples of changes
- Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove (Author: Irene Munster)
- Conclusion
- References
Appendix A: National Center for Education Statistics
Appendix B: ARL Academic US Member Libraries/Branch Listing Websites (August 16, 2010)
Appendix C: Engineering Branch Library Example