The End of Wisdom?: The Future of Libraries in a Digital Age

The End of Wisdom? The Future of Libraries in a Digital Age assembles opinion pieces, forecasts, strategy options, and case studies from leading worldwide politicians, academics, educators, authors, publishers, captains of industry, senior public sector workers, library directors, IT gurus and other key players in the field of information provision who discuss their views on the hypothesis surrounding the end of libraries and the death of books. The contributions - ranging in length from 500 to 2000 words are analyzed and summarized to create a rich picture of current trends and likely futures for libraries of all types, with digital options discussed in detail. Focuses on the key issue facing library and information services for the foreseeable futureTakes a much broader view by asking a wide range of key people and representative stakeholders and user groups for their view of the future of libraries of all kindsPresents a comprehensive analysis of likely directions and options for libraries, library managers, and usersIncludes a route map for the futureBuilds on the successful approaches adopted in A Handbook of Digital Library Economics and Libraries and Society INDICE: Henrik Jochumsen, Dorte Skot-Hansen and Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen - The four spaces of the public libraryCharlie Smith - The influence of digital media on the design of librariesJulie Arndrup - The best of both worldsMai Aggerbeck, Kirsten Maibom and Karen Frederiksen - The disembedded librarian: A vision of the librarian's future role in an educational contextPatrick Lo and Dickson Chiu - Informal interview with school librariansDiana L.H. Chan - Using formal and informal channels to update librarians' skill setsTibor Koltay - Library 2.0: Lost illusions?Matthew Naughtin - Digital music preparation in the modern orchestral library Bruce E. Massis - The academic library in 2020 Bernard Scaife - Using technology to make more digital content openly availableEvgenia Vassilakaki - New trends in higher education: can information professional rise to the challenge?Joachim Schöpfel - Six futures of academic librariesChérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri - From being libraries to becoming the Switchmen of scholarship in the digital ageSteve Bowman - Digital pedagogy and the student voiceVivien Sieber, Julia Anthoney, Heather Barker, Mary Dickinson, and Ellie Roberts - Information literacy in a digital age: embedding information literacy in the curriculumLouise Overgaard - Playing, creating, learning: the future public library for children and familiesStephen Akintunde - The future of libraries in NigeriaDaniella Smith - Reinvigorated opportunities: libraries as essential institutions for youthBas Savenije - A cooperative model for a national digital libraryBelén Fornovi Rodríguez - In the core of researchDr Rafael Ball - Information management of the futureNiels Brügger - Webraries and web archives - the web between public and privateKaren Carden - Not only but also?

• ISBN: 978-0-08-100142-4
• Editorial: Chandos Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 208
• Fecha Publicación: 15/05/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés