By: Kevin B. Gunn (Editor), Elizabeth Dankert Hammond (Editor)

Hardcover

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Given the continuing cataclysmic shift in the economic landscape in the last few years, librarians have been forced to reevaluate not only the traditional services that they offer but also their continued existence and relevance to their academic institutions. Given the 'new normal' of tighter constraint on personnel and materials budgets, librarians now are compelled to find new ways of offering services and forging new relationships with departments and programs outside the traditional library setting.

This volume highlights a number of projects being implemented in academic libraries including: rethinking the entire concept of a library, redefining physical space for new collaborative uses, adapting entrepreneurial techniques to acquire funding, creating new research tools and improving services, forging new consortial partnerships, allying more closely the mission of the library with that of the institution, and adapting public library programs to academic libraries. By re-examining the purpose of an academic library under continuing financial duress, librarians can ensure that their libraries will continue to have relevance to higher education.

This book was published as a special issue of College & Undergraduate Libraries.

Introduction
New Wine, New Wineskins
Other People's Money: Adapting Entrepreneurial Techniques to Build Capital in Challenging Economic Times
Library Staff Development: How Book Clubs Can Be More Effective (and Less Expensive) than Traditional Trainings
The NYU Survey Service: Promoting Value in Undergraduate Education
Engaging the Campus Community Through New Roles and New Relationships: The McMaster University Library Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Cool Collaborations: Designing a Better Library Experience
The Third Place: The Library as Collaborative and Community Space in a Time of Fiscal Restraint
Strategically Leveraging Learning Space to Create Partnership Opportunities
Hitching Your Wagon to the Right Star: A Case Study in Collaboration
Delivering Information Literacy Instruction for a Joint International Program: An Innovative Collaboration Between Two Libraries
Building a Shared Digital Collection: The Experience of the Cooperating Libraries in Consortium
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ISBN: 9780415538756
ISBN-10: 0415538750
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 176
Published: 20th August 2012
Dimensions (cm): 25.2 x 17.4  x 1.4
Weight (kg): 0.48