Last One Out Turn Off the Lights

Is This the Future of American and Canadian Libraries?
Herausgeber: Cleyle, Susan E.; McGillis, Louise M.

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of thought-provoking essays challenges librarians to consider the future of the profession, particularly as it relates to the Web, the library as place, delivering services to the desktop, certification, and the future of professional associations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9780810851924
• ISBN-10: 081085192X
• Artikelnr.: 22078398

Autorenporträt

Susan Cleyle is an Associate University Librarian with Memorial University of Newfoundland. She has written and spoken on a variety of topics that will affect the profession both today and tomorrow. Louise McGillis is an Information Services Librarian with Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University in Corner Brook Newfoundland. Louise's expertise is in the area of user preferences and usage statistics, two areas of grave importance to the future of successful libraries.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preface Part 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 Introduction: Change the
Lightbulb or Flip the Switch - Our Choice! Part 4 Part 1: The Tug of War
between Libraries and the Web: Who Will End Up in the Dirt? Chapter 5 1 The
Microwave of the Reference World Chapter 6 2 Library Prophets and Library
Pornographers: Some Problems That Arise When We Talk about Libraries and
the Web Chapter 7 3 The Library Blog: Serving Users and Staying Relevant
Part 8 Part 2: Wake Up and Smell the Coffee: How Do We Reinvent the Library
as Place? Chapter 9 4 "Real" University Libraries Don't Have Neon Lights
Chapter 10 5 A Refuge and a Sanctuary: Vancouver's Carnegie Library as
Civic Space Chapter 11 6 Public Libraries and Services to Students: Taking
Up the Slack in the Face of Budget Cuts Part 12 Part 3: The End of the
World as We Know It: What Are the Consequences of Pushing to the Desktop?
Chapter 13 7 Being All We Can Be: The Web as Both a Threat and the Means of
Our Salvation Chapter 14 8 The Challenges of Our Success: Consequences of
Pushing to the Desktop Chapter 15 9 All or Nothing at All: The Consequences
of Pushing Electronic Resources to the Desktop Part 16 Part 4: From
Librarian to Cybrarian: Can Certification Redefine Us? Chapter 17 10
Post-Master's Certification: A Case for Responsive Education Chapter 18 11
Door #1: Certification. Door #2: Not! Door #3: Real Solutions Chapter 19 12
The Certification Debate: Will You, Won't You, Will You, Won't You, Will
You Join the Dance? Part 20 Part 5: Mixing the Old with the New: How Do
Library Associations Survive? Chapter 21 13 Changing Roles for Library
Associations Chapter 22 14 Texas Library Association: A Success Story
Chapter 23 15 Lighting the Way: Can Library Associations Shape Our Future?
Chapter 24 16 I Don't Wanna Pay If I Can't Play: One New Librarian's Vision
of Library Associations Part 25 Epilogue Part 26 About the Editors and
Contributors