Transforming Health Sciences Library Spaces (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Campbell, Alanna

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Transforming Health Sciences Library Spaces presents first-hand case studies and practical advice on transforming health sciences library spaces in the 21st century. Collected here are the experiences and thoughts of librarians on the transformation of health sciences library spaces. They provide insights into planning, budgeting, collecting, and integrating user feedback, collaborating with leadership and architects and thriving in the good times and the tight times. The book has three main sections: The Realities of Making Virtual Work Library Spaces that Work for Users Library Spaces Working with What They've Got These tackle crucial issues including: Identifying and overhauling dated spaces that lack flexibilityGathering information on usage behavior and user feedback in relation to our spaces.Working with feedback to increase satisfaction, and use of the library space with little funds. Removing a large percentage of the physical collection and deciding what to replace it with.Maximizing relationships with stakeholders such as leadership and external departments to transform the library space.Understanding what going 100% virtual means in practice. Managing usage of materials not traditionally well suited to online access.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538114681
• Artikelnr.: 54593930

Autorenporträt

Alanna Campbell, MISt is the Public Services Librarian with the Health Sciences Library at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM). Her research interests include library spaces, user engagement and evidence based medicine. Alanna has presented at a number of conferences on these topics, and more, including the Canadian Health Libraries Association's and Medical Library Association's annual conferences, Library as Place and the Ontario Library Association's Super Conference. Transforming Health Sciences Library Spaces was edited based on her passion for library spaces and desire to keep them relevant, up to date and meaningful.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Library Spaces That Work for Users
Chapter 1
Consumer Health Library Spaces: 'If you build it, will they come?'
Stevo Rocksandic and Allison Erlinger
Chapter 2
Space Utilization Study by Ithika S+R
Mellanye Lackey, Jean P. Shipman, Camille Salmond, and Darell Schmick
Chapter 3
Services and Space in Support of Innovation
Valrie Minson, Christine Driver Yip, Sara Russell Gonzalez, Neelam Bharti
and Adam Brown
Chapter 4
Rethink, Redo, Repurpose: Transforming the Library Space to Meet Clients'
Needs
Stevo Roksandic and Allison Erlinger
Part II: Working in Unique Spaces
Chapter 5
From There to Here to Virtual: Transformative Change at Chamberlain
University
Lisa Blackwell
Chapter 6
Showing Leadership in Virtual Library Spaces
Helen-Ann Brown Epstein
Chapter 7
Reimagining Special Collections Spaces
Esther Carrigan and Nancy Burford
Part III: Library Spaces Working with What They've Got
Chapter 8
How One Library Streamlined, Slimmed Down and Became More Efficient After
Losing 50% of Their Space
Jessica Decaro and Shannon Butcheck
Chapter 9
Surviving Tight Budgets and Proving Value-Added in Library Spaces
Margaret Hoogland
Chapter 10
Nickel and Diming Library Space Improvements with the Annual Library Budget
Alanna Campbell and Patty Fink
Epilogue: To Be a Building or Not to Be
Looking Toward the Future
Jean Shipman and Alanna Campbell