Libraries in the Twenty-First Century
Charting Directions in Information Services
Published on 31. May 2007
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404 pages
978-1-876938-43-7 (ISBN)
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Libraries in the Twenty-First Century brings together library educators and practitioners to provide a scholarly yet accessible overview of library and information management and the challenges that the twenty-first century offers the information profession. The papers in this collection illustrate the changing nature of the library as it evolves into its twenty-first century manifestation. The national libraries of Australia and New Zealand, for instance, have harnessed information and communication technologies to create institutions that are far more national, even democratic, in terms of delivery of service and sheer presence than their print-based predecessors.Aimed at practitioners and students alike, this publication covers specific types of library and information agencies, discusses specific aspects of library and information management and places developments in library and information services in a number of broad contexts: socio-economic, ethico-legal, historical and educational.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Elsevier Science & Technology
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Professional and scholarly
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650 gr
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Content
Acknowledgements
Figures and tables
Introduction
Chapter outline
Part 1: Library and information agencies in the twenty-first century: case studies
Chapter 1: The evolving public library
The public library mission
Services offered and staff required
Public library collections
Library facilities
Cataloguing and processing of material
Funding of public libraries and their relationship to state and local government
Trends and issues for public libraries
Conclusion
Chapter 2: Teacher librarians and the school library
The learning and teaching context of school libraries
The school library mission
Standards for school libraries
The role of the teacher librarian
Information literacy in schools
Collection development in school libraries
Information services to students and teachers
The school library website and school intranet
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Higher education libraries
Mission of higher education libraries
Policy and regulation
Student population
Learning and teaching
Quality assurance
Resource sharing
Research
Academic publishing
Workforce planning
Higher education libraries in regional Australia: a case study
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Special libraries and information services
Special libraries in Australia
Competencies of special librarians
Core competencies
Professional competencies
Personal competencies
'Sees the big picture'
'Seeks out challenges and capitalizes on new opportunities' and 'Thinks creatively and innovatively; seeks new or "reinvents? opportunities'
'Remains flexible and positive in a time of continuing change'
'Presents ideas clearly; negotiates confidently and persuasively' and 'Communicates effectively'
'Creates partnerships and alliances'
Law libraries
Parliamentary libraries
Challenges for special libraries
Conclusion
Chapter 5: National, state and territory libraries: information for the nation
National & State Libraries Australasia (NSLA)
Collections: building and preserving
Digital collecting and preservation
Access to collections and information services
Australia's national infrastructure
Libraries Australia: national access to forty million resources
PictureAustralia
Other collaborative resource discovery services
Relationship with public libraries
Development of digital collections for national access
Supporting research at the national level
National planning: Peak Bodies Forum and a national agenda
Delivering services to users in the twenty-first century
Part 2: Library and information services in the twenty-first century
Chapter 6: Creating desire: bringing the library client and the librarian together
Information seekers and their information needs
Motivating the information seeker
Communication and the reference interview
Ensuring successful librarian-user interaction
Reference service in different library settings
Future of librarian-user interaction
Conclusion
Chapter 7: Information sources
Internet directories
Search engines
Bibliographies
Indexing and abstracting databases
'Ready reference' information sources
Almanacs and yearbooks
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Biographical sources
Geographical sources
Directories of organisations
Government publications
Audiovisual materials
Evaluation of sources
Conclusion: the future of information sources
Chapter 8: Current issues in library collecting
Libraries and collection management policy
Libraries and other collecting agencies
Collection assessment
Selection of library resources
Suppliers and subscription agents
Cooperative collecting
Digital collections, including e-journals
The 'big deal' and consortia
Institutional repositories
Care of library material
Special collections
Deselection
Space and storage
Conclusion
Chapter 9: Information access
Organisation and retrieval
Online and hybrid IR systems
Directories
Databases
Search engines
Computerisation and human indexers
Manual IR systems
Indexing
Vocabulary control
Descriptive cataloguing and bibliographic description
Archival description
Authority control
Subject indexing
Classification
Metadata
MARC (machine-readable cataloguing)
Information architecture
The future of information organisation
Chapter 10: Library and information systems: a work in progress
Trends in library technology
The integrated library management system (ILMS)
Portals
Digital repositories
Open source
Conclusion
Part 3: The information environment in the twenty-first century
Chapter 11: Beyond the corporate library: information management in organisations
Information acquisition
Information organisation
Current awareness and environmental scanning
Resource evaluation
Quality control
Requirements analysis
Information policy
Conclusion
Chapter 12: Evidence and memory: records services and archives
What are records and archives?
Libraries, records and archives
Archives and community advocacy
Recordkeeping standards
Cooperation between Australian recordkeeping authorities
Recordkeeping in a digital world
Metadata and descriptive standards
Developing recordkeeping theory
Recordkeeping professionals and professional associations
Conclusion
Chapter 13: Information literacy and the leveraging of corporate knowledge
Conceiving information literacy: a research perspective
Information literacy in an educational context
Information literacy instruction in libraries
Conclusion
Chapter 14: The historical perspective: where we've come from
Why study Australian library history?
How do we structure history?
What library history has been published?
The evolution of libraries
The evolution of libraries in Australia: the case of public libraries
Coda: the past and the future
Chapter 15: The social, political and cultural context of libraries in the twenty-first century: an overview
From post-industrial to knowledge societies
Cultural diversity in a networked world
Australia as an information economy
The citizen of the information society
Knowledge and the culture of global information
The postmodern information environment
A global public sphere and collective intelligence
The library as postmodern institution
Chapter 16: Ethics and law for information practice
Ethics and ethical practice
History of information ethics
Professional values in library and information work
Codes of practice
Australian law
Intellectual property
Censorship
Privacy
Freedom of Information
National security
Information ethics and legal obligations
Human rights and responsibility
Information production
Information collection and classification
Information access and dissemination
Professional responsibility
Conclusion
Chapter 17: Library managers today: the challenges
External and internal analysis
Performance measurement
Costs and budgetary issues
The changing nature of collections
Convergence and competition
Client needs and expectations - library users and non-users
Marketing and image
The marketing plan
Product
Pricing
Promotion
Place
Goal of the marketing plan
Structures and flexibility
Staffing
Casualisation of staffing
Ageing of the workforce
Succession planning
'Credential creep'
Outsourcing
Merging departments
Performance appraisal/management
Professional development
Staff recruitment
Conclusion
Chapter 18: Education for library and information service
Historical perspectives of LIS education
History of LIS education in Australia
Course recognition issues
LIS student issues
LIS educator issues
Curriculum Issues
LIS research and LIS practice issues
Conclusion
Conclusion: From people's university to information for all
Library and information agencies
Achieving agency
The agency of libraries and information services
Final conclusion
Appendices
Appendix 1 The NSLA libraries - some basic facts
Appendix 2: Australian law - overview of legislation discussed in Chapter 16
Glossary
Biographical notes on contributors
Index
Figures and tables
Introduction
Chapter outline
Part 1: Library and information agencies in the twenty-first century: case studies
Chapter 1: The evolving public library
The public library mission
Services offered and staff required
Public library collections
Library facilities
Cataloguing and processing of material
Funding of public libraries and their relationship to state and local government
Trends and issues for public libraries
Conclusion
Chapter 2: Teacher librarians and the school library
The learning and teaching context of school libraries
The school library mission
Standards for school libraries
The role of the teacher librarian
Information literacy in schools
Collection development in school libraries
Information services to students and teachers
The school library website and school intranet
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Higher education libraries
Mission of higher education libraries
Policy and regulation
Student population
Learning and teaching
Quality assurance
Resource sharing
Research
Academic publishing
Workforce planning
Higher education libraries in regional Australia: a case study
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Special libraries and information services
Special libraries in Australia
Competencies of special librarians
Core competencies
Professional competencies
Personal competencies
'Sees the big picture'
'Seeks out challenges and capitalizes on new opportunities' and 'Thinks creatively and innovatively; seeks new or "reinvents? opportunities'
'Remains flexible and positive in a time of continuing change'
'Presents ideas clearly; negotiates confidently and persuasively' and 'Communicates effectively'
'Creates partnerships and alliances'
Law libraries
Parliamentary libraries
Challenges for special libraries
Conclusion
Chapter 5: National, state and territory libraries: information for the nation
National & State Libraries Australasia (NSLA)
Collections: building and preserving
Digital collecting and preservation
Access to collections and information services
Australia's national infrastructure
Libraries Australia: national access to forty million resources
PictureAustralia
Other collaborative resource discovery services
Relationship with public libraries
Development of digital collections for national access
Supporting research at the national level
National planning: Peak Bodies Forum and a national agenda
Delivering services to users in the twenty-first century
Part 2: Library and information services in the twenty-first century
Chapter 6: Creating desire: bringing the library client and the librarian together
Information seekers and their information needs
Motivating the information seeker
Communication and the reference interview
Ensuring successful librarian-user interaction
Reference service in different library settings
Future of librarian-user interaction
Conclusion
Chapter 7: Information sources
Internet directories
Search engines
Bibliographies
Indexing and abstracting databases
'Ready reference' information sources
Almanacs and yearbooks
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Biographical sources
Geographical sources
Directories of organisations
Government publications
Audiovisual materials
Evaluation of sources
Conclusion: the future of information sources
Chapter 8: Current issues in library collecting
Libraries and collection management policy
Libraries and other collecting agencies
Collection assessment
Selection of library resources
Suppliers and subscription agents
Cooperative collecting
Digital collections, including e-journals
The 'big deal' and consortia
Institutional repositories
Care of library material
Special collections
Deselection
Space and storage
Conclusion
Chapter 9: Information access
Organisation and retrieval
Online and hybrid IR systems
Directories
Databases
Search engines
Computerisation and human indexers
Manual IR systems
Indexing
Vocabulary control
Descriptive cataloguing and bibliographic description
Archival description
Authority control
Subject indexing
Classification
Metadata
MARC (machine-readable cataloguing)
Information architecture
The future of information organisation
Chapter 10: Library and information systems: a work in progress
Trends in library technology
The integrated library management system (ILMS)
Portals
Digital repositories
Open source
Conclusion
Part 3: The information environment in the twenty-first century
Chapter 11: Beyond the corporate library: information management in organisations
Information acquisition
Information organisation
Current awareness and environmental scanning
Resource evaluation
Quality control
Requirements analysis
Information policy
Conclusion
Chapter 12: Evidence and memory: records services and archives
What are records and archives?
Libraries, records and archives
Archives and community advocacy
Recordkeeping standards
Cooperation between Australian recordkeeping authorities
Recordkeeping in a digital world
Metadata and descriptive standards
Developing recordkeeping theory
Recordkeeping professionals and professional associations
Conclusion
Chapter 13: Information literacy and the leveraging of corporate knowledge
Conceiving information literacy: a research perspective
Information literacy in an educational context
Information literacy instruction in libraries
Conclusion
Chapter 14: The historical perspective: where we've come from
Why study Australian library history?
How do we structure history?
What library history has been published?
The evolution of libraries
The evolution of libraries in Australia: the case of public libraries
Coda: the past and the future
Chapter 15: The social, political and cultural context of libraries in the twenty-first century: an overview
From post-industrial to knowledge societies
Cultural diversity in a networked world
Australia as an information economy
The citizen of the information society
Knowledge and the culture of global information
The postmodern information environment
A global public sphere and collective intelligence
The library as postmodern institution
Chapter 16: Ethics and law for information practice
Ethics and ethical practice
History of information ethics
Professional values in library and information work
Codes of practice
Australian law
Intellectual property
Censorship
Privacy
Freedom of Information
National security
Information ethics and legal obligations
Human rights and responsibility
Information production
Information collection and classification
Information access and dissemination
Professional responsibility
Conclusion
Chapter 17: Library managers today: the challenges
External and internal analysis
Performance measurement
Costs and budgetary issues
The changing nature of collections
Convergence and competition
Client needs and expectations - library users and non-users
Marketing and image
The marketing plan
Product
Pricing
Promotion
Place
Goal of the marketing plan
Structures and flexibility
Staffing
Casualisation of staffing
Ageing of the workforce
Succession planning
'Credential creep'
Outsourcing
Merging departments
Performance appraisal/management
Professional development
Staff recruitment
Conclusion
Chapter 18: Education for library and information service
Historical perspectives of LIS education
History of LIS education in Australia
Course recognition issues
LIS student issues
LIS educator issues
Curriculum Issues
LIS research and LIS practice issues
Conclusion
Conclusion: From people's university to information for all
Library and information agencies
Achieving agency
The agency of libraries and information services
Final conclusion
Appendices
Appendix 1 The NSLA libraries - some basic facts
Appendix 2: Australian law - overview of legislation discussed in Chapter 16
Glossary
Biographical notes on contributors
Index