Bold Minds

ISBN-13: 9781783304530 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 224 str.

Leo Appleton

Opis

This book brings together international leaders who frame many aspects of the current library provision and who carry responsibility for the library models of the future to consider how librarians and libraries can be a driving force in a time of disruptive economic, technological and cultural change.

Spis treści

Contributors

Preface

1. Introduction - Margaret Weaver and Leo Appleton

SECTION 1: Views from the Corridors of Power: The Political and Global Perspective

2. Painting Books on the Walls: Why Libraries Have Lost Their Way and How They Can Rediscover Their Real Purpose in a Fragmented World - Richard Heseltine

3. ‘The Way We Do Things Around Here’: An Analytical Framework for Managing Cultural Change in Public Libraries - John Pateman

4. Leading Liberation in the Library - Leo Appleton

SECTION 2: The Re-birth of Libraries – New Business Models and Re-generation of Services

5. Do Library Partnerships Work and How Can They Help Build a Strong Future for the Library? - Judith Keene and Janine Downes

6. The 21st-Century People’s Library - Liz McGettigan

7. Repositioning The Academic Library To Drive Innovation And Agility - Robert Moropa, Lindiwe Soyizwapi, Marguerite Nel and Isak van der Walt

SECTION 3: Who Really Matters? User Communities and Alignment

8. Students Lead the Future: Academic Library Space and Place - Margaret Weaver

9. Leading Change in Medical Libraries in Sweden - Lotta Haglund, Annikki Roos and Petra Björk

10. Corporate Library as the Organisation’s Mothership - Shaunna Mireau

SECTION 4: The Future Library Professional – Horizons and Challenges

11. Databrarian ed? Preparing Information Specialists for Participation in an Open Datafied Society - Sheila Corrall

12. Digital Opportunities: What Digital Skills Do Library Staff Need in a Changing World? And Do They Have Them? - Rosie Jones

13. Top Down and Bottom Up – The Librarian as a Senior Leader and Preparing For Senior Leadership By ‘Managing Up’ - Rebecca Davies

Index