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The telling of stories lies at the heart of human communication. In this important new book Peter Brophy introduces and explains the concept of story-telling or narrative-based practice in teaching, research, professional practice and organizations. He illustrates the deficiencies in evidence-based practice models, which focus on quantitative rather than qualitative evidence, and highlights the importance of narrative by drawing on insights from fields as disparate as pedagogy, anthropology, knowledge management and management practice. This book is essential reading for professionals,...

This authoritative and wide-ranging textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the academic library in the Twenty-First Century. Coverage focuses on the role of the library in academia, organizational culture, technology, users, human resources, management of resources, collection development, access, facilities, systems and networks, special services, and more. This new edition has been completely updated with a new chapter on performance measurement and more extensive and timely coverage of accessibility, information literacy, portals, digital libraries, copyright, institutional...

Drawing on the author's recent research this timely and essential new edition of 'The Library in the Twenty-First Century' offers a clear new model of how traditional and electronic sources can co-exist in the library of the present and in the future.