The patron-driven library : a practical guide for managing collections and services in the digital age /

"A guide for librarians to develop a new relationship with technology that preserves the core mission of libraries while responding to the needs of a new generation of library clients"--Page xxii.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Allison, Dee Ann
Format: Printed Book
Published: Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2013.
Series:Chandos information professional series.
Subjects:
Libraries-Collection development.
Libraries-Users.
Libraries and the Internet.
Patron-driven acquisitions (Libraries)
Online Access:https://books.google.co.in/books?id=WGhEAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+patron+driven+library&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIvYyu7eTIyAIVygqOCh2L2Qn5#v=onepage&q=The%20patron%20driven%20library&f=false
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Libraries and library users changing with the times
  • Chapter 1. From the White House conferences and the golden age of libraries to challenges for libraries in the age of digital information
  • Chapter 2. A culture of technology
  • Part 2. The rise of the librarian : service over collections
  • Chapter 3. A focus on readers
  • Chapter 4. Information literacy and social networks
  • Chapter 5. Collaborative collections
  • Chapter 6. The librarian as advocate
  • Chapter 7. Metrics for decisions
  • Chapter 8. The extensible library
  • Chapter 9. Digital collections
  • Chapter 10. Data repositories, open source and the library
  • Chapter 11. The new professional librarian
  • Chapter 12. Whither the library?
  • Conclusion.

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