Technology, Change and the Academic Library: Case Studies, Trends and Reflections

Features:

• Gives library managers and librarians insight into how best to identify, plan, and implement technological innovation
• Provides a wide-ranging overview, literature review, and a series of reflective case studies on technological innovation in libraries
• Emphasises current trends, lessons, and critical issues for putting technological innovation into place
• Offers an international perspective on technological innovation in the academic library
• Uses a critical methodology to reflect on what works, what does not, and how managers can apply lessons from real cases worldwide

Table Of Contents:

Section 1

1. Introduction

Section II: Technology and Change Management in Higher Education and Academic Libraries

2. Technology and Change Management in Academic Libraries

3. The People Side of Change: Applying Change Management Principles in Academic Libraries

Section III: Case Studies

4. Developing Massive Open Online Courses

5. Implementation of a Leganto Reading List Service at Curtin University Library

6. Transforming Information Advisory Services in University Libraries: A Case Study at the University of Sheffield, UK

7. Accelerating Student Learning in Communication and Research Skills: The Adoption of Adaptive Learning Technologies for Scenario-Based Modules

8. Developing an Online Book Finding Tool for a University Library

9. The White Rose University Press: An Academic-Led Open Access Publisher

10. Mutual Benefit from Library Collaboration with Computational Biologists: The cropPAL Project at the University of Western Australia

11. Brave New World?: Cardiff Metropolitan University Library Service’s Implementation of a Next Generation Library Management System

12. Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL): The E-Book Journey

13. Engaging Tertiary Students with University Archival Collections and Digitisation Processes

14. Planning and Implementing an Automated Storage and Retrieval System at the University of Limerick

15. Making Researchers’ Lives Easier and Managing Risk at the University of Adelaide

16. E-Books and Changes in Collection Management at Leeds University Library

17. Universities, Jisc and the Journey to Open

Section IV: Reflections

18. Reflections on Technology, Change and Academic Libraries