The 21st Century Academic Library —— Global Patterns of Organization and Discourse

----- 21世纪学术图书馆，组织与话语的全球格局

ISBN: 9780081018668 出版年：2017 页码：178 Bolin, Mary K Chandos Publishing_RM

The 21st Century Academic Library: Global Patterns of Organization and Discourse discusses the organization of academic libraries, drawing on detailed research and data. The organization of the library follows the path of a print book or journal: acquisitions, cataloguing, circulation, reference, instruction, preservation and general administration. Most libraries still have public services and technical services, and are still very print-based in their organization, while their collections and services are increasingly electronic and virtual. This book gathers information on organizational patterns of large academic libraries in the US and Europe, providing data that could motivate libraries to adopt innovative organizational structures or assess the effectiveness of their current organizational patterns.Contributes to the literature on the globalization of information and of library and information scienceAnalyzes and presents data in a way that allows librarians and library administrators to consider what organizational patterns are the most effective for the goals they are pursuingIncludes emerging patterns that are not widely seen in the academic library population