The Patron-Driven Library : A Practical Guide For Managing Collections And Services In The Digital Age


Dee Ann. Allison
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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Burlington : : Elsevier Science, , 2013.
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1 online resource (375 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; The Patron-Driven Library: A practical guide for managing collections and services in the digital age; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; About the author; Introduction: patron centered libraries; Part 1 Libraries and library users changing with the times; 1 From the White House conferences and the golden age of libraries to challenges for libraries in the age of digital information; Lessons from the White House conferences on libraries and information services; Rising costs and reduced budgets. - Building consortia collectionsThe art of negotiation; Best practices for contract negotiations with vendors; Cold calls from vendors; Negotiating with library administrators and staff; Overcoming the fear factor in negotiations; Provisions for contract changes; SERU licenses for copyright and ONIX-PL for efficiencies; The open source choice; 6 The librarian as advocate; There used to be a librarian for that at News of the World; Advocacy and marketing; Memorable brand names; Content marketing; Marketing through social media; Marketing ideas; Reaching politicians. - Collective intelligenceThe engaged librarian; Social networking sites; Practices, policies and privacy: three Ps for social media; 4 Information literacy and social networks; A new model for research; The new digital divide; Teaching the web; Collaboration and collective intelligence for learning; Web 2.0; Online tutorials; The librarian as learning object; Everyone who works here is a teacher; The case for lifelong learning; 5 Collaborative collections; Patron-driven acquisition (PDA); ILL purchasing; The role of social media in acquisitions; The economics of shelf-ready. - Connecting advocacy, marketing and assessment7 Metrics for decisions; Regional and national trends for measuring library performance; Local assessment methodology; Collection assessment tools; Digital assessment; Website analytics; Usability studies; Assessing social media; Assessing services; Return on investment; Impact studies; 8 The extensible library; The extensible library; Bringing a sand box to the library; Leveraging technology; Single sign-on and proxies; RFID, NFC and QR codes; Access services: document delivery/ILL; Espresso for print-on-demand; Reference services. - Consortia: power in numbersBig deals and rising serial costs; Cautions against exclusive contracts; Relationships between electronic publishers and librarians; 2 A culture of technology; Millennials are different; Millennials as plugged-in patrons; Millennials as librarians; Managing the generation gap; A final word on the influence of technology; Part 2 The rise of the librarian: service over collections; 3 A focus on readers; Enhancing the user experience; Digital libraries; Mobile libraries; Cloud computing; Website design; Searching motion and image: the next generation of indexing. - Virtual reference services. - Libraries in the USA and globally are undergoing quiet revolution. Libraries are moving away from a philosophy that is collection-centered to one focused on service. Technology is key to that change. The Patron Driven Library explores the way technology has moved the focus from library collections to services, placing the reader at the center of library activities. The book reveals the way library users are changing, and how social networking, web delivery of information, and the uncertain landscape of e-print has energized librarians to adopt technology to meet a different model of the librar
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