Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 28

cover.jpg......Page 1
Contents......Page 2
Contributors......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Introduction......Page 11
Centrifugal Force......Page 12
The Development of Modern Libraries......Page 13
Libraries and the City Beautiful Movement in America......Page 15
Modular Design in Libraries......Page 16
The Post-modern Reaction......Page 17
Today’s Library Design Issues......Page 18
Conclusion......Page 24
References......Page 25
Introduction......Page 27
The Search for Excellence......Page 29
Defining Quality......Page 31
Adopting a Business Excellence Framework......Page 32
Libraries as Business Organisations......Page 36
Challenges and Insights......Page 43
Organisational Culture......Page 48
Benchmarking......Page 52
Success and Sustainability......Page 55
Conclusion......Page 61
References......Page 62
Introduction......Page 64
Context......Page 65
Paradox......Page 68
Need for a Service Model......Page 69
The LFF Civic Library Model......Page 72
Civic Libraries in Practice......Page 77
References......Page 89
Libraries and Learning......Page 91
References......Page 101
Introduction......Page 102
How Publishers Decide What to Publish......Page 103
How Publishers Market and Sell Content......Page 108
Usage Data as a Metric......Page 116
Areas of Potential Cooperation and Collaboration......Page 119
Acknowledgements......Page 125
References......Page 126
The US Government and E-Government: Two Steps Forward, One Step Backwards?......Page 127
Overview......Page 128
Issues......Page 140
Definite Barriers to Information Access (One Step Backwards)......Page 145
A Modest Research Agenda......Page 146
Implications of E-Government to Libraries......Page 149
Conclusion......Page 151
References......Page 153
Introduction......Page 156
Background......Page 157
Information Seeking Behaviors Today......Page 161
MBA Students’ Perceptions of Librarians and Libraries: A Case Study......Page 166
Discussion......Page 169
Conclusions......Page 172
References......Page 173
The Changed Information Landscape......Page 176
It Is Not Just Technology: The Changing Research Paradigm......Page 177
Operating in a Highly Competitive Environment......Page 178
Documenting LIS Education in the Midst of Change......Page 179
The KALIPER Project......Page 180
KALIPER-Identified Trends and Their Current Manifestation......Page 182
Information Education: Competition or Convergence?......Page 196
References......Page 201
Index......Page 204