Libraries and Society. Role, Responsibility and Future in an Age of Change

Content: 
Front matter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword, Pages xvii-xx, Ellen R. Tise
Preface, Pages xxi-xxii, David Baker, Wendy Evans
Acknowledgements, Page xxiii
List of abbreviations, Pages xxv-xxviii
List of figures, tables and case studies, Pages xxix-xxxi
About the authors, Pages xxxiii-xlvi
1 - Libraries, society and social responsibility, Pages 1-16, David Baker, Wendy Evans
2 - I wouldn’t start from here … provision and use of UK libraries, Pages 17-33, Claire Creaser
3 - From people flows to knowledge flows, Pages 35-51, John Dolan
4 - Scholarly communication and access to research outputs, Pages 53-66, Claire Creaser
5 - Free and equal access: a conundrum for the information society, Pages 67-79, John Feather
6 - The more they change, the more they stay the same: public libraries and social inclusion, Pages 81-99, John Dolan, Ayub Khan
7 - Widening access to information: the haves and the have-nots?, Pages 101-118, Jenny Craven
8 - Tackling inequalities around the globe: the challenge for libraries, Pages 119-139, Jonathan Harle, John Tarrant
9 - Islands in the cloud: libraries and the social life of information, Pages 141-152, David Vogt
10 - From the passive library to the learning library – it’s an emotional journey, Pages 153-164, Les Watson
11 - The modern academic library, Pages 165-178, Edward Oyston
12 - Libraries and distance education, Pages 179-192, Chinwe Nwezeh
13 - Syllabus independence and the library, Pages 193-202, David Harris
14 - Libraries in the information society: cooperation and identity, Pages 203-218, Bas Savenije
15 - Children’s reading habits and attitudes, Pages 219-234, Sally Maynard
16 - The user of tomorrow: young people and the future of library provision, Pages 235-251, Judith Elkin
17 - Redefining the librarian, Pages 253-262, John Feather
18 - Redefining librarianship, Pages 263-278, Biddy Fisher
19 - The future of librarians in the workforce: a US perspective, Pages 279-302, José-Marie Griffiths, Donald W. King
20 - The value of libraries: the relationship between change, evaluation and role, Pages 303-325, Stephen Town
21 - The future of and for library and information services: a public library view, Pages 327-340, Tony Durcan
22 - The future of public libraries and their services: a Danish perspective, Pages 341-359, Hellen Niegaard
23 - Library landscapes: digital developments, Pages 361-377, Derek Law
24 - Towards Library 2.0: building the library of the future, Pages 379-397, Sarah Porter
25 - Library 2050, Pages 399-416, Chris Batt
Index, Pages 417-426