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There are huge challenges facing the library and information science profession owing to the rapidly changing environment in which it exists. Librarians need to be 'blended professionals' who can take all their professional skills and experience, and adapt them to different business models, strategic challenges and communities of practice.
This topical edited collection will stimulate strategic and innovative thinking and question the status quo. It will be a 'must read' for leaders and future leaders of the profession, who will be challenged to align library services with the changing demands of the academic community and the work environment.
Edited by a thought leader with an international reputation, it will bring together renowned authors from across the globe who are breaking traditional moulds and boundaries in a way that will have a profound impact on the way libraries and library services are conceptualized in the years to come. They represent the key links in the knowledge chain: authors, publishers, academics, community knowledge creators, librarians and institutions.
The five most compelling messages the book will contain are:

Engage in and support elearning and social networking Be involved in institutional knowledge and information management strategies Support students and academic staff in the virtual learning space as well as in the library and on the web Be prepared to acquire, manage and make accessible information that is not traditionally the province of the library New paradigms for leadership will be necessary.

Readership : This book is essential reading for all library managers and educators who wish to add real value to their organization by thinking strategically and informing decision making at organizational level. It will also be of great value to academic administrators and government policy analysts involved with learning and teaching.

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• Foreword Dame Lynne Brindley(p. vii)
• Contributors(p. xi)
• Introduction: We create the future!(p. xvii)
• 1 Waiting for the barbarians: seeking solutions or awaiting answers?(p. 1)
• 2 The delete generation: how citizen-created content is transforming libraries(p. 15)
• 3 Libraries as places: challenges for the future(p. 31)
• 4 Web 2.0: redefining and extending the service commitment of the academic library(p. 55)
• 5 Second Life and libraries: boom or bust?(p. 69)
• 6 Some new business ideas in the HSS publishing space: what may librarians expect?(p. 87)
• 7 Loosely joined: the discovery and consumption of scholarly content in the digital era(p. 101)
• 8 Knowledge management, universities and libraries(p. 119)
• 9 Libraries and the management of research data(p. 145)
• 10 The leadership of the future(p. 169)
• 11 Adding value to learning and teaching(p. 197)
• 12 In search of the road ahead: the future of academic libraries in China(p. 217)
• Index(p. 235)

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Booklist Review

Editor McKnight has put together an outstanding collection of contributions from international leaders from a variety of disciplines to produce an engaging and thought-provoking volume on the art of the possible and to share their visions for the exciting and challenging future of academic librarianship. Most practicing librarians, and these leaders, agree that the need to be constantly monitoring our environment and the needs of our customers is essential. Chapters cover topics such as staffing, born-digital content, citizen-created content, emerging technologies and their effect on collections, library spaces, and more. Each chapter concludes with notes and a lengthy list of references for more information. Although this collection will help library managers and educators think strategically, the cost will be difficult to justify.--Awe, Susan Copyright 2010 Booklist

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Sue Mcknight is Professor of Knowledge and. Learning Management and Director of Libraries and Knowledge Resources at Nottingham Trent University. She is a UK National Teaching Fellow.