Publisher's Synopsis
An academic library is a library that is attached to a higher education institution which serves two complementary purposes to support the school's curriculum, and to support the research of the university faculty and students. It is unknown how many academic libraries there are internationally. The text The Academic Library in the Information Age provides an important overview of libraries in the era of electronic information. The objective of first chapter is to identify the response of library leaders towards understanding of change management, the resistance factors, kinds of change (planned or unplanned) they managed and approaches used to deal with change. In second chapter, learning commons provide case studies that reveal collaborative space, partnerships leading to integrated service, and user-centered assessment. Third chapter describes some of the philosophical and historical bases of the ongoing development of the information society of which its technological apparatus is only the expression Fourth chapter investigates the use of a university library academic service to assist in research information seeking, and the role and value of the academic services in support of research from the viewpoints of both academic users and librarians. Fifth chapter discusses the influence of library usage on undergraduate academic success. Information seeking behaviors of business students and the development of academic digital libraries have been described in sixth chapter. Seventh chapter discusses the cowpath that academic libraries have followed for decades and the challenges disruptive technologies pose to the traditional model. Eighth chapter highlights on virtual reference service, how the new face of service is evolving as a natural solution to keep pace with the multifaceted technological environment. The changing roles of the academic library in the information age have been focused in ninth chapter. Tenth chapter examines the approaches that academic library directors use to manage change using Bolman and Deal's reframing change model as a guide. The objective of eleventh chapter is to explore and understand how academic librarians use evidence in their professional decision making. Twelfth chapter offers a long overdue, systematic view of current practices of library/informatics training at Western U.S. medical schools. The aim of thirteenth chapter is to identify the academic library websites in Bangalore city. A literature review on library resources, services and information seeking behavior in changing ICT environment has been presented in last chapter.
