Technology, Change and the Academic Library: Case Studies, Trends and Reflections

Massive technological change has been impacting universities and university libraries in recent years. Such change has manifested in technological developments impacting all areas of academic library activity, including systems, services, collections, the physical library environment, marketing, and support for university teaching, learning, research, and administration. Many books and papers have examined these changes from a technical perspective. However, there is little substantive reflection on what technological change means, and how best to get out in front of it, for the academic library.

Technology, Change and the Academic Library systematically reflects on technological innovation, the successes, failures and lessons learned, the nature, process and culture of change, and key aspects including impacts on library staff and users, roles and responsibilities, and skills and capabilities. The book takes an international perspective on the massive change currently affecting academic libraries. The title gives an overview and literature review, considers technological innovation and change management, future technologies and future change, and provides information on further reading. Case studies describe the rationale, aims, and objectives for particular technological innovations, and consider methods, outcomes, and recommendations for the future. Finally, the book reflects back on how technological change can best be wrought in academic libraries.

Gives library managers and librarians insight into how best to identify, plan, and implement technological innovationProvides a wide-ranging overview, literature review, and a series of reflective case studies on technological innovation in librariesEmphasises current trends, lessons, and critical issues for putting technological innovation into placeOffers an international perspective on technological innovation in the academic libraryUses a critical methodology to reflect on what works, what does not, and how managers can apply lessons from real cases worldwide

Section 1 1. Introduction

Section II: Technology and Change Management in Higher Education and Academic Libraries 2. Technology and Change Management in Academic Libraries 3. The People Side of Change: Applying Change Management Principles in Academic Libraries

Section III: Case Studies 4. Developing Massive Open Online Courses 5. Implementation of a Leganto Reading List Service at Curtin University Library 6. Transforming Information Advisory Services in University Libraries: A Case Study at the University of Sheffield, UK 7. Accelerating Student Learning in Communication and Research Skills: The Adoption of Adaptive Learning Technologies for Scenario-Based Modules 8. Developing an Online Book Finding Tool for a University Library 9. The White Rose University Press: An Academic-Led Open Access Publisher 10. Mutual Benefit from Library Collaboration with Computational Biologists: The cropPAL Project at the University of Western Australia 11. Brave New World?: Cardiff Metropolitan University Library Service’s Implementation of a Next Generation Library Management System 12. Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL): The E-Book Journey 13. Engaging Tertiary Students with University Archival Collections and Digitisation Processes 14. Planning and Implementing an Automated Storage and Retrieval System at the University of Limerick 15. Making Researchers’ Lives Easier and Managing Risk at the University of Adelaide 16. E-Books and Changes in Collection Management at Leeds University Library 17. Universities, Jisc and the Journey to Open

Section IV: Reflections 18. Reflections on Technology, Change and Academic Libraries