The End of Wisdom?
The Future of Libraries in a Digital Age
- 1st Edition - November 24, 2016
- Editors: Wendy Evans, David Baker
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 0 1 4 2 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 0 1 7 7 - 6
The End of Wisdom? The Future of Libraries in a Digital Age assembles opinion pieces, forecasts, strategy options, and case studies from leading worldwide politicians, academics… Read more
The End of Wisdom? The Future of Libraries in a Digital Age assembles opinion pieces, forecasts, strategy options, and case studies from leading worldwide politicians, academics, educators, authors, publishers, captains of industry, senior public sector workers, library directors, IT gurus and other key players in the field of information provision who discuss their views on the hypothesis surrounding the "end of libraries" and the "death of books." The contributions – ranging in length from 500 to 2000 words are analyzed and summarized to create a rich picture of current trends and likely futures for libraries of all types, with digital options discussed in detail.
- Focuses on the key issue facing library and information services for the foreseeable future
- Takes a much broader view by asking a wide range of key people and representative stakeholders and user groups for their view of the future of libraries of all kinds
- Presents a comprehensive analysis of likely directions and options for libraries, library managers, and users
- Includes a route map for the future
- Builds on the successful approaches adopted in A Handbook of Digital Library Economics and Libraries and Society
Library directors, library and information studies professors, lecturers and students, social science lecturers, students and researchers, digital library developers and managers, funders and managers of cultural organisations, publishers, authors, library users, bibliophiles
1. Henrik Jochumsen, Dorte Skot-Hansen and Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen - The four spaces of the public library2. Charlie Smith - The influence of digital media on the design of libraries3. Julie Arndrup - The best of both worlds4. Mai Aggerbeck, Kirsten Maibom and Karen Frederiksen - The disembedded librarian: A vision of the librarian’s future role in an educational context5. Patrick Lo and Dickson Chiu – Informal interview with school librarians6. Diana L.H. Chan - Using formal and informal channels to update librarians’ skill sets7. Tibor Koltay - Library 2.0: Lost illusions?8. Matthew Naughtin - Digital music preparation in the modern orchestral library 9. Bruce E. Massis - The academic library in 2020 10. Bernard Scaife - Using technology to make more digital content openly available11. Evgenia Vassilakaki - New trends in higher education: can information professionals rise to the challenge?12. Joachim Schopfel - Six futures of academic libraries13. Cherifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri - From being libraries to becoming the "Switchmen" of scholarship in the digital age14. Steve Bowman - Digital pedagogy and the student voice15. Vivien Sieber, Julia Anthoney, Heather Barker, and Ellie Roberts - Information literacy in a digital age: embedding information literacy in the curriculum16. Louise Overgaard - Playing, creating, learning: the future public library for children and families17. Stephen Akintunde - The future of libraries in Nigeria18. Daniella Smith - Reinvigorated opportunities: libraries as essential institutions for youth19. Bas Savenije - A cooperative model for a national digital library20. Belen Fornovi Rodriguez - In the core of research21. Dr Rafael Ball - Information management of the future22. Niels Brügger - Webraries and web archives — the web between public and private23. Karen Carden - Not only but also?
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 24, 2016
- Language: English
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Wendy Evans
Wendy Evans is the Head of Library at the University of St. Mark and St John, UK. She has published and lectured in the field of electronic journal and database usage, access versus ownership of journals, and has already co-edited and co-authored four books with David Baker.
Affiliations and expertise
Head of Library, University of St Mark & St John, UKDB
David Baker
Professor David Baker has over 30 years’ experience in higher education, including as Principal and Chief Executive of Plymouth Marjon University, and as Deputy Chair of the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc).
He holds a Chair in Strategic Information Management from Plymouth Marjon University. His degrees include an MLS, a PhD and an MBA. He also holds fellowships from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, the Chartered Management Institute and the Royal Society of Arts.
He has written widely in the field of library and information management with 20 monographs and over 100 articles to his credit. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Major Reference Work titled Encyclopedia of Libraries, Librarianship, and Information Science (Elsevier, 2025)Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor of Strategic Information Management, University of St Mark & St John, UKRead The End of Wisdom? on ScienceDirect