Library Management: Volume 31 Issue 8/9

Educating the academic librarian as a blended professional: a review and case study

Sheila Corrall

This paper aims to explore the phenomenon of the hybrid information specialist in the academic library setting. It does this in relation to curriculum development for preparatory…

Emerging challenges in academic librarianship and role of library associations in professional updating

V.K. Thomas, Chitra Satpathi, J.N. Satpathi

This paper aims to discuss the challenges posed by the contemporary library environment, which are the results of ICT and the digital revolution, and call for developing new…

Academic reference librarians: Getting by with a little help from our (special, public, school, law and medical librarian) friends

Dianne Cmor

The purpose of this viewpoint paper is to consider how academic reference librarians might be guided by non‐academic librarians as their roles shift and/or expand in a many…

An investigation of the continuing professional development practices of Indonesian academic libraries

Imas Maesaroh, Paul Genoni

This paper reports on ongoing research examining the present and desired state of academic library staff education and professional development in Indonesia. The long‐term goal of…

Preparing new librarians for career and organisational impact

Julia Leong, Maree Vaughan

The purpose of this case study is to report on the activities and outcomes of a facilitated group of new librarians in one Australian university. The aims of the librarians are to…

Demonstrating RoI in the library: the Holy Grail search continues

Peter Edward Sidorko

This article aims to examine approaches by academic libraries in demonstrating return on investment (RoI).

Integrating information literacy into Blackboard: Librarian‐faculty collaboration for successful student learning

Judy Xiao

The purpose of this article is to describe a creative library orientation program utilizing Blackboard to help nursing students develop information literacy and successfully…

Managing the life cycles of the document and library collections in Finnish academic libraries: Two case studies: Aalto and UEF

Ari Muhonen, Jarmo Saarti, Pentti Vattulainen

At the beginning of this millennium it was decided to renovate higher education legislation and to restructure the institutions in Finland. The new University Act was passed in…

The path of transformational change

Alison Nussbaumer, Wendy Merkley

The paper seeks to document the process and strategies used to create transformational change at the operational, organizational and cultural level.

CALIS, CASHL and library consortium trend in China

Diqiu Xu

This paper aims to provide suggestions and predictions on library consortium development trends in China under new circumstances, as summarised from observations made of CALIS and…

Systematic performance measurement for university libraries in Vietnam

Thoah Kim Thi Ninh, Kerry Tanner, Graeme Johanson, Tom Denison

Higher education reform in Vietnam has recently required university libraries to improve their quality, to evaluate their performance, and to be accountable for the purpose of…

Library and Information Science Research in the 21st Century: A Guide for Practising Librarians and Students

Peter Johan Lor

Academic Librarian: Singing in the Rain

Steve O'Connor

The Alexander Wilson Award