Reimagining the academic library: What to do next. Review article

Lewis, David W. Reimagining the academic library: What to do next. Review article. El profesional de la información, 2019, vol. 28, n. 1. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]

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This article reviews the conclusions of the author’s 2016 book, Reimagining the academic library and considers changes in scholarly communication and academic libraries that have taken place since its publication. Recommendations for alterations in the practice of individual libraries are provided. The problem of created integrated community-controlled open infrastructure is considered at length, especially the collective action problem that the library community must overcome.

Spanish abstract

Se revisan las conclusiones del libro Reimagining the academic library que el autor publicó en 2016, y analiza los cambios que han tenido lugar desde esa fecha en la comunicación científica y en las bibliotecas académicas. Se proporcionan recomendaciones para implementar los cambios necesarios en la práctica de bibliotecas. Se tratan extensamente los problemas de crear una infraestructura abierta integrada y controlada por la comunidad, especialmente el problema de acción colectiva que la comunidad bibliotecaria debe superar.

Item type: Journal article (Unpaginated)
Keywords: Academic libraries; Academic library futures; Scholarly communications infrastructure; Collective action problem; Open scholarly commons; Literature review.
Subjects: D. Libraries as physical collections. > DD. Academic libraries.
F. Management. > FB. Marketing.
F. Management. > FH. Reorganization.
Depositing user: Tomàs Baiget
Date deposited: 19 Jan 2019 13:53
Last modified: 19 Jan 2019 13:53
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/33892

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