The present and the future of academic libraries in the perception and opinions of its leaders. A brief international overview

Di Domenico, Giovanni The present and the future of academic libraries in the perception and opinions of its leaders. A brief international overview. JLIS.it, 2021, vol. 12, n. 1, pp. 82-91. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

Questa sintetica panoramica prende le mosse da un recente volume: Patrick Lo et al., eds,Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors: International Perspectiveson Library Management (Cambridge, MA; Kidlington,UK: Chandos Publishing, 2019). Il libro raccoglie trenta interviste somministrate a leader di biblioteche appartenenti a istituzioni dialto prestigio internazionale. Dalle conversazioni emergono importanti elementi informativi e narrativi sui profili degli intervistati, sulle sfide affrontate e sui cambiamenti in atto (cambiamento organizzativo, innovazione digitale, nuovi servizi, nuove modalità di relazione con ricercatori e studenti). Nella sua seconda parte l’articolo mette a confronto gli esiti di questo studio con altre ricerche e indagini simili dello stesso periodo.La terza parte presenta alcune considerazioni sulle prospettive future delle biblioteche accademiche nel mondo.

English abstract

This synthetic overview starts with a recent book: Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors: International Perspectives on Library Management, eds. Patrick Lo et al. (Cambridge, MA; Kidlington, UK: Chandos Publishing, 2019). The book collects thirty interviews with leaders of libraries belonging to institutions of high prestige in the international field. Important informative and narrative elements emerge from the conversations. Specifically, they concern the profiles of respondents, the challenges faced, the changes taking place (change management, digital innovation, new services, new ways of relating to researchers and students). In its second part, the article compares the results of this research project to other similar studies of the same period. The final part presents a few words about the future perspectives of academic libraries in the world.

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	Academic and research library leaders; Academic and research library management
Date deposited:	15 Sep 2026 05:08
Last modified:	15 Sep 2026 05:08
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/48524

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