The Strategic Positioning of Academic Libraries: Global Challenges, Local Politics and Strategy Development - Couverture souple

Cox, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1783306904 ISBN 13 : 9781783306909

Editeur : Facet Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

The Strategic Positioning of Academic Libraries explores academic library trends in higher education and the wider world. By providing a deep understanding of academic library strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, it will form an essential foundation for effective library strategy formulation and positioning. It examines a highly complex mix of global volatility, campus uncertainty, societal change, evolving perspectives, new pressures, and opportunities for academic libraries. A complete guide to improving the situation of academic libraries and how to advance their positioning in institutions, its chapters cover

• the changing higher education environment;

• opportunities and threats for academic libraries;

• academic library strengths and their implication; and

• positioning strategies for successful academic libraries.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Cox is University Librarian at the University of Galway in Ireland, a post he has held since 2009. He has 30 years of experience at leadership level, dating back to 1993 when he became Head of the Information Service at the Wellcome Centre for Medical Science, based at the Wellcome Trust. Projects led include planning for a new library building at the University of Galway, digitization of the Abbey and Gate Theatre archives, and Irish consortium negotiations with publishers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Facet Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1783306904
• ISBN 13: 9781783306909
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Allemagne