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Academic Branch Libraries in Changing Times
Nevenka Zdravkovska, University of Maryland, USA
- provides practical and realistic solutions to academic libraries that they can execute in their daily operating cycle
- covers a variety of issues from staffing and public services, through to collections and bibliographic instruction
- presents a clear analysis of the current situation and suggestions for the future
- written by a knowledgeable and respected practitioner in the field
- includes examples drawn from the author’s wide-ranging practical experience in managing the Engineering and Physical Sciences branch library at the University of Maryland
Are academic branch libraries going to be extinct in the near future? In these difficult economic times, when collections are digitized rapidly, is there still a need for a separate unit within proximity to the department, school, or college with a subject-based or subject-specific collection? This book gives a brief historical overview of the role of a branch academic library. It reviews the current situation from a practitioner’s point of view and suggests solutions for the future.
ISBN 1 84334 630 3
ISBN-13: 978 1 84334 630 2
Q3 2011
200 pages 234 x 156mm paperback
Approx. £47.00 / US$80.00 / €60.00
Not yet published
About the author
Ms. Nevenka Zdravkovska is the Head of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Library (EPSL) at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. Prior to that she was the Science Reference Librarian at the Blommer Science Library, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA. Nevenka holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Engineering Physics from Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia and a Masters of Library Science (MLS) from Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, USA. She has presented at international library conferences on a number of issues with a focus on academic library collections and services.
Contents
Introduction with historical overview of branch libraries; Types of branch libraries: Discipline specific, departmental libraries, special collections, digital branches; Policies and procedures: Collections, circulation, reserves, document delivery, reference, web presence, and bibliographic instruction; Assessment/review of the viability of branch libraries: Consolidation of multiple branches, closing branches, and new branches; Future of academic branch libraries: Collaborative study spaces and information commons.