Letting go of legacy services : library case studies /
Adding new services is done as new needs arise. But taking away existing services-- the "legacy services" of the title-- makes many librarians uncomfortable-- even if these services are no longer relevant to the community. This collection of essays is designed to help you discover ways to...
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Chicago :
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Lafayette College
- Cutting costs, increasing access: Pay-per-view periodicals at Lafayette college libraries
- Interview with David Consiglio
- 2. Cumberland County Library System
- Moving to web-based services: How smart planning and staff training factored into a complete website overhaul and improved community outreach
- 3. University of Arizona libraries
- Being relevant in the 21st century: Elimination of physical and electronic reserve services
- 4. Oregon State University
- Magical thinking: Moving beyond natural bias to examine core services
- 5. University of California, Santa Cruz
- A good crisis: Reinventing critical services
- 6. University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- A new way to think: Anthropological research uncovers powerful ideas
- 7. American University
- A focus on buy-in: Facilitating the shift to electronic resources through collaborative strategic planning
- Interview with Valerie Diggs
- 8. Rosenberg Library
- After Ike: Evaluating long-held practices under scrutiny
- 9. University of West Florida
- The great good place: Creating space for knowledge creation.