Libraries, leadership, and scholarly communication : essays /
A creative thinker on topics related to library collections and scholarly publishing, Rick Anderson does not back away from controversy. When it's time for your organization to make choices and set priorities, this collection of essays, articles, white papers and blog posts will provide convers...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association,
2016.
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| Summary: | A creative thinker on topics related to library collections and scholarly publishing, Rick Anderson does not back away from controversy. When it's time for your organization to make choices and set priorities, this collection of essays, articles, white papers and blog posts will provide conversation starters for your strategic discussions. Anderson offers engaging, persuasive arguments on a range of timely topics, such as the decline of print, patron-driven acquisitions, Open Access (OA), blacklisting publishers and relations with publishers' sales reps, patron privacy, symptoms of zealotry, unintended consequences of the print-on-demand model and how to define library value. Ideal for browsing, the ideas in this collection will kickstart your brainstorming sessions and spur your organization to confront choices head on. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 220 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780838914335 0838914330 |