Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The academic library just before the World Wide Web
  • Chapter 3. Digital dawn: Libraries experiment and adapt to new technology
  • Chapter 4. The transition to the hybrid library
  • Chapter 5. Early trends and transformation: ERMI, ERMS, and separate development
  • Chapter 6. The Great Recession and its impact on academic libraries
  • Chapter 7. Reimagining technical services
  • Chapter 8. At the crossroads: Ongoing efforts to transform libraries and librarians
  • Appendix A. Core competencies for electronic resources librarians
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C.