Globalizing Academic Libraries Vision 2020 : Pre-Conference Volume - The International Conference on Academic Libraries 2009, Part I and II

Contents: Part I. 1. Plenary session addresses. 2. ICAL gold speakers addresses. 3. Vision and roles of the future academic libraries: i. Key notes. ii. Status of academic libraries. iii. Emerging dimensions of digital libraries. iv. Strategic roles of academic libraries. v. Educational roles of academic libraries. vi. Future of print publications. 4. Technology, policy and innovation: i. Key notes. ii. Advances in ICT applications. iii. Infrastructure and policy issues. 5. Change management: i. Key notes. ii. Change management strategies. iii. Talent development and strategies.

Part II. 6. Library vendor/publisher interface: i. Key note. ii. Library vendor/publisher interface. 7. Management models and framework: i. Key note. ii. Management models and framework. 8. Advocacy and marketing. 9. Library services: i. Key notes. ii. New dimensions. iii. Information literacy. iv. Resource usage studies. v. University library case studies. vi. Services for special groups. 10. Poster presentations. 11. Indexes. Author index. Title index.

From the foreword: "Libraries have been witnessing transition in their set ups, shifting from print to electronic resources, from physical to web access and virtual storage, and from traditional to virtual library models. The emerging paradigm is indeed offering user friendly means for access to virtual resources. The academic community welcomes this sort of change and aspires that more and more resources in electronic form should become available for desktop access. Not only such a facility in the academic set ups would help accelerate and advance the pace of research but also provide teaching and research community new opportunities to engage in upcoming facilities and programmes such as e-teaching and e-learning. The futuristic academic libraries must therefore be seen as stronger information resource centres and gateways to distributed knowledge sources. In the emerging set up, physical libraries, however, are not going to disappear but would continue to serve as cultural centres for the benefit of academic community. In this context, it is felt that the ambience of the physical space in the library buildings must receive top priority. The future academic libraries should, therefore, be seen as a balance between library with a human face and library with virtual electronic resources."