Access, delivery, performance : the future of libraries without walls

By:

Griffiths, J R

Contributor(s):

Craven, J

Publication details: London : Facet Publishing, 2009Description: XIV, 238pISBN:

9781856046473

Subject(s):

Contents:

Text includes: Libraries, learning and distance learning; Widening access to information; Changing directions of information delivery; Performance, quality and leadership

Text includes: Peter Brophy: a selected bibliography

Summary: This book celebrates and acknowledges the contribution Professor Peter Brophy has made over a career spanning 37 years to the field of library and information studies. Whilst reflecting on his work, it is forward looking and challenging, and offers strategies for the future direction of library and information services in the virtual era. Following an introduction and tribute to Peter on his retirement, the text is contributed by an international team of acknowledged leaders in their fields, and focuses on four key themes that have preoccupied Peter during his career and that remain of pre-eminent importance for the future of the profession: libraries, learning and distance learning; widening access to information; changing directions of information delivery; performance, quality and leadership. The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliography of Peter's work.

List(s) this item appears in: Barts Health - Knowledge and Library Services Professional Collection

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Whipps Cross Library (Barts Health) Shelves	Z 300 GRI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		T05273

Text includes: Libraries, learning and distance learning; Widening access to information; Changing directions of information delivery; Performance, quality and leadership

Text includes: Peter Brophy: a selected bibliography

This book celebrates and acknowledges the contribution Professor Peter Brophy has made over a career spanning 37 years to the field of library and information studies. Whilst reflecting on his work, it is forward looking and challenging, and offers strategies for the future direction of library and information services in the virtual era. Following an introduction and tribute to Peter on his retirement, the text is contributed by an international team of acknowledged leaders in their fields, and focuses on four key themes that have preoccupied Peter during his career and that remain of pre-eminent importance for the future of the profession: libraries, learning and distance learning; widening access to information; changing directions of information delivery; performance, quality and leadership. The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliography of Peter's work.

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