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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2010
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ930071 |
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- Critical Assets: Academic Libraries, a View from the Administration Building Fister, Barbara Evidence Academic Libraries Library Administration Library Development Library Materials Library Services Library Role Change Strategies Organizational Change Trend Analysis Institutional Advancement As higher education confronts shortages in hungry times, will officials who previously viewed the library as a sacred cow think it's time for a barbecue? Don't light the charcoal yet. Interviews with chief academic officers and an online survey taken by over 130 leaders in academic affairs yield surprising results. It's no secret that academic library budgets are feeling the pinch in the global economic meltdown. Hard decisions are being made about collections, space, and services. Yet academic administrators are not declaring libraries an anachronism. On the contrary, administrators see libraries as vibrant centers of learning. One intriguing attitude found among administrators was that they feel library directors should be more forceful advocates for their libraries, ready to provide evidence for funding that can be carried forward to the highest levels of the administration. Perhaps the final lesson one can take from hearing from administrators is that administrators look to librarians not just to make the case for libraries but to ride the wave of change. Libraries and librarians must step into new roles and take up different challenges, reimagining the ways they can be essential consultants in all the ways that students and faculty learn, discover, and share their work.