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Difficult decisions : closing and merging academic libraries / Edited by Sara Holder and Amber Lannon

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Chicago, Illinois : Association of College and Research Libraries, A division of the American Library Association, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Physical Description
x, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Additional Creators
Holder, Sara, 1967- and Lannon, Amber

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Merging, creating, transforming : the new service model program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign / JoAnn Jacoby and Susan E. Searing -- Shifting borders : changes in the scholarly landscape and integration of area studies libraries to accomplish new service goals in an academic library / Steve Witt, Joe Lenkart, and Lynne M. Rudasill -- Merging the social and health sciences step by step / Nancy P. O'Brien, Mary Beth Allen, Peg Burnette, Cindy Ingold, Kelly A. McCusker, and Beth Sheehan -- Regaining equilibrium on a tilting planet within the higher education universe : a scholarly personal narrative / Rebecca Rose -- The very model of a modern major library / Nancy Roderer, Blair Anton, Will Bryant, Robert Gresehover, Stella Seal, Claire Twose, and Sue Woodson -- Change in the 21st-century library : fate or opportunity? / Tomalee Doan, Linda Rose, and Mary McNeil -- Unanticipated opportunities from closed libraries : pivoting for the future / James T. Crocamo, Jeffrey Lancaster, and Ellie Ransom -- A tale of three libraries : lessons learned from three branch mergers at McGill University / Jill T. Boruff, Katherine Hanz, Sara Holder, Maya Kucij, Jessica Lange, and Amber Butler Lannon -- One hundred years of history : closing and consolidating the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library / Amy Butros -- Using data to make collections decisions : a case study from University of California, Berkeley / Susan Edwards and Hilary Schiraldi -- Everything must move : coordinating the implementation of a large collection merger / Giovanna Badia -- When libraries combine : creating a Georgia Regents University Libraries website / Virginia Feher and Kim Mears -- Hidden from view : the role of organizational culture in collegiate restructuring / Lynn N. Baird -- Branch mergers at the University of British Columbia Library : a case study in communication / Simon Neame.
Summary
What does it mean to have meaningful metrics in today's complex higher education landscape? With a foreword by Heather Piwowar and Jason Priem, this highly engaging and activity-laden book serves to introduce readers to the fast-paced world of research metrics from the unique perspective of academic librarians and LIS practitioners. Starting with the essential histories of bibliometrics and altmetrics, and continuing with in-depth descriptions of the core tools and emerging issues at stake in the future of both fields, Meaningful Metrics is a convenient all-in-one resource that is designed to be used by a range of readers, from those with little to no background on the subject to those looking to become movers and shakers in the current scholarly metrics movement. -- from back cover.
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9780838987919 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0838987915 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780838987933 (epub)
9780838987926 (pdf)
9780838987940 (kindle)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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