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    Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors: International Perspectives on Library Management
    Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors: International Perspectives on Library Management
    Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors: International Perspectives on Library Management
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    Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors: International Perspectives on Library Management

    By Patrick Lo, Dickson Chiu, Allan Cho and Brad Allard

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    Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors: International Perspectives on Library Management presents a series of conversations with the directors of major academic and research libraries. The book offers insight, analysis, and personal anecdote from leaders in the library field, giving a unique perspective on how the modern library operates. Readers will learn about the most up-to-date trends and practices in the LIS profession from the directors of 24 internationally acclaimed academic and research libraries in Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, and the UK and USA.

    This is the first book focusing on leaders and managers of library institutions to offer a global outlook. Facing the need to respond to the expectations of changing populations that librarians strive to serve, this book aims to develop a new understanding of the core values of academic and research libraries, and asks how librarians can innovate, adapt, and flourish in a rapidly shifting professional landscape.

    • Presents conversations with library leaders from 24 major institutions
    • Offers a global perspective on the operation and management of libraries
    • Discusses the director’s impact on institutional structures and future landscapes
    • Gives insights based on first-hand experience
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateDec 1, 2018
    ISBN9780081027479
    Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors: International Perspectives on Library Management
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    Patrick Lo

    Patrick Lo is currently serving as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Library, Information & Media Science, the University of Tsukuba in Japan. He earned his Doctor of Education from the University of Bristol (U.K.), and has a Master of Arts in Design Management from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a Master of Library & Information Science from McGill University (Canada), and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mount Allison University (Canada). He also took part in a one-year academic exchange at the University of Tübingen in Germany from 1990-91. He is efficient in Chinese (both Cantonese and Putonghua), English and German. Dr. Patrick Lo has presented about 100 research papers and project reports focusing on librarianship, humanities, and education at different local and international workgroup meetings, seminars, conferences, etc., including: Mainland China, Hong Kong, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Turkey, United States, and Sweden, and at institutions including the Library of Congress (U.S.), Austrian National Library (Vienna), University of Vienna, National Library of France (Paris), National Institute of Informatics (Japan), Konrad-Zuse-Center for Information Technology (Berlin), etc. His research interests and areas of specialty include: comparative studies in library and information science (LIS); art and design librarianship and information literacy.

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