Volume 8 of the series Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library
is focused on new services, directions, job duties and
responsibilities for librarians in academic libraries of the 21st
century. Topics include research data management services, web
services, improving web design for library interfaces, cooperative
virtual reference services, directions on research in the
21st-century academic library, innovative uses of physical library
spaces, uses of social media for disseminating scholarly research,
information architecture and usability studies, the importance of
special collections and archival collections, and lessons learned
in digitization and digital projects planning and management. Data
management services are highlighted in the context of a consortium
of smaller liberal arts and regional institutions who share a
common institutional repository. Survey research plays a role in a
number of chapters. One provides insight into how academic
libraries are currently approaching web services, web applications,
and library websites. A second survey is used to explore the role
of librarians as web designers, and provides detailed information
related to job titles, job duties, time percentages related to
duties, and other duties outside of web design. Comments of those
surveyed are included and make interesting reading and a deeper
understanding of this new function in libraries. More generally, is
a survey study exploring how librarians feel about the changes that
are currently happening within the profession, as well as how these
changes have personally affected their job duties and their current
job assignments. Case studies are include one that features
QuestionPoint in the context of a cooperative virtual reference
service; another shows how research and scholarship can be
disseminated using social media tools such as blogs, Twitter,
ResearchGate and Google Scholar, among others; a other studies
explore the importance of user engagement and buy-in before moving
forward on digitization; and one shows how information architecture
and usability emerge from the redesign of a public library website
and whose successful completion involves user surveying, focus
groups, peer site reviews, needs analysis, and usability testing.
Two chapters deal with the changing legal context: the importance
and understanding of copyright and author rights in the
21st-century academic library, and the basics Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). It is hoped that this volume, and
the series in general, will be a valuable and exciting addition to
the discussions and planning surrounding the future directions,
services, and careers in the 21st-century academic library.
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