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INNOVATION IN LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES

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ADVANCES IN LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION

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ADVANCES IN LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION VOLUME 35

INNOVATION IN LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES

EDITED BY

DAVID BAKER

University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth, UK

WENDY EVANS

University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth, UK

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Editorial Advisory Board

• Kathryn Moore Crowe

  Associate Dean for Public Services, University Libraries, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA

• Janet A. Crum

  Head, Library Technology Services, Northern Arizona University, USA

• Alice L. Daugherty

  Collection Assessment and Analysis Librarian, Louisiana State University, USA

• Carenado V. Davis

  Library Director, Lenoir Community College, USA

• Christine Korytnyk Delaney

  Director of Technical Services, American University Library, USA

• Amed Demirhan

  Director of Library, American University of Nigeria (AUN), Nigeria

• Bradford Lee Eden

  Dean of Library Services, Valparaiso University, USA

• Su Epstein

  Library Director, Saxton B. Little Free Library, USA

• George J. Fowler

  Interim University Librarian, Old Dominion University, USA

• Heather Groves Hannan

  Head, Mercer Library (Prince William Campus), George Mason University, USA

• Joanne Hélouvry

  Head of Research & Instruction Services, Loyola Notre Dame Library, USA

• David Ketchum

  Resource Sharing Librarian, University of Oregon, USA

• Elizabeth Ann Martin

  Head of Professional Programs, Grand Valley State University, USA

• Miriam Matteson

  Assistant Professor, Kent State University, USA

• Pixey Anne Mosley

  Associate Dean for Administrative and Faculty Services, Texas A&M University, USA

• Annie Norman

  State Librarian of Delaware Division of Libraries, Delaware, USA

• Marcy Simons

  Organizational Development Librarian, University of Notre Dame, USA

• Jennifer M. Turner

  Instructional Services Librarian, Minnesota State University, USA

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Preface

This volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization takes as its underpinning theme the whole subject of innovation in Library and Information Services. It considers the various types of innovation through case studies and exemplars both from within the Library and Information Services (LIS) sector and other cognate industries and environments. It looks at both the last and the next 30 years by charting major technology developments and the ways in which they have not only been adopted and adapted by library services but also how the resulting improvements and enhancements have impacted upon key user communities. But more importantly, the volume projects these developments forward and in addition forecasts and analyses likely future inventions and innovations and how LIS leaders and managers should not only respond but also actually help to create and shape our future world.

All web links were correct at the time of checking (June 2016).

David Baker

Wendy Evans

Editors

Acknowledgments

The editors are especially grateful to all who made this volume possible; to the authors of the various chapters for their contributions and their willingness to be involved in the project; to Eileen Breen and Emma Stevenson for their advice and assistance throughout the development of the proposal and the production of the volume, to Sharon Holley for her help during the various stages and also to the University of St Mark & St John for their support.