Mackenzie, Alison and Lindsey Martin (eds.) Developing Digital Scholarship: Emerging Practices in Academic Libraries. Neal-Schuman, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1555-4
Description
These essays are written by librarians who are meeting the challenge of digital scholarship, utilizing the latest technologies and creating new knowledge in partnership with researchers, scholars, colleagues, and students. Spanning a wide range of contrasting perspectives, contexts, insights, and case studies, this edited collection explores the relationships between digital scholarship, contemporary academic libraries, and professional practice.
Table of Contents
THEME 1: A REVIEW OF THE LANDSCAPE
1. The university library and digital scholarship: a review of the literature – Lindsey Martin
2. Digital scholarship: scanning library services and spaces - Alison Mackenzie
THEME 2: THE AGILE LIBRARIAN
3. Librarian as partner: in and out of the library - Roz Howard and Megan Fitzgibbons
4. Novice to Expert: developing digitally capable librarians - Dr Charles Inskip
5. Lean in the Library: building capacity by realigning staff and resources - Jennifer Bremner
THEME 3: DIGITAL SPACES AND SERVICES
6. Digital Scholarship Centres: converging space and expertise - Tracy Bergstrom
7. Building scalable and sustainable services for researchers - David Clay
THEME 4: COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING
8. Social networking with the scholarly community: a literature review - Suzanne Parfitt
9. Developing Digital Scholars: from the Ivory Tower to the Twittersphere - Alison Hicks
10. Reflections on digital scholarship: so many reasons to be cheerful - Alison Mackenzie and Lindsey Martin
