Reskilling staff for digital libraries
Book chapter
Chang, N. and Hopkinson, A. 2006. Reskilling staff for digital libraries. in: Sugimoto, S. (ed.) Digital libraries: achievements challenges and opportunities Heidelberg Springer Berlin.
| Chapter title | Reskilling staff for digital libraries |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chang, N. and Hopkinson, A. |
| Abstract | In academic libraries, the digital library world has had a profound impact on staffing. Academic libraries are facing huge pressure on their staffing levels at a time when digital libraries are being introduced. Digital libraries cannot be divorced from ordinary libraries. What skills do traditional librarians need? There is little in the literature on training for staffing for digital libraries. Consequently, evidence from a recent PhD gleaned from research interviews of these digital libraries case studies is included in this paper. This research uncovered a variety of different management and organizational issues and revealed the large cost of personnel in the implementation and maintenance of digital libraries. |
| Book title | Digital libraries: achievements challenges and opportunities |
| Editors | Sugimoto, S. |
| Publisher | Springer Berlin |
| Place of publication | Heidelberg |
| Series | Lecture notes in computer science |
| ISBN | |
| Hardcover | 9783540493754 |
| Publication dates | |
| 2006 | |
| Publication process dates | |
| Deposited | 17 Nov 2009 |
| Output status | Published |
| Additional information | Poster session presented at ICADL, 2006 |
| Web address (URL) | http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/20l791655h844253/fulltext.pdf |
| Language | English |
| File |
https://repository.mdx.ac.uk/item/81y30
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