1st Edition

Sci-Tech Libraries of the Future

Edited By Cynthia Steinke Copyright 1992
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

What will future sci-tech libraries be like? Who will be the key players? In this insightful volume, first published in 1992, leaders in sci-tech librarianship reflect on their years in the profession and predict how the sci-tech library will look in ten years. It takes a close look at the revolution in the communication of scientific information and how technology has transformed the process of... Read more

1. Foreword: Plus Ça Change Cynthia A. Steinke  2. The Needs of Science and Technology Robert M. Hayes  3. Managing the Sea Change in Science and Technology Libraries Glenn L. Brudvig  4. Scientific and Technical Libraries: Leaders of the 21st Century Barbara Lockett  5. Leadership in Science-Engineering Libraries: Considerations and Realities for the Future Donald G. Frank  6. Education and Recruitment of Science and Engineering Librarians Crit Stuart and Miriam A. Drake  7. Through a Kaleidoscope Darkly Karen Hunter  8. Library Buildings: Their Current State and Future Development Jay K. Lucker  9. The Future of University Science and Technology Libraries: Implications of Increasing Interdisciplinarity Julie M. Hurd  10. Knowledge Diffusion and U.S. Government Technology Policy: Issues and Opportunities for Sci-Tech Librarians Thomas E. Pinelli, Rebecca O. Barclay, Stan Hannah, Barbara Lawrence and John M. Kennedy  11. Collection Development vs Access in Academic Science Libraries Gary Wiggins  12. Which Life Science Journals Will Constitute the Locally Sustainable Core Collection of the 1990's and Which Will Become ‘Fax-Access’ Only?: Predictions Based on Citation and Price Patterns 1979-1989 Tony Stankus and Carolyn V. Mills  13. A Comparison of Science Related Document Delivery Services Robert T. McFarland

Biography

Cynthia Steinke