Network Reshapes the Library : Lorcan Dempsey on Libraries, Services, and Networks

Dempsey, Lorcan; Varnum, Kenneth J. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0838912338 / ISBN 13: 9780838912331

Published by ALA Editions, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Network Reshapes the Library : Lorcan Dempsey on Libraries, Services, and Networks
• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838912338
• ISBN 13: 9780838912331
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

As one university librarian put it, Dempsey's "dual ability to explore an issue and to reveal the higher-order trends is spot-on for understanding our volatile environment." Since he began posting in 2003, Dempsey has used his blog to explore nearly every important facet of library technology, from the emergence fo Web 2.0 as a concept to open source ILS tools and the push to web-scale library management systems. In a compendium that library planners, administrators, and technology staff will find endlessly stimulating, Varnum offers an expertly curated selection of entries that show where libraries have been in the last decade and also where they're heading now.

About the Author

Lorcan Dempsey oversees the research division and participates in planning at OCLC. He has worked for library and educational organizations in Ireland, England, and the US. He has written and spoken extensively on policy, research, and service development, and in the areas of networked information and digital libraries. Before moving to OCLC Lorcan worked for JISC in the UK, overseeing national information programs and services, and before that was Director of UKOLN, a national UK research and policy unit at the University of Bath. Before moving to the UK he worked in public libraries in Dublin, Ireland. Kenneth J. Varnum has been the Web Systems Manager at the University of Michigan Library since 2007, a position that involves all aspects of the libraries' websites. In his 17 years working as a technology librarian, he has served in a variety of libraries, including a small special library at the Open Media Research Institute in Prague, a large corporate library at Ford Motor Company, and a small academic library at Tufts University. He received his MLIS from the University of Michigan and a Master's of Russian and East European Studies. Prior to his postgraduate education, he received a BA from Grinnell College. His research interests include open source software, discovery environments, and personalized information delivery systems.