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A Cambrian Moment for Libraries: Shaping Futures through Evolution and Leadership
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Brian Mathews – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2025
Academic and research libraries are undergoing a profound transformation, shaped by technological advancements, shifting societal dynamics, and evolving institutional priorities. This essay examines how these forces are driving libraries to evolve into specialized and distinct models, shaping their future and drawing parallels to the Cambrian…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Specialization, Educational Trends
Work-Integrated Learning in Managers' Cooperative Work Practices
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Niki Chatzipanagiotou; Anita Mirijamdotter; Christina Mörtberg – Learning Organization, 2025
Purpose: This paper aims to focus on academic library managers' learning practices in the context of cooperative work supported by computational artefacts. Academic library managers' everyday work is mainly cooperative. Their cooperation is supported predominantly by computational artefacts. Learning how to use the computational artefacts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, Librarians, Cooperative Planning
Learning by Doing: An Online, Open-Source Course Design Approach to Systems Librarianship
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C. Sean Burns; Jennifer Pusateri; Daniela K. DiGiacomo – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2025
This paper presents a novel approach to designing an online, open-source course in systems librarianship, an area of librarianship that may be perceived as complex and intimidating because of the technologies involved. The course design focuses on making systems librarianship more approachable for library and information science students who may…
Descriptors: Library Science, Online Courses, Open Education, Instructional Design