Best Practices for Corporate Libraries
by Kelsey, Sigrid E.; Porter, Marjorie J.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-03-21
Publisher(s): Libraries Unltd Inc
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Summary
With information driving today's global economy, corporate librarians must become even more proactive in their daily assignments. Best Practices for Corporate Libraries will help them do just that through a series of papers that offer an international array of opinion and practice methods. This book showcases current practices in corporate library functions and suggests best practices for current librarians. It also examines some of the changes in librarianship that have arisen from changes in how information is provided and how corporations are now organized. Topics covered include library service functions, return on investment, measurements and evaluation, collaboration, communication and outreach in corporations, managing changes in the corporation and in the library, and legal issues such as intellectual property concerns. Drawing from the experience of 25 contributors, the book includes chapters covering corporate libraries in the United States, United Kingdom, India, Barbados, and Nigeria.
Table of Contents
| Illustrations | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. xi |
| Services and Facilities | |
| From Reference Desk to Desk Set: The History of the Corporate Library in the United States and the UK before the Adoption of the Computer | p. 3 |
| Libraries as Hubs in the New Workplace | p. 25 |
| Intellectual Property and the Corporate Library: Understanding Best Practices in Information Sharing in U.S. Organizations | p. 47 |
| Collaboration in Corporate Libraries | p. 65 |
| Communication and Networking | |
| User Feedback from Corporate Library Advisory Boards of STM Publishers: Useful Input for New Product Development, Pricing & Licensing and Relationship Building: A Summary of Experiences of Springer's Global Corporate Advisory Boards and a Summary of a ROI Study at Four Large R&D Companies | p. 83 |
| The Rise of Unconferences for Professional Networking and Knowledge Sharing: A Case Study of "LibCampBangalore" | p. 99 |
| p. 111 | |
| Management | |
| Corporate Outsourcing | p. 117 |
| Systems Thinking for Success | p. 129 |
| Marketing and Demonstrating Value | |
| Best Practices for Aligning the Mission and Marketing the Services of the Corporate Library | p. 153 |
| Value Creation, Assessment, and Communication in a Corporate Library | p. 167 |
| Measuring Value in Corporate Libraries | p. 193 |
| Change Management and Reorganization | |
| Application of Technology and Change Management in Staff Development | p. 215 |
| p. 224 | |
| Corporate Librarian's Survival Kit for Organizational Realignment | p. 233 |
| Current State of Libraries | |
| Sustaining Corporate Libraries in Barbados: A Survey | p. 255 |
| Patterns for Improving Web Use Quality by Corporate Libraries in Low-Income Countries | p. 273 |
| Life as a Corporate Librarian at the Software Engineering Institute | p. 293 |
| Glossary | p. 317 |
| Marjorie Porter | |
| Index | p. 327 |
| About the Editors and Contributors | p. 333 |
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