Academic Librarianship Today offers the most current, comprehensive overview of the field available today. Key features include:
-Each chapter was commissioned specifically for this new book, and the authors are highly regarded academic librarians or library school faculty--or both
-Cutting-edge topics such as open access, copyright, digital curation and preservation, emerging technologies, new roles for academic librarians, cooperative collection development and resource sharing, and patron-driven acquisitions are explored in depth
-Each chapter ends with thought-provoking questions for discussion and creative and carefully constructed assignments that faculty can assign or adapt for their courses