Libraries, Leadership, and Scholarly Communication: Essays by Rick Anderson (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780838914335)

A creative thinker on topics related to library collections and scholarly publishing, Rick Anderson does not back away from controversy. "Whenever you're forced to make choices, values are going to come into conflict," he writes in the preface. "The painful truth is that not everyone in the organization has the same priorities and wants the same things in the same amounts." When it's time for your organization to make choices and set priorities, this collection of essays, articles, white papers, and blog posts will provide conversation starters for your strategic discussions. Anderson offers engaging, persuasive arguments on range of timely topics, such as: the decline of print; patron-driven acquisitions; Open Access (OA); blacklisting publishers and relations with publishers' sales reps; patron privacy; symptoms of zealotry; unintended consequences of the print-on-demand model; and how to define library value. Ideal for browsing, the ideas in this collection will kickstart your brainstorming sessions and spur your organization to confront choices head on.

Author: Rick Anderson
ISBN-10: 0838914330
ISBN-13: 9780838914335
Publisher: ALA Editions
Language: English
Published: 06/08/2016
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2016 pg. 91
School Library Journal 03/01/2017 pg. 173