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Expect More: Demanding Better Libraries For Today's Complex World
Paperback, 124 pages
Published
January 12th 2012
by CreateSpace
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This was a concise version of the ideas I found in Lankes' Atlas of New Librarianship. It a book that all librarians who are too busy to read the entire Atlas need to read. Library boards need to read it. Superintendents, principals, other administrators, teachers, parents, need to read it. Provosts, deans, faculty, and students need to read it. Community members, mayors, city councils, county decisionmakers need to read it. Library school faculty need to read it. Library consultants and continu...more
Written by the man behind the terrific Atlas of New Librarianship, this book is written for the non-librarian, urging them to "expect more" from their libraries and librarians. This is precisely what makes it essential reading for librarians. It helps use to see our profession through the eyes of our community - the community we not only serve, but of which we are an integral and essential part.
"The different between good and great comes down to this: a library that seeks to serve your communit...more
"The different between good and great comes down to this: a library that seeks to serve your communit...more
Yet another magnificent title from Mr Lankes. He discusses some of the same issues that are raised in the Atlas, but he's coming from a different viewpoint with this book. It's an excellent read if you want to know how libraries need to change, develop and evolve into the future. His vision is both fascinating and compelling - my own gripe is that I would be happier if it was at least twice as long! To be fair though, it's intended as a quick read.
This should be read by anyone with an interest i...more
This should be read by anyone with an interest i...more
Lankes provides a cogent view of the best libraries of today and how they will move into the future. He focuses both on the librarians and their role in their communities (and less on their role as keepers of books or their surrogates) and on libraries as places for learning (and less on their function as book museums). It's a brief, inspirational and breezy read and a great introduction to his larger work The Atlas of New Librarianship (MIT, 2011)
Usefull book to focus discussions with peers and patrons about the (academic) library of today. Sometimes a bit too focused on a US point of view but that didn't bother me. The intro about the Arab Spring is unnecessary, though I see what the author wanted to illustrate by adding it. We bought a whole lot of them in print as a thank-you aka Xmas present for our library board this year.
A concise and interesting book with lots of great examples and ideas for anyone interested in libraries.
Excellent book for Librarians.
As always, David is thought provoking. A must read for anyone who is a librarian or interested in libraries.
recommended by Buffy Hamilton
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