Cutting-Edge Research in Developing the Library of the Future

In this third volume of the series, Cutting-Edge Research in the 21st-Century Academic Library: New Paths for Building Future Services explores examples of exciting new library services and workflows that provide opportunities for the library profession to model and adapt for their own communities and patrons. Volume 3 of this series examines cutting-edge research in developing the library of the future. Included are studies that combines data mining and business intelligence metrics to predict future trends and behaviors, can be adapted for use in academic libraries. new services related to the proliferation of mobile devices among patrons. Studies devoted to the employment of the Web and the relation of the library's site to its environment; the use of a web content strategist in the design of the library site; New tedchnologies step-by-step guidelines for producing videos are highlighted, that can be used by the academic library for marketing, instruction, navigation, and reaching patrons in social media sites. Incorporating mobile information technologies in libraries, a fairly comprehensive and detailed annotated report that is highly useful for the profession. Overviews of how to manage electronic resources in a digital campus environment and how they affect organizational structure, workflows, and training. Finally, the concept of linked open data (LOD) is presented and how it has transformed library workflows, staff expertise, and traditional metadata creation. All of these examples of futuristic and exciting new library services and workflows provide opportunities and experiences that the rest of the library profession can model and adapt for their own particular communities and patrons.