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Library Faculty Publications

2018

Collection Development and Management

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Collections As Data: Implications For Enclosure, Thomas G. Padilla Jun 2018

Collections As Data: Implications For Enclosure, Thomas G. Padilla

Library Faculty Publications

In recent years a growing amount of interest has been dedicated to collections as data. A collections as data paradigm seeks to foster an expanded set of research, pedagogical, and artistic potential predicated on the computational use of cultural heritage collections. Collections as data raises the question of what it might mean to treat digitized and born digital collections as data rather than simple surrogates of physical objects or static representations of digital experience.


Book Review: So You Want To Be An Academic Library Director, Pat Hawthorne Mar 2018

Book Review: So You Want To Be An Academic Library Director, Pat Hawthorne

Library Faculty Publications

This volume comprises thirteen reflective essays by library leaders offering perspectives on their personal experiences and lessons learned regarding academic library management. Editor Colleen S. Harris notes in the very brief preface: “To complement the formal research on academic library director characteristics, I have recruited library directors to write essays reflecting on various aspects of their work as library directors.” Although she alludes to research studies regarding the knowledge, skills, and characteristics of successful managers and leaders, none of the chapters cite any such studies, and the book unfortunately lacks a substantive introductory chapter to complement and provide context for …