University of Oklahoma. Libraries Conference 2004. Collection Management and Strategics Access to Digital Resources: the New Challenges for Research Libraries

Citation

Dazkiw, J. (2006), "University of Oklahoma. Libraries Conference 2004. Collection Management and Strategics Access to Digital Resources: the New Challenges for Research Libraries", Library Management, Vol. 27 No. 4/5, pp. 307-308. https://doi.org/10.1108/01435120610668241

I would highly recommend this book for professionals and students seeking a text to provide them with an overview of the current environment of scholarly communications and trends in the transformation of print materials to digital resources within university libraries. This book identifies many of the current challenges and expanding ideas that could form the future landscape for academic and research libraries for example, open access communication models and new roles for librarians and libraries.

Each the conference papers compiled within this text enables the reader to develop insight into a specific topic within the range of collection management issues associated with digital resources for example, institutional repositories and edge collections, access management and trends in expenditure on electronic journals at the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). The papers within the book have been comprehensively indexed further aiding the reader's ability to access specific information on topics.

The aim of text was to present information through the conference papers that would be helpful to library administrators in their planning for the future and meeting the needs of their communities of academics and students. In my view it is a valuable read for professionals in academics libraries involved in strategic planning and collection management and it offers an opportunity to reflect on possible future trends.

The book is easy to read and provides a range of perspectives from both librarians and publishers. The issues and trends discussed can be applied without geographical limitation and therefore the text adds to the literature available to professionals and students on the topic of access and management of digital resources in University and Research Libraries.