...Faye Chadwell; Shan C. Sutton Purpose – The purpose of this article is to provide a vision for how academic libraries can assume a more central role in a future where open access (OA) publishing has become the predominant model for disseminating scholarly research articles. Design/methodology...

...Aline Soules Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review current strategies in collections, selection and the access libraries provide, to present scenarios that illustrate the roles libraries are beginning to play and to discuss viable strategies for libraries in the future. Design...

...Derek Law Purpose – The purpose of this article is to explore the changing skill sets, operating environments and community engagement activities which can create a robust and valued future for libraries and librarians. It is easy to paint a doom-laden picture of the future of libraries against...

... that supports interaction and an effective platform to support pedagogy towards team projects, multimedia work and whole-person development. Future library spaces need to exhibit characteristics tailored to various user groups and their specific usage needs. Originality/value – The experience of the HKUST...

... of standardised responses which tends to discourage real staff engagement with users and ignores the human, personalised response which characterises the best customer service practice. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Change Trends United Kingdom University libraries Future...

..., a description of the realignment process, responsibilities of the new departments and lessons learned. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Academic libraries Realignment Change Future Organizational restructuring In order to engender collaboration and build investment in the process...