...Alasdair Paterson The paper looks at issues and trends in the building of a learning organisation for the coming century. There is initial consideration of the concept of the “hybrid library”, a phrase descriptive of the current evolutionary stage as perceived by British academic libraries...

...Blazej Feret; Marzena Marcinek Identifies the most important trends in changes that are occurring in academic libraries and their impact on the role of the academic library as a whole, with focus on the skills and characteristics of a new‐century librarian. To achieve this goal a Delphi study...

...David Baker Academic libraries are at a crossroads. Whether deciding on the pros and cons of converged services or juggling with slashed budgets in a frantic attempt to provide increasing numbers of services to more users. New technology, despite offering wonderful opportunities, changes quicker...

... Limited 1998 Academic libraries Organizational change Skills Training Operational convergence signifies the increased use of joint initiatives and cooperation between overlapping or complementary services, while maintaining existing departmental boundaries. Organisational convergence...

..., particularly in university libraries. Academic libraries Electronic publishing Interlending Paper The provision of electronic surrogates of documents from remote stores is hot news. Even a cursory look at the library literature suggests a world pregnant with revolutionary change. One in which...

...Michael Hannon Focuses on international academic library staff exchanges from three perspectives: the author’s personal experience as an exchange participant, as director of a research library which has hosted six exchanges, and as chairman of CURL’s Staff Development Group, which is to implement...

... and a strategic management programme for senior academic library staff was developed by academic librarians and Aston Business School to respond to this challenge. Outlines the development of the programme, details its contents and discusses the feedback from the programme. Also identifies some of the lessons...

...Isaac Osei Observes that staff development, undoubtedly, effectively enhances staff performance and job effectiveness, and the climate of interpersonal relations in an organization. Focuses on the need for professional staff development in an academic library and describes the state of the art...

... aims for the future. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Academic libraries Further education Romania Higher education in the field of librarianship and information science represents a new reality for Bucharest University. After decades of harmful absence, one of the most complex and dynamic areas...

... on experience at the University of Nottingham Library which has, for a number of years, viewed training as vital to the delivery of high‐quality services. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Academic libraries Learning organizations Performance appraisal Staff development Training The University...