...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...

..., the styles of working in converged services are likely to mean that they require these skills in even greater measure; and to these, predominantly, task skills, they need to add a range of process skills. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Academic libraries Organizational change Skills Training...

... and technical change generates more published material. It is generally assumed that libraries, especially academic libraries, have moved from a holdings to an access strategy. So often is this stated that it has become an accepted wisdom when in fact it is a myth. What is happening, at least in the UK...

...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...

...‐leaders to review their training over the previous year and to assess their likely training needs for the next. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Academic libraries Learning organizations Performance appraisal Staff development Training The University of Nottingham stated its institutional...