Innovation in libraries and information services / edited by David Baker, Wendy Evans.

Includes bibliographical references.

Prelims -- Making sure things can never be the same again: innovation in library and information services -- Facing the challenge of data-intensive research: research data services and data literacy in academic libraries -- Theory of management strategies for libraries: triggers for innovative and fundamental changes -- Capacity and capability: how can library and information services make sure they succeed? -- The development of document supply: navigating in stormy waters -- The librarianship portfolio, part two: a rubric for evaluation -- Open source systems and shared services: the BLMS experience a case study -- Innovation and information -- Public libraries and innovation in Greece: an option or a necessity? -- Leading the innovative and creative library workforce: approaches and challenges -- No dust in the stacks: creating a customized local serials collection on the fly -- New approaches to digital strategy in the 21st century -- About the authors.

This volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization takes as its underpinning theme the whole subject of innovation in Library and Information Services. It considers the various types of innovation through case studies and exemplars both from within the LIS sector and other cognate industries and environments. It will look at both the last and the next thirty years by charting major technology developments and the ways in which they have not only been adopted and adapted by library services but also how the resulting improvements and enhancements have impacted upon key user communities. But more importantly, the volume projects these developments forward and in addition forecasts and analyses likely future inventions and innovations and how LIS leaders and managers should not only respond but actually help to create and shape our future world.Written and edited by Professor David Baker and Wendy Evans, the volume will include contributions from: Dr Chris Batt; Dr Masanori Koizumi; Dr Tibor Koltay; Professor Derek Law; Dr Mike McGrath; Dr Bruce Massis; Chloe Mills; John Robinson; Dr Lara Skelly; Professor Jo Smedley; Dr Evgenia Vassilakaki; Dr Graham Walton.