Developing the new learning environment : the changing role of the academic librarian / edited by Philippa Levy and Sue Roberts. - 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Challenge for the academic librarian / Policy framework : a critical review / Pedagogy in a changing environment / Literacies and learning / Key issues in the design and delivery of technology-enhanced learning / New professional identities and practices for learner support / New academic teams / Responding to the e-learning imperative / Information literacy education in practice / Inclusion agenda and its impact on practice / Kaleidoscope of change : how library management can support the development of new learning environments / (E)merging professional identities and practices / Philippa Levy and Sue Roberts -- Peter Brophy -- Philippa Levy -- Dorothy Williams -- Allison Littlejohn -- Sue Roberts -- Sue Roberts, Mark Schofield and Ruth Wilson -- Susannah Quinsee -- Judith Peacock -- Joan Chapman, Gail McFarlane and Stuart Macwilliam -- Philip Payne -- Sue Roberts and Philippa Levy. Introduction,

"This key text captures and critically discusses the librarian's changing learning support role in an educational context, providing guidance and practical support. Written by acknowledged experts across a broad range of roles in the new academic environment, it challenges thinking in this area as well as offering practice-based advice." "This book is essential reading for practitioners at every level within the higher education and further education sectors, including information specialists, learning support professionals, academic liaison coordinators and subject specialists, academic service managers and heads of library and information services. It is also a valuable resource for all other professionals involved in the delivery of learning support, and for students of LIS and of education."--BOOK JACKET.

9781856049801 (e-book)


Academic librarians.
Academic libraries--Aims and objectives.


Electronic books.

Z682.4.C63 / D48 2005

027.7