In recent years, considerable change has affected universities and their academic libraries, and this pace of change is likely to continue. Recent and current changes affecting academic libraries include:
- Increasing client expectations, with the consequent need to maintain and enhance the student experience, including student success and attainment, student retention and progression, and employability
- Disintermediation and the danger of library support in the digital age becoming invisible
- Current and future generations of students and researchers considering themselves self-sufficient in information skills
- A decline in the importance of the library as a physical entity
- Changing user needs and working styles
- The availability of alternative sources of information for learners and researchers, with other providers as well as libraries in the digital environment
- The changing nature of universities, with new ways of working, changes in pedagogy, and increasing online delivery
- Changes in scholarly publication methods (such as open access) and the research environment
- Changing technologies, such as social media and mobile technologies
- Financial uncertainties, institutional cutbacks and an increasing pressure for accountability
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/articles/power-and-challenges-collaboration-academic-libraries
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I work in an academic library, so the article linked here is particularly pertinent.
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By: My Mashed Up Life on May 31, 2018
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