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Introduction: Technology, organizational change and virtual libraries
Building a virtual library (2003)
  • Ardis Hanson, University of South Florida
  • Bruce Lubotsky Levin, University of South Florida
  • Susan J. Heron, University of South Florida
  • Merilyn Burke, University of South Florida
Abstract
Change has become a way of life for most organizations in the 21st century. In order to withstand profound change, an organisation must be flexible and incorporate the ability to adapt and respond to its external environment and its many stakeholders. At the same time, in an era of increasing fiscal constraints, new technologies, and an explosion of information, informatics plays an increasingly important and prominent role in society, in knowledge exchange, in communication, and in commerce between organizations. Accordingly, the most remarkable opportunities and challenges have emerged within academic libraries with regard to the incorporation of technology into daily functioning. Academic libraries only achieve real change when every person, from staff to administrator, is willing to examine functions, strategies, goals, and processes and to participate in free discussions of the critical issues. This chapter examines such a landmark shift in an organization’s operation and culture with the creation of a “virtual library” at an urban university. It will review the planning, development, and implementation process of the virtual library. It will also examine the barriers and successes within the organizational role of a multi-campus, autonomous university library system. The chapter will conclude with a discussion of future issues and opportunities for the role of technology in organizations and organizational change. To read this chapter, see the IGI book site at http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=5949
Keywords
  • virtual libraries; digital ibraries; organisational change; planning,
  • change management
Publication Date
2003
Editor
Ardis Hanson & Bruce Lubotsky Levin
Publisher
Idea Group Publishing
Citation Information
Ardis Hanson, Bruce Lubotsky Levin, Susan J. Heron and Merilyn Burke. "Introduction: Technology, organizational change and virtual libraries" Hershey, PABuilding a virtual library (2003)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/bruce_lubotsky_levin/8/