This book addresses the challenges of organizing modern-day institutions, focusing on the management of intangible organizational resources of libraries through both library science and management theory. Highlighting new information requirements, knowledge transfer technologies and changing...

While librarianship in general has had to respond to constant revolutionary change, technical services have faced much more immediate challenges, having nearly been completely reimagined in the 21st century. By showcasing the work of technical services, and the ground-breaking changes they have...

Das Buch gliedert sich hauptsächlich in zwei Teile: Einführung und Praxisbeispiele. Ein kurzer Überblick über die konzeptionelle Arbeit von wissenschaftlichen, kirchlichen sowie in geteilter Trägerschaft befindlichen Bibliotheken rundet das Werk ab.