The Internationalization of the Academic Library

• Main Author: Lombard, Emmett
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Taylor & Francis 2021
• Series: Routledge Studies in Library and Information Science
• Subjects: Academic Library Literature; Academic Library’s Role; Academic Support Personnel; Administration; College’s Academic Library; Domestic Students; Education; Educational administration and organization; Geert Hofstede Cultural Dimensions; Global Learning Experience; Higher; Higher education, tertiary education; Information Fluency; Information Literacy; Information Literacy Conceptualization; International Student Preferences; International Student Workers; International Students; Library and information sciences / Museology; Library Personnel; Library Stakeholders; Measure Information Literacy; National Higher Education Sectors; Philosophy and theory of education; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Society and Social Sciences; Student Recruitment Strategies; Vice Versa
• ISBN: 9780367653170; 9781000476071; 9780367653194; 1003128874; 9781000476064; 0367653176; 1000476065; 1000476073; 0367653192; 9781003128878
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003128878

The Internationalization of the Academic Library presents a theoretically informed, empirically grounded analysis of the process of academic library internationalization. Drawing on interviews with library personnel from around the world, Lombard analyzes internationalization at the departmental level of an academic library. Demonstrating that college and library personnel have positive intentions when it comes to internationalization, the research presented nevertheless reveals little commitment to an intentional, holistic role in the libraries studied. Drawing on internationalization expertise and models of prominent scholars, the book argues that libraries need to be more deliberate in their internationalization efforts and collaborate with other college personnel and departments outside the library. Lombard asserts that internationalization can facilitate a better understanding of the potential for transformation of a library’s mission, vision, and policy. The Internationalization of the Academic Library cuts across the fields of library science and higher education administration, ensuring that the book will appeal to researchers and students working in these disciplines. Library professionals around the world will also find much to interest them within the book.