How Long to Read Achieving Cultural Change in Networked Libraries

How Long Does it Take to Read Achieving Cultural Change in Networked Libraries?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 36 minutes to read Achieving Cultural Change in Networked Libraries by William Foster

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Description

The advent of globally networked information is a historic change. Educational, commercial and industrial institutions depend on its effective exploitation for their success, but cultural and human factors are the biggest obstacles. This book looks at the roots of these problems and how they may be overcome, through understanding recent developments in technical services, the difference between service and technical orientation, organizational culture, the role of subject expertise and the cultural heritage of the information profession. The book provides guidance and outlines best practice in: managing converging technologies; supporting change with organizational models; using cultural audits; the role of focus groups in implementing change; characterizing a learning organization; succeeding as a change agent, and managing change through technical services. Several chapters discuss the Electronic Libraries programme and the TAPin (Training and Awareness Programme in networks) model as examples of how cultural change takes place, particularly in the academic environment; one chapter concentrates exclusively on the characteristics of special libraries. This illuminating insight into the evolution of information cultures and how they do or don’t adapt to networked services will help information and library managers to achieve change with deeper understanding, and will provide useful advice for senior managers restructuring IT and information departments. The book is core reading for students of Information Studies.

How long is Achieving Cultural Change in Networked Libraries?

Achieving Cultural Change in Networked Libraries by William Foster is 273 pages long, and a total of 69,069 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Achieving Cultural Change in Networked Libraries Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 17 minutes to read Achieving Cultural Change in Networked Libraries aloud.

What Reading Level is Achieving Cultural Change in Networked Libraries?

Achieving Cultural Change in Networked Libraries is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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