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Peter Brophy

Author of The Library in the 21st Century

16 Works 143 Members 2 Reviews

About the Author

Peter Brophy is Professor of Information Management in the Department of Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he is also Director of the Centre for Research in Library and Information Management (CERLIM).

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Works by Peter Brophy

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2 reviews
The Call Number in HKBU Library is 027.7 B792A 2005.
I have read the whole book twice.(~6-4-2007 and ~4-8-2009). This is a very good book, describing the issue of academic library, with examples mainly drawn from the United Kingdom.
The Call Number in CU Library is Z662.B76 2007. I have finished reading the whole book as at (Wed)23-9-2009.

Contents
Part 1 What is a library?
1 Libraries in the modern world
2 What is a library?The view from the sectors
3 What is a library?Cross-sectoral models
4 What is a library?The profession's view
5 What is a library?Digital libraries
6 What is a good library?
Part 2 Future libraries
7 Linking users to resources
8 Beyond the intermediary
9 The library user
10 The information universe
11 Envoi

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