The End of Wisdom?

Wendy Evans is the Head of Library at the University of St. Mark and St John, UK. She has published and lectured in the field of electronic journal and database usage, access versus ownership of journals, and has already co-edited and co-authored four books with David Baker. Professor David Baker has over 30 years’ experience in higher education, including as Principal and Chief Executive of Plymouth Marjon University, and as Deputy Chair of the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc).He holds a Chair in Strategic Information Management from Plymouth Marjon University. His degrees include an MLS, a PhD and an MBA. He also holds fellowships from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, the Chartered Management Institute and the Royal Society of Arts.He has written widely in the field of library and information management with 20 monographs and over 100 articles to his credit. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Major Reference Work titled Encyclopedia of Libraries, Librarianship, and Information Science (Elsevier, 2025)

"If you want to take a step back and look at where libraries from across the world and in different sectors are going, then you will find dipping into this book very stimulating." --Health Libraries Group Newsletter

• 1. Henrik Jochumsen, Dorte Skot-Hansen and Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen - The four spaces of the public library2. Charlie Smith - The influence of digital media on the design of libraries3. Julie Arndrup - The best of both worlds4. Mai Aggerbeck, Kirsten Maibom and Karen Frederiksen - The disembedded librarian: A vision of the librarian’s future role in an educational context5. Patrick Lo and Dickson Chiu – Informal interview with school librarians6. Diana L.H. Chan - Using formal and informal channels to update librarians’ skill sets7. Tibor Koltay - Library 2.0: Lost illusions?8. Matthew Naughtin - Digital music preparation in the modern orchestral library 9. Bruce E. Massis - The academic library in 2020 10. Bernard Scaife - Using technology to make more digital content openly available11. Evgenia Vassilakaki - New trends in higher education: can information professionals rise to the challenge?12. Joachim Schopfel - Six futures of academic libraries13. Cherifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri - From being libraries to becoming the "Switchmen" of scholarship in the digital age14. Steve Bowman - Digital pedagogy and the student voice15. Vivien Sieber, Julia Anthoney, Heather Barker, and Ellie Roberts - Information literacy in a digital age: embedding information literacy in the curriculum16. Louise Overgaard - Playing, creating, learning: the future public library for children and families17. Stephen Akintunde - The future of libraries in Nigeria18. Daniella Smith - Reinvigorated opportunities: libraries as essential institutions for youth19. Bas Savenije - A cooperative model for a national digital library20. Belen Fornovi Rodriguez - In the core of research21. Dr Rafael Ball - Information management of the future22. Niels Brügger - Webraries and web archives — the web between public and private23. Karen Carden - Not only but also?