Positioning the Academic Library within the University

Leo Appleton is Senior University Teacher in the Information School at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is the Editor-in-chief of the journal New Review of Academic Librarianship and has written and presented widely on a number of library leadership and management topics.

• Introduction: Positioning the Academic Library within the Institution: Structures and ChallengesLeo Appleton1. Positioning the Academic Library within the Institution: A Literature ReviewJohn Cox2. The "Idea of the University": Positioning Academic Librarians in the Future UniversityFiona Salisbury and Tai Peseta3. Aligning Library and University Strategic Directions: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study of Academic Library Leadership in Australia and the U.S.AFiona Harland, Glenn Stewart and Christine Bruce4. How Do Academic Libraries Adapt Within an Ever Increasing Marketized Higher Education Landscape? A Comparison and Analysis of University Library Mission Statements in Germany and the UKLydia Pryce-Jones5. Shrink to Fit or Prune to Strengthen: Adapting the Strategic Plan in an Academic Library as Response to Environmental ChangeTatiana Sanches6. Research Support at the Crossroads: Capability, Capacity, and CollaborationLucy Lang, Trish Wilson, Katie Wilson and Aubrey Kirkpatrick7. Evolution of Research Support Services at an Academic Library: Specialist Knowledge Linked by Core InfrastructureSarah Brown, Elizabeth Alvey, Elena Danilova, Helen Morgan and Amberyn Thomas8. Reshaping Academic Librarianship in the Context of Twenty-First Century Scholarly Communications and Information Fluency: A Case Study of the Scholarly Communications Management Team at Imperial College London Library ServicesRuth Harrison9. Understanding Academics: A UX Ethnographic Research Project at the University of YorkMichelle Blake and Vanya Gallimore10. Developing Academic Engagement: A Qualitative, "Ethnographish" Study of a Devolved Library Structure at the University of CambridgeElizabeth Tilley and Helen Murphy11. The Library Leading: Knowledge Management Supporting Community College Institutional StrategyElizabeth Jardine12. Library as Forum: Building Relationships and Identity Through Faculty Speaker EventsKathleen Kasten13. From Service Providers to Collaborators and Partners: A Nondiscipline-Based Approach at a Liberal Arts CollegeLijuan Xu and Benjamin Jahre14. "This is an Opportunity for Librarians to Reinvent Themselves, but it is about Moving Out of their Areas": New Roles for Library Leaders?Roisin Gwyer15. The View from Within: A Personal Reflection on Library Strategy Development in Three Academic LibrariesTim Wales16. Converging Paths to Common Ground: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Influencing Institution BusinessRegina Everitt17. The Library at Ryerson University: A Case Study in Relationship-Building and Academic CollaborationMadeleine Lefebvre18. Putting the Learner at the Heart of Student Experience: The Role of the University Library in a Seven-Year Journey of Superconvergence at Northumbria University, UKNick Woolley and Jane Core