Reinventing the library for online education

"Reinventing has a different aim, beginning with the purpose of libraries over the centuries. It then discusses the issues around the design and operation of virtual libraries?what tasks can be eliminated or redefined, and the new ones that must be constructed. Stielow considers how online librarians must be ?rewired? to meet the needs of faculty and student users, and how the work of online managers is refocused. A brief epilogue, ?Musings for the Teens,? raises final issues for the current decade. The book?s structure has a feel of hyperlinks in ink and paper, which may be welcoming to some and off-putting to others. Stielow furnishes Reader?s Advisory notes to help make the most of the book?s design. Though aimed at academic librarians, any librarian can grow from Stielow?s understanding of the persistent questions posed by the explosion of online resources, and given that answers seem to change by the minute, it may be prudent not to insist upon practical answers in a print text." Reviewer: Donna L. Phillips.