Iran Public libraries Foundation Research on Information Science and Public Libraries 2645-5730 17 1 2013 07 18 The Postmodern Library in an age of Assessment The Postmodern Library in an age of Assessment 179 190 728210 10.61882/publlij.2013.728210 FA Mohammad Khandan Phd student of LIS, University of Tehran 0000-0003-3138-2470 KathlinL.Ray KathlinL.Ray - Journal Article 2012 08 17 Purpose: examining that the postmodern library as a fluid, ambiguous, and “quantum” organization how could be assessed. Methodology: conceptual analysis Findings: Today’s academic libraries face unprecedented challenges developed by the "dynamic of perpetual change". The present environment of unpredictable and perpetual change is not a phase or a period of transition but the new reality. In order to meet the demands of this new environment, experts advocate the creation of flexible, highly responsive, and collaborative organizational structures. Originality/Value: This article tries to suggest a new conceptual framework and a different mental construct, if the postmodern library is to survive in an age of assessment. Purpose: examining that the postmodern library as a fluid, ambiguous, and “quantum” organization how could be assessed. Methodology: conceptual analysis Findings: Today’s academic libraries face unprecedented challenges developed by the "dynamic of perpetual change". The present environment of unpredictable and perpetual change is not a phase or a period of transition but the new reality. In order to meet the demands of this new environment, experts advocate the creation of flexible, highly responsive, and collaborative organizational structures. Originality/Value: This article tries to suggest a new conceptual framework and a different mental construct, if the postmodern library is to survive in an age of assessment.

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