The Postmodern Library in an age of Assessment

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Phd student of LIS, University of Tehran

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10.61882/publlij.2013.728210
Abstract
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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