Innovating in Libraries, Volume 2

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The world is evolving at an unprecedented pace, driven by the transformative forces of the Integrated Industrial revolution (4th-5th Industrial Revolutions)—a new era where data, connectivity, and human-machine interaction define progress. For libraries, this revolution presents both challenges and opportunities, demanding innovation in services, technologies, and... Read More

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Innovating in Libraries, Volume 2

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This collection explores how academic libraries can harness emerging technologies, integrate 4IR-driven solutions, and support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a focus on education, industry innovation, and reducing inequality.

Description

The world is evolving at an unprecedented pace, driven by the transformative forces of the Integrated Industrial revolution (4^th-5^th Industrial Revolutions)—a new era where data, connectivity, and human-machine interaction define progress. For libraries, this revolution presents both challenges and opportunities, demanding innovation in services, technologies, and strategies.

Both Volume 1 and 2 of Innovating in Libraries explore how academic libraries can harness emerging technologies, integrate Human-Tech synergistic and reciprocal solutions, and support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a focus on education, industry innovation, and reducing inequality. Contributions from leading experts and practitioners—many drawn from across the globe and selections from the Zimbabwe University Library Consortium’s 5th Biennial International Conference—offer global insights into spatial design for digital libraries, platform capitalism, open science, ethics, change management, and more.

With an international perspective and forward-thinking approach, Innovating in Libraries is essential for library professionals, educators, and policymakers navigating the future of information access in an era of rapid change.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781806865147

Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited

Contributors:

Edited by Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita
Edited by Madeleine Fombad
Edited by Blessing Chiparausha

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 457g

Pages: 264

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Blessing Chiparausha is the Library Director at Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe.

Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Information Systems at the Durban University of Technology (DUT), South Africa.

Madeleine Fombad is a Professor in the Department of Information Science at The University of South Africa (UNISA).