Bringing a Small Academic Library Back from the Brink. Issue 2 (1st June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wells, Michael
• Is Part Of: International information & library review. Volume 52:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 161
• Page End: 169
• Publication Date: 2020-06-01
• Subjects: Koha -- raspberry Pi -- matomo -- assessment -- LTI Integration; Information science -- Periodicals; Library science -- Periodicals; 020.5
• DOI: 10.1080/10572317.2020.1746028
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1057-2317

Abstract

Abstract: When Villa Madonna College moved from Covington to Crestview Hills, Kentucky in 1968 to become Thomas More College, the designers of the new campus knew that the library would be a vital component of academic success for future students. As Thomas More transitioned from "College" to "University" in 2018, the library had unfortunately endured a long slow decline. With a recent renaming to the "Benedictine Library" in 2017, administration knew that more substantial changes were needed. In April 2018, the library started a new course with the 16 th Library Director in institutional history. This column illustrates the ambitious first two years of the new library administration, and details the work completed in the library's "digital modernization plan".