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Освещён опыт работы библиотек университета Эмори (Атланта, штат Джорджия, США) по поиску новых форм обслуживания своих пользователей и созданию новой организационной структуры. Доклад на заседании «Создавая культуру для инноваций и перемен», организованном секцией «Управление и маркетинг» совместно с Секцией вузовских и научных библиотек в ходе 78-й Генеральной конференции ИФЛА (9–16 авг. 2012 г. Хельсинки, Финляндия). Публикуется с одобрения аппарата ИФЛА.

The article explores the ways the new technologies are changing the ways scholars work, down to the very types of problems they address. The author mentions special concern over the meaning of these changes to research and scholarship; the issue of free Internet scientific publications is brought up. In tandem with these changes faced by scholars and researchers, the debates among librarians on implications of new technology for their work are observed. At Emory, librarians have embarked on multiple experimental projects, seeking to add value to the research process. They have invited users to co-curate their digital collections, creating a virtual workspace where scholars can build knowledge. Librarians have sought to interrogate and rearrange pathways of information, in order to challenge and refine the relationships between content and user. This paper examines the effects of such experiments on new organizational structure, technological innovation, collections, faculty and staff roles, the user experience, and physical and virtual space, as Emory librarians have sought to rapidly evolve new models for academic librarianship as new methods of research move forward. Paper presented at the session 94 «Creating a culture for innovation and change» - Management and Marketing Section with Academic and Research Libraries Section within the 78-thIFLA General Conference and Assembly (Helsinki, Finland, August 9-16, 2012). Published upon approval of IFLA Headquarters.