Publications
After the Information Age (Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education)
James W. Marcum
Paperback: 213 pages
Publisher: Peter Lang (April 5, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0820462284
ISBN-13: 978-0820462288
Change fills the air: change that is so comprehensive and ubiquitous that it is virtually impossible to comprehend. Few hear the signals as information loses value, knowledge cedes authority to celebrity, journalism becomes public interchange, and information-communication-technology becomes ambient and fades from view. A controlling-pushing-signaling system stumbles in a time of on-demand, pulling, and converging communication-information-competence. Participatory, dynamic, and social learning by individuals, groups, organizations, networks, and societies emerges as the human survival strategy. This book engages the reader in a journey of understanding about how we begin to comprehend and adapt.
Scholarly Articles
Co-author with M. Jankowska, Sustainability Challenge for Academic Libraries: Planning for the Future. College and Research Libraries, 7 1: 2 (March 2010): 160-170.
Benjamin Franklin: Genius or Dynamic Learner? Social Studies,99:3 (May-June 2008): 99-104.
Visions: The Academic Library in 2012, D-Lib Magazine 9:5 (May 2003): http://dlib.org/dlib/may03/marcum/05marcum.html
Beyond Visual Culture: The Challenge of Visual Ecology, portal: Libraries and the Academy 2:2 (April 2002): 189-206.
From Information Center to Discovery System: Next Step for Libraries? Journal of Academic Librarianship 27 (March 2001): 197-206.
The 21st Century Library, FDU Magazine 11:2 (Feb 2003): 26-29.
Out with Motivation, In with Engagement, National Productivity Review 18:4 (Autumn 1999): 43-46.
Engaging Knowledge Workers: Escaping the ‘Motivation Complex’, Proceedings, Computers in Libraries ’98 (Medford, NJ: Information Today), 106-115
Outsourcing: Tactic, Strategy, or Meta-Strategy? Library Administration & Management 12:1 (Winter 1998): 15-25.
Core Competencies and ‘Learning for Change’ in Academic Libraries, Finding Common Ground, ed. C. LaGuardia and B. Mitchell. NY: Neal Schuman, 1998). Proceedings, Harvard College Conference.
Can the College Library Become a Learning Organization? Advances in Library Administration and Organization 14 (1996): 39-62.
Performance Appraisal vs. Quality Management, Proceedings: TQM in Academic Libraries ARL/OMS, 1995: 131-136.
Information versus Ideology: Recent Soviet-Russian Experience, Quarterly Journal of Ideology16:3-4 (Dec. l993): 5-21.
Column: Sustainable Library Imperative. The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances:
Sustainability by engagement, 22: 3 (2009): 76-78.
Mental models for sustainability, 22: 2 (2009): 45-49.
Design for sustainability, 22: 1 (2009): 9-12.
Partnering for innovation and sustainability, 21:3: 82-84.
Collection building barter: A proposal, 21:2 (2008): 49-51.
Books as inventory: Lessons from business, 21:1: 14-16.
It’s not the dollars, it’s the politics. 20:4 (2007):161-164.
Book Review Column: Books and Articles in Brief, National Productivity Review, Quarterly, Fall 1993-Spring 2000. Total of 307 short book reviews on management, quality, and organizational change.
