Library category: 2034 books
by Tim Wales
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
In a period of change, consolidation and cut-backs as well as rapid technological developments, the business school library is often at the forefront of new initiatives and innovative approaches to delivering and managing information in the most responsive yet cost-effective manner possible. In this...
Reading Groups, Libraries and Social Inclusion
Experiences of Blind and Partially Sighted People
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Reading groups have grown rapidly in popularity and continue to be a significant cultural phenomenon. Reading groups in public libraries, linked to the learning and social inclusion agenda, have expanded to include a wide range of groups within society, including people with visual impairments (VIPs)....
Catalog It! A Guide to Cataloging School Library Materials, 3rd Edition
A Guide to Cataloging School Library Materials
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Whether you're a practicing cataloger looking for a short text to update you on the application of RDA to cataloging records or a school librarian who needs a quick resource to answer cataloging questions, this guide is for you.
• Thoroughly updates a best-selling, essential guide to cataloging
•...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
This volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization takes as its underpinning theme the whole subject of innovation in Library and Information Services. It considers the various types of innovation through case studies and exemplars both from within the LIS sector and other cognate...
by Paul Ticher
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
The 1998 Data Protection Act provides a framework for the way in which organisations should collect and process personal information. It has far-reaching implications for library and information managers who hold personal data on computer or on paper, or who may be called on to advise their colleagues....
Open Access and its Practical Impact on the Work of Academic Librarians
Collection Development, Public Services, and the Library and Information Science Literature
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2009
This book is aimed at the practicing academic librarian, especially those working on the ‘front lines’ of reference, instruction, collection development, and other capacities that involve dealing directly with library patrons in a time of changing scholarly communication paradigms. The book looks...
by Rob Reid
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Best-selling children’s author Reid knows a thing or two about getting kids’ attention and holding it. His advice? Cut out the blah-blah-blah and make ‘em laugh! In his new book, aimed squarely at the preschool/elementary school crowd, he highlights dozens of programming and title suggestions that...
Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE)
A Library Technology Report
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
If your job involves working with digital content, your need to make sense of interoperable digital information by managing resources with care and quality metadata and by connecting users to resources—and resources to resources—is greater than ever. In this issue of Library Technology Reports,...
Cost Analysis, Cost Recovery, Marketing and Fee-Based Services
A Guide for the Health Sciences Librarian
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
This outstanding volume won the 1986 Ida and George Eliot Prize--awarded by the Medical Library Association for the work judged most effective in furthering medical librarianship. Library professionals review the controversy behind fee-for-service programs and provide a rationale for incorporating...
Self-Publishing and Collection Development
Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
The current publishing environment has experienced a drastic change in the way content is created, delivered, and acquired, particularly for libraries. With the increasing importance of digital publishing, more than half the titles published in the United States are self-published. With this growth...
The Common Core in Grades 4-6
Top Nonfiction Titles from School Library Journal and The Horn Book Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
The Classroom Go-To Guide for the Common Core is the first in a series of comprehensive tools to tap into the vast flow of recently published books for children and teens, offering recommendations of exemplary titles for use in the classroom. Currency meets authority, brought to you by the editors...
The Library
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2009
**“**The most democratic of institutions receives a fitting tribute. Packed with colorful photos, illustrations and archival materials” (BookPage).
Throughout the history of the world, libraries have been constructed, burned, discovered, raided, and cherished—and the treasures they’ve housed...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
While academic librarians frequently discuss critical thinking and its relationship to information literacy, the literature does not contain an abundance of sources on the topic. Therefore, this works provides a current and timely perspective on the possible roles of critical thinking within the library...
Perspectives, Insights, & Priorities
17 Leaders Speak Freely of Librarianship
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2005
This extraordinary book defines and describes librarianship and library science through insightful and thoughtful essays contributed by 17 recognized leaders of the profession. While each essay presents a distinct perspective and approach, collectively they paint a picture of a humane and human profession...