Library category: 2034 books
Research-Based Planning for Public Libraries: Increasing Relevance in the Digital Age
Increasing Relevance in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
This book will help public library administrators, managers, and board members to better plan, strategize, and understand their communities, enabling public libraries to become dynamic, proactive institutions.
• Presents a game plan to help public libraries become dynamic, pro-active institutions...
by Karl Bridges
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Most librarians are infinitely familiar with the Internet due to their daily use of this essential resource. However, having practical expertise with today's digital resources does not guarantee the ability to speak intelligently and convincingly about their less-obvious benefits to funding authorities—an...
Embedded Librarianship: What Every Academic Librarian Should Know
What Every Academic Librarian Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
In the ongoing evolution of the academic library, embedded librarianship has become an important topic of debate across levels and departments. This book delves into the concept, examining everything from theory to best practices.
The New Academic Librarian
Essays on Changing Roles and Responsibilities
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
The new essays on today’s academic librarians examine above all their functions and responsibilities—since these have greatly changed just in recent years, especially in matters of technology. These librarians/essayists step away from yesterday’s stereotypes and explain at length their new roles....
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Conservatism, the Right Wing, and the Far Right [four-volume set]
A Guide to Archives
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
This truly unique collection is the essential guide to archival research on conservatism, the right wing, and the far right, offering a detailed overview of primary sources in all media. It details documents, film, video, sound recordings, microfilm and microfiche, cartoons, sheet music, newspaper...
by Peggy Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
In this fully updated revision, expert instructor and librarian Peggy Johnson addresses the art in controlling and updating your library's collection. Each chapter offers complete coverage of one aspect of collection development, including suggestions for further reading and a narrative case study exploring...
by G. Edward Evans, Margaret Z. Saponardo
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
The well-established gold standard in texts on collection development, Collection Management Basics: Sixth Edition provides a new edition to the last Developing Library and Information Center Collections book providing a completely fresh approach to the material.||This latest edition continues to cover...
by Meredith G. Farkas
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
Social software lets libraries show a human face online, helping them communicate, educate, and interact with their communities. This nuts-and-bolts guide provides librarians with the information and skills necessary to implement the most popular and effective social software technologies: blogs, RSS,...
School Libraries 3.0
Principles and Practices for the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
This textbook, for school library administration courses, is written by a professor who has taught this course at least once a year for the past twenty years. Technology is interwoven throughout the book and not listed as a separate chapter or book section. This is because the school librarian of...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book provides models for acquisitions policies and reports on several surveys of faculty and librarian attitudes toward e-books. It also discusses certain issues in acquiring cataloguing and collection development regarding this important new library resource.
Academic E-Books
Publishers, Librarians, and Users
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
E-Books in Academic Libraries: Stepping Up to the Challenge provides readers with a view of the changing and emerging roles of electronic books in higher education. The three main sections contain contributions by experts in the publisher/vendor arena, as well as by librarians who report on both the...
Reference and Access
Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Reference and Access: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores how archives of different sizes and types are increasing their effectiveness in serving the public and meeting internal needs. The book features twelve case studies that demonstrate new ways to interact with users...
Net Effects
How Librarians Can Manage the Unintended Consequences of the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2003
The Internet is a mixed blessing for libraries and librarians. On the one hand, it provides opportunities to add services and expand collections; on the other, it has increased user expectations and contributed to techno stress. Today, the Net is challenging librarians ability to select, threatening...
by Greg R. Notess
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
This complete how-to offers proven tips and techniques for creating engaging screencasts and publishing them on the Web. Examples use various software options such as free web-based programs like Screenr, Jing, and Screencast-O-Matic as well as commercial software programs Camtasia Studio and Adobe Captivate....