Library category: 2034 books
I Found It on the Internet
Coming of Age Online
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Today’s teens immerse themselves in the world of technology as never before. But texting, tweeting, chatting, blogging, and other social networking largely occur in a free-for-all environment of unbridled access; quality takes a backseat to quantity. To help librarians, educators, and parents step...
Cultural Heritage Care and Management
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
No other book is available that takes into consideration the diverse components of cultural heritage and suggests how these components can best be:
organized and arranged,
cataloged and described,
exhibited,
made accessible,
and preserved and conserved by librarians, archivists, and museum curators.
Cultural...
by Arthur Winzenried
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
This book examines the theory, behaviour, connections and issues of modern information organizations. Asking leading professionals where we may be in the near future, it challenges both our perceptions and preconceptions. Posing perhaps the most vital question of all… Are we prepared? Do we have a vision?
Academic Search Engines
A Quantitative Outlook
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
Academic Search Engines: intends to run through the current panorama of the academic search engines through a quantitative approach that analyses the reliability and consistence of these services. The objective is to describe the main characteristics of these engines, to highlight their advantages...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Knowledge is power, but this is especially true for teams carrying out a project. As in other arenas, the effective use of knowledge is possible only if it is readily accessible, well organized, properly analyzed, and competently disseminated to meet the project needs. Knowledge gained from project...
by Jay Liebowitz
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2006
There are a myriad of books that have been published on knowledge management. However, very few of these books give the practical know-how of what truly is needed in the information professional/manager's mind:
· How to make the decision whether knowledge management is right for you
· How...
The Lessons Learned Handbook
Practical Approaches to Learning from Experience
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
The phrase “lessons learned is such a common one, yet people struggle with developing effective lessons learned approaches. The Lessons Learned Handbook is written for the project manager, quality manager or senior manager trying to put in place a system for learning from experience, or looking...
Organising Knowledge
Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisational Effectiveness
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Taxonomies are often thought to play a niche role within content-oriented knowledge management projects. They are thought to be ‘nice to have’ but not essential. In this ground-breaking book, Patrick Lambe shows how they play an integral role in helping organizations coordinate and communicate...
Reading Modernism with Machines
Digital Humanities and Modernist Literature
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This book uses the discipline-specific, computational methods of the digital humanities to explore a constellation of rigorous case studies of modernist literature.
From data mining and visualization to mapping and tool building and beyond, the digital humanities offer new ways for scholars...
The Culture of Mean
Representing Bullies and Victims in Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
The Culture of Mean is the first book-length feminist critical exploration of representations of youth bullying in media. Bringing into conversation scholarship on feminism, media, new communication technologies, surveillance, gender, race, sexuality, and class, Emily D. Ryalls critically examines...
Prometheus Assessed?
Research Measurement, Peer Review, and Citation Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
This book examines the problems, pitfalls and opportunities of different models of assessing research quality, drawing on studies from around the world. Aimed at academics, education officials and public servants, key features include an overview of the argument of whether research should be assessed...
Archives for the Lay Person
A Guide to Managing Cultural Collections
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
For volunteers or staff at small organizations, collections management can be a daunting task. Archives for the Lay Person is a guidebook for people who care for historical records, photographs, and collections but do not have the appropriate professional training. Lois Hamill provides practical,...
Museum Informatics
People, Information, and Technology in Museums
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Museum Informatics explores the sociotechnical issues that arise when people, information, and technology interact in museums. It is designed specifically to address the many challenges faced by museums, museum professionals, and museum visitors in the information society. It examines not only applications...
Finding Reliable Information Online
Adventures of an Information Sleuth
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
We live in an information-saturated environment and spend far too much time searching, surfing, skimming, contributing, and organizing the information in our lives. We spend too little time immersing ourselves in reliable high quality information. We are often so buried in information and strapped...