Chandos Publishing imprint: 386 books
by Yong Zhen
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Capital markets in China include stock, bond, futures and other derivatives, as well as the private equity market. China’s Capital Markets is the first book to systematically study China’s capital markets, examining its evolution, policies, reforms, current situation and challenges. Following...
A Practical Guide for Informationists
Supporting Research and Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
A Practical Guide for Informationists: Supporting Research and Clinical Practice guides new informationists to a successful career, giving them a pathway to this savvier, more technically advanced, domain-focused role in modern day information centers and libraries. The book's broad scope serves as...
Managing Intellectual Capital in Libraries
Beyond the Balance Sheet
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
In the knowledge economy, professionals have to make decisions about non-tangible, non-monetary, and largely invisible resources. Information professionals need to understand the potential uses, contributions, value, structure, and creation of broadly intangible intellectual capital in libraries....
by Eva Semertzaki
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
This book focuses on the role of special libraries as knowledge management centres in their organisations. It describes the work of a special library and the special library draws on the characteristics that make the nucleus of collecting and organising knowledge which is used for the benefit of the...
Project Management in Libraries, Archives and Museums
Working with Government and Other External Partners
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2010
Aimed at practitioners and managers, this practical handbook provides a source of guidance on project management techniques for the academic and cultural heritage sectors, focusing on managing projects involving public sector and other external partners. Issues under consideration and illustration...
The Critical Assessment of Research
Traditional and New Methods of Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
This book examines the following factors: sponsorship of research, control of the dissemination of research, effects of dominant research paradigms, financial interests of authors, publishers, and editors, role of new technologies (for example, Web 2.0).
It is widely accepted among researchers...
India's Innovation Blueprint
How the Largest Democracy is Becoming an innovation Super Power
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2010
In 2010, India celebrated its 60th anniversary as an independent sovereign republic. India is the fourth largest economy by gross domestic product. Economically, it is building itself as a formidable force and global influence. At the same time India has fundamental challenges: its inequities are...
Research Methods for Students, Academics and Professionals
Information Management and Systems
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2002
Research is such an important subject for information professionals that there will always be a need for effective guides to it. Research skills are a prerequisite for those who want to work successfully in information environments, an essential set of tools which enable information workers to become...
Domain Analysis for Knowledge Organization
Tools for Ontology Extraction
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Domain analysis is the process of studying the actions, knowledge production, knowledge dissemination, and knowledge-base of a community of commonality, such as an academic discipline or a professional community. The products of domain analysis range from controlled vocabularies and other knowledge...
Imagine Your Library's Future
Scenario Planning for Libraries and information Organisations
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2010
In this information age it is widely recognised that, in order to maintain relevance and to gain a competitive edge, libraries and other organisations in the business of information must continuously assess their roles, collections, services and perhaps most importantly, their business practices....
Solving Disputes for Regional Cooperation and Development in the South China Sea
A Chinese Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
This book discusses the South China Sea dispute from a Chinese perspective with regards to history, law, international politics, the economy, diplomacy and military affairs. Not only does it detail China’s official position on the sovereignty and maritime disputes in the South China Sea, but also...
Recovery, Reframing, and Renewal
Surviving an Information Science Career Crisis in a Time of Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
This book examines the difficulties confronting information professionals who, due to financial downturns, technological change, or personal crises, are forced to re-evaluate their career options. It is divided between a case study (based on the author’s own experiences) of career dislocation and...
China 2020
The Next Decade for the People’s Republic of China
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
This book presents eight separate essays and provides the reader with a unique perspective and objective judgement of where China will stand by the end of the current decade. It is suitable reading for foreign policy practitioners, academics and anyone interested in one of the world’s fastest-developing...
The Art of People Management in Libraries
Tips for Managing your Most Vital Resource
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2010
This book explores recent trends in human resource management practices and presents options for their application within the special context of libraries, especially academic and research libraries. It lays out a set of the most pressing HR management issues facing senior library leaders in the context...