Chandos Publishing imprint: 386 books
The Metadata Manual
A Practical Workbook
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Cultural heritage professionals have high levels of training in metadata. However, the institutions in which they practice often depend on support staff, volunteers, and students in order to function. With limited time and funding for training in metadata creation for digital collections, there are...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
The library in China has been transformed by rapid socioeconomic development, and the proliferation of the Internet. The issues faced by Chinese libraries andlibrarians are those faced by library practitioners more globally, however, China also has its own unique set of issues in the digital era,...
by Amitabha Chatterjee
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
Elements of Information Organization and Dissemination provides Information on how to organize and disseminate library and information science (LIS), a subject that is taught in many international Library Information Science university programs.
While there are many books covering different...
Digital Futures
Expert Briefings on Digital Technologies for Education and Research
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
A co-branded book project with Jisc (formerly the Joint Information Systems Commitee), off the back of DigiFest 2014, a digital festival run by Jisc for the first time in 2014. The aim of the book is to bring cutting-edge discussion as heard at DigiFest to the information professional/academic librarian...
Information Professionals' Career Confidential
Straight Talk and Savvy Tips
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Based in part on a selection of the author's past blog postings, Information Professionals' Career Confidential is a convenient, browsable, and illuminating pocket compendium of insights on topics relevant for information and knowledge professionals at any stage of their careers.
This book...
How Libraries Should Manage Data
Practical Guidance On How With Minimum Resources to Get the Best From Your Data
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
Have you ever looked at your Library’s key performance indicators and said to yourself "so what!"? Have you found yourself making decisions in a void due to the lack of useful and easily accessible operational data? Have you ever worried that you are being left behind with the emergence...
by Keith J. Kelley
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
The Myth and Magic of Library Systems not only defines what library systems are, but also provides guidance on how to run a library systems department. It is aimed at librarians or library administrations tasked with managing, or using, a library systems department.
This book focuses on different...
Selecting and Implementing an Integrated Library System
The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Selecting and Implementing an Integrated Library System: The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make focuses on the intersection of technology and management in the library information world. As information professionals, many librarians will be involved in automation projects and the management...
Multimedia Information Retrieval
Theory and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Novel processing and searching tools for the management of new multimedia documents have developed. Multimedia Information Retrieval (MIR) is an organic system made up of Text Retrieval (TR); Visual Retrieval (VR); Video Retrieval (VDR); and Audio Retrieval (AR) systems. So that each type of digital...
Digital Information Strategies
From Applications and Content to Libraries and People
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
Digital Information Strategies: From Applications and Content to Libraries and People provides a summary and summation of key themes, advances, and trends in all aspects of digital information at the present time.
This helpful resource explores the impact of developing technologies on the information...
Informed Systems
Organizational Design for Learning in Action
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
By fostering principles of systems thinking and informed learning though an inclusive, participatory design process that advances information exchange, reflective dialogue, and knowledge creation, the Informed Systems Approach promotes conceptual change in workplace organizations. Informed Systems...
Google This!
Putting Google and Other Social Media Sites to Work for Your Library
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Many libraries and museums have adapted to the current information climate, working with Google, Facebook, Twitter and iTunes to deliver information for their users. Many have not. Google This! describes the variety of free or nearly free options for social media, and shows how libraries are adapting,...
Ways of Experiencing Information Literacy
Making the Case for a Relational Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
This book has two aims: firstly to present an investigation into information literacy by looking at how people engage with information to accomplish tasks or solve problems in personal, academic and professional contexts (also known as the relational approach). This view of information literacy illustrates...
Staff-Less Libraries
Innovative Staff Design
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Staff-Less Libraries: Innovative Staff Design considers the challenges of this approach, its pros and cons, identifies international experiences, and discusses best practices. It presents a step-by-step approach to implementing a staffless library and/or services, and seeks to inspire professionals...