Library Information Services category: 2034 books
by Samantha Schmehl Hines, Marcy Simons
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
The latest volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization, contains approaches from researchers around the world. Sourced in management theory and hands-on practice, the chapters explore such issues as skills-building and other professional development activities, changing demographic...
Resource Sharing in Libraries
Concepts, Products, Technologies, and Trends
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Supplementing your local collection through resource sharing is a smart way to ensure your library has the resources to satisfy the needs of your users. Marshall Breeding’s new Library Technology Report explores technologies and strategies for sharing resources, helping you streamline workflows and...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Academic libraries cater to the diverse needs of scholars, scientists, technocrats, researchers, students, and others personally and professionally invested in higher education. Due to advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT), the vision and mission of academic libraries are...
by Edward G. Evans, Patricia Layzell Ward
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2007
With the start of the 21st Century, information services around the world are facing a host of challenges and changes unique to this era of exponential technological growth. However, this change is further compounded by the high turnover rate in senior positions. Focusing on leadership, this text—ideal...
Marketing Information
A Strategic Guide for Business and Finance Libraries
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Help your patrons create effective marketing research plans with this sourcebook!
Marketing Information: A Strategic Guide for Business and Finance Libraries identifies and describes secondary published sources of information for typical marketing questions and research projects. Experts in...
Remote Access Technologies for Library Collections
Tools for Library Users and Managers
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012
The growth of the Internet over the past 20 years has caused a fundamental shift in the way library materials are accessed. Remote Access Technologies for Library Collections: Tools for Library Users and Managers is crucial to understanding these changes and the new expectations that library users have...
Assembling the Pieces of a Systematic Review
A Guide for Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
Here is a complete guide for librarians seeking to launch or refine their systematic review services.
Conducting searches for systematic reviews goes beyond expert searching and requires an understanding of the entire process of the systematic review. Just as expert searching is not fully mastered...
Cataloging Library Resources
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
While there are many cataloging texts, very few are written specifically for library support staff. This is the one and only book purposefully aligned with the new American Library Association – Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) competency standards for Cataloging and Classification.
Written...
College Libraries and Student Culture
What We Now Know
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
How do college students really conduct research for classroom assignments? In 2008, five large Illinois universities were awarded a Library Services and Technology Act Grant to try to answer that question. The resulting ongoing study has already yielded some eye-opening results. The findings suggest...
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...
Libraries and the Mobile Web
A Library Technology Report
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
In 2011, cell phones and mobile devices are ubiquitous. The vast majority of Americans now own cell phones, and over half of them have mobile access to the Internet through a phone or other mobile device. For libraries to stay relevant, they must be able to offer content and services through the mobile...
Marketing Today's Academic Library
A Bold New Approach to Communicating with Students
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
In Marketing Today’s Academic Library, Brian Mathews uses his vast experience to speak directly to the academic library practitioner about matching services with user needs. This book proposes new visions and ideas, challenging the traditional way of thinking and providing a framework to target...
Library Spaces for 21st-Century Learners
A Planning Guide for Creating New School Library Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Library Spaces for 21st-Century Learners: A Planning Guide for Creating New School Library Concepts focuses on planning contemporary school library spaces with user-based design strategies. The book walks school librarians and administrators through the process of gathering information from students...
RFID in Libraries
A Step toward Interoperability
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
The approval by The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) of a new standard for RFID in libraries is a big step toward interoperability among libraries and vendors. By following this set of practices and procedures, libraries can ensure that an RFID tag in one library can be used seamlessly...