Library Information Services category: 2034 books
Rethinking Library Linking: Breathing New Life into OpenURL
A Library Technology Report
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
OpenURL was devised to solve the “appropriate copy problem.” As online content proliferated, it became possible for libraries to obtain the same content from multiple locales: directly from publishers and subscription agents; indirectly through licensing citation databases that contain full text;...
Government Information Collections in the Networked Environment
New Issues and Models
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
This insightful book explores the challenging issues related to effective access to government information.
Amidst all the chaos of today’s dynamic information transition period, the only constants related to government information are change and inconsistency, yet with Government Information...
by Roy Balleste, Sonia Luna-Lamas, Lisa Smith-Butler
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2006
The role of providing public access to the law is a critical one for librarians. It has been over ten years since the last law librarianship textbook was published. Since that time, much has changed in the profession, and with the emergence of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum...
The New Woman as Librarian
The Career of Adelaide Hasse
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2006
At the time of her death, it seemed that Adelaide Hasse would simply pass from memory and be forgotten. However, by the turn of the century, American Libraries would sanctify her as one of its hundred library leaders of the twentieth century, one of only thirty women given this honor. Thus, the unsinkable...
eBooked! Integrating Free Online Book Sites into Your Library Collection
Integrating Free Online Book Sites into Your Library Collection
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
A comprehensive look at today's online book sites, such as Google Books and HathiTrust, that gives you the necessary knowledge, skills, and resources to get up to speed on these amazing digital resources and use them effectively in the library setting.
• Presents practical, clear, and accessible...
International Students and Academic Libraries
A Survey of Issues and Annotated Bibliography
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
The growing emphasis on globalization in the context of higher education has resulted in changes in academic curricula, increasing numbers of global partnerships, and in more concentrated efforts to recruit international students at North American universities. This book focuses on the impact of these...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
This all-in-one resource for researching library and school grants is back in a new edition, and more useful than ever, offering refreshed content and even more guidance on locating grant funding sources. Using this guide, librarians, fundraisers, and researchers will find quick, convenient access to...
Building the Digital Branch: Guidelines for Transforming Your Library Website
A Library Technology Report
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
In the past fifteen years, the World Wide Web has become such a major part of the library world that most libraries now have some presence on the Web. This issue of Library Technology Reports explores the idea of the digital branch—a library website that is a vital, functional resource for patrons...
The Academic Library Director
Reflections on a Position in Transition
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
The Academic Library Director: Reflections on a Position in Transition addresses the changing nature of work and the new demands being placed on academic library directors. The authors’broad range of professional experience offers you unique insight on a management position that is truly in transition....
Understanding Community Librarianship
The Public Library in Post-Modern Britain
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
In the information society, is the community focused library a real possibility? This book reappraises the relationship between the library and its communities through an examination of the rise and decline of ’community’ librarianship over the last three decades. The authors consider key models...
Open Access and its Practical Impact on the Work of Academic Librarians
Collection Development, Public Services, and the Library and Information Science Literature
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2009
This book is aimed at the practicing academic librarian, especially those working on the ‘front lines’ of reference, instruction, collection development, and other capacities that involve dealing directly with library patrons in a time of changing scholarly communication paradigms. The book looks...
RFID for Libraries
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Many modern technologies give the impression that they somehow work by magic, particularly when they operate automatically and their mechanisms are invisible. A technology called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), which is relatively new, has exactly this characteristic. Librarians everywhere...
Teaching Google Scholar
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
Teaching Google Scholar in your library instructional sessions can increase students’ information and digital literacy skills. Students’ familiarity with Google Scholar’s interface works to the instructor’s advantage and allows more time to address students’ information needs and teach foundational...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
The quality of library collections depends heavily on the initial assessment requirements. An accurate assessment assists with meeting the goals and missions of the library, but the introduction of digital media and resources is accompanied with new challenges in measuring the effective use of the...