Library Information Services category: 2034 books
Mobile Technologies in Libraries
A LITA Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
The ever expanding usage of mobile technologies has dramatically changed how we access information and how we as a society expect to access information. With mobile technologies becoming available to an increasing majority of the population, users are constantly connected to information.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
In the past decade, technology and the digital age has continued to shape our society. As corporations and universities continue to transition into the digital world, developments of the same type of information retrieval have modernized library resources and services. Design, Development, and Management...
Library Management and Technical Services
The Changing Role of Technical Services in Library Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
This exciting volume explores the role of technical services functions and organizational structure as forces in the library change process. It provides practical information to help administrators make decisions about how their libraries are organized and managed. As libraries change in many ways--organizational...
Asian American Librarians and Library Services
Activism, Collaborations, and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
What are the library services and resources that Asian Pacific Americans need? What does it mean to be an Asian Pacific American librarian in the 21st century? In Asian American Librarians and Library Services: Activism, Collaborations, and Strategies, library professionals and scholars share reflections,...
by Julie A. Garrison
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
An essential tool for digital services for every campus library
The Twelfth Off-Campus Library Services Proceedings is a selection of superb presentations from the twelfth annual conference on library services held in Savannah, Georgia in April 2006. Respected experts tackle the latest issues...
by Diantha Dow Schull
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Some of the most engaged and frequent users of public libraries are over the age of 50. They may also be the most misunderstood. As Baby Boomers continue to swell their ranks, the behavior, interests, and information needs of this demographic have changed dramatically, and Schull’s new book offers...
The 21st Century Academic Library
Global Patterns of Organization and Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
The 21st Century Academic Library: Global Patterns of Organization and Discourse discusses the organization of academic libraries, drawing on detailed research and data.
The organization of the library follows the path of a print book or journal: acquisitions, cataloguing, circulation, reference,...
Information Services and Digital Literacy
In Search of the Boundaries of Knowing
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Despite new technologies, people do not always find information with ease. Do people still need help in finding the information they need, and if so, why? What can be made easier with new tools and techniques?
Information Services and Digital Literacy is about the role of information services...
Engineering Libraries
Building Collections and Delivering Services
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Provide top-flight services in this highly specialized field!
This groundbreaking book provides state-of-the-art information on one of the most useful library specialties. Engineering Libraries: Building Collections and Delivering Services is designed for information professionals at all levels...
Cutting-Edge Research in Developing the Library of the Future
New Paths for Building Future Services
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
In this third volume of the series, Cutting-Edge Research in the 21st-Century Academic Library explores examples of exciting new library services and workflows for the library profession to model and adapt for their own communities and patrons. Included are studies that combine data mining and business...
Bridging the Gap
Connecting Users to Digital Contents
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
The amount of digital information that libraries need to manage effectively for the benefit of users is constantly increasing. This book discusses in detail how library administrators can better handle this growing abundance of information, as well as effective ways to allow library users easy access....
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Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Reference service, the idea that librarians provide direct assistance to users, has been a central function of libraries for over a century. Today's libraries are even more complex and intimidating to new users than libraries of the past, and the technical and social contexts in which users experience...
Cost Analysis, Cost Recovery, Marketing and Fee-Based Services
A Guide for the Health Sciences Librarian
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
This outstanding volume won the 1986 Ida and George Eliot Prize--awarded by the Medical Library Association for the work judged most effective in furthering medical librarianship. Library professionals review the controversy behind fee-for-service programs and provide a rationale for incorporating...
Streamlining Library Services
What We Do, How Much Time It Takes, What It Costs, and How We Can Do It Better
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Despite technologies, many basic library activities still lend themselves to analysis and improvement. Author Richard Dougherty provides numerous examples and easy-to-apply tools and techniques that can be used to analyze what libraries are doing, how they are doing it, and how much time is required...