Library Information Services category: 2034 books
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Relationships abound in the library and information science (LIS) world. Those relationships may be social in nature, as, for instance, when we deal with human relationships among library personnel or relationships (i. e. , "public relations") between an information center and its clientele....
by Richard Moniz, Jo Henry, Joe Eshleman
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
The changing higher education environment requires a new kind of relationship among faculty, academic liaisons, and students. A core resource for any LIS student or academic librarian serving as a liaison, this handbook lays out the comprehensive fundamentals of the discipline, helping librarians build...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
According to recent statistics from the World Health Organization, there are currently 36m people living with AIDS/HIV worldwide. The disease is having truly devastating effects in many countries. With this in view, FID has brought together this important collection of papers with contributions by...
Health Information Management: What Strategies?
Proceedings of the 5th European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries, Coimbra, Portugal, September 18–21, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Health Information Management: What Strategies? contains the Proceedings of the Fifth European Conference on Medical and Health Libraries and gives a full account of the state-of-the-art of European medical librarianship. This book is the fifth in a well-received series of proceedings of the European...
by Margareta Nelke, Charlotte Håkansson
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Information professionals should be able to take a proactive role as a strategic partner in their organization's competitive intelligence. Their role needs to focus on the "outside-in" approach, based on their organization's strategic needs and objectives. Competitive Intelligence for Information...
Archives and Library Administration
Divergent Traditions and Common Concerns
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This informative volume focuses on the effective management of library archives, presenting perspectives and firsthand accounts from experienced and successful administrators in the field. The contributors examine the differences and similarities in the management of archives and other library/information...
Pathways into Information Literacy and Communities of Practice
Teaching Approaches and Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
Pathways into Information Literacy and Communities of Practice: Teaching Approaches and Case Studies considers the specific information literacy needs of communities of practice. As such, the book fills a gap in the literature, which has treated information literacy extensively, but has not applied...
Going Beyond Loaning Books to Loaning Technologies
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
Providing library users with actual pieces of technological equipment that they can borrow is a continuously expanding service at many libraries, especially as faculty and teachers require multimodal projects. For some libraries, loanable technology may include calculators, gaming devices, headphones,...
Library Youth Outreach
26 Ways to Connect with Children, Young Adults and Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
With tightened library budgets the norm, librarians run the risk of cutting back so much that they isolate themselves from their patrons and their communities. This doesn’t have to happen. The outreach methods detailed in this book range from simple actions to detailed processes. Each of the 26...
Guide to Reference
Essential General Reference and Library Science Sources
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Ideal for public, school, and academic libraries looking to freshen up their reference collection, as well as for LIS students and instructors conducting research, this resource collects the cream of the crop sources of general reference and library science information. Encompassing internet resources,...
by Rachel Applegate
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Library professionals—regardless of whether they operate in a school, public, or academic library setting—need to have effective evaluation skills in order to be accountable to stakeholders and to effect informed improvement. Practical Evaluation Techniques for Librarians provides information...
Maximizing the One-Shot
Connecting Library Instruction with the Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Designed for librarians who offer library instruction within the constraints of the hour-long one-shot, this book proposes a method for redesigning one-shot instruction that is both realistic and integrated into the larger curriculum.
Working with faculty teams from academic departments, the...
An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata
Enrich then Filter
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2015
An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata is a reaction to the current digital library landscape that is being challenged with growing online collections and changing user expectations. The theory provides the conceptual underpinnings for a new approach which moves away from expert defined standardised...
by Paul Pedley
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
This guide examines the use of technology for sharing information, both within an organisation, and between companies and their clients and customers. It looks in particular at the use of push/ pull technologies for delivering current awareness services. The guide also discusses the pros and cons...