Library Information Services category: 2034 books

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Scholarly Communication in Library and Information Services

The Impacts of Open Access Journals and E-Journals on a Changing Scenario

by Bhaskar Mukherjee
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010

This book has been written with a view to understand the validity of the perceptions of Open Access (OA) e-journals in the Library and Information Science (LIS) field. Using relevant OA journals this book presents and evaluates journals qualitatively and quantitatively. Over the last three hundred...
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by Pat L Weaver-Meyers, Wilbur A Stolt, Yem S Fong
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012

This book contains the results of the first and only multi-institution study of interlibrary loan and document delivery customer satisfaction among academic library patrons. By examining customer perceptions and ILL/DD activities, Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery and Customer Satisfaction: Strategies...
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Statistics for Library and Information Services

A Primer for Using Open Source R Software for Accessibility and Visualization

by Alon Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015

Statistics for Library and Information Services, written for non-statisticians, provides logical, user-friendly, and step-by-step instructions to make statistics more accessible for students and professionals in the field of Information Science. It emphasizes concepts of statistical theory and data...
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The Personal Librarian

Enhancing the Student Experience

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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014

The incredible shift in the provision of library services resulting from innovations such as online resources, mobile technologies, tablet computers, and MOOCs and hybrid courses makes it more challenging than ever for academic librarians to connect students with the information they need. Enter the...
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Repositioning Reference

New Methods and New Services for a New Age

by Lillian Rozaklis, Eileen G. Abels, Laura Saunders
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014

To compete today, librarians need to not only provide old services in new ways but also to provide new services. Repositioning Reference: New Methods and New Services for a New Age re-imagines reference services in libraries and information organizations and the role of reference librarians, taking...
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Meeting Community Needs

A Practical Guide for Librarians

by Pamela H. MacKellar
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015

Librarians must know how to provide essential programs and services that make a difference for the people they serve if libraries are going to survive. It is no longer realistic for librarians to rely on the idea that “people love libraries, so they will fund them” in this economic climate. Librarians...
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Transforming Libraries, Building Communities

The Community-Centered Library

by Julie Biando Edwards, Melissa S. Robinson, Kelley Rae Unger
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013

This book is for those moving their library beyond places to find information. Written by practicing public librarians and an academic librarian with an interest in public libraries, the book focuses on how public libraries can become more community centered and, by doing so, how they can transform...
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Library Automation and OPAC 2.0

Information Access and Services in the 2.0 Landscape

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Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012

The advent of computers in libraries made library automation a hot topic in the 1980s and 1990s, but this focus has dropped off over time, leaving much library automation research outdated. Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the 2.0 Landscape brings library automation...
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Integrating the Web into Everyday Library Services

A Practical Guide for Librarians

by Elizabeth R. Leggett
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015

With the world becoming increasingly more dependent upon the Internet, libraries offer an essential service by providing access to this worldwide network. To help their patrons, modern librarians must have a thorough understanding of this technology. Integrating the Web into Everyday Library Services:...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016

This volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization takes as its underpinning theme the whole subject of innovation in Library and Information Services. It considers the various types of innovation through case studies and exemplars both from within the LIS sector and other cognate...
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by Eric Novotny
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013

Effectively assess whether any library is making good use of the reference/user service resources available today Libraries need to develop standards by which they can assess their individual performances in a larger context, and Assessing Reference and User Services in a Digital Age makes...
Cover of The Medical Library Association Guide to Answering Questions about the Affordable Care Act
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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015

Following the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), librarians are more frequently called upon to provide assistance with navigating the Health Insurance Marketplace and understanding health insurance terminology and forms. Libraries offer an ideal context for health insurance...
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Education for Library Cataloging

International Perspectives

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Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013

Examine cataloging and classification training programs around the world Education for Library Cataloging: International Perspectives examines the global development of educational programs for cataloging and classification in the library and information field. Library school faculty and professional...
Cover of Managing the Twenty-First Century Reference Department
by Linda S Katz
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014

Learn the skills needed to update and manage a reference department that efficiently meets the needs of clients today-and tomorrow! Managing the Twenty-First Century Reference Department: Challenges and Prospects provides librarians with the knowledge and skills they need to manage an effective...
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