Library Information Services category: 2034 books
by Peggy Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
The complex issues associated with developing and managing electronic collections deserve special treatment, and library collection authority Peggy Johnson rises to the challenge with a book sure to become a benchmark for excellence. Providing comprehensive coverage of key issues and decision points,...
Information Pathways
A Problem-Solving Approach to Information Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
With the advent of the Information Society, access to resources is vital to the ordinary citizen, the academic, and the career professional, as well as in public administration and private enterprise. Information Pathways: A Problem-Solving Approach to Information Literacy is designed to serve as...
Repackaging Libraries for Survival
Climbing Out of the Box
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Research libraries face many challenges in today’s declining economy. The essays in this book explore these challenges and were originally delivered at a conference entitled "Climbing Out of the Box: Repackaging Libraries for Survival," sponsored by the University of Oklahoma Libraries...
by Patricia Tunstall
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
How do you find good library shelvers and keep them for more than a few months? Tunstall gives practical advice to help you do just that with a complete overview on how to hire, test, train, and retain shelvers. A complete toolkit, this book includes * Templates for signs advertising employment, screening...
Leading Libraries
How to Create a Service Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Quality leadership is integral to the very future of our profession. And it doesn't only come from the top down. Effective leadership is customer-focused and collaborative, fostering a service culture that invites the involvement of individuals in every part and at every level of the organization, as...
The Challenge of Library Management
Leading with Emotional Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Change is inevitable and essential to any functioning institution. But change can be stressful, especially when it upsets established routines and patterns. Library managers need to be able to lead staff through episodes of change while remaining empathetic, and this book shows them how to Engage...
Missed Information
Better Information for Building a Wealthier, More Sustainable Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
How better information and better access to it improves the quality of our decisions and makes for a more vibrant participatory society.
Information is power. It drives commerce, protects nations, and forms the backbone of systems that range from health care to high finance. Yet despite the...
A History of ALA Policy on Intellectual Freedom
A Supplement to the Intellectual Freedom Manual, Ninth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Collecting several key documents and policy statements, this supplement to the ninth edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual traces a history of ALA’s commitment to fighting censorship. An introductory essay by Judith Krug and Candace Morgan, updated by OIF Director Barbara Jones, sketches out an...
by Mirela Roncevic
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
E-book vendors continue to experiment: adjustments to business models, consolidation of content, and mergers with competitors mean constant change. What’s good for innovation can equal confusion when it comes to choosing an e-book platform for your library. Making a sound purchasing decision requires...
Libraries and Society
Role, Responsibility and Future in an Age of Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
This book reviews both the historical and future roles that public, private, academic and special libraries have in supporting and shaping society at local, regional, national and international levels. Globalisation, economic turmoil, political and ethnic tensions, rapid technology development, global...
by Ksenija Mincic-Obradovic
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Written from the perspective of a librarian, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of e-books on academic libraries. The author discusses advantages to both researchers and librarians and provides current examples of innovative uses of e-books in academic contexts. This book reviews...
Coaching in the Library
A Management Strategy for Achieving Excellence,
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Experienced librarian and coach Ruth Metz outlines a focused and results-oriented plan for achieving the best results from staff members through a coaching style of management. Real-world examples and coaching scenarios specific to library work will help you * Be both a coach and a player by learning...
by Pierce Butler
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2011
The library has been created by actual necessities in modern civilization. It is now a necessary unit in the social fabric. Culture must transcend the individual for it is essentially a social cumulation of experience whereby the men of each generation possess potentially at least, all that their...
Learning in Information-Rich Environments
I-LEARN and the Construction of Knowledge in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
The amount and range of information available to today’s students—and indeed to all learners—is unprecedented. Phrases like “the information revolution”, “the information (or knowledge) society”, and “the knowledge economy” underscore the truism that our society has been transformed...