Library Information Services category: 2034 books
The FRBR Family of Conceptual Models
Toward a Linked Bibliographic Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Since 1998 when FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) was first published by IFLA, the effort to develop and apply FRBR has been extended in many innovative and experimental directions. Papers in this volume explain and expand upon the extended family of FRBR models including Functional...
by Christopher C. Brown, Suzanne S. Bell
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
Today's librarians not only need to know about existing databases and how to perform searches within them but must also be able to teach search capabilities and strategies to library users. This practical guide introduces librarians to a broad spectrum of the fee-based and freely-available databases...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Contributors provide insights about business librarianship in various types of institutions, explore traditional and non-traditional career paths in business librarianship, and discuss numerous strategies for professional growth (from earning an MBA degree to working abroad). Among the topics covered...
Building & Running a Successful Research Business
A Guide for the Independent Information Professional
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
The essential handbook for every information entrepreneur, this is the indispensable guide to launching, managing, and growing an independent research firm. From beginning to end, this newly updated study navigates through every stage of the process-introductory procedures, conducting the company,...
Museum Informatics
People, Information, and Technology in Museums
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Museum Informatics explores the sociotechnical issues that arise when people, information, and technology interact in museums. It is designed specifically to address the many challenges faced by museums, museum professionals, and museum visitors in the information society. It examines not only applications...
Information Literacy
Infiltrating the Agenda, Challenging Minds
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Focusing on important information literacy debates, this new book with contributions from many of the main experts in the field highlights important ideas and practical considerations. Information Literacy takes the reader on a journey across the contemporary information landscape, guided by academics...
Information and Digital Literacies
A Curricular Guide for Middle and High School Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Information and Digital Literacies: A Curricular Guide for Middle and High School Librarians is a practical guide to help school librarians design and deliver effective instruction that addresses the knowledge, skills and dispositions of information and digital literacies.
This curricular guide...
by Richard Smiraglia
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Examine domain-specific research about works and the problems inherent in their storage and retrieval!
This book addresses the issue of focusing on known-item identification and retrieval vs. collocation and retrieval of works in the construction of catalogs. Works as Entities for Information...
by Julian Warner
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
An overview of information retrieval rooted in the humanities and social sciences but informed by an understanding of information technology and information theory.
by Nicholas G. Tomaiuolo
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Have you ever reviewed a book at Amazon.com? Uploaded a photo to Flickr? Commented on a blog posting? Used tags to describe or access information? If you have, you've contributed user-generated content to the web. But while many librarians and information professionals have accepted their roles as creators...
Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning
Policy Issues, the Workplace, Health and Public Libraries
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
This book reviews the role of information literacy (IL) in developing employability skills, personal health management and informal learning from a variety of areas including: information policy issues, information usage and training needs and skills development. Early years education, lifelong learning...
by Christopher C. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Mastering Internet research skills is a must for today's information professionals and LIS students, as well as for educators and all high school and college students. But without specific instruction in how to conduct online research, people are destined to waste time in their Internet queries or...
Urban Informatics
Collaboration at the nexus of policy, technology and design, people and data
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Information shapes urban spaces in ways that most people rarely stop to consider. From data-driven planning to grassroots activism to influencing the routes we walk, bike, and drive, new information technologies are helping city dwellers to leverage information in new ways. These technologies shape...
Books, Bytes and Business
The Promise of Digital Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
How are businesses responding to global changes in markets driven by changes in technology? Whatever the industry, the trends are familiar: globalization and the rise of industrial conglomerates, mergers and acquisitions, the networking of businesses and markets, outsourcing and shifts in the distribution...