Internet resources in libraries Books
Facet Publishing The Chief Data Officer's Playbook
Book SynopsisThis fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling Chief Data Officer’s Playbook offers new insights into the role of the CDO and the data environment. Written by two of the world’s leading experts in data driven transformation, it addresses the changes that have taken place in ‘data’, in the role of the ‘CDO’, and the expectations and ambitions of organisations. Most importantly, it will place the role of the CDO into the context of a c-suite player for organisations that wish to recover quickly and with long-term stability from the current global economic downturn.New coverage includes: the evolution of the CDO role, what those changes mean for organisations and individuals, and what the future might hold a focus on ethics, the data revolution and all the areas that help readers take their first steps on the data journey new conversations and experiences from an alumni of data leaders compiled over the past three years new chapters and reflections on being a third generation CDO and on working across a broad spectrum of organisations who are all on different parts of their data journey. Written in a highly accessible and practical manner, The Chief Data Officer’s Playbook, Second Edition brings the most up-to-date guidance to CDO’s who wish to understand their position better; to those aspiring to become CDO’s; to those who might be recruiting a CDO and to recruiters to understand an organisation seeking a CDO and the CDO landscape. Table of ContentsThe Chief Data Officer's Playbook
£29.33
Facet Publishing Introduction to Information Science
Book SynopsisThe second edition of this definitive text gives a comprehensive overview of all aspects of the subject, bringing it up-to-date with analysis of the changes in the information environment, now largely digital, and their implication for the discipline and professions. Its approach is rooted in the philosophical, theoretical, and conceptual foundations of the subject and in particular in Floridi's ideas of the fourth revolution, hyperhistory, and onlife. The theory-practice relationship is strongly emphasised throughout, and the extensive literature coverage makes this a valuable sourcebook. This second edition is extensively revised, with largely new text, illustrations, and resources, and offers a global perspective.The main topics covered include: foundations: philosophies, theories, concepts, ethics, and historical perspectives organising, retrieving, and analysing information and data information behaviour, domain analysis, and digital literacies digital technologies, information systems, and information management information research methods and informetrics changing modes of information communication, and information society the nature and future of the information disciplines and professions. This book will be a standard text for students of library and information disciplines, including information science, librarianship, information and knowledge management, archives and records management, and digital humanities. It will also serve as an introduction for those beginning research in these areas, and as a resource for thoughtful and reflective practitioners.Table of ContentsPreface List of acronyms Foreword by Luciano Floridi 1 The information science discipline 2 History of information: the story of documents 3 Philosophies of information 4 Paradigms, turns, and theories in the information sciences 5 Information 6 Documents and documentation 7 Domain analysis 8 Information organization 9 Digital technologies and data systems 10 Information systems 11 Informetrics 12 Information behaviour 13 Communicating information: changing contexts 14 Information management and policy 15 Information law and ethics 16 Information society 17 Digital (onlife) literacies 18 Research in the information sciences 19 The future of the information sciences Additional resources
£55.00
Facet Publishing The Scholarly Communication Handbook: From
Book SynopsisScholarly communication covers a broad range of topics and issues including copyright and intellectual property, research policy, metadata, indexing practices and data analysis techniques. But how do we approach these topics in a manner that is easy to understand for a PhD student who has just embarked on the publication process, or a librarian who provides support to researchers? This book aims to work through the interrelated scholarly communication topics and issues with the question, ‘Where to publish?’ Understanding the many considerations in selecting a publication venue or devising a research dissemination strategy, the readers will not only make informed decisions about where they publish, but they will also understand policy changes and advocacy work in relation to research and publication practices.Table of ContentsThe Scholarly Communication Handbook: From Research Dissemination to Societal Impact
£45.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Using Subject Headings for Online Retrieval
Book SynopsisUsing Subject Headings for Online Retrieval is an indispensable tool for online system designers who are grappling with developing new systems or refining existing ones. This ready reference describes subject analysis and subject searching in online catalogs, including the limitations of retrieval, and demonstrates how such limitations can be overcome through system design and programming. The practical reference also describes the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) system and system characteristics; it shows how information is stored in machine-readable files; and it offers examples of and recommendations for successful retrieval methods. Tables are included to support these recommendations, and diagrams, graphs, and bar charts are used to provide results of data analysis. Practitioners in institutions using or considering the installation of an online catalog will continuously consult this book to generate specifications. The book also appeals to researchers in library systeTrade Review"The well-designed empirical research presented here and the extensive use of reference citations throughout the book provide its readers with ample opportunities for scholarly discussion and further investigation in the area of subject access and OPAC user studies." --JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCETable of ContentsSubject Analysis in Library Catalogs. Subject Authority Records in the Machine-Readable LCSH. Subject Information in Bibliographic Records. Subject Heading Compatibility between LCSH-mr and Bibliographic Files. Studies of the Subject Queries Users Enter into Online Systems. An Overview of User Queries. Queries for Topical Subjects That are Likely to Succeed. Other Queries Likely to Succeed. Queries for Topical Subjects Not Likely to Succeed. Other Queries Not Likely to Succeed. The Exact Approach to Subject Searching. Choosing among Existing Subject Search Approaches as Responses to User Queries. Search Trees for Subject Searching. The Future of Subject Headings for Online Information Retrieval. Appendix A: SULIRS Subject Search. Appendix B: ORION Subject Search. Appendix C: LS/2000 Subject Search. Appendix D: Multiple-Heading Match Categories. Index.
£116.99
Emerald Publishing Limited Library Technical Services
Book SynopsisThis revised Second Edition addresses developments that have transformed library operations in the recent past. The bibliography has been improved to include more management literature and chapters on technical services administration, automation, acquisitions, bibliographic control and preservation have been expanded, reordered and refocused.Trade Review"There is a comprehensive index, and each chapter concludes with a brief bibliographic essay, useful bibliograohic references, and bibliographies." --JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIPTable of ContentsIntroduction. I.P. Godden, What Are Technical Services in Libraries? L.A. Manning, Technical Services Administration. K.L. Horny, Automation: Ideal and Reality. S.C. Heitshu, Acquisitions. B.G. Bengtson, Bibliographic Control. A.D. Larsen and R.H. Silverman, Preservation. Index.
£110.99
University of Wisconsin Press Intermediate Horizons Book History and Digital
Book SynopsisExamines how book history and digital humanities practices are integrated through approach, access, and assessment. Contributors consider and reimagine the interconnected futures and horizons at the intersections of texts, technology, and culture and argue for a return to a more representative and human study of the humanities.Trade Review“Book history and digital humanities are increasingly entangled, and it makes sense why: we cannot understand our digital moment without knowing the technologies and textual cultures that came before. Intermediate Horizons shows how these fields speak to each other, and why we need to pay attention.”—Whitney Trettien, University of Pennsylvania “Intermediate Horizons offers a vital set of reports on the history and future of the book. Traversing the shared territory of the digital humanities and book-historical studies, the essays in this volume provide fresh perspectives on the wonderful complexities of media and mediation.”—Andrew Stauffer, University of Virginia “Impressively informative and thought-provoking throughout.”—Midwest Book Review“Offers something for every book historian, regardless of familiarity with or enthusiasm for digital integration. . . . As we continue to reflect on the intersections of bibliography and digital humanities, we must also reflect on what we want new technologies to do and why. Book historians have long been reflecting on technologies of the past, highlighting the disruptive nature of text. These same book historians also need to turn their heads towards the future. Intermediate Horizons represents a sharp glance in the right direction.”—The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of AmericaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword: Intermediate Horizons by Matthew KirschenbaumIntroductionby Mark Vareschi and Heather WachaSection I. Approach1 Benjamin Franklin’s Postal Workby Christy L. Pottroff2 Linking Book History and the Digital Humanities via Museum Studiesby Jayme YahrSection II. Access3 Material and Digital Traces in Patterns of Nature: Early Modern Botany Books and Seventeenth-Century Needleworkby Mary Learner4 Opening the Book: The Utopian Dreams and Uncertain Future of Open Access Textbook Publishingby Joseph L. Locke and Ben Wright5 Books of Ours: What Libraries Can Learn About Social Media from Books of Hoursby Alexandra AlvisSection III. Assessment6 Whose Books Are Online? Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Online Text Collectionsby Catherine A. Winters and Clayton P. Michaud7 Electronic Versioning and Digital Editionsby Paul A. Broyles8 Materialisms and the Cultural Turn in Digital Humanitiesby Mattie Burkert Contributors Index
£22.36
Taylor & Francis New Automation Technology for Acquisitions and
Book SynopsisThis book, first published in 1995, describes how automation is changing the face of acquisitions as librarians know it and making the future uncertain yet exciting. It documents how libraries have increasingly moved to powerful, second-generation interfaceable or integrated systems that can control all aspects of library operations. Table of ContentsIntroduction Rosann Bazirjian. Part 1. Automated Systems The Great Migration: Second Generation Acquisition and Library Management Systems Marsha J. Hamilton. Developing a Local Acquisitions System Using the Joint Application Design (JAD) Process: the Indiana Experience Julieann V. Nilson. Serials Automation Sarah D. Tusa. Part 2. Vended Systems Automated Library Acquisitions and the Internet: a New Model for Business Marylou Hale. Integrating Vendor Systems into Acquisitions Workflow Lynne Branche Brown. Acquisitions and Vended Services: A Personal View Dorothy K. Marcinko. Part 3. Reorganization Automation and Change in Acquisitions at R.M. Cooper Library JoAnne Deeken. FastCat Nancy Slight-Gibney. Acquisitions’ Role in Document Delivery and Fulfillment Marifran Bustion. Part 4. Purchasing Electronic Resources Purchasing Electronic Resources: An Acquisitions Perspective Nancy Markle Stanley. Buying, Leasing and Connecting to Electronic Information: the Changing Scene of Library Acquisitions Jeri VanGoethem Part 5. Automated Systems and Accounting Interfacing with Central Accounts Kristine L. Murphy. The Acquisitions Audit in the Automated Environment Mary Faust.
£99.75
Emerald Publishing Limited Loex of the West
Book SynopsisPart of a series which discusses the foundations of library and information science, this volume discusses such topics as shifts in the electronic, education and library landscape, designing instruction on the electronic frontier and incorporating information technologies instruction.Table of ContentsGlacier or avalanche - shifts in the electronic, education, and library landscape, Lizabeth A. Wilson; designing instruction on the electronic frontier, Randall Hensley, Mary Ellen Litzinger; Godzilla versus King Kong, Vicky Pengelly; Internet instruction at the University of Montana, Barry Brown; without a Net - supporting ourselves in a tremulous atmosphere, Jeris Cassel, Bethann Zambella; library instruction for faculty, Gale Burrow, Cynthia Snyder; incorporating information technologies instruction, Helene Lafrance, Bonnie Gratch; the literate librarian and information technology, Thomas W. Leonhardt; Internet resource discovery, Craig Gibson, John Meade; Internet - the good, the bad, the ugly, Billie Joy Reinhardt, Gary B. Thompson; remote access and active learning in context, Lori Arp et al; teaching the library and electronic resources on television, Naomi Lederer; the gateway to information, Fred Roecker; use of Macromedia Director and QuickTime for multimedia classroom presentations, Paul T. Adalian, Jr.; grace under pressure - coping with multiple database personalities, Linda Friend, Bonnie Osif.
£85.99
Taylor & Francis Inc Web Search Savvy Strategies and Shortcuts for
Book SynopsisWeb Search Savvy: Strategies and Shortcuts for Online Research provides readers of all skill levels with efficient search strategies for locating, retrieving, and evaluating information on the Internet. Utilizing her experience as a reporter working on deadline, author Barbara G. Friedman offers the most effective methods for finding useful and trustworthy data online, and presents these techniques in a straightforward, user-friendly manner.Anyone who uses the Internet for research will find much of value here, including techniques that harness the power of advanced searches to optimize search results, avoid advertising clutter, and locate low- or no-cost databases. Screen captures and diagrams illustrate the steps, rationale, and results to accompany various search strategies. This book emphasizes techniques that make the Web work for individuals rather than for advertisers, such as choosing the most appropriate search engine for the job and tweaking its advanced optionTrade Review"This is a good general starter book for the beginner and will help many online searchers organize their time online more efficiently and effectively. There are a number of helpful appendices such as Internet domains and country codes, useful web sites and a glossary."—Emerald Journal: Online Information ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface. Getting Started. When Seconds Count: Search Engine Strategies. Skipping the Middleman: Alternate Ways to Find Information. Staying Connected: Mailing Lists, Newsletters, Newsgroups, and Web Logs. Finding out About People. Finding and Using Databases. Evaluating the Information You Find. What's Next? Appendices.
£128.25
MP-ALA American Library Assoc Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in
Book SynopsisArgues that the near future of library work will be enormously impacted and perhaps forever changed as a result of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning systems becoming commonplace. Essays cover both essays theory and predictions of the future of these systems in libraries.Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 HAMLET: Neural-Net-Powered Prototypes for Library Discovery Chapter 3 AI and Creating the First Multidisciplinary AI Lab Chapter 4 An Exploration of Machine Learning in Libraries Chapter 5 Conclusion Chapter 6 Sources Consulted
£36.76
John Wiley & Sons Games and Gamification in Academic Libraries
Book SynopsisExplores incorporating games into first-year experience programs, using games to help students engage with special collections, making games accessible, and ideas for game nights and events. The book is packed with colour figures, photos, and samples for inspiration and easy repurposing.
£68.25
MP-ALA American Library Assoc Creating Adaptable Digital Preservation Workflows
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£36.71
MP-ALA American Library Assoc Managing Grey Literature
Book SynopsisThough it provides a richness of content, grey literature is often overlooked when conducting research. This book aims to change that, describing the importance of grey literature and offering a holistic approach to successfully integrating it into library collections.Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 Grey Literature: its Past, Present and Future Chapter 2 Managing and Weeding the Grey Literature Collection Chapter 3 Ideas and Challenges in Cataloging Grey Literature Chapter 4 Persistent Identifiers and Grey Literature: A PID Project and GreyNet Use Case Chapter 5 Communicating the value of international grey literature: the Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) experience Chapter 6 Impact of Digital Transformation on Grey Literature Contributors Index
£56.25
MP-ALA American Library Assoc Media Literacy for Justice Lessons for Changing
Book SynopsisProviding context, reflection points, and ready-to-use lesson plans, this powerful book illuminates the intersections of social justice and media literacy for educators, school and public librarians, teachers of history and civics, information literacy instructors, and community leaders.
£47.20
MP-ALA American Library Assoc 32 Virtual Augmented and Mixed Reality Programs
Book SynopsisA timely, all-in-one guide to planning, organizing, and running virtual events in libraries. Ranging from simple gaming activities utilizing VR headsets to augmented reality tours, exhibits, immersive experiences, and STEM educational programs, these ideas include something for every size and type of academic, public, and school library.
£56.25
Routledge Multilingual Digital Humanities
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£40.84
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Librarians Guide to Online Searching
Book SynopsisUpdates the premier textbook for students and librarians needing to know the landscape of current databases and how to search them.Librarians need to know of existing databases, and they must be able to teach search capabilities and strategies to library users.
£50.00
Rowman & Littlefield Emerging Technologies
Book SynopsisHere's a one-stop snapshot of emerging technologies every librarian should know about and examples that illustrate how the technologies are being used in libraries today! The e-book includes videos of interviews with librarians that are using them. The videos are available on a web site for people who purchase the print book. The first four chaptersAudio & Video, Self- and Micro-Publishing, Mobile Technology, and Crowdfundingall look at older technologies reinvented and reimagined through significant advances in quality, scale, or hardware. Many libraries were already using these technologies in some way, and are now able to change and adapt those uses to meet current needs and take advantage of the latest improvements. The two next chapters look at new technologies: wearable technologies and the Internet of Things (simple but powerful computers that can be embedded into everyday objects and connected to controllers or data aggregation tools). The last two chaptersPrivacy & Security anTrade ReviewThere is an abundance of tools out there for libraries to try for outreach and public services, but which ones are the best for your library? Koerber and Sauers have done the grunt work of figuring it all out. They divide emerging technologies into six different categories: audio and video; self-publishing and library support for publishing; mobile technologies; crowd-funding such as Jason Griffey’s LibraryBox, a digital file distribution tool; wearables and other makerspace activities; and the 'internet of Things,' which are traditional products made smart. Included are examples from actual institutions and technical details such as brand names for products and tools as well as pricing information. The content covered and the detailed information provided makes for a well-rounded primer for librarians. The title does not do the book justice, as it is a one-stop resource for new ideas. Verdict: This useful guidebook is packed with details and all of the research to save librarians time. Despite its limited focus on public libraries and less on academic or special collections, this would be an excellent addition to any public services librarian’s bookshelf. * Library Journal *Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians by Jennifer Koerber and Michael P. Sauers, covers new technologies such as wearables and the Internet of Things, and it provides examples of how they are being used. The first four chapters address older technologies that libraries may already be using but have been updated for today's standards. There is an overview of background information as well as a list of advantages and challenges to using these technologies in a library setting. The authors spotlight the most helpful or most well-known tools and devices and explain how a library could use them. * Computers in Libraries *While descriptions of the various tools are informative and useful, the most inspiring parts of the book are the descriptions of how the technologies are already being put to use by libraries. . . . Written with librarians and library school students in mind as the primary audience, this book is a fairly quick read while at the same time covering several technologies in a thoughtful and engaging manner. For those reading the print version, viewing the video interviews on the companion website is highly recommended. * Technical Services Quarterly *Koerber and Sauers bring a vision of library technology that is engaging, refreshing, and above all practical. Those in search of more fads to embrace or empty platitudes to quote will need to look elsewhere; this book is full of the kind of useful information and actionable advice that will not only get you excited to tackle new projects in your library, but also help those projects succeed. -- Jim DelRosso, Digital Projects Coordinator, Hospitality, Labor, and Management Library, Catherwood Library, Cornell UniversityI'm impressed with the way Jennifer Koerber and Michael Sauers talk about emerging technologies with a recognition that some of what is emerging is actually old technology in a new context, and the recognition that this is a moving target. Their work will enable librarians to put a stake in the ground about what is emerging now for libraries, so libraries and communities can benchmark what they are doing as well as make a case of learning those things that others have adopted. I can imagine this book being used by library staff and their stakeholders as they work to understand what their communities require. -- Jill Hurst-Wahl, Director, Library and Information Science & School Media Programs, School of Information Studies, Syracuse UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Audio & Video Chapter 2: Micropublishing-Library Publisher Chapter 3: Mobile Chapter 4: Crowdfunding Chapter 5: Wearables Chapter 6: Internet of Things Chapter 7: Privacy & Security Chapter 8: Keeping Up With Emerging Technologies Index About the Authors
£31.50
Rowman & Littlefield Library Technology and Digital Resources
Book SynopsisIn the last decade library collections have rapidly evolved from a predominance of print books and journals to an ever growing mix of digital and print resources. Library patrons are predominately served by support staff that is expected to know how to help patrons select and use digital resources. Yet most library support staff (LSS) has not had training to become proficient in finding, using, and instructing others in the abundance of the digital resources of websites, databases, e-texts, digital libraries and their related technologies. Library Technology and Digital Resources: An Introduction for Support Staff is both a text for professors who teach in library support staff programs and an introductory reference manual for support staff who work in libraries. This book will guide the LSS to be able to:Distinguish key features and enhancements found among vendors and providers of digital libraries, digital collections, databases, and e-texts;Plan, budget, fund and write grants forTrade ReviewShaw offers an engaging and highly practical text within a structure that will appeal to new entrants to library and information services, as well as library support staff who are already engaged with the practical application and use of digital technologies and resources…. Overall, this book does have a lot to offer the early library and information professional as the topics are easily digested and applied in a variety of library and information settings…. [The book is] a useful primer for library support staff…. In particular, the inclusion of activities and discussion points at the end of each chapter are extremely useful and very transferable to any library instruction programme or setting — it is for this reason that this book may well find its place within a staff development library. * Multimedia Information & Technology *This text offers a nice structure around which to offer a course on digital resources at the LTA level. Chapters on the various digital information resources present the wide variety information tools available to libraries. It is especially useful as a companion for anyone preparing for the ALA/APA Library Support Staff Certification technology competency or for use in a course teaching to this competency. -- Susan Mannan, Statewide Library Technical Assistant Program Chair, Ivy Tech Community College-Central IndianaThis text covers a broad range of topics related to digital library services and resources and will be useful in classes aimed at preparing library technical workers. There is ample first-hand information, along with helpful suggestions for acquiring hands-on familiarity with these resources, and the suggested assignments will be useful to instructors. -- Linda D. Morrow, Association Librarian/ Public Services, Palomar CollegeThis book is incredibly thorough in reviewing the many types of digital resources that may be encountered in all types of library work. From subscription databases to ebooks to national, state and local digital collections and more, library workers will find a good overview of what the resources are and how to acquire and/or access them, as well as related topics such as copyright, security and appropriate use policies. -- Sandra Smith Rosado, Head of Technical Services, J. Eugene Smith Library, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CTThis text breaks new ground by specifically addressing the LSS competencies developed by the ALA LSSC group and carefully introduces the different digital and techological areas important for modern Library Support Staff. This book would certainly enhance any curriculum and be a strong text for undergraduate level introductory courses in LIS. -- Jodi Williams, Associate Professor and Coordinator, Information and Library Services Program, University of Maine at AugustaTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables and Textboxes Preface Editorial Advisory Board Acknowledgments PART I DIGITAL RESOURCES 1 Introduction 2 Digital and Visual Literacies 3 Primary Sources and Digital Collections 4 National and Global Collections 5 State and Local Collections 6 Subscription Databases: Planning, Evaluation, and Acquisition Processes PART II TECHNOLOGIES 7 Subscription Databases: Providers and Products 8 E-Books 9 The Internet: Directories and Search Engines 10 Appropriate Use: Policies, Confidentiality, Security, Digital Copyright 11 Hardware, Software, and Network Infrastructure PART III NEW DIRECTIONS 12 Current and Future Trends Glossary Index About the Author
£38.00
Rowman & Littlefield Data Visualization
Book SynopsisData Visualization: A Guide to Visual Storytelling for Libraries is a practical guide to the skills and tools needed to create beautiful and meaningful visual stories through data visualization. Learn how to sift through complex datasets to better understand a variety of metrics, such as trends in user behavior and electronic resource usage, return on investment (ROI) and impact metrics, and data about library collections and repositories. Sections include: Identifying and interpreting datasets for visualization Tools and technologies for creating meaningful visualizations Case studies in data visualization and dashboards Data Visualizationalso features a20-page color insert showcasing awide variety of visualizations generated using an array of data visualization technologies and programming languagesthat can serve as inspiration for creating your own visualizations. Understanding and communicating trends from your organization's data is essential. Whether you are looking to make mTrade ReviewThe edited work Data Visualization: A Guide to Visual Storytelling for Libraries brings together 11 chapters that explore the foundations of data visualization and storytelling, techniques for data visualization of library data, and approaches to the integration of data and visualization expertise into information literacy…. As with other Library Information Technology Association (LITA) guides, this work is well suited for librarians seeking to better understand how data visualization techniques and tools might be used to address common library needs. The inclusion of theoretical, applied, and instructional content broadens the set of potential readers…. Readers seeking a broad work to help them understand data visualization techniques would be well served by using this book with a comprehensive but focused work on a specific software platform and visualization approach. * Technical Services Quarterly *Data Visualization tells the library’s data story, not through dry statistics and text, but through real-life case studies from libraries that describe how data visualizations clearly illustrate such library roles as research activity, teaching information literacy, and collection development. This LITA Guide also describes tools libraries use to create the visualizations and demonstrates how data visualizations can convey library data in a quick, comprehensive, visually stimulating, entertaining way that emphasizes the importance and relevance of the library and its services to today’s populace. -- Beverley E. Crane, Former Trainer & Instructional Desginer, DIALOG; and author of Infographics: A Practical Guide for LibrariansData visualization can transform dry and complex data into fascinating insights and help librarians discover new patterns and trends easily missed otherwise. For this reason, data visualization is a highly relevant topic to libraries. Data Visualization: A Guide to Visual Storytelling for Libraries offers readers a practical overview of what it takes to visualize library data from data cleanup and preparation to design principles and specific tools and techniques through a number of interesting case studies, which illustrate how libraries can utilize data visualization for real-world benefits. -- Bohyun Kim, Associate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems at University of Maryland, Baltimore, Health Sciences and Human Services Library; and author of Understanding Gamification and The Library Mobile Experience: Practices and User Expectations.
£94.05
Stanford University Press Digital Codicology: Medieval Books and Modern
Book SynopsisMedieval manuscripts are our shared inheritance, and today they are more accessible than ever—thanks to digital copies online. Yet for all that widespread digitization has fundamentally transformed how we connect with the medieval past, we understand very little about what these digital objects really are. We rarely consider how they are made or who makes them. This case study-rich book demystifies digitization, revealing what it's like to remake medieval books online and connecting modern digital manuscripts to their much longer media history, from print, to photography, to the rise of the internet. Examining classic late-1990s projects like Digital Scriptorium 1.0 alongside late-2010s initiatives like Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis, and world-famous projects created by the British Library, Corpus Christi College Cambridge, Stanford University, and the Walters Art Museum against in-house digitizations performed in lesser-studied libraries, Whearty tells never-before-published narratives about globally important digital manuscript archives. Drawing together medieval literature, manuscript studies, digital humanities, and imaging sciences, Whearty shines a spotlight on the hidden expert labor responsible for today's revolutionary digital access to medieval culture. Ultimately, this book argues that centering the modern labor and laborers at the heart of digital cultural heritage fosters a more just and more rigorous future for medieval, manuscript, and media studies.Trade Review"Digital Codicology offers a captivating mix of literary sensitivity and technical detail. Bridget Whearty has created a precious record of digital culture, labor, and technology at the turn of the twenty-first century."—Michelle Warren, Dartmouth College"Whearty demonstrates that the digitization of medieval manuscripts is not merely an automatic technical process, but one that involves value judgments, hidden costs, and invisible labor at every stage. The result is a convincing argument for understanding digitization within much longer traditions of textual transmission."—Johanna Drucker, University of California, Los Angeles"This book is nuanced in its arguments, clear-eyed in its calls for change, and admirably insistent upon the material and collective labors of digitization and scholarship. Deeply insightful and fiercely generous."—Matthew Fisher, University of California, Los Angeles"Bridget Whearty has written an extraordinary book. To say that this is just a digital humanities monograph is to simplify a complex, multifaceted and extremely timely contribution to the humanities as a whole. While ostensibly the topic of Digital Codicology describes the process of digitisation and its consequences, Whearty has delivered on little over three hundred pages a book on the nature of medieval research, a piece of auto-ethnography, and a pretty decent piece of critical theory. All this in a readable form with a light, approachable style."—Mateusz Fafinski, SELIM: Journal of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature"A valuable resource for anyone wishing to understand digital manuscripts and their uses. Recommended."—D. W. Hayes, CHOICE"Whearty has written a powerful book that may yet haunt the librarians, academics, and archivists who read it long after they put it down. This is an important, valuable, and sobering book that deserves to be on undergraduate reading lists, and on the desks of anyone who produces or uses digitised manuscripts and other cultural heritage objects in their work."—Sarah Gilbert, Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections NewsletterTable of ContentsIntroduction: "Embodied Books, Disembodied Labor" 1. "Scriptorium 2.0" 2. "Value and Visibility: Copying San Marino, Huntington Library, MS HM 111" 3. "Digital Incunables: Copying Lydgate's Fall of Princes, ca. 1997–2017" 4. "Interoperable Metadata and Failing toward the Future" Coda: "Glitch" Appendix: "Doing Digital Codicology: A Manifesto."
£57.60
University of Minnesota Press Archives
Book SynopsisHow digital networks and services bring the issues of archives out of the realm of institutions and into the lives of everyday users Archives have become a nexus in the wake of the digital turn. Electronic files, search engines, video sites, and media player libraries make the concepts of “archival” and “retrieval” practically synonymous with the experience of interconnected computing. Archives today are the center of much attention but few agendas. Can archives inform the redistribution of power and resources when the concept of the public library as an institution makes knowledge and culture accessible to all members of society regardless of social or economic status? This book sets out to show that archives need our active support and continuing engagement. This volume offers three distinct perspectives on the present status of archives that are at once in disagreement and solidarity with each other, from contributors whose backgrounds cut across the theory–practice divide. Is the increasing digital storage of knowledge pushing us toward a turning point in its democratization? Can archives fulfill their paradoxical potential as utopian sites in which the analog and the digital, the past and future, and remembrance and forgetting commingle? Is there a downside to the present-day impulse toward total preservation?
£14.39
Rowman & Littlefield Creating Online Tutorials
Book SynopsisToday's students rely heavily on electronic resources; they expect to be able to access library resources from any location and at any time of the day. Online education is ubiquitous from K-12 through graduate level coursework and is increasingly used in on-the-job training. Libraries must be prepared to guide learners to use library resources when and where they are needed. Thoughtfully designed online tutorials can be the library's answer to providing this point-of-need instruction that learners have come to expect.When librarians don't have the technical expertise needed to create online tutorials, Creating Online Tutorials: A Practical Guide for Librarians, Second Edition will help guide them through the basics of designing and producing an online tutorial. Using practical examples, the book leads librarians through the process of creating an online tutorial from start to finish and provides tips and strategies that will be useful to librarians with more experience in designing online tutorials.This detailed roadmap for designing and producing online tutorials covers: Is a tutorial the right solution? Assessing diverse user needs Choosing the right technology Selecting and organizing instructional content Planning tutorial design elements Integrating assessment into tutorial design Maintaining and updating tutorials Finding online tutorial resources After reading this book, new tutorial developers will have a practical, adaptable blueprint that enables them to confidently address the creation of their first online tutorials, and experienced developers will learn efficient techniques to create and enhance future tutorials that are attractive, effective teaching tools.
£49.40
Bloomsbury Academic Digital Asset Management for Museums
£61.74
Rowman & Littlefield Library Website Design and Development
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£35.18
Emerald Publishing Limited Advances in Library Automation and Networking
Book SynopsisThis title provides articles on the technical, organizational and policy aspects of library automation, emphasizing the information/policy needed by librarians for informed decisions on automated systems and network services, to maximize the positive effects of these technologies on library organizations.
£83.99
University of Alberta Press Government Information in Canada: Access and
Book SynopsisPublic access to government information forms the foundation of a healthy liberal democracy. Because this information can be precarious, it needs stewardship. Government Information in Canada provides analysis about the state of Canadian government information publishing. Experts from across the country draw on decades of experience to offer a broad, well-founded survey of history, procedures, and emerging issues—particularly the challenges faced by practitioners during the transition of government information from print to digital access. This is an indispensable book for librarians, archivists, researchers, journalists, and everyone who uses government information and wants to know more about its publication, circulation, and retention. Contributors: Graeme Campbell, Talia Chung, Sandra Craig, Peter Ellinger, Darlene Fichter, Michelle Lake, Sam-chin Li, Steve Marks, Maureen Martyn, Catherine McGoveran, Martha Murphy, Dani J. Pahulje, Susan Paterson , Carol Perry, Caron Rollins, Gregory Salmers, Tom J. Smyth, Brian Tobin, Amanda Wakaruk, Nicholas WorbyTrade Review“In a democracy, publicly accessible information is not a want, it is a necessity…. Because of the real-life experiences and observations in this book, it is a must read for anyone interested in government information in Canada, particularly its dissemination, access, and preservation…. [The book] presents some real problems, as well as possible solutions, that exist in our current situation…. Simply put, government information is in crisis.” -- David McDonald, Legislative Librarian * Canadian Parliamentary Review, July 2020 *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Evolution of Government Information Services and Stewardship in Canada Amanda Wakaruk and Sam-chin Li I Historical Overviews 1 Government Publication Deposit Programs: The Canadian Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Landscapes Graeme Campbell, Michelle Lake, and Catherine McGoveran 2 Official Publications and Select Digital Library Collections at Library and Archives Canada, 1923 to the Present Tom J. Smyth 3 Parliamentary Information in Canada: Form and Function Talia Chung and Maureen Martyn 4 Commissions and Tribunals Caron Rollins II Provincial Landscape 5 Alberta Government Publishing Dani J. Pahulje 6 Saskatchewan Government Publications Deposit in the Legislative Library Gregory Salmers 7 Inside Track: Challenges of Collecting, Accessing, and Preserving Ontario Government Publications Sandra Craig and Martha Murphy 8 Digitization of Government Publications: A Review of the Ontario Digitization Initiative Carol Perry, Brian Tobin, and Sam-chin Li III Looking Forward: Collaborative Stewardship 9 GALLOP Portal: Making Government Publications in Legislative Libraries Findable Peter Ellinger 10 The Canadian Government Information Digital Preservation Network: A Collective Response to a National Crisis Amanda Wakaruk and Steve Marks 11 Web Harvesting and Reporting Fugitive Government Materials: Collaborative Stewardship of At-Risk Documents Susan Paterson, Nicholas Worby, and Darlene Fichter Contributors Index
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Facet Publishing Developing Digital Scholarship: Emerging
Book SynopsisThis book provides strategic insights drawn from librarians who are meeting the challenge of digital scholarship, utilizing the latest technologies and creating new knowledge in partnership with researchers, scholars, colleagues and students. The impact of digital on libraries has extended far beyond its transformation of content, to the development of services, the extension and enhancement of access to research and to teaching and learning systems. As a result,the fluidity of the digital environment can often be at odds with the more systematic approaches to development traditionally taken by academic libraries, which has also led to a new generation of roles and shifting responsibilities with staff training and development often playing ‘catch-up’. One of the key challenges to emerge is how best to demonstrate expertise in digital scholarship which draws on the specialist technical knowledge of the profession and maintains and grows its relevance for staff, students and researchers. This edited collection spans a wide range of contrasting perspectives, contexts, insights and case studies, which explore the relationships between digital scholarship, contemporary academic libraries and professional practice. The book demonstrates that there are opportunities to be bold, remodel, trial new approaches and reposition the library as a key partner in the process of digital scholarship. Content covered includes: the impact of digital scholarship on organizational strategies an insight into new services and roles, partnerships and collaborations case studies exploring new technologies to support research and development new approaches to service delivery re-visioning of space, physical and virtual. This is an essential guide for librarians and information professionals involved in digital scholarship and communication, who wish to extend their awareness of emerging practices, as well as library administrators and students studying library and information science.Trade Review. . . a welcome addition to the literature about the on-going changes in academic librarianship . . . I would recommend the book for both teachers and students of library and information science, but also for practitioners who will find interesting projects carried out by their colleagues in different libraries. -- Elena Maceviciute * Information Research *Developing Digital Scholarship is a critically important read for all members of private, corporate, governmental, community and academic libraries who are charged with developing and/or upgrading digital elements of their library systems for the benefit of their patrons. -- Library BookwatchCoherent, well-edited, referenced and indexed, this collection hangs together, with little or no duplication. It is a very welcome addition to the sparse literature on digital scholarship. It offers a lifeline to librarians struggling to develop a coherent response to the challenges posed by the profound changes in scholarship found in modern academia. Anyone seeking to understand why, how and where libraries enable and enrich modern digital scholarship will find it useful. -- An LeabharlannAlong with a definition and review of the existing literature on digital scholarship and librarianship, other chapters and case studies include both theoretical and practical discussions of personnel, spaces, services, and communication tools... this book provides a good framework for conversation for strategic planning purposes. -- Linda Frederiksen * Library Journal *As computer-assisted academic research is often diverse, dynamic and even chaotic in nature, many academic libraries are currently struggling with the increasingly pressing challenge of developing useful and adequate forms of support for scholarship based on digital technologies. Developing Digital Scholarship provides a thorough and systematic overview of the different strategies and best practices that have been developed by leading libraries in the US and in the UK. The case studies that are included in the book offer valuable insights into the various ways in which librarians can manage innovative and experimental projects that often demand new areas of expertise and new models for interacting with academic staff. The book usefully highlights the new roles and the new responsibilities that are needed when librarians aim to facilitate data-intensive, interdisciplinary and collaborative forms of research. As such, it forms essential reading for all librarians engaged in the complicated process of supporting and promoting digital scholarship. At Leiden University Libraries, we are currently setting up a new Centre for Digital Scholarship, and the book has given us much inspiration for the development of new services. -- Paul VerhaarDeveloping Digital Scholarship will be of interest primarily to library administrators who already have the context and resources to shape their institutions’ digital scholarship initiatives. It will also be useful for students who are still in the process of choosing a specialty or for practitioners desirous of broadening their skill sets. Most readers will respond to the book’s optimistic mindset, best captured in its final sentence: “The groundwork for success is rooted in the resilient attitudes and behaviours of individuals in relation to the digital environment. -- Richard Nathan Leigh * ARBA *Developing Digital Scholarship: Emerging Practices in Academic Libraries...combines literature review, theory, and case studies to advance our understanding of digital scholarship and the library’s role. The articles have an international bent, with authors from the U.K., Australia, and the U.S.The book will be of greatest interest to academic and other research librarians. -- Gwen M. Gregory * Information Today *...this collection offers a broad overview of different expressions of digital scholarship and how this developing field impacts current library practice. Given the title and the focus on skills and case studies, this collection seems to be most appropriate for academic libraries in the early stages of implementing digital scholarship services; however, it may also present relevant research and new ideas for libraries in which these services are already well established. -- Gesina A. Phillips * Catholic Library World *Table of ContentsPART 1: A REVIEW OF THE LANDSCAPE 1. The university library and digital scholarship: a review of the literature – Lindsey Martin 2. Digital scholarship: scanning library services and spaces - Alison MackenziePART 2: THE AGILE LIBRARIAN 3. Librarian as partner: in and out of the library - Roz Howard and Megan Fitzgibbons 4. Novice to Expert: developing digitally capable librarians - Charles Inskip 5. Lean in the Library: building capacity by realigning staff and resources - Jennifer BremnerPART 3: DIGITAL SPACES AND SERVICES 6. Digital Scholarship Centres: converging space and expertise - Tracy C. Bergstrom 7. Building scalable and sustainable services for researchers - David ClayPART 4: COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING 8. Social networking with the scholarly community: a literature review - Suzanne Parfitt 9. Developing Digital Scholars: from the Ivory Tower to the Twittersphere - Alison Hicks 10. Reflections on digital scholarship: so many reasons to be cheerful - Alison Mackenzie and Lindsey Martin
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Facet Publishing Information 2.0: New models of information
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides an overview of the digital information landscape and explains the implications of the technological changes for the information industry, from publishers and broadcasters to the information professionals who manage information in all its forms. This fully-updated second edition includes examples of organizations and individuals who are seizing on the opportunities thrown up by this once-in-a-generation technological shift providing a cutting-edge guide to where we are going both as information consumers and in terms of broader societal changes. Each chapter explores aspects of the information lifecycle, including production, distribution, storage and consumption and contains case studies chosen to illustrate particular issues and challenges facing the information industry. One of the key themes of the book is the way that organizations, public and commercial, are blurring their traditional lines of responsibility. Amazon is moving from simply selling books to offering the hardware and software for reading them. Apple still makes computer hardware but also manages one of the world’s leading marketplaces for music and software applications. Google maintains its position as the most popular internet search engine but has also digitized millions of copies of books from leading academic libraries and backed the development of the world’s most popular computing platform, Android. At the heart of these changes are the emergence of cheap computing devices for decoding and presenting digital information and a network which allows the bits and bytes to flow freely, for the moment at least, from producer to consumer. While the digital revolution is impacting on everyone who works with information, sometimes negatively, the second edition of Information 2.0 shows that the opportunities outweigh the risks for those who take the time to understand what is going on. Information has never been more abundant and accessible so those who know how to manage it for the benefit of others in the digital age will be in great demand. Readership: Students taking courses in library and information science, publishing and communication studies, with particular relevance to core modules exploring the information society and digital information. Academics and practitioners who need to get to grips with the new information environment.Trade Review...an informative and thorough title that makes sense of how changes in technology are impacting all aspects of society; economics, education and more. It is even-handed throughout; there are arguments made about the democratizing influence of the Internet and how barriers that might have constrained our access to information have been reduced. Yet there are still cautionary tales. The likes of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook, which aimed to make information via the Internet accessible to us all, are the now the new monopolies and there are significant issues about how they use our information. Although we live in an era of information overload and that information seems difficult to control or keep on top of, de Saulles reiterates the need of the information professional and that its role is equally vital in the ‘Wild West’ free-for-all new information landscape. This is a title that is very readable and clear. De Saulles uses case studies to outline his points and does not veer into jargon that might leave the casual reader to engage in head-scratching. Information 2.0 is just as valuable for the casual reader as for the information professional and it clarifies what otherwise is a very confusing picture."Martin De Saulles provides a concise, yet relatively wide-ranging, overview of the enduring issues and current crises in information and communication technologies (ICT) in Information 2.0: New Models of Information Production, Distribution and Consumption. Keenly aware of the rapidly shifting landscape of ICT, his book examines the diverse types of information created and consumed today; the role of data in society, from personal uses to mass governmental and business initiatives; the history of information technology over the past half century; and the exponentially expanding networks of corporate and governmental actors that control the access and management of ICT." -- Digital Scholarship in the Humanities'...an informative and thorough title that makes sense of how changes in technology are impacting all aspects of society; economics, education and more. It is even-handed throughout; there are arguments made about the democratizing influence of the Internet and how barriers that might have constrained our access to information have been reduced. Yet there are still cautionary tales. The likes of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook, which aimed to make information via the Internet accessible to us all, are the now the new monopolies and there are significant issues about how they use our information. Although we live in an era of information overload and that information seems difficult to control or keep on top of, de Saulles reiterates the need of the information professional and that its role is equally vital in the ‘Wild West’ free-for-all new information landscape. This is a title that is very readable and clear. De Saulles uses case studies to outline his points and does not veer into jargon that might leave the casual reader to engage in head-scratching. Information 2.0 is just as valuable for the casual reader as for the information professional and it clarifies what otherwise is a very confusing picture.' -- AriadneTable of Contents1. Introduction What is information? The foundations of the information society The internet as a driver of change The big challenges of big data What about the information providers? New ways of creating information Where do we put all this information? Why information matters 2. New models of information production Introduction Blogs: the state of the blogosphere Blogging 2.0 Who can you trust? Blogs and social media as agents of change Blogging for money The economics of print media The transition to digital news Digital-Only News Publishers The new generation of news consumers Case Study – BuzzFeed Business publishing Case Study – Gigaom Wikis and collaborative publishing Search engines and what they know Gaming Google Does Google know too much? Our social graphs What are we worth? Case Study – Klout The challenge of big data Data types When everything is connected Data as the new currency Concluding comments 3. New models of information storage Introduction Preserving the internet How organizations store information Academia Case study – DSpace institutional repository software Legal requirements Data mining Case study – Tesco Clubcard Collection digitization Keeping it all safe Storage at the personal level Putting it in the cloud Our digital footprints The future of storage Concluding comments 4. New models of information distribution Introduction The architecture of the internet Distribution and disintermediation Case Study – DataSift The new intermediaries Intermediaries in the shadows Copyright-friendly intermediaries Online video – we’re all celebrities now Case Study – Netflix The Video Classroom Case Study – The Khan Academy Open government and the internet Proactive government Defensive government Offensive Government Helping the information flow both ways Making money from public information Threats to the open web Concluding comments 5. New models of information consumption Introduction Information consumption devices Mobile consumption devices Looking beyond the artefact It’s all about the apps Case Study – Amazon Information ecosystems: gilded cages or innovation hotbeds? Fair dealing Resale Lending Returning to an open web HTML5 – an antidote to appification? The experiential web Case Study – Oculus Rift Rent or buy? Case Study – Spotify Making sense of it all Information literacy Information overload Implications for information professionals Concluding comments 6. Conclusion Introduction The struggle for control in a networked world Implications for information professionals The knowledge management opportunity The future of search Ninja librarians Implications for publishers The copyright challenge Hooked on tablets Implications for society Internet everywhere Nowhere to hide Concluding comments
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Emerald Publishing Limited All That's Not Fit to Print: Fake News and the
Book Synopsis"Dewey Defeats Truman." "Hillary Clinton Adopts Alien Baby." Fake news may have reached new notoriety since the 2016 US election, but it has been around a long time. Whether it was an error in judgment in a rush to publish election results in November, 1948, or a tabloid cover designed to incite an eye roll and a chuckle in June, 1993, fake news has permeated and influenced culture since the inception of the printed press. But now, when almost every press conference at the White House contains a declaration of the evils of "fake news", evaluating information integrity and quality is more important than ever. In All That’s Not Fit to Print, Amy Affelt offers tools and techniques for spotting fake news and discusses best practices for finding high quality sources, information, and data. Including an analysis of the relationship between fake news and social media, and potential remedies for viral fake news, Affelt explores the future of the press and the skills that librarians will need, not only to navigate these murky waters, but also to lead information consumers in to that future. For any librarian or information professional, or anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by the struggle of determining the true from the false, this book is a fundamental guide to facing the tides of fake news.Trade ReviewDiscerning reliable, authoritative news and information has gotten much harder in this connected, technologically-driven era. Amy Affelt provides a useful and informative guide to navigating the challenges--and an important call to arms for librarians and information specialists to play a leading role in defending and advancing the importance of objective facts on behalf of all of us. -- Matt Murray * The Wall Street Journal *Librarians are on the front lines in 21st Century info-wars and struggles over misinformation and weaponized narratives. Library patrons would dearly love it if they had nearby trustworthy allies to help them navigate these new societal challenges. Luckily, Amy Affelt has created a playbook for her colleagues, showing them how they can exploit their talents to be reliable knowledge stewards to their communities in an ever-more confusing world. -- Lee Rainie * Pew Research Center *In this age of misinformation, librarians play a crucial role in helping people make sense of what is true or not. This book is an excellent tool for anyone interested in improving their information diet, with practical tips for finding quality sources, as well as techniques and tools for checking out content sourced online. Most importantly, this book places our current situation in a wider historical context. As humans, we've always been drawn to rumors and conspiracies, but how can we cope when digital technologies have super-charged everything, from the creation to the dissemination of false and misleading information. This book shows you how. -- Claire Wardle, PhD * First Draft *All That’s Not Fit To Print is an important and timely resource for information professionals grappling with issues of veracity, authenticity, and authority. It dives deep into current trends to inform the discussion and lays out actionable insights on how we should engage around questionable content. -- John Chrastka * EveryLibrary *This timely clarion call to arms encourages librarians to be at the forefront of the fake news cultural and political battle, helping them to recognize their evolving roles in today’s ethical and technological struggle and to be prepared to fight for the truth. -- Linda Landis Andrews * Department of English, University of Illinois at Chicago *Amy Affelt, in All That's Not Fit To Print, has written an effective primer for librarians and information professionals on the challenge that is fake news. Covering the current development of this across social media she covers the key issues, a variety of effective tools and resources, and an informed call for librarians to adequately arm themselves to combat the dreaded 'fake news' scourge that we find ourselves in. Definitely worth a read for experienced and budding librarians. -- Hal Kirkwood * University of Oxford *Amy Affelt’s All That’s Not Fit To Print is a timely, intensely interesting, and easy-to-read book full of important, common-sense advice for those of us in the library and information professions who want to hone our skillsets to become information quality experts. It is revolutionary in that it is a book to guide information professionals to realize their role and encourage growth of methods long-present in our profession. Affelt’s book is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn about information quality from one of the best in our field. -- Anne Craig * Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries at Illinois (CARLI) *Gone are the days when we could reasonably trust the news. As long as responsible journalism is under attack, we can no longer assume that news is grounded in facts and reality. Fortunately, Affelt provides the guidance we need to decide what to believe, and what to discard. -- Kimberly SilkWith All that’s Not Fit to Print author Amy Affelt gives us all that we need to identify and combat the fake news epidemic that is causing confidence in media to significantly decline. While aimed at libraries and librarians who are leading the way in developing digital and information literacy skills, this book’s advice is for everyone who seeks to ensure that the information they use and share is of the highest quality. Kudos to Amy Affelt for producing a very readable, enjoyable and easy to understand guide to separating distortions, misinformation and lies from the high quality information we need to make good decisions on a daily basis. -- Donna Scheeder * International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2015-2017, and President, Library Strategies International *Reasoned and passionate, thorough and provocative, Amy Affelt’s latest does much more than recap the issues and name the disease: she’s created a clear roadmap for librarians and media people alike to ensure reality-based reportage not only survives but flourishes. -- Brendan Howley * Media Software Designer and Former CBC TV Investigative Journalist *Informative, insightful, in-depth. Amy Affelt uses her expertise, as a noteworthy research librarian, to teach others about fake news and how to work the complex and convoluted process of obtaining accurate informational text. All That's Not Fit to Print is helpful, timely and relevant. -- Angela Falter Thomas, PhD * Bowling Green State University *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Fake News: False Content in a Familiar Format 2. How We Got Here 3. Sharing is Not Caring: Fake News and Social Media 4. How To Spot Fake News 5. Fake News In The Field: Library Schools and Libraries 6. The Future of Fake News: The View From Here Conclusion
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Emerald Publishing Limited Technical Services in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisWhile librarianship in general has had to respond to constant revolutionary change, technical services have faced much more immediate challenges, having nearly been completely reimagined in the 21st century. By showcasing the work of technical services, and the ground-breaking changes they have encountered, this edited collection provides readers with an opportunity to re-assess the opportunities and challenges for library administration, and to understand how libraries should be managed in the future. Including thirteen chapters from a variety of libraries, this collection examines several aspects of technical services work in the 21st century. The authors offer thoughtful applied theoretical solutions to practical problems encountered by library administrators and managers in four broad categories: planning and assessment, workflows, data, and acquisitions. Geared at library managers and administrators, readers of this volume may understand new trends in technical services work, how previous structures and workflows fit in and are evolving, and the new ways that in which we might describe, assess and carry out what we do in libraries.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Guiding Principles for Technical Services through a Content Analysis of Strategic Plans; Abigail Bibee, Erin Gallagher and David IsaakChapter 2. More Than Meets the Eye: Technical Services Work as Outreach; Whitney A. Buccicone and Kristin Browning Leaman Chapter 3. Complex Adaptive Systems in Technical Services: A Functional Model for Assessing Institutional Alignment; Nina Servizzi Chapter 4.Process Mapping and High Performance Management in Technical Services; Kristy White Chapter 5. Faculty Workload Guidelines in Technical Services; Aimée deChambeau, Ian McCollough, Melanie McGurr and Mike Monaco Chapter 6. Life-cycle Package Management for Print and Electronic Resources: Cross-training a Customer-Oriented Technical Services Team; Beth Ashmore, Maria Collins, Christenna Hutchins and Lynn Whittenberger Chapter 7. Two Separate Worlds, One Shared Goal: An Exploration of Special Collections Catalogers' Reporting Lines and Institutional Organization; Colleen W. Barrett, Whitney A. Buccicone and Joseph J. Shankweiler Chapter 8. You Are What You Measure; Sarah Theimer Chapter 9. Moving Towards BIBFRAME and a Linked Data Environment; Misu Kim, Mingyu Chen and Debbie Montgomery Chapter 10. Data of E-Resources: Moving Forward with Assessment; Jessica Urick Oberlin Chapter 11. From Silo to the Web: Library Cataloging Data in an Open Environment; Jo Williams Chapter 12. The Death of the Big Deal and Implications for Technical Services; Angela Maranville and Karen Diaz Chapter 13. Purchasing Models for Streaming Film: Attitudes and Motivation; Lindsey Reno
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Emerald Publishing Limited Videogames, Libraries, and the Feedback Loop:
Book SynopsisVideogames, Libraries, and the Feedback Loop: Learning Beyond the Stacks offers fresh perspectives of youth videogaming in public libraries. Abrams and Gerber delve into research-based accounts to explore feedback mechanisms that support important reflective and iterative practices. Highlighting how videogame library programs can evolve to meet contemporary needs of youth patrons, the authors equip readers to re-envision library programming that specifically features youth videogame play.Trade ReviewAbrams and Gerber masterfully illustrate it is no longer a question of whether gaming-driven learning practices should be included in literacy learning spaces such as libraries, but rather what’s taking us so long to provide these opportunities to all youth. The Feedback Loop Framework and the multi-iterative ways learners evaluate and reflect on their own learning experiences has tremendous implications not only for the fields of gaming and libraries, but also the very ways we consider youth meaning making in traditional learning spaces. The youth will show us the way, they always do; we just need to be prepared to trust and follow. Abrams and Gerber show us how. -- Shelbie Witte, Ph.D., Kim and Chuck Watson Endowed Chair in Education, Oklahoma State University, USA, author of Text to Epitext: Expanding Students' Comprehension, Engagement, and Media LiteracyVideogames, Libraries, and the Feedback Loop, by Sandra Schamroth Abrams and Hannah Gerber, is an extremely useful and revelatory read that describes how libraries and librarians can foster learning and discovery through videogame play. It's useful in the sense that librarians and, actually, educators, in general, can take lessons learned from the authors' examination of what sorts of learning and meaning making come from the use of videogames in supported learning spaces. Central to how the learning is examined is this concept of the feedback loop--a set of real-time indicators and signifiers that players interact with that helps them understand their place in a game and make strategic decisions on how to proceed. Chapter 2, which covers the feedback loop is crucial reading for anyone designing learning spaces that focus on iterative and interest-driven experiences (aka the I2 approach covered in Chapter 5). Indeed, the book and the feedback loop lens are a revelation for me (an instructional game designer turned professor) as I think about engaging course design and my role as a co-learner/explorer with my students in a higher education environment that was forced to shift to online instruction! This detailed account of how learners engage with videogames with collaborative support is very timely and I cannot recommend this book enough. -- Mark Danger Chen, Ph.D., Lecturer, Interactive Media Design, University of Washington Bothell, USA, author of Leet Noobs: The Life and Death of an Expert Player Group in World of Warcraft.Drs. Sandra Abrams and Hannah Gerber provided a detailed look at implementing videogames programming in libraries. Drs. Abrams and Gerber bring extensive experience in research on videogames and youth. This book offers insights to both researchers and practitioners for how to implement a videogame program but also what those programs can provide to youth who are participating, beyond just playing a videogame. The framework of a feedback loop that Drs. Abrams and Gerber present, although a well-known concept within videogames, provides those offering videogame programming in libraries a much needed way to assess their programs and determine success. Whether you are offering your first videogame program or you are a seasoned pro, this book offers new insights for everyone. -- Crystle Martin, Ph.D., Director of Library and Learning Resources, El Camino College, California, USA, author of Voyage across a Constellation of Information: Information Literacy in Interest-Driven Learning Communities.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Feedback Loop: Learning from Videogame Experiences Chapter 3. A Tale of Two Library Videogame Spaces Chapter 4. Meaning Making through the Feedback Loop Chapter 5. Where Do We Go from Here? (Re)Thinking Library Videogame Spaces through the Feedback Loop Chapter 6. Looking Forward: Possibilities for Future Library Videogaming Programs
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Subjects of Literary and Artistic Copyright
Book SynopsisThis accessible and innovative book examines to what extent copyright protects a range of subjects which are engaged in the creation and management of literary and artistic works, and how such subjects use copyright to protect their interests.Offering a complementary analysis, The Subjects of Literary and Artistic Copyright explores how copyright regulates the production and management of literature and art. The book examines the creators of literature and art, as well as market operators such as publishers and “managers” including museums, galleries, and universities. The perspectives offered cover a diverse range of subjects, and confront the regular contradictions and conflicts that occur within literary and artistic copyright interests. The chapters illustrate, via historical and empirical analysis, that established practices and traditional approaches to the management of copyright need to be revisited, in order to be more aligned with current social and technological frameworks.Providing a starting point for future research paths on copyright practices in art and literature, this insightful book will be of interest to legal academics looking to expand their knowledge of literary and artistic copyright. Law professionals with interests in intellectual property and art law will also benefit from its novel approach.Trade Review‘The Subjects of Literary and Artistic Copyright edited by Enrico Bonadio and Cristiana Sappa looks at copyright aspects of art and literature through the eyes of their main stakeholders, grouped in the volume in two categories: creators and intermediaries/ managers. Using historical and empirical analysis, this great collection revisits many assumptions about the creative process and the current management of copyrighted works. A must read for everyone interested in the complex relationships of all the actors involved in the process of cultural production.’ -- Christophe Geiger, Luiss Guido Carli University, Italy‘From traditional forms of authorship to the most contemporary ones, from the romantic authors to institutions whose participation in copyright management is less known – while revisiting digital challenges to the establishments that have always played an important role in the dissemination of works – this book offers a rich panorama of perspectives that inform the development of copyright law today. A decidedly modern take on copyright stakeholders.’ -- Ysolde Gendreau, Université de Montréal, Canada‘This book focuses on traditional categories of creators and stakeholders of works of literature and art including publishers, libraries, museums, galleries, auction houses and universities. Literary works and artistic works are types of copyright works that not only have inspired each other but also inspired copyright in general. This book offers a fresh look at the roles of stakeholders and conflicting interests in copyright law, it is a “must read” for all those engaging in copyright law.’ -- Irini Stamatoudi, University of Nicosia, CyprusTable of ContentsContents: Foreword ix Introduction 1 Enrico Bonadio and Cristiana Sappa PART I CREATORS SECTION A LITERATURE 1 The effects of copyrights on poets’ and novelists’ economic returns 9 Michela Giorcelli 2 Playwrights 22 Luke McDonagh 3 The fragility of freelancing: The impact of copyright law on modern journalism 37 Mary Catherine Amerine 4 Academic authors, copyright and dissemination of knowledge: A comparative overview 58 Marco Bellia and Valentina Moscon SECTION B ART 5 Copyright protection for painters, sculptors and cartoonists 78 Rudy Capildeo, Chris Haywood and James Yow 6 Digital photographers: Trust, truth, and copyright in the digital age 98 Jessica Silbey 7 ‘It’s not you, it’s me’: Are designers and copyright a good match? 113 Ana Ramalho 8 Architecture and dysfunction 137 Xiyin Tang PART II MANAGERS AND INTERMEDIARIES 9 Publishers and copyright 157 Enrico Bonadio and Anele Simon 10 Libraries and copyright law in the 21st century 183 Maximiliano Marzetti 11 Capturing the uncapturable: The relationship between universities and copyright through the lens of the audio-visual lecture capture policies 207 Guido Noto La Diega, Giulia Priora, Bernd Justin Jütte and Léo Pascault 12 Museums as education facilitators: How copyright affects access and dissemination of cultural heritage 234 Cristiana Sappa 13 Galleries and auction houses: The invisible managers of artistic copyright? 258 Simon Stokes Index
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Emerald Publishing Limited Dealing With Change Through Information Sculpting
Book SynopsisHow do we deal with challenging life events? Working across hundreds of research studies, Dealing With Change Through Information Sculpting uncovers how people respond informationally to major life transitions by examining our information behaviours – how we provide, seek, assess, share, use, deny, avoid, and create information – during times of personal change and explains the role of these behaviours in reconstructing ourselves following a life event. Dealing With Change Through Information Sculpting proposes the theory of Information Sculpting to describe how we respond to change and the information behaviours we use to create this response, explaining how we construct solutions to life transitions by a series of information behaviours that are used to gain a sense of coherence, purpose, and value in life. Until now there has been no text that provides an information focus on transitions across the human life span. Dealing With Change Through Information Sculpting looks at information behaviour in relationship creation and breakdown, parenting, starting and ending work, developing sexualities, becoming ill, being a victim of crime, and dying, to show how our we sculpt information solutions that transform our lives and transform ourselves. Supported by a bibliography of over 1,000 works, this book is a major reference point for those interested in how we use information during the most significant times in our lives.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Dealing with Change Chapter 3. Theorising Change – Information Sculpting Chapter 4. Information Behaviour and Change Chapter 5. Families and Relationships Chapter 6. Work Chapter 7. Health Chapter 8. Sex and Sexuality Chapter 9. Crime and Surviving Crime Chapter 10. Information Sculpting and Transitions
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Emerald Publishing Limited Looking for Information: Examining Research on
Book SynopsisThis fifth edition of Looking for Information is redesigned to reflect the breadth of research across information behaviour studies, with a new streamlined, six-chapter structure, presenting a refreshed look at people’s information needs and seeking practices, while also embracing contemporary concepts such as information use, creation, and embodiment. This edition retains its core purpose by highlighting essential aspects of research on people’s information behaviours, including detailed examples from more than 1200 research publications. The authors present historic works (including those focused on people’s occupations) alongside contemporary research addressing the situations and contexts that shape people’s experiences. Studies using innovative methodological or theoretical approaches, and those reflecting ongoing shifts towards interdisciplinarity are also featured. The authors carefully balance quick access to summaries and highlights, alongside long-form narratives, while retaining the content and focus that readers of Looking for Information have come to expect. Each chapter serves as a stand-alone piece of writing, with its own reference list and Must-Read recommendations, facilitating e-reading and inclusion on course syllabi. All these features will enhance readers’ experiences of this new edition.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Information Behaviour: An Introduction Chapter 2. The Evolution of Information Behaviour Research Chapter 3. The Complex Nature of Information Behaviour Chapter 4. Metatheories, Theories, and Models Chapter 5. Research Design, Methodologies, and Methods Chapter 6. Reviewing, Critiquing, Concluding, and Futuring
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Emerald Publishing Limited Hope and a Future: Perspectives on the Impact
Book SynopsisIn a world that often questions the value of libraries and librarianship, this collection of reflective essays and future-focused research emphasizes the ways in which being an information professional continues to be a rewarding and vital profession. Including sixteen chapters written by library practitioners, researchers, and educators, this book covers topics, among others, such as the impact of K-12 school librarians on media literacy, the community power of public libraries, the transformative power of community-focused library collaborations, and strategies for implementing effective outreach for underserved populations. It is by sharing their thoughtful, vibrant, and at times painfully honest perspectives on the varied and essential roles that librarians and libraries play in our world that the authors display their passion for librarianship and demonstrate why continued support for libraries is essential.Table of ContentsIntroduction: There is Hope for Our Future! HOPE IS PART OF THE PLAN Chapter 1. The Thing with Feathers: Small Moments, Hope, and Purpose in a Career in Libraries; Vikki Terrile Chapter 2. Check Your Bias at the School Library Door: The Power of The School Librarian in an Evolving Information Landscape; Donna Mignardi and Jennifer Sturge Chapter 3. The Path to the Ivy League Leads Straight Through the Public Library; Aryssa Damron DIVERSE & INCLUSIVE Chapter 4. Moving Beyond Buzzwords: Belonging in Library Collections; Paolo Gujilde Chapter 5. Be Our Guest; Sophia Sotilleo Chapter 6. Diversity and Inclusion: Better Serving International Students at Academic Libraries; Jia He Chapter 7. Library Programs for Adults with Developmental Disabilities; Kayla Kuni Chapter 8. From Cultural Traditions to Diverse Superheroes: Strategies for Building Inclusive Youth Collections; Jewel Davis CREATING COMMUNITY Chapter 9. Libraries and the Creation of Information Access Deserts; Conrad Pegues Chapter 10. The Visual and Performing Arts in Libraries; Caley Cannon Chapter 11. Autism and Libraries: Building Communities and Changing Lives; Adriana White THE FUTURE IS WAITING Chapter 12. Synergistic Collaboration in Public Libraries: Building Bridges in the Asian American Community to Celebrate APIA Heritage Month; Jerry Dear Chapter 13. A Voice of Hope: Serving through Digitization and Initiative; Jaime Valenzuela Chapter 14. Librarians and Libraries as Twenty-first Century Transformers; Angiah Davis Chapter 15. Public Librarians and Community Engagement: The Way Forward; Meghan Moran
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University of Cincinnati Press Digital Community Engagement – Partnering
Book SynopsisHow have university scholars across a variety of disciplines navigated the co-creative and collaborative relationships involving community partners? How has the addition of digital components changed the way information can be communicated to the intended audience? Through digital projects, traditional academic silos have given way to community-based partnerships which open research, storytelling, and curation to wide array of contributors from civic engagement professionals, librarians, archivists, technology personnel, local citizens, and academics. The collaborative process may push your comfort zone and make you grapple with your roll of storytelling but as the authors of the last chapter say, “You can’t make ketchup without smashing a few tomatoes.” Digital projects can empower communities through collaboration and create new primary sources, collapse barriers, and spark new dialogue. Digital Community Engagement “lifts the hood” and presents nine examples of digital collaborations from constructing a public response to police violence, to creating digital stories of homelessness, to young activists united around local people in the Deep South to build a grassroots movement for social change. Wingo, Heppler and Schadewald bring together cutting-edge campus-community partnerships with a focus on digital projects. The case studies, authored by academics and their community partners, explore models for digital community engagement that leverage new media through reciprocal partnerships. The contributions to this volume stand at the crossroads of digital humanities, public history, and communityTrade Review“This book offers a powerful intervention in public humanities and public histories, contextualizing and offering case studies on a series of projects that fit under the rubric of what the editors call “DiCE” or “Digital Community Engagement. * Roopika Risam, Salem State University *“[The editors bring together] a diverse set of community-focused, digital public history projects that nonetheless cohere into a unified work. The case studies are immediately relevant to the concerns of community organizers, activists, and practitioners working today." * Alexandra Werner-Winslow, Appalshop *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsLetter to Future Community PartnersIntroduction1. Learn from the Past, Organize for the Future: Building the SNCC Digital Gateway2. Archival Resistance to Structural Racism: A People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland3. Harvesting History, Remembering Rondo4. “Send Out a Little Light”: The Antioch A.M.E. Digital Archive5. Seen and Heard: Using DiCE to Reconnect Communities and Enrich History Pedagogy6. Everyday Life in Middletown: The Archive as Community7. Mobilizing Digital Stories: Collaborating to Educate and Engage a Local Public in Realities of Homelessness8. Hear, Here: Digital History and Community Engagement Activating Social Change9. You Can’t Make Ketchup Without Smashing a Few Tomatoes: Reflections on a University-Community PartnershipDiCE BiographiesIndex
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Brepols N.V. Digitizing Medieval Sources - l'Edition En Ligne
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De Gruyter Functional Requirements for Subject Authority
Book SynopsisThe purpose of authority control is to ensure consistency in representing a value - a name of a person, a place name, or a term or code representing a subject - in the elements used as access points in information retrieval. The primary purpose of this study is to produce a framework that will provide a clearly stated and commonly shared understanding of what the subject authority data/record/file aims to provide information about, and the expectation of what such data should achieve in terms of answering user needs.
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de Gruyter Praxishandbuch ItGrundlagen Für Bibliothekare
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Gta Verlag Vitruvius Without Text: The Biography of a Book
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New India Publishing Agency Library Services in The Knowledge Web
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Anmol Publications Pvt Ltd Automation in Libraries
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Kalpaz Publications Library Database Management
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Bookwell Publications Special Libraries in the Electronic Environment
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New India Publishing Agency Library Services in The Knowledge Web
Book SynopsisLIBRARY SERVICES IN THE KNOWLEDGE WEB: Now more than ever, thanks to capabilities made available by the web and Internet, libraries are making materials available to patrons on an almost immediate basis provided those patrons have Internet access. Many journal articles are now made available online by libraries, provided patrons have the right entry id or password, these articles can now be accessed without any need to go to a physical library. The present Festschrift volume is a humble presentation to Dr Madan Kumar Stanley by his professional colleagues and friends to mark his professional valuable contributions and service to the library & information science community, especially to Agricultural Librarianship even after his retirement. A look of contributors of this volume and over whelming response received shows the affection and respect towards his senior professional Dr M.K. Stanely. We extend our sincere thanks to the learned contributors and grateful acknowledges to their contributions. A look of contributors of this volume and over whelming response received shows the affection and respect towards his senior professional Dr M.K. Stanely. We extend our sincere thanks to the learned contributors and grateful acknowledges to their contributions.Table of Contents1. Gigantic role of e-books: an overview of future libraries/K. Veeranjaneyulu and L.S.R.C.V. Ramesh. 2. Electronic resources collection development : policies and practices in university libraries/Avineni Kishore. 3. Adoption of E-resources in Indian libraries for countering economic challenges/L.S.R.C.V. Ramesh and Mohd. Vali Hussain. 4. Library services and resources in Christian Mission Hospitals in Tamil Nadu with special reference to CMC&H, Vellore/D. Joyson Soundrarajan and B. Ramesh Babu. 5. Agro-informatics: changing trend of using information and communication technology in agricultural sector/Rabindra K. Mahapatra. 6. Electronic resources management : opportunities and challenges in digital era/K. Veeranjaneyulu, N.P. Ravi Kumar and T. Sreenivasa Rao. 7. Electronic publishing: impact of information communication technology on research knowledge resource centres/Rajpal Walke and N.K. Wadhwa. 8. Bibliometric analysis of the nursing literature: a study at Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences University, Tirupati/V. Nireekshan Babu, M.R. Murali Prasad and A. Omkar Murthy. 9. User education in the age of information technology/M. Suresh Babu and D. Chandran. 10. The diffusion of library and information science in the modern age in Andhra Pradesh/R. Pommal Rao and M. Muniya Naik. 11. User education in agricultural libraries in digitized environment/Monisha Mishra and Rabindra K. Mahapatra. 12. Awareness of information literacy and computer literacy awareness among teachers: a case study/D. Konappa, K. Kumar, M. Tholkappian and D. Chandran. 13. Total quality management approaches in agricultural libraries in India: an introspection/D.R. Meher and Rabindra K. Mahapatra. 14. Usage pattern of electronic resources by physics and chemistry research scholars in Periyar University, Salem/N. Subramanian. 15. Use of digital information resources: a librarians perspective/C. Krishna Reddy and M. Anjaiah. 16. Institutional repository IR: need and future trends in Indian libraries/Sunil Kumar Satpathy. 17. Hybrid library and information services to agriculture in the landscape need to develop self-service among users/S.M. Rokade. 18. Digital rights management issues/copyright issues/A.A. Abbas Khan. 19. Role of digital library in e-learning: concept and challenges/N.P. Ravi Kumar and M. Sandhya. 20. Safeguarding digital library materials: a study/M. Tholkappian, M. Suresh Babu, Doraswamy Naick and D. Chandran. 21. Metadata encoding and transmission standards METS in digital libraries : Indian scenario/K. Kumar, D. Konappa and D. Chandran. 22. nthropology online: a review of open courseware content of MIT on anthropology/Shriram Venkatraman, V. Seetha Lakshmi and P. Govinda Reddy. 23. A survey of e-library environment in IITs/Usha M. Dangre and Ashwini P. Paradkar. 24. Library network and consortia/Amit Dhar, Ajay Kaundal and Dev Walia. 25. Consortia and prospects of libraries in academic environment: an outline/M.K.G. Rajev. 26. Information literacy skills for LIS professionals/B. Ramesh Babu. 27. Knowledge management in academic libraries/Dipak Krushnarao Bhalekar and Prashant P. Deshmukh. 28. Web 2.0 for enhancement of library and information services : focus on weblog/Shalini R. Lihitkar and Ramdas Lihitkar. 29. E-learning and web based library and information services: an overview/Prabhu B. Gaddimani and Satish Kanamadi. 30. Web credibility of selected national library websites : a study/R. Jeyshankar. 31. Open source software in development of ICTs: issues and challenges/Y. Uma Devi, T. Sreenivasa Rao and V. Shailaja. 32. Library science : a new dimension of information industry yet to open/Arun Modak and Sonal Singh. 33. Revamping of the school libraries: a requirement to fulfill the right to education act - 2009/V. Nireekshan Babu and M.R. Murali Prasad. 34. Public libraries in the service of society/Md. Nurul Islam.
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