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Book SynopsisDigital literacy is a powerful subject, which supports inclusivity, social mobility and digital citizenship globally. This book brings together thought-leaders and experts in the field, providing a blend of research and practice across sectors, and provides a valuable and timely insight into digital literacy and learning.Digital Literacy Unpacked not only offers a snapshot of innovative approaches to digital literacy, but also intends to provoke discussion, encourage collaboration and inspire – whatever the role or context. The editors open up the whole area of digital literacy in all its kaleidoscopic richness, and provide diverse perspectives, content and ideas to inform thinking and practice.The cross-sectoral and global significance of digital literacy is a key theme of the book. Digital literacy is relevant to higher education, further education, schools, children, and the workplace – but crucially at its heart it is a citizenship and inclusion issue, necessary for the full participation and achievement of all in society.Content covered includes: a discussion of terminology, institutional approaches, and existing frameworks digital literacy in learning and teaching copyright literacy teaching the use of digital tools and curriculum design critical approaches to literacy combatting social exclusion using digital skills. The book will be useful reading for library and information professionals across the sector (higher education, schools, business/corporate, special, public), institutional leaders and managers, and LIS students. It will also be useful reading for educational technologists, learning and teaching professionals.Trade Review'An exceptionally informative collection of contributed articles and essays by experts in the field, Digital Literacy Unpacked is a critically important addition to corporate, governmental, academic, and community library information technology collections and supplemental studies reading lists.'- Susan Bethany, Midwest Book Review * Midwest Book Review *'After reading this book, I wonder if the challenge to define digital literacy and where it fits alongside information literacy, media literacy and academic literacy is, in fact, necessary, because digital literacy could be the overarching concept for all the others. See if you agree. Highly recommended.'- Daniel Giddens, William Angliss Institute Learning Resource Centre, Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association * Journal of the Australian Library and Information Assocation *Table of ContentsForeword - Rosie Jones Introduction - Katharine Reedy and Jo Parker Part 1: Approaching digital literacy 1. The trouble with terminology: rehabilitating and rethinking ‘Digital Literacy' - Jane Secker 2. Unpacking Digital Literacy: the potential contribution of central services to enabling the development of staff and student digital literacies - Joe Nicholls 3. Collaboration and coaching: powerful strategies for developing digital capabilities - Clare Killen Part 2: Learning in a digital world 4. Digital Literacy in UK and European Schools; enhancing school children’s motivation to read for pleasure - Geoff Walton, Mark Childs, Vedrana Vojković Estatiev, Janet Hetherington and Gordana Jugo 5. Digital games: Providing unique digital literacy challenges in childhood - Dean Groom and Judy O'Connell 6. Students in the SADL: lessons from LSE’s digital literacy programme - Jane Secker 7. Copyright and Digital Literacy – rules, risk and creativity - Chris Morrison Part 3: Developing staff digital literacies 8. D4 Curriculum Design Workshops: a model for developing digital literacy in practice - Liz Bennett and Sue Folley 9. #creativeHE: An animated Google+ platform for challenging practitioners to think differently - Chrissi Nerantzi and Norman Jackson 10. Developing library staff digital literacies - Charles Inskip Part 4: Digital citizens and workers 11. Digital literacy and open educational practice: Digilit Leicester - Josie Fraser and Katharine Reedy 12. Transforming the workplace through digital literacy - Bonnie Cheuk and Katharine Reedy 13. Critical digital literacy education in the ‘fake news’ era - Philip Seargeant and Caroline Tagg 14. Onwards! Why The Movement For Digital Inclusion Has Never Been More Important - Adam Micklethwaite Conclusion - Katharine Reedy and Jo Parker

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Book SynopsisDigital literacy is a powerful subject, which supports inclusivity, social mobility and digital citizenship globally. This book brings together thought-leaders and experts in the field, providing a blend of research and practice across sectors, and provides a valuable and timely insight into digital literacy and learning.Digital Literacy Unpacked not only offers a snapshot of innovative approaches to digital literacy, but also intends to provoke discussion, encourage collaboration and inspire – whatever the role or context. The editors open up the whole area of digital literacy in all its kaleidoscopic richness, and provide diverse perspectives, content and ideas to inform thinking and practice.The cross-sectoral and global significance of digital literacy is a key theme of the book. Digital literacy is relevant to higher education, further education, schools, children, and the workplace – but crucially at its heart it is a citizenship and inclusion issue, necessary for the full participation and achievement of all in society.Content covered includes: a discussion of terminology, institutional approaches, and existing frameworks digital literacy in learning and teaching copyright literacy teaching the use of digital tools and curriculum design critical approaches to literacy combatting social exclusion using digital skills. The book will be useful reading for library and information professionals across the sector (higher education, schools, business/corporate, special, public), institutional leaders and managers, and LIS students. It will also be useful reading for educational technologists, learning and teaching professionals.Trade Review'An exceptionally informative collection of contributed articles and essays by experts in the field, Digital Literacy Unpacked is a critically important addition to corporate, governmental, academic, and community library information technology collections and supplemental studies reading lists.'- Susan Bethany, Midwest Book Review * Midwest Book Review *'After reading this book, I wonder if the challenge to define digital literacy and where it fits alongside information literacy, media literacy and academic literacy is, in fact, necessary, because digital literacy could be the overarching concept for all the others. See if you agree. Highly recommended.'- Daniel Giddens, William Angliss Institute Learning Resource Centre, Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association * Journal of the Australian Library and Information Assocation *Table of ContentsForeword - Rosie Jones Introduction - Katharine Reedy and Jo Parker Part 1: Approaching digital literacy 1. The trouble with terminology: rehabilitating and rethinking ‘Digital Literacy' - Jane Secker 2. Unpacking Digital Literacy: the potential contribution of central services to enabling the development of staff and student digital literacies - Joe Nicholls 3. Collaboration and coaching: powerful strategies for developing digital capabilities - Clare Killen Part 2: Learning in a digital world 4. Digital Literacy in UK and European Schools; enhancing school children’s motivation to read for pleasure - Geoff Walton, Mark Childs, Vedrana Vojković Estatiev, Janet Hetherington and Gordana Jugo 5. Digital games: Providing unique digital literacy challenges in childhood - Dean Groom and Judy O'Connell 6. Students in the SADL: lessons from LSE’s digital literacy programme - Jane Secker 7. Copyright and Digital Literacy – rules, risk and creativity - Chris Morrison Part 3: Developing staff digital literacies 8. D4 Curriculum Design Workshops: a model for developing digital literacy in practice - Liz Bennett and Sue Folley 9. #creativeHE: An animated Google+ platform for challenging practitioners to think differently - Chrissi Nerantzi and Norman Jackson 10. Developing library staff digital literacies - Charles Inskip Part 4: Digital citizens and workers 11. Digital literacy and open educational practice: Digilit Leicester - Josie Fraser and Katharine Reedy 12. Transforming the workplace through digital literacy - Bonnie Cheuk and Katharine Reedy 13. Critical digital literacy education in the ‘fake news’ era - Philip Seargeant and Caroline Tagg 14. Onwards! Why The Movement For Digital Inclusion Has Never Been More Important - Adam Micklethwaite Conclusion - Katharine Reedy and Jo Parker

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Book SynopsisEffective library assessment is crucial for a successful academic library. But what do we mean by library assessment and how can it be used to improve the library service? This new book provides a practical guide for library administrators, managers and practitioners on how to make effective use of existing sources of information for assessment activities with the aim of improving academic library services.Putting Library Assessment Data to Work brings together key library assessment methodologies detailing how they can be used to improve an academic Library. The book takes common sources of data that academic libraries will already be collecting, and presents simple qualitative and quantitative techniques that can be used to evaluate and assess their services, both in detail and overall. The different assessment methods are presented from a practical perspective with a theoretical grounding, and include practical case studies to illustrate how the methodologies have successfully been applied. The book includes coverage of: The theoretical framework for assessment, its purpose and the tools and techniques used Institutional, national and international student surveys and how they can be used to improve library service The history and development of standardised library surveys (eg LibQUAL+®), how they have been used and their impact The benefits of In house library surveys and case studies of where they gave been used Library statistics, including standardised statistics sets and key performance indicators Qualitative feedback in the library Emerging techniques including UX Taking a holistic approach to library assessment through advocacy and strategic planning This book will be essential reading for library and information service managers, administrators, assessment practitioners, educators and policy shapers. It will also be useful for students and researchers interested in library assessment.Trade Review'The word assessment can send chills down the spine of librarians. This book will help remedy that. Killick (Open Univ., UK) and Wilson (Univ. of Oxford, UK) provide solid, usable advice about planning and participating in assessment activities within academic libraries. In reassuring language, they take the mystery out of assessment and provide tangible guidance for those hesitant to begin.'— CHOICE connect * CHOICE *Table of Contents1. Introduction to Library Assessment 2. Institutional measures of student satisfaction 3. LibQUAL+ and other standardised library surveys 4. In-house library surveys 5. Library statistics 6. Qualitative feedback 7. Emerging techniques 8. More than measuring: using assessment holistically 9. Conclusion: assessment is for every academic library

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Book SynopsisCompanion website https://www.bvimodel.org/ featuring additional content, BVI model implementations, adaptions and templates and much more. This book provides practical guidance for delivering and sustaining value and impact from digital content.Our digital presence has the power to change lives and life opportunities. We must understand digital values to consider how organizational presence within digital cultures can create change. Impact assessment is the tool to foster understanding of how strategic decisions about digital resources may be fostering change within our communities. Delivering Impact with Digital Resources focuses on introducing both a mechanism and a way to thinking about strategies and evidence of benefits that extend to impact. Such that, the existence of a digital resource shows measurable outcomes that demonstrate a change in the life or life opportunities of the community. The book proposes an updated Balanced Value Impact Model (BVIM) to enable each memory organization to convincingly argue they are an efficient and effective operation, working in innovative modes with digital resources for the positive social and economic benefit of their communities.Coverage includes: a guide to using the Balanced Value Impact Model and a wide range of data gathering and evidence based methods exploration of strategy in the context of digital ecosystems, an attention economy and cultural economics working with communities and stakeholders to deliver on promises implicit in digital resources/activities major case studies about Europeana, the Wellcome Trust and the National Gallery of Denmark, amongst others an exploration of the difference between the attitudes expressed by groups within digital cultures versus the actual behaviours they exhibit using impact exemplars from many sectors and geographies to show how they are explored and applied. Readership: This book will be especially useful for those managing digital presences in libraries, archives, galleries and museums including MA and PhD students studying subjects such as librarianship, information science, museums studies, archival studies, publishing, cultural studies and media studies.Companion website https://www.bvimodel.org/ featuring additional content, BVI model implementations, adaptions and templates and much more. Trade Review'...this book charts a timely path in seeking to bring the GLAM sector more squarely in line with digital practices across public and private institutions and will definitely be a worthwhile read for those seeking to actively improve their organisation’s performance...' -- Ignas Kalpokas * LSE Review of Books *Table of ContentsContentsList of figures and tables List of case studies About the author Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction Life writes its own stories The premise of this book The audiences for this book Structure of the book How to use this book Key definitions and concepts 1 The context of measuring impact to deliver strategic value The demand for evidence-based strategies in the digital domain Origins of impact assessment and variations on the impact theme The importance of impact to memory institutions Development of the Balanced Value Impact Model (BVI Model) 2 The Balanced Value Impact Model Introduction Introducing the BVI Model The assumptions driving the BVI Model A five-stage process Prerequisites for application of the BVI Model 3 Impact in libraries, archives, museums and other memory institutions Framing thinking Examples of impact in the GLAM sector 4 Finding value and impact in an attention economy The challenge of creating digital resources in an attention economy Defining the attention economy Examples of the attention economy The significance of the attention economy to memory institutions Finding value in an attention economy 5 Strategic Perspectives and Value Lenses Introduction Strategy and values in memory institutions Strategic Perspectives in the BVI Model Value Lenses in the BVI Model 6 Planning to plan with the BVI Model BVI Model Stage 1: Set the context Assigning Value Lenses to Perspectives in the BVI Framework Using Stage 1 for strategic goals not associated with impact assessment Moving from plan to implementation 7 Implementing the BVI Framework Introducing the BVI Framework BVI Model Stage 2: Design the Framework BVI Model Stage 3: Implement the Framework 8 Europeana case study implementing the BVI Model Introduction 9 Using the outcomes of the BVI Model Transitioning from outputs to outcomes to impact BVI Model Stage 4: Narrate the outcomes and results Communicating the results 10 Impact as a call to action BVI Model Stage 5: Review and respond Bringing the threads together Concluding thoughts ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisEveryone needs assistance and guidance on managing their personal digital information and library and information professionals are in a unique position to help. This book will help them pass on critical skills and simple principles for how to store, share, and preserve digital objects. Personal Digital Archiving (PDA) is the collection, management, and preservation of personal materials created in digital media. These materials can include digital photographs and videos, documents, e-mail, websites, and social media content. For information professionals, PDA encourages collaboration with users, with the goals of supporting digital information fluency and assisting individuals in their efforts to preserve their personal and family digital records. Featuring expert contributors working in a variety of contexts, this practical resource will help librarians empower their users to take charge of their personal digital materials. Coverage includes: explanations of common terms in plain language quick, non-technical solutions to the most frequent user requests guidance on how to archive social media posts, digital photographs and web content an exploration of data, privacy and ethical concerns that must be considered when archiving and curating personal data ways to help plan digital estates as heirlooms and memory objects perspective on balancing core library values with the business goals of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and other dominant platforms additional resources and bibliographies for digging deeper. This book will be useful reading for library and information professionals working in all sectors, archivists and LIS students.Trade Review'This book presents not only good advice on personal digital information management, but also the practice of libraries, which have begun to create services for people to help them with the daunting task of preserving their own digital records. The chapters are written by professionals who know the subject matter well and in most cases are written in clear and easy to read language. The structure helps to find the material that a reader may be interested in.'-Elena Maceviciute, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borâs * Information Research *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Putting Personal Digital Archives in Context – Chelsea GunnPART I: LEARNING ABOUT PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVES BEST PRACTICES 1. Archiving Digital Photographs – Sarah Severson 2. Archiving Social Media – Melody Condron 3. Archiving Web Content – Cameron Cook 4. Archiving Audiovisual Materials – Yvonne Ng 5.Assess, Annotate, Export: Quick Recipes for Archiving Your Personal Digital Life – Jamie Wittenberg and Celia Emmelhainz PART II: PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVES AND PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY AUDIENCES 6.The Washington, DC Public Library’s Memory Lab: A Case Study – Jaime Mears 7.Digitizing Memories and Teaching Information Literacy in Queens, NY – Natalie Milbrodt and Maggie Schreiner 8.Community-Based Digital Archiving: The Plateau Peoples’ Web Portal at Washington State University – Lotus Norton-Wisla and Michael Wynne PART III : PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVES AND ACADEMIC AUDIENCES 9.Personal Digital Archives Programming at Liberal Arts Colleges – Amy Bocko, Joanna Dipasquale, Rachel Appel, and Sarah Walden Mcgowan 10.Supporting Artists’ Personal Archives – Colin Post 11. Personal Digital Archiving as a Bridge to Research Data Management – Sara Mannheimer and Ryer BantaPART IV: SOCIAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVES 12. Avoiding a Gambit for Our Personal Archives – Matt Schultz 13. Digital Photos, Embedded Metadata, and Personal Privacy – Isaiah Beard 14. Black Folk Magic: An Autoethnography of Digitally Archiving Black Millennialhood – Camille Thomas 15. Absent Others: Contemporary Mourning and Digital Estates – Angela Galvan

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Book SynopsisMarketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources shows library and information professionals how to develop strategic marketing plans to inform users how their library’s e-resources can have an impact on their lives, from providing a trusted answer to a quick question to offering sage advice to inspire them through a long-term project of their own design. Newly expanded and updated, this manual demonstrates how to design and implement marketing plans that will help librarians save time, effort, and money while increasing the use of library resources. It shows readers how to construct marketing plans, from identifying purpose, its component parts, implementation, assessment, through to a guide to how and when to revise it. Comprehensive yet to the point, this book includes: seven complete programs from a variety of public and academic libraries guides to determining, writing, implementing, assessing, and updating library marketing plans advice on making the most of marketing opportunities from learning management systems, discovery services, LibGuides, and more a step-by-step organization guide, with a variety of model feedback and assessment forms an examination of the e-resource life cycle case studies that demonstrate best practice and outcomes. This book’s flexible, step-by-step layout makes it an ideal resource for anyone involved in promoting their library or information service, whether at an academic, public or special library or in archives or records management. It’s also a useful guide for LIS students internationally who need to understand the practice of library marketing.Trade Review'...an incredibly helpful guide for all library and information science workers...Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources is going to be a staple in my personal collection.'Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association * Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association *'Spoiler alert: Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources accomplishes exactly what its title forewarns ... the content is very high quality and can be extremely valuable for many libraries.'- ARBA * ARBA *Table of ContentsPART I: HOW TO DESIGN YOUR MARKETING PLAN 1. Determine the purpose of your marketing plan What You Can Discover about Your E-resources Right Now Speak with One Message Everybody Does the Marketing Be Mindful of Competing Interests The Evolving Formats and Methods of E-content Delivery Marketing Makes Your Patrons Smarter Gather the Troops References 2. Fashion your marketing plan Components of a Marketing Plan Project Description Current Market SWOT Analysis Target Market Goals Strategy Action Plan Measurement Assessment Recommended Resources for Further Reading References 3. Implement your marketing plan Components of a Marketing Plan, with Examples Project Description Current Market SWOT Analysis Target Market Goals Strategy Action Plan Measurement Assessment Marketing Your Electronic Resources Can Change Your Library Recommended Resources for Further Reading References 4. Construct your written marketing plan report Write for Your Audience Address the Components in Your Report Executive Summary Current Market and Target Market Goals, Strategies, and Proposed Measurements Timeline, Staff, and Budget Wrap It Up 5. Assess your marketing plan First, Take a Good, Long, Hard Look at Your Library Website Then, Take a Good, Long, Hard Look at Your Electronic Resources Now, Ask Yourself Assessment Questions Market Your Electronic Resources Ethically Recommended Resources for Further Reading and Support References 6. Revise and update your marketing plan (“Lather, Rinse, and Repeat”) Give Yourself Time to Think Project Description Current Market SWOT Analysis Target Market Goals Strategy Action Plan Measurement Assessment Revise Your Plan Communicate Your Successes or Failures in Marketing References PART II: SAMPLE MARKETING PLAN REPORTS Example 1. Marketing plan from an all-electronic libraryStatewide Marketing and Communications Plan, NOVELny: New York Online Virtual Electronic Library Example 2. Marketing plan from a public libraryWinnetka-Northfield Public Library District, “Building a Buzz” Example 3. Marketing plan from a public library Worthington Libraries 2012 Communications and Development Plan Example 4. Marketing plan from a community college library Maricopa Community College District Electronic Resources Committee Marketing Plan, 2013–2016 Example 5. Marketing Plan from a University Library Milner Library, Illinois State University 2012–2014 Marketing Plan Example 6. Marketing plan from a regional technical college in Ireland Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Library Marketing Plan Example 7. Marketing plan from a university library

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Book SynopsisForeword by Professor Annemaree Lloyd, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of BorasToday’s society is characterized by quick technological developments and constant changes to our information environments. One of the biggest changes has been on our workplace environments where technological developments have automated work processes that were previously done by manual labour whilst new professions and work tasks have emerged in response to new methods of creating, sharing and using information.Information at Work: Information management in the workplace provides a comprehensive account of information in the modern workplace. It includes a set of chapters examining and reviewing the major concepts within workplace information, from over-arching themes of information cultures and ecologies, to strategic concerns of information management and governance, and to detailed accounts of questions and current debates.This book will be useful reading for researchers in Information Science and Information Management and students on related courses. It is also suitable to be used as an introductory text for those working in allied fields such as Management and Business Studies.Trade Review'...this is a gripping account of how information works in the modern workplace. The act of reading it is unlikely to leave any information professional unchanged, and will provide them with a base on which to observe, redesign and discuss information management systems and services in their environment.'- Dion Lindsay, Managing Director, Real Knowledge Management (DLC Ltd), k&im Refer * KIM Refer *Table of ContentsList of figures Contributors Foreword: Situating the role of information in the messy and complex context of the workplace Annemaree Lloyd 1 Work and information in modern society: a changing workplace Katriina Byström, Jannica Heinström and Ian Ruthven 2 Information activities and tasks Elaine G. Toms 3 Information culture Gunilla Widén and Jela Steinerová 4 Information management 81 Elena Macevičiūtė and Eric Thivant 5 Information artefacts Katriina Byström and Nils Pharo 6 Information attributes Diane Rasmussen Pennington and Ian Ruthven 7 Workplace Information Environment – challenges and opportunities for research Katriina Byström, Jannica Heinström and Ian Ruthven Index

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Book SynopsisForeword by Professor Annemaree Lloyd, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of BorasToday’s society is characterized by quick technological developments and constant changes to our information environments. One of the biggest changes has been on our workplace environments where technological developments have automated work processes that were previously done by manual labour whilst new professions and work tasks have emerged in response to new methods of creating, sharing and using information.Information at Work: Information management in the workplace provides a comprehensive account of information in the modern workplace. It includes a set of chapters examining and reviewing the major concepts within workplace information, from over-arching themes of information cultures and ecologies, to strategic concerns of information management and governance, and to detailed accounts of questions and current debates.This book will be useful reading for researchers in Information Science and Information Management and students on related courses. It is also suitable to be used as an introductory text for those working in allied fields such as Management and Business Studies.Trade Review'...this is a gripping account of how information works in the modern workplace. The act of reading it is unlikely to leave any information professional unchanged, and will provide them with a base on which to observe, redesign and discuss information management systems and services in their environment.'- Dion Lindsay, Managing Director, Real Knowledge Management (DLC Ltd), k&im Refer * KIM Refer *Table of ContentsList of figures Contributors Foreword: Situating the role of information in the messy and complex context of the workplace Annemaree Lloyd 1 Work and information in modern society: a changing workplace Katriina Byström, Jannica Heinström and Ian Ruthven 2 Information activities and tasks Elaine G. Toms 3 Information culture Gunilla Widén and Jela Steinerová 4 Information management 81 Elena Macevičiūtė and Eric Thivant 5 Information artefacts Katriina Byström and Nils Pharo 6 Information attributes Diane Rasmussen Pennington and Ian Ruthven 7 Workplace Information Environment – challenges and opportunities for research Katriina Byström, Jannica Heinström and Ian Ruthven Index

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Book SynopsisResearch Data Management (RDM) has become a hot professional topic internationally because of changes in scholarship and governmental policies about the sharing of research data. This book provides an introduction to RDM for librarians and other support professionals.Starting by exploring the nature of research and the importance of data in the research process, the book reviews how RDM has developed over time, what typical research data services are, and how they relate to other research support services. It considers how a multi-professional support service can be created then examines the decisions that need to be made in designing different types of research data service from local policy creation, training, through to creating a data repository.Exploring Research Data Management is an accessible introduction to RDM with engaging tasks for the reader to follow and build their knowledge. It will be useful reading for all students studying librarianship and information management, and librarians who are interested in learning more about RDM and developing Research Data Services in their own institution.Trade Review'Cox and Verbaan have produced a work that provides a fantastic starting point for anyone interested or invested in RDM, and one that is extremely well rounded and thoughtful.'- Gemma Steele, Museums Victoria, Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association * Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association *'Exploring Research Data Management, written by Andrew Cox and Eddy Verbaan, is a book that anyone interested in Research Data Management (RDM) should read. Its aim is to give an introduction and guide to RDM together with engaging tasks that will help readers to understand practically the various procedures involved…This book would be of interest for Library Science students to show them how RDM is becoming more and more important and what librarians can do to contribute to research processes and scholarly communication.' -- Concetta La Spada * Catalogue & Index *Table of Contents1. Introducing research data management Aims A thought experiment RDM Why is RDM important now? What does the practice of supporting RDM actually involve? Who is this book for? About the book Further reading 2. The social world of research Aims Introduction The research landscape The organisation of research The research lifecycle The experience of research: research and identity Further reading 3. What are research data? Aims Research data are important to (some) researchers Types of research data Some definitions of research data Data collections Data lifecycles Research data is complex Information management and RDM Further reading 4. Case study of RDM in an environmental engineering science project Aims The project The research method The data The challenge of metadata The need to foster a culture around metadata Data sharing Talking to researchers Further reading 5. RDM: drivers and barriers Aims Introduction E-research The ‘crisis of reproducibility’ Open science Government and funder policy Policy developments Journal policies FAIR data principles Data citation RDM and the new public management Drivers and barriers Barriers Further reading 6. RDM as a wicked challenge Aims Types of problem The wicked challenge concept Is RDM wicked? Leadership in a wicked challenge context Further reading 7. Research data services Aims Research data services (RDS) Vision, mission, strategy and governance Stakeholders Supporting research Further reading 8. Staffing a research data service Aims New activities and roles Who does what? The collaborative research data service New skills and roles Further reading 9. Requirements gathering for a research data service Aims Finding out more about an institution Surveys Interviews and focus groups Further reading 10. Institutional policy and the business case for research data services Aims Writing a policy Developing a policy Content of a policy Layout and style Using and updating the RDM policy 11. Support and advice for RDM Aims Offering support and advice Making the RDS visible Frequently asked questions The RDM website Key challenges for advice and support 12. Practical data management Aims Introduction Personal information management Risks and risk management File organisation and naming Back-ups of active data Promoting practical data management Further reading 13. Data management planning Aims The data management plan The benefits of DMPs The content of a DMP Reading an example DMP Common pitfalls Supporting data management planning Further reading 14. Advocacy for data management and sharing Aims Introduction Drivers for data sharing What should researchers do to promote data use and re-use? Panda talk Some responses Changing the culture Further reading 15. Training researchers and data literacy Aims Introduction Step 1: Who is the training for? Step 2: What topics need to be covered? Step 3: Who should deliver the training? Step 4: How should the training be delivered? Making and re-using educational resources Step 5: How is the training to be made engaging? Step 6: Evaluating training Getting the right mix Further reading 16. Infrastructure for research data storage and preservation Aims Technical infrastructure The repository Selecting data for deposit Preparing data: metadata and documentation Preparing data: file formats Ingest Providing access to consumers Further reading 17. Evaluation of RDS Aims Introduction Principles of evaluation Measuring impact A balanced scorecard approach Maturity models Further reading 18. Ethics and research data services Aims An ethical service Research ethics Dilemmas for RDS Ethics in professional relationships Further reading 19. A day in the life working in an RDS Aims RDM in practice Strategic development Advocacy, training and support Repository work RDM day to day 20. Conclusion: the skills and mindset to succeed in RDM Aim Working in RDM Your career plan and RDM Keeping up to date

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Book SynopsisResearch Data Management (RDM) has become a hot professional topic internationally because of changes in scholarship and governmental policies about the sharing of research data. This book provides an introduction to RDM for librarians and other support professionals.Starting by exploring the nature of research and the importance of data in the research process, the book reviews how RDM has developed over time, what typical research data services are, and how they relate to other research support services. It considers how a multi-professional support service can be created then examines the decisions that need to be made in designing different types of research data service from local policy creation, training, through to creating a data repository.Exploring Research Data Management is an accessible introduction to RDM with engaging tasks for the reader to follow and build their knowledge. It will be useful reading for all students studying librarianship and information management, and librarians who are interested in learning more about RDM and developing Research Data Services in their own institution.Trade Review'Cox and Verbaan have produced a work that provides a fantastic starting point for anyone interested or invested in RDM, and one that is extremely well rounded and thoughtful.'- Gemma Steele, Museums Victoria, Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association * Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association *'Exploring Research Data Management, written by Andrew Cox and Eddy Verbaan, is a book that anyone interested in Research Data Management (RDM) should read. Its aim is to give an introduction and guide to RDM together with engaging tasks that will help readers to understand practically the various procedures involved…This book would be of interest for Library Science students to show them how RDM is becoming more and more important and what librarians can do to contribute to research processes and scholarly communication.' -- Concetta La Spada * Catalogue & Index *Table of Contents1. Introducing research data management Aims A thought experiment RDM Why is RDM important now? What does the practice of supporting RDM actually involve? Who is this book for? About the book Further reading 2. The social world of research Aims Introduction The research landscape The organisation of research The research lifecycle The experience of research: research and identity Further reading 3. What are research data? Aims Research data are important to (some) researchers Types of research data Some definitions of research data Data collections Data lifecycles Research data is complex Information management and RDM Further reading 4. Case study of RDM in an environmental engineering science project Aims The project The research method The data The challenge of metadata The need to foster a culture around metadata Data sharing Talking to researchers Further reading 5. RDM: drivers and barriers Aims Introduction E-research The ‘crisis of reproducibility’ Open science Government and funder policy Policy developments Journal policies FAIR data principles Data citation RDM and the new public management Drivers and barriers Barriers Further reading 6. RDM as a wicked challenge Aims Types of problem The wicked challenge concept Is RDM wicked? Leadership in a wicked challenge context Further reading 7. Research data services Aims Research data services (RDS) Vision, mission, strategy and governance Stakeholders Supporting research Further reading 8. Staffing a research data service Aims New activities and roles Who does what? The collaborative research data service New skills and roles Further reading 9. Requirements gathering for a research data service Aims Finding out more about an institution Surveys Interviews and focus groups Further reading 10. Institutional policy and the business case for research data services Aims Writing a policy Developing a policy Content of a policy Layout and style Using and updating the RDM policy 11. Support and advice for RDM Aims Offering support and advice Making the RDS visible Frequently asked questions The RDM website Key challenges for advice and support 12. Practical data management Aims Introduction Personal information management Risks and risk management File organisation and naming Back-ups of active data Promoting practical data management Further reading 13. Data management planning Aims The data management plan The benefits of DMPs The content of a DMP Reading an example DMP Common pitfalls Supporting data management planning Further reading 14. Advocacy for data management and sharing Aims Introduction Drivers for data sharing What should researchers do to promote data use and re-use? Panda talk Some responses Changing the culture Further reading 15. Training researchers and data literacy Aims Introduction Step 1: Who is the training for? Step 2: What topics need to be covered? Step 3: Who should deliver the training? Step 4: How should the training be delivered? Making and re-using educational resources Step 5: How is the training to be made engaging? Step 6: Evaluating training Getting the right mix Further reading 16. Infrastructure for research data storage and preservation Aims Technical infrastructure The repository Selecting data for deposit Preparing data: metadata and documentation Preparing data: file formats Ingest Providing access to consumers Further reading 17. Evaluation of RDS Aims Introduction Principles of evaluation Measuring impact A balanced scorecard approach Maturity models Further reading 18. Ethics and research data services Aims An ethical service Research ethics Dilemmas for RDS Ethics in professional relationships Further reading 19. A day in the life working in an RDS Aims RDM in practice Strategic development Advocacy, training and support Repository work RDM day to day 20. Conclusion: the skills and mindset to succeed in RDM Aim Working in RDM Your career plan and RDM Keeping up to date

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Book SynopsisSocial Media for Creative Libraries explains how librarians and information professionals can use online tools to communicate more effectively, teach people different skills and to market and promote their service faster, cheaper and more effectively. Based on his acclaimed work How to Use Web 2.0 in Your Library, Phil Bradley has restructured and comprehensively updated this new book to focus on the activities that information professionals carry out on a daily basis, before then analysing and explaining how online tools can assist them in those activities. Including: a discussion of authority checking and why information professionals are needed more than ever in a social media world a guide to creating great presentations online how online tools can make teaching and training sessions easier and more enjoyable for information professionals useful tips for implementing new strategies in libraries and a discussion of the practicalities of library marketing and promotion how to create a good social media policy and why a look at a few social media disasters and how they could have been avoided Readership: Packed with features and accompanied by introductory videos on the Facet Publishing YouTube channel, Social Media for Creative Libraries is essential reading for all library and information professionals.Trade Review"...impressively instructive and 'user friendly', making it a highly prized and recommended addition to personal, professional, community, corporate, and academic library 'Library Science' reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists." -- Midwest Book ReviewTable of Contents1. An introduction to social media So what is ‘social media’? Complexity and simplicity Cloud-based versus computer-based Browser-based or installed software Solitary or crowd-based Communication Where is data now? Validating content Control through the website, or dispersed Web/internet/social search Information tracked down, or brought to us Getting it right or getting it quickly Connection speeds and storage costs Our roles Web 1.0 was about limitations, social media is about freedom Summary 2. Authority checking Introduction Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google properties Blogs Other ways to check authority Summary URLs mentioned in this chapter 3. Guiding tools Introduction Home or start pages Pearltrees Google customized search engines Bookmarking packages Blending bookmarks into a social media strategy Summary URLs mentioned in this chapter 4. Current awareness and selective dissemination of information resources Introduction Let the networks take the strain! Tablet-based applications Web-based curation tools News curation by e-mail Summary URLs mentioned in this chapter 5. Presentation tools Introduction Additions to PowerPoint Prezi Interactive presentations Timeline packages Easy-to-create presentations Animated presentations Summary URLs mentioned in this chapter 6. Teaching and training Introduction Screencasting Screencapture Interactive training: Google+ Hangouts Interactive training: other resources MOOCs Advantages and disadvantages of e- learning URLs mentioned in this chapter 7. Communication Introduction ‘Just the facts’ Twitter Facebook Blogging Chat rooms Wikis Sticky note software Google Docs Distributing your content Summary URLs mentioned in this chapter 8. Marketing and promotion – the groundwork Introduction Blending your social media presences Getting past the organization roadblock Search engine optimization (SEO) Location Consumer rather than creator Monitoring tools Summary URLs mentioned in this chapter 9. Marketing and promotion – the practicalities Introduction Images Photographic manipulation Make images more exciting Podcasting Video Augmented reality Summary URLs mentioned in this chapter 10. Creating a social media policy Introduction Why an organization needs a social media policy Defining social media Social media policies for specific tools Personal versus professional The chain of command Dealing with criticism Do’s and don’ts Legal issues How often should a policy be reviewed? Summary URLs mentioned in this chapter Appendix: Social media disasters United Breaks Guitars Never seconds Tweeting from the wrong handle Employees being stupid Turning a negative into a positive Watch the news, don’t just react to it Don’t pick a fight with the internet! Summary

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to discuss the sustainable development of digital scholarly information in three key aspects: economic, social and environmental sustainability. Taking as its starting point the premise that digital information systems and services form the backbone of a knowledge society and digital economy, this book explores the challenges of ensuring sustainability of information in an evolving digital world. Author Gobinda Chowdhury attempts to find answers to five key questions in the context of scholarly information systems and services: How sustainable are today’s information systems and services? How can we ensure the sustainability of information throughout its lifetime? Can today’s information systems and services face the new economic challenges while providing easy and equitable access to information for everyone? Can the level and quality of information services be sustained over a long period of time? Can all these activities be performed in an environment-friendly manner? Chowdhury takes the approach of a research monograph based on literature review and meta-analysis of the issues and challenges associated with the various forms of sustainability of digital information systems and services. He proposes new models for study and research based on the critical analysis of developments in related areas. Illustrated with case studies and informed by the latest research, the chapters cover: Economic sustainability of information Environmental sustainability of information Social sustainability of information Sustainability of digital libraries and information services Emerging issues and policies Sustainability of information models Research issues and challenges. Readership: This cutting-edge text is a must-read for those involved in setting policy and direction for information institutions, digital library managers and developers, researchers and students on LIS and digital information courses.Trade Review...an extremely useful introduction to the increasingly important topic of sustainability, and one which will undoubtedly provoke discussion amongst information researchers. -- Online Information ReviewAll in all the book is worth reading and would be a good substitute to many university courses on digital libraries, digitisation, general library management, information management, etc. It also suggests interesting topics for future research, so prospective young researchers on various levels may exploit it looking for research problems to study. -- Information ResearchTable of Contents1. The sustainability of information: an outline Introduction The concept of sustainability Sustainable development Information about sustainability vs sustainable information About this book Summary References 2. The three dimensions of sustainability Introduction Economic sustainability Social sustainability Environmental sustainability The three pillars of sustainable development An integrated approach to sustainable development The sustainability of information Summary References 3. The economic sustainability of information Introduction The publishing industry The generic business model for scholarly information Open access Access to digital information Access to journals and databases The economics of digital information Value-added information Summary References 4. The environmental sustainability of information Introduction The IPCC report and GHG emissions The carbon footprint of IT Green IT Measuring the environmental impact of information services Summary References 5. The social sustainability of information Introduction Related studies Users, community and social sustainability Indicators for the social sustainability of information How to study the social sustainability of information Information systems and services for sustainable development Legal and policy frameworks Technology, infrastructure and social sustainability Users, culture and social sustainability Summary References 6. Printed vs digital content and sustainability issues Introduction Estimating the carbon footprint of printed content Factors responsible for GHG emissions from printed and digital content Summary References 7. Open access models and the sustainability of information Introduction Open access policies of institutions and funding bodies Open access content and data Gold open access and the sustainability of information Summary References 8. Sustainable management of open access information: a conceptual model Introduction Managing open access information Attributes of a new open access content and data management system The conceptual model Opportunities and challenges The sustainability of the proposed open access content and data management system Summary References 9. Green information services: a conceptual model Introduction Cloud computing A framework for green information services for the higher education sector Summary References 10. Information access and sustainability issues Introduction Cloud computing and information retrieval research Measuring the environmental impact of information access: the lifecycle analysis approach Measuring the environmental impact of information retrieval: an alternative approach Green user behaviour Summary References 11. The sustainability of information models Introduction The three pillars of sustainable information services Scholarly communication processes An integrated approach to research on the sustainability of digital information The sustainability of specific information services Summary References 12. Research on sustainable information Introduction Open access and a paradigm shift in information management, education and research Facilitating content-specific access and use Information research directions Conclusion References

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the changing roles of the librarian and how working within a rich digital environment has impacted on the ability of professionals to develop the appropriate 'know how', skills, knowledge and behaviours required in order to operate effectively. Expert specialists and opinion-makers from around the world discuss the challenges and successes of adapting existing practices, introducing new services and working with new partners in an environment that no longer recognizes traditional boundaries and demarcation of roles. The book is structured thematically, with a focus on three key strands where the impact of digital technologies is significant: Rethinking marketing and communication – this strand looks at strategic approaches and practices which harness social media and illustrate the importance of communication and marketing activities in these new online spaces. Rethinking support for academic practice – this part examines the professional expertise required of librarians who engage with and support new academic and learner practices in digitally rich teaching, learning and research environments. Rethinking resource delivery – this section investigates the use of strategies to maximize access to online resources and services: harnessing system data to enhance collection management and user choice, designing and managing mobile 'friendly' learning spaces and providing virtual resources and services to an overseas campus. Readership: This timely and inspiring edited collection should make vital reading for librarians, library schools, departments of information science and other professional groups such as education developers, learning technologists and IT specialists.Trade Review...a lively and engaging set of papers on current thinking and practice on developing library policy and strategy. The cleverly chosen mix of authors from ancient and modern universities, from data and learning services, from three continents and with a wide range of skills and experience demonstrate that the issues discussed and debated are of universal and not particular interest. Messages on visibility, relevance and influence abound and many of the chapters have useful case studies. Perhaps most important is the reminder that libraries are support services and their focus must be on enabling users to meet their goals not imposing the library’s goals on users. -- Liber QuarterlyDifferentiating itself from countless other books available on digital librarianship Mastering Digital Librarianship provides a thematically focussed collection of research-based essays meant to provide academic librarians with a strategic primer for adapting library services for the digital age. In purposefully compiling essays contributed by academic librarians from universities around the world, editors Alison Mackenzie and Lindsey Martin, the Dean and the Assistant Head of Learning Services at Edge Hill University have leant a global perspective to the literature on digital librarianship...Mastering Digital Librarianship is not a rudimentary overview of new technologies. No doubt to maintain the collection's purpose as a guide to key topics on digital librarianship for academic and professionals, the essays use empirical research and case studies written by seasoned professionals that quickly delve into their respective topics. -- Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance LearningEach chapter presents a concrete case study of one or another university and the principles guiding marketing, service provision or resource delivery activities. This is the most interesting feature of the book that turns it into an effective tool of best practice promotion and sharing. -- Information ResearchThis title is easy to read, grounded in real-life practice and presents multiple approaches and strategies for librarians and those working in libraries looking to develop the requisite skills required to bring change into their practice. Failure to engage in the digital environment risks the livelihood of the library in an age of ubiquitous information. This text is a must read for anyone involved in contemporary libraries, even beyond the academic sphere. -- Australian Academic & Research LibrariesTable of ContentsTHEME 1: RETHINKING MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION 1. Digital marketing in an outreach context - Alison Hicks 2. Reference 2.0: evolution of virtual reference services and social media - Dawn McLoughlin and Jill Benn 3. A service in transition: how digital technology is shaping organizational change - Rachel Bury and Helen Jamieson THEME 2: RETHINKING SUPPORT FOR ACADEMIC PRACTICE 4. The impact of open and digital content on librarians’ roles in a learning and teaching context - Helen Howard 5. Supporting early-career researchers in data management and curation - Joy Davidson 6. Extending students’ digital capabilities: the Digital Tattoo Project - Julie Mitchell and Cindy Underhill THEME 3: RETHINKING RESOURCE DELIVERY 7. Mobilizing your library - Dr Kay Munro, Karen Stevenson, Rosemary Stenson and Wendy Walker 8. ‘You might also be interested in . . .’: improving discovery through recommendations - Lisa Charnock and Joy Palmer 9. Libraries and international branch campuses in the digital environment - Moira Bent

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Book SynopsisPractical guidance to ensuring that your users can access and personalise the online resources they are entitled to use with the minimum of fuss. With the rapid increase in the use of electronic resources in libraries, managing access to online information is an area many librarians struggle with. Managers of online information wish to implement policies about who can access the information and under what terms and conditions but often they need further guidance. Written by experts in the field, this practical book is the first to explain the principles behind access management, the available technologies and how they work. This includes an overview of federated access management technologies, such as Shibboleth, that have gained increasing international recognition in recent years. This book provides detailed case studies describing how access management is being implemented at organizational and national levels in the UK, USA and Europe, and gives a practical guide to the resources available to help plan, implement and operate access management in libraries. Key topics include: what is access management and why do libraries do it? electronic resources: public and not so public principles and definitions of identity and access management current access management technologies authentication technologies authorization based on physical location authorization based on user identity or affiliation federated access: history, current position and future developments internet access provided by (or in) libraries library statistics the business case for libraries. Readership: This is essential reading for all who need to understand the principles behind access management or implement a working system in their library.Trade Review"...provides an excellent, well-organized overview of the structures, protocols, and skills necessary for controlling online access to proprietary information resources. The book, including introduction, glossary, appendices, and index, is just slightly over 250 pages long and presents the topic in a logical manner with an appropriate level of detail and useful, real-world examples." -- Journal of Access Services"The combination of theoretical explanation and analysis, real-world case studies, and historical background in the form of the Lynch paper lends variety and interest to a fairly dry topic. Chapters are concise and to the point, and a glossary of terms proves helpful in navigating the myriad acronyms involved. Of some surprise is a lack of discussion of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), which is mentioned only in passing. On the whole, however, the book is exhaustive in its treatment of the subject, and it is recommended for readers who wish to better understand access and identity management and implement associated technologies in their libraries." -- Journal of Electronic Resources LibrarianshipTable of ContentsForeword - Clifford Lynch1. What is access management and why do libraries do it? Historical role of libraries in managing access to information The role of libraries in the 21st century The history of access management of online information resources The role of e-commerce in library access management The ‘birth’ of access management principles – Clifford Lynch’s white paper 2. Electronic resources: public and not so public Managing access to electronic collections How and where users may want to access e-resources What needs to be protected, and why Commercially produced resources that need to be protected Publicly available information that may also require access management Publishers and licensing issues Library management of licences Summary References 3. Principles and definitions of identity and access management Introduction Managing access? . . . or identities? . . . or both? The business relationships The processes of identity and access management Identifying the person using a resource – or not Obligations to protect personal data about users Summary References 4. Current access management technologies IP address Barcode patterns Proxy servers Shared passwords User registration with publishers Federated access Summary 5. Authentication technologies ‘Something you know, something you have, or something you are’ Authentication technologies overview Authentication by third parties Choosing an authentication system 6. Authorization based on physical location: how does the internet know where I am? Introduction Domains and domain names (How) is all this governed? IP addresses IP spoofing Benefits and problems of using IP address-based licensing Summary References 7. Authorization based on user identity or affiliation with a library: who you are? or what you do? Basing access on identity, or on affiliation with a library Role-based authorization Matching roles against licence conditions Benefits of role-based authorization Summary References 8. Federated access: history, current position and future developments Single sign-on and the origins of federated access management The development of standards Federated access in academia Future of federated access References 9. How to choose access management and identity management products and services Introduction Identity management and access management solution capabilities Establishing requirements with suppliers Asserting library requirements in a wider-scale system procurement Implementation options The range of access and identity management products Conclusion References 10. Internet access provided by (or in) libraries Introduction Wired access Wireless access Public access issues Summary References 11. Library statistics Why libraries collect electronic resource usage statistics Challenges in collecting electronic resource usage data How libraries collect usage data Concluding thoughts References 12. The business case for libraries Introduction Key benefits of quality identity management Designing an IdM project Putting together a business case Conclusion References and further reading AfterwordReferences Appendix 1: Case studies Extending access management to business and community engagement activities at Kidderminster College, UK Moving from Athens to Shibboleth at University College London, UK Online reciprocal borrowing registration for Western Australian University Libraries Library and IT collaboration: driving strategic improvements to identity and access management practices and capabilities Managing affiliated users with federated identity management at UNC-Chapel Hill, USA Tilburg University and the SURFfederatie, the Netherlands Delivering access to resources in a joint academic and public library building Single sign-on across the USMAI Consortium, USA Appendix 2: A White Paper on Authentication and Access Management Issues in Cross-organizational Use of Networked Information Resources

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Book SynopsisA practical guide to the development and operation of digital preservations services for organizations of any size Practical Digital Preservation offers a comprehensive overview of best practice and is aimed at the non-specialist, assuming only a basic understanding of IT. The book provides guidance as to how to implement strategies with minimal time and resources. Digital preservation has become a critical issue for institutions of all sizes but until recently has mostly been the preserve of national archives and libraries with the resources, time and specialist knowledge available to experiment. As the discipline matures and practical tools and information are increasingly available the barriers to entry are falling for smaller organizations which can realistically start to take active steps towards a preservation strategy. However, the sheer volume of technical information now available on the subject is becoming a significant obstacle and a straightforward guide is required to offer clear and practical solutions. Each chapter in Practical Digital Preservation covers the essential building blocks of digital preservation strategy and implementation, leading the reader through the process. International case studies from organizations such as the Wellcome Library, Central Connecticut State University Library in the USA and Gloucestershire Archives in the UK illustrate how real organizations have approached the challenges of digital preservation. Key topics include: Making the case for digital preservation Understanding your requirements Models for implementing a digital preservation service Selecting and acquiring digital objects Accessioning and ingesting digital objects Describing digital objects Preserving digital objects Providing access to users Future trends. Readership: Anyone involved in digital preservation and those wanting to get a better understanding of the process, students studying library and information science (LIS), archives and records management courses and academics getting to grips with practical issues.Trade Review"This book shares useful, practical knowledge in the important area of digital preservation. It provides knowledge of the process for a broad audience, effectively serving as a practical handbook for those specialists drowning in information about digital preservation and needing a clear, practical overview to help them get started. Because of the clarity and practical guidance offered, the book is valuable for the interested non-specialist too, and I would recommend it a must-read for those studying information management." -- Library Management"I recommend the book for archivists, librarians, digital repository managers, and any individual assigned the task of establishing a digital preservation service." -- Journal of Electronic Resource Librarianship"While the content is geared toward libraries, museums, and archives that are producing and maintaining digital content, this book would also be beneficial for professionals outside these fields. Each chapter is organized in a meaningful way, and the entire book flows with a natural progression through the complex stages of digital preservation. There is not a lot of technical jargon and the concepts outlined can be applied to small or large organizations that have a variety of assets. The author does an excellent job presenting complicated content in a digestible way, and offers useful case studies throughout the book. Practical Digital Preservation is an excellent book for anyone working with and producing digital content." -- Library Resources and Technical Services"The book’s structure underpins its value as a practical tool. Refreshingly, it is designed to be read chapter by chapter or is easily navigable topic by topic to suit the needs of the particular reader. There’s a useful table of contents and a consistent layout of each chapter, comprising an introduction, bite-sized sections, a conclusion or next steps, a review of key points, and notes for readers wanting to know more. The substance is illustrated with useful case studies and visual aids such as process flow diagrams. I can imagine returning to this book time and again as a reference text. But the book is much more than a digital preservation primer. There is real substance and Brown has a point-of-view; he rejects aspiring to the “unobtainable, ideal of curatorial perfection”, the one-size fits all “monolithic IT systems” view of digital preservation, reminding us that preservation is an outcome that can be achieved in many ways and degrees of complexity. At the heart of Brown’s proposed strategy is use of a maturity model to identify the appropriate digital preservation implementation in each particular context; in other words he advocates taking a proportionate and risk-based approach. This must be reassuring news to his primary audience: archivists in small organizations outside the flagship national cultural memory preservation programs and for whom the gold-standard digital preservation is unattainable." -- Records Management JournalTable of Contents1. Introduction Introduction Who is this book for? Minimum requirements Some digital preservation myths The current situation A very brief history of digital preservation A note on terminology Getting the most from this book Notes 2. Making the case for digital preservation Introduction Understanding the drivers Developing a policy Developing a digital asset register Developing a business case Next steps Key points Notes 3. Understanding your requirements Introduction Identifying stakeholders Talking to stakeholders Modelling your processes Learning from other people’s requirements Documenting your requirements How to use your requirements Conclusion Key points Notes 4. Models for implementing a digital preservation service Introduction Options The current market Approaches to procurement Implementation Operating a digital repository Trusted digital repositories A digital preservation maturity model Case studies Key points Notes 5. Selecting and acquiring digital objects Introduction The selection and transfer process Starting points for selection and transfer Approaches to selection Legal considerations for selection Technical considerations for selection Standards and methods for transfer Transfer agreements Preparing for transfer Completing the transfer process Conclusion Key points Notes 6. Accessioning and ingesting digital objects Introduction Defining an accession process Creating or acquiring a Submission Information Package Quarantine Characterization Validating the SIP Enhancing SIP metadata Ingest: generating an AIP Normalization and other transformations Automating accession First aid for digital accessions Case studies Key points Notes 7. Describing digital objects Introduction The role of metadata Metadata standards Deciding on metadata standards Sources of metadata Storing and managing metadata Associating metadata and data Interoperability Case studies Key points Notes 8. Preserving digital objects Introduction The goals of preservation The nature of digital information The challenge: threats to preservation Preservation strategies Managing change: the concept of multiple manifestations Bitstream preservation Logical preservation Conclusion: preservation in practice Key points Notes 9. Providing access to users Introduction What do we mean by access? Finding digital objects Options for access: technical considerations Options for access: conditions of access Options for access: online versus on-site access Understanding user expectations Access and reuse Access systems in practice Designing a front end Citing digital records: persistent identifiers Case studies Key points Notes 10. Future trends Introduction Preservation tools and services Preservation-as-a-Service Representation information registries Storage Training and professional bodies Certification schemes New paradigms Current and future research Digital preservation in the developing world Moving to the mainstream Conclusion Notes Appendices Creating a digital asset register Digital preservation maturity model Systems, tools and services

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Book SynopsisWhat is information? Who are the information rich and who are the information poor? How can there be equality of access for users in the light of the political, economic and cultural pressures that are placed upon information creators, gatherers and keepers? Set against a broad historical backdrop, The Information Society explores the information revolution that continues to gather pace, as the understanding and management of information becomes even more important in a world where data can be transmitted in a split second. This latest edition of this standard work has been fully updated to take account of the changing landscape and technological developments since 2008. The social Web, or Web 2.0, is now embedded in daily life, and some of its applications have become the most popular forms of communication system. Even the predominance of email – one of the most familiar manifestations of the information revolution – is now threatened by texting and the use of such applications as Twitter. The ways in which we expect to interact with information – and how much we are willing to pay for access to it – are throwing up new opportunities and debates. At a societal level, as the quantity of personal digitized information continues to grow exponentially, so do both the benefits of exploiting it and the dangers of misusing it. The use of ICT to make government more accessible has to be balanced against the use of technologies that enable the state to be more vigilant or more intrusive, according to one's point of view. Behind all of this lies further technical change: the massive expansion of connectivity to high-speed broadband networks; the phased abandonment of analogue broadcasting; and above all the widespread availability and use of sophisticated multi-functional mobile devices which carry voice, video and data and which can themselves be carried anywhere. The implications for daily life, for education, for work and for social and political relationships are massive. Readership: All information professionals and students on courses on information, librarianship and communications studies, where an understanding of the nature of the information society is an essential underpinning of more advanced work.Trade ReviewThe sixth edition of what has now become a standard textbook in its field, this book has been updated about every four years since the first edition was published in 1994...As an introductory textbook that describes how information has been accumulated, analysed and disseminated through the ages, this book is recommended to library and information students. -- Australian Academic & Research LibrariesTable of ContentsIntroduction. The information society: myth and realityPART 1: THE HISTORICAL DIMENSION1. From script to print The origins of writing The alphabet Images, sounds and numbers The first media The development of the book Printing: the first communications revolution The trade in books 2. Mass media and new technology The pictorial image The recording and transmission of sound Mass media: radio and cinema Television Computers: the second communications revolution PART 2: THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION3. The information market-place The publishing industry: a paradigm of information transfer Authors and publishers The diversity of publishing New directions in publishing The evolution of the e-book The interdependent media: convergence and change The market: definition and size Fragmentation or competition? 4. Access to information The price of books and the cost of broadcasts The cost of libraries Public good or private profit? Electronic communications: access and costs The world wide web Networks: an electronic democracy? Electronic publishing: towards a new paradigm? The cost of access: issues and problems PART 3: THE POLITICAL DIMENSION 5. Information rich and information poor The value of information Information in developing countries: an issue defined Wealth and poverty: information and economic development Information delivery systems: some contrasts North and South: the world publishing industry Eastern Europe: a different poverty? The limits of wealth: information poverty in the West 6. Information, the state and the citizen The role of the state: an introduction The role of the state: the protection of intellectual property The role of the state: data protection and personal privacy The role of the state: freedom of information The role of the state: censorship Contemporary dilemmas: the issues redefined PART 4 THE INFORMATION PROFESSION 7. The information profession: a domain delineated The role of the information professional The work of the information professional Librarians and libraries: archetypes in transition From archivist to records manager Information managers Managing knowledge Afterword. An information society? Studying the information society

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Book SynopsisSocial tagging (including hashtags) is used over platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, WordPress, Tumblr and YouTube across countries and cultures meaning that one single hashtag can link information from a variety of resources. This new book explores social tagging as a potential form of linked data and shows how it can provide an increasingly important way to categorise and store information resources. The internet is moving rapidly from the social web embodied in Web 2.0, to the Semantic Web (Web 3.0), where information resources are linked to make them comprehensible to both machines and humans. Traditionally library discovery systems have pushed information, but did not allow for any interaction with the users of the catalogue, while social tagging provides a means to help library discovery systems become social spaces where users could input and interact with content. The editors and their international contributors explore key issues including: the use of hashtags in the dissemination of public policy the use of hashtags as information portals in library catalogues social tagging in enterprise environments the linked data potential of social tagging sharing and disseminating information needs via social tagging. Social Tagging in a Linked Data Environment will be useful reading for practicing library and information professionals involved in electronic access to collections, including cataloguers, system developers, information architects and web developers. It would also be useful for students taking programmes in library and Information science, information management, computer science, and information architecture.Trade Review'Overall, this is a well-researched, collaborative and useful book. It provides an in-depth look into the practical benefits of social tagging and recommendation systems... I definitely recommend this book for people who are interested in user-generated metadata and how it can be used along with legacy and standards-based metadata approaches.' -- Getaneh Alemu * Catalogue & Index *Table of ContentsContentsList of figures and tables Contributors 1 Introduction: the continuing evolution of social tagging Diane Rasmussen Pennington and Louise F. Spiteri 2 Tagging the semantic web: combining Web 2.0and Web 3.0 Laura Cagnazzo 3 Social tags for linked data with Resource DescriptionFramework (RDF) Sue Yeon Syn 4 Social tagging and public policy Ryan Deschamps 5 Hashtags and library discovery systems Louise F. Spiteri 6 Social information discoverability in Facebook groups:the need for linked data strategies Laurie Bonnici and Jinxuan Ma 7 #FandomCommunication: how online fandomutilises tagging and folksonomy Max Dobson 8 Keys to their own voices: social tags for a dementiaontology as a human right Diane Rasmussen Pennington 9 Social tagging and the enterprise: an analysis ofsocial tagging in the workplace Sanjay Khanna 10 Use and effectiveness of social tagging recommendersystems Kishor John

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Book SynopsisSocial tagging (including hashtags) is used over platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, WordPress, Tumblr and YouTube across countries and cultures meaning that one single hashtag can link information from a variety of resources. This new book explores social tagging as a potential form of linked data and shows how it can provide an increasingly important way to categorise and store information resources. The internet is moving rapidly from the social web embodied in Web 2.0, to the Semantic Web (Web 3.0), where information resources are linked to make them comprehensible to both machines and humans. Traditionally library discovery systems have pushed information, but did not allow for any interaction with the users of the catalogue, while social tagging provides a means to help library discovery systems become social spaces where users could input and interact with content. The editors and their international contributors explore key issues including: the use of hashtags in the dissemination of public policy the use of hashtags as information portals in library catalogues social tagging in enterprise environments the linked data potential of social tagging sharing and disseminating information needs via social tagging. Social Tagging in a Linked Data Environment will be useful reading for practicing library and information professionals involved in electronic access to collections, including cataloguers, system developers, information architects and web developers. It would also be useful for students taking programmes in library and Information science, information management, computer science, and information architecture.Trade Review'Overall, this is a well-researched, collaborative and useful book. It provides an in-depth look into the practical benefits of social tagging and recommendation systems... I definitely recommend this book for people who are interested in user-generated metadata and how it can be used along with legacy and standards-based metadata approaches.' -- Getaneh Alemu * Catalogue & Index *Table of ContentsContentsList of figures and tables Contributors 1 Introduction: the continuing evolution of social tagging Diane Rasmussen Pennington and Louise F. Spiteri 2 Tagging the semantic web: combining Web 2.0and Web 3.0 Laura Cagnazzo 3 Social tags for linked data with Resource DescriptionFramework (RDF) Sue Yeon Syn 4 Social tagging and public policy Ryan Deschamps 5 Hashtags and library discovery systems Louise F. Spiteri 6 Social information discoverability in Facebook groups:the need for linked data strategies Laurie Bonnici and Jinxuan Ma 7 #FandomCommunication: how online fandomutilises tagging and folksonomy Max Dobson 8 Keys to their own voices: social tags for a dementiaontology as a human right Diane Rasmussen Pennington 9 Social tagging and the enterprise: an analysis ofsocial tagging in the workplace Sanjay Khanna 10 Use and effectiveness of social tagging recommendersystems Kishor John

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Book SynopsisThis practical guide will be essential reading for all those needing to come up to speed quickly on XML and how it is used by libraries today. XML and its ancillary technologies XSD, XSLT and XQuery enables librarians to take advantage of powerful, XML-aware applications, facilitates the interoperability and sharing of XML metadata, and makes it possible to realize the full promise of XML to support more powerful and more efficient library cataloguing and metadata workflows. While by no means the only technology arrow in a modern-day cataloguer’s or metadata librarian’s knowledge and skills quiver, a firm understanding of XML remains relevant and helpful for those working in modern bibliographic control or with information discovery services. Even experienced cataloguers who know their way around the tags and strings of a MARC record occasionally need help and advice when creating metadata for sharing bibliographic records or digital collections on the web. This handbook from the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) illustrates with examples how XML and associated technologies can be used to edit metadata at scale, streamline and scale up metadata and cataloguing workflows and to extract, manipulate, and construct MARC records and other formats and types of library metadata. Containing 58 sample coding examples throughout, the book covers: essential background information, with a quick review of XML basics transforming XML metadata in HTML schema languages and workflows for XML validation an introduction to XPath and XSLT cataloguing workflows using XSLT the basics of XQuery, including use cases and XQuery expressions and functions working with strings and sequences, including regular expressions. This handbook will be useful reading for cataloguers of all levels of experience how to code for efficiencies. It will also be important reading for students taking Library and Information Science courses, particularly in cataloguing and information organization and retrieval.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. A Quick Review of XML Basics 3. Library Metadata in XML 4. XML Validation Using Schemas 5. An Introduction to XPath and XSLT 6. Cataloging Workflows Using XSLT 7. Using XSLT to Connect Libraries to the Semantic Web: Transforming XML metadata into HTML+RDFa 8. An Introduction to XQuery for Library Metadata Work including Use Cases 9. XQuery Basics 10. XQuery Functions Including Regular Expressions 11. Metadata Workflow Using XQuery: Creating HathiTrust submission files for monograph and serials print holdings 12. Resources for Further Study

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Book SynopsisIn resource poor, cost saving times, this book provides practical advice on new methods and technologies involved in systematic searching and explores the role of information professionals in delivering these changesThe editors bring together expert international practitioners and researchers to highlight the latest thinking on systematic searching. Beginning by looking at the methods and techniques underlying systematic searching, the book then examines the current challenges and the potential solutions to more effective searching in detail, before considering the role of the information specialist as an expert searcher.Systematic Searching blends theory and practice and takes into account different approaches to information retrieval with a special focus being given to searching for complex topics in a health-related environment. The book does not presume an in-depth prior knowledge or experience of systematic searching and includes case studies, practical examples and ideas for further research and reading.The book is divided into three parts: Methods covers theoretical approaches to evidence synthesis and the implications that these have for the search process, including searching for complex topics and choosing the right sources. Technology examines new technologies for retrieving evidence and how these are leading to new directions in information retrieval and evidence synthesis. People considers the future of the information specialist as an expert searcher and explores how information professionals can develop their skills in searching, communication and collaboration to ensure that information retrieval practice is, and remains, evidence-based. Systematic Searching will be essential reading for library and information service providers and information specialists, particularly those in a health-related environment. It will also be of interest to students of library and information science, systematic reviewers, researchers and practitioners conducting complex searches in settings including social care, education and criminal justice.Trade Review'This book certainly fulfils the editors’ purpose and aim. It marks the stage that this field has reached, and each chapter offers tantalising ideas about the future. I can wholeheartedly recommend this readable and excellent book for novices and veterans of systematic searches.'- Eli Harriss, Knowledge Centre Manager and Outreach Librarian, Bodleian Health Care Libraries, CILIP Health and Libraries Group newsletter * CILIP Health Libraries Group newsletter *'Easy to read and well-documented, this book is an excellent first resource for anyone seeking to understand and use this type of creative works licensing; it should be required reading for librarians and information professionals using and recommending these materials.'— Jennifer Bartlett, interim associate dean, Teaching, Learning and Research Division, University of Kentucky, Online Searcher -- Jennifer Bartlett * Online Searcher *'This book is an excellent supplement to the ever-growing evidence-base on literature searching delivering a portrait of systematic searching today and glimpse at the future which can only help increase the effectiveness of systematic searching throughout its readership.'— Michael Cook, Public Health Evidence and Knowledge Specialist, Bolton Council, Health Libraries Geroup Nursing Bulletin -- Michael Cook * Health Libraries Group Nursing Bulletin *Table of ContentsFigures, tables and case studiesContributorsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Foreword - Carol Lefebvre 1. Introduction: where are we now? - Paul Levay and Jenny Craven2. Innovative approaches to systematic reviewing - Andrew Booth3. Searching for broad-based topics - Claire Stansfield4. Choosing the right databases and search techniques - Alison Bethel and Morwenna Rogers5. Gathering evidence from grey literature and unpublished data - Shannon Kugley and Richard Epstein6. Social media as a source of evidence - Su Golder7. Text mining for information specialists - Julie Glanville8. Using linked data for evidence synthesis - Andrew Mitchell and Chris Mavergames9. Evidence surveillance to keep up to date with new research - James Thomas, Anna Noel-Storr and Steve McDonald10. Training the next generation of information specialists - Michelle Maden and Gil Young11. Collaborative working to improve searching - Siw Waffenschmidt and Elke Hausner12. Communication for information specialists - Margaret Sampson13. The information specialist as an expert searcher - Alison Brettle14. Conclusion: where do we go from here? - Paul Levay and Jenny CravenGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisLegal deposit libraries, the national and academic institutions who systematically preserve our written cultural record, have recently been mandated with expanding their collection practices to include digitised and born-digital materials. The regulations that govern electronic legal deposit often also prescribe how these materials can be accessed. Although a growing international activity, there has been little consideration of the impact of e-legal deposit on the 21st Century library, or on its present or future users. This edited collection is a timely opportunity to bring together international authorities who are placed to explore the social, institutional and user impacts of e-legal deposit. It uniquely provides a thorough overview of this worldwide issue at an important juncture in the history of library collections in our changing information landscape, drawing on evidence gathered from real-world case studies produced in collaboration with leading libraries, researchers and practitioners (Biblioteca Nacional de México, Bodleian Libraries, British Library, National Archives of Zimbabwe, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Sweden). Chapters consider the viewpoint of a variety of stakeholders, including library users, researchers, and publishers, and provide overviews of the complex digital preservation and access issues that surround e-legal deposit materials, such as web archives and interactive media. The book will be essential reading for practitioners and researchers in national and research libraries, those developing digital library infrastructures, and potential users of these collections, but also those interested in the long-term implications of how our digital collections are conceived, regulated and used. Electronic legal deposit is shaping our digital library collections, but also their future use, and this volume provides a rigorous account of its implementation and impact.Trade Review'Some may expect the book to be of interest to only a small number of institutions that participate in electronic legal deposit schemes. However, the importance of legal deposit to the access and preservation of the scholarly record commends this book to a wider audience. The integral role of legal deposit in association with Open Access and digital preservation initiatives broadens the potential readership further... Comprehensive references provide excellent links to further reading' - JALIATable of ContentsTable of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Contributors Foreword — Bethany Nowviskie Introduction — Paul Gooding and Melissa Terras 1 UK Non-Print Legal Deposit: From Regulations to Review — Linda Arnold-Stratford and Richard Ovenden 2 The Influence of Legal Deposit Legislation on the Digital Collections of the National Library of Scotland — Paul Cunnea, Gill Hamilton, Graeme Hawley and Fred Saunderson 3 E-legal deposit at the Biblioteca Nacional de México (National Library of Mexico) — Isabel Galina Russell, Jo Ana Morfin, Ana Yuri Ramírez-Molina 4 Bibliographic control in Zimbabwe: the conundrum of legal deposit in the age of digital technologies — Collence. T. Chisita, Blessing Chiparausha and Danmore Maboreke 5 Electronic Legal Deposit in Sweden: The Evolution of Digital Publications and Legislative Systems — Eva Lis-Green and Göran Konstenius 6 Publishers, Legal Deposit and the Changing Publishing Environment — Adrienne Muir 7 Making History: Digital Preservation and Electronic Legal Deposit in the Second Quarter of the Twenty-First Century — William Kilbride 8 Giving with one click, taking with the other: electronic legal deposit, web archives and researcher access — Jane Winters 9 Follow the Users: Assessing UK Non-Print Legal Deposit Within the Academic Discovery Environment — Linda Berube and Frankie Wilson 10 ‘An Ark to Save Learning from Deluge’? Reconceptualising Legal Deposit after the Digital Turn — Paul Gooding and Melissa Terras

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Book SynopsisPublished in association with the Society of American Archivists Trusting Records in the Cloud presents key findings of InterPARES Trust, an international research project that has investigated issues of trust in, and trustworthiness of records and data online, with respect to privacy, accessibility, portability, metadata and ownership. The project has produced theoretical and methodological frameworks for the development of local, national and international policies, procedures, regulations, standards and legislation, to ensure public trust grounded on evidence of good governance, strong digital economy and persistent digital memory. Topics include:- risks and remedies to the contracts the public must enter into with service providers- implementing retention and disposition schedules in the cloud- understanding the role of metadata in cloud services for chain of custody- rethinking issues of appraisal, arrangement and description- preservation as a series of services implementable by a variety of preservation actors- information governance, risk management, and authentication practices and technologies.Readership: This book is essential reading for records and archives managers, information professionals and organizations that are using or intend to use the cloud for the creation, management and preservation of their information; records and archives students and educators; individuals working in the academic, government and private sectors, and members of the public concerned about their personal information in the cloud.Trade Review'Comprehensive in scope and expertly organized in presentation, Trusting Records in the Cloud is the ideal textbook for teaching archivists and records managers students and therefore an unreservedly recommended addition to college and university Contemporary Library Science instructional reference collections.' -- James A. Cox * Midwest Book Review *'Trusting Records in the Cloud thus fills an important gap in the professional literature by directly addressing questions of how to establish and maintain trust in records and systems. Along with the individual studies and reports produced by the ITrust initiative, this volume will do much to prepare institutions for the hurdles we will inevitably face in coming years.' -- Mike Shallcross * The American Archivist *Table of Contents1. Concepts of trust in online environments, linking of InterPARES projects, questions and conclusions - Luciana Duranti 2. Issues specific to the cloud - Julie McLeod 3. Open government - Elizabeth Shepherd 4. Retention and Disposition - Patricia Franks 5. Intellectual control - Giovanni Michetti 6. Preservation - Adrian Cunningham 7. Cultural Heritage - Gillian Oliver 8. Citizen Engagement - Fiorella Foscarini 9. Professional Roles - Tove Engvall 10. Authentication - Hrvoje Stancic 11. Information Governance - Basma Makhlouf-Shabou 12. Education - Victoria Lemieux

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Book SynopsisPublished in association with the Society of American Archivists Trusting Records in the Cloud presents key findings of InterPARES Trust, an international research project that has investigated issues of trust in, and trustworthiness of records and data online, with respect to privacy, accessibility, portability, metadata and ownership. The project has produced theoretical and methodological frameworks for the development of local, national and international policies, procedures, regulations, standards and legislation, to ensure public trust grounded on evidence of good governance, strong digital economy and persistent digital memory. Topics include:- risks and remedies to the contracts the public must enter into with service providers- implementing retention and disposition schedules in the cloud- understanding the role of metadata in cloud services for chain of custody- rethinking issues of appraisal, arrangement and description- preservation as a series of services implementable by a variety of preservation actors- information governance, risk management, and authentication practices and technologies.Readership: This book is essential reading for records and archives managers, information professionals and organizations that are using or intend to use the cloud for the creation, management and preservation of their information; records and archives students and educators; individuals working in the academic, government and private sectors, and members of the public concerned about their personal information in the cloud.Trade Review'Comprehensive in scope and expertly organized in presentation, Trusting Records in the Cloud is the ideal textbook for teaching archivists and records managers students and therefore an unreservedly recommended addition to college and university Contemporary Library Science instructional reference collections.' -- James A. Cox * Midwest Book Review *'Trusting Records in the Cloud thus fills an important gap in the professional literature by directly addressing questions of how to establish and maintain trust in records and systems. Along with the individual studies and reports produced by the ITrust initiative, this volume will do much to prepare institutions for the hurdles we will inevitably face in coming years.' -- Mike Shallcross * The American Archivist *Table of Contents1. Concepts of trust in online environments, linking of InterPARES projects, questions and conclusions - Luciana Duranti 2. Issues specific to the cloud - Julie McLeod 3. Open government - Elizabeth Shepherd 4. Retention and Disposition - Patricia Franks 5. Intellectual control - Giovanni Michetti 6. Preservation - Adrian Cunningham 7. Cultural Heritage - Gillian Oliver 8. Citizen Engagement - Fiorella Foscarini 9. Professional Roles - Tove Engvall 10. Authentication - Hrvoje Stancic 11. Information Governance - Basma Makhlouf-Shabou 12. Education - Victoria Lemieux

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Book SynopsisIn the last decade, data science has generated new fields of study and transformed existing disciplines. As data science reshapes academia, how can libraries and librarians engage with this rapidly evolving, dynamic form of research? Can libraries leverage their existing strengths in information management, instruction, and research support to advance data science?Data Science in the Library: Tools and Strategies for Supporting Data-Driven Research and Instruction brings together an international group of librarians and faculty to consider the opportunities afforded by data science for research libraries. Using practical examples, each chapter focuses on data science instruction, reproducible research, establishing data science services and key data science partnerships.This book will be invaluable to library and information professionals interested in building or expanding data science services. It is a practical, useful tool for researchers, students, and instructors interested in implementing models for data science service that build community and advance the discipline.Table of ContentsPART 1: DATA SCIENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES – PERSPECTIVES Sustainability and Success Models for Informal Data Science Training within LibrariesElizabeth Wickes The Fundación Juan March DataLab: A Data Science Unit within a Research Support LibraryLuis Martínez-Uribe, Paz Fernández and Fernando Martínez PART 2: DATA SCIENCE INSTRUCTION Toward Reproducibility: Academic Libraries and Open ScienceJoshua Quan Start with Data ScienceMine Çetinkaya-Rundel PART 3: DATA SCIENCE SERVICES In Support of Data-Intensive Science at the University of WashingtonJenny Muilenburg From a Data Archive to Data Science: Supporting Current ResearchTim Dennis, Zhiyuan Yao, Leigh Phan, Kristian Allen, Jamie Jamison, Doug Daniels and Ibraheem Ali PART 4: DESIGNING AND STAFFING DATA SCIENCE In-House Training as the First Step to Becoming a Data Savvy LibrarianJeannette Ekstrøm Designing for Data Science: Planning for Library Data ServicesJoel Herndon

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Book SynopsisLibrary and information professionals increasingly need to create, manage, and monitor a wide range of online content, from a library’s social media account and web sites to the new and traditional research outputs that funders expect to be made available openly online. It is important that they understand the new opportunities that web metrics provide for measuring the impact of an individual or an organization’s content. This book provides an up-to-date introduction to a wide range of web metrics, with practical examples of how they can b best put to use. The book will begin with a wider discussion on the role of metrics, and how web metrics overlap with associated concepts with a longer library and information science history such as scientometrics and bibliometrics. It will explore the latest tools that are available, many of which have changed since the publication of the first edition, as well as how we can expect the field to change in the future with machine intelligence and artificial intelligence becoming more widely available. This new edition has been extended and updated throughout to reflect the rapidly changing nature of the field, and has been modified to incorporate important changes that have taken place in the information ecosystem since the first edition: increased use (and misuse) of metrics within institutions, the rapid growth of interest in altmetrics; the expanding potential of artificial intelligence; and the restrictions imposed by increased legislation in the data realm are all covered. As well as updates to the user-friendly tools and resources that are available, there is also a greater emphasis on the programming libraries that are available, as library and information professionals are increasingly willing to start engaging with data that is available programmatically. After reading the book the information professional will not only be better placed to adopt web metrics in their workplace, but also be critical of the misuse of web metrics.Table of ContentsWeb Metrics for Library and Information Professionals

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Book SynopsisInformation literacy research is growing in importance, as evidenced by the steady increase in dissertations and research papers in this area. However, significant theoretical gaps remain.Information Literacy Through Theory provides an approachable introduction to theory development and use within information literacy research. It provides a space for key theorists in the field to discuss, interrogate and reflect on the applicability of theory within information literacy research, as well as the implications for this work within a variety of contexts. Each chapter considers a particular theory as its focal point, from information literacy and the social to information literacy through an equity mindset, and unpacks what assumptions the theory makes about key concepts and the ways in which the theory enables or constrains our understanding of information literacy.This book will provide a focal point for researchers, practitioners and students interested in the creation and advancement of conceptually rich information literacy research and practice.Table of Contents Introduction: Themes, Patterns and Connections Alison Hicks, Annemaree Lloyd, Ola Pilerot Democracy and Information Literacy John Buschman Information Literacy and the Social: Applying a Practice Theory View to Information Literacy Annemaree Lloyd Information Literacy in a Nexus of Practice: a Mediated Discourse Perspective Noora Hirvonen The Radical and the Radioactive: Grasping the Roots of Theoretically Informed Praxis in Brazilian Studies on Critical Information Literacy Arthur Bezerra and Marco Schneider Locating Information Literacy Within Discursive Encounters: A Conversation with Positioning Theory Alison Hicks Plural Agonistics Johanna Rivano Eckerdal Critical Literacy and Critical Design Veronica Johansson Information literacy through an equity mindset Amanda Folk Sociomateriality Jutta Haider and Olof Sundin Surfacing the body: Embodiment, Site and Source Annemaree Lloyd Variation Theory : Researching Information Literacy Through the Lens of Learning Clarence Maybee Information Literacy: What Consciousness and Cognition Can Teach Us John Budd Information Literacy Theorised Through Institutional Ethnography Ola Pilerot Conclusion: Alerting us to Difference. Alison Hicks, Annemaree Lloyd, Ola Pilerot

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Book SynopsisSince it was first published, LIS students and professionals everywhere have relied on Miller’s authoritative manual for clear instruction on the real-world practice of metadata design and creation. Now the author has given his text a top-to-bottom overhaul to bring it fully up-to-date, making it even easier for readers to acquire the knowledge and skills they need, whether they use the book on the job or in a classroom. By following this book’s guidance, with its inclusion of numerous practical examples that clarify common application issues and challenges, readers will: learn about the concept of metadata and its functions for digital collections, why it’s essential to approach metadata specifically as data for machine processing, and how metadata can work in the rapidly developing Linked Data environment know how to create high-quality resource descriptions using widely shared metadata standards, vocabularies and elements commonly needed for digital collections become thoroughly familiarized with Dublin Core (DC) through exploration of DCMI Metadata Terms, CONTENTdm best practices, and DC as Linked Data discover what Linked Data is, how it is expressed in the Resource Description Framework (RDF), and how it works in relation to specific semantic models (typically called ‘ontologies’) such as BIBFRAME, comprised of properties and classes with ‘domain’ and ‘range’ specifications get to know the MODS and VRA Core metadata schemes, along with recent developments related to their use in a Linked Data setting understand the nuts and bolts of designing and documenting a metadata scheme and gain knowledge of vital metadata interoperability and quality issues, including how to identify and clean inconsistent, missing, and messy metadata using innovative tools such as OpenRefine. Complete with an updated bibliography pointing readers to essential books, articles and web documents for deeper learning, this second edition will prove itself a must-have reference for practitioners and students alike.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to Metadata for Digital CollectionsChapter 2. Introduction to Resource Description Chapter 3. Dublin Core Metadata Chapter 4. Resource Description: Identification and Responsibility Chapter 5. Resource Description: Content and Relationships Chapter 6. Controlled Vocabularies for Improved Resource Discovery Chapter 7. XML-Encoded Metadata Chapter 8. MODS: The Metadata Object Description Schema Chapter 9. VRA Core: The Visual Resources Association Core Categories Chapter 10. Metadata Interoperability, Shareability, and Quality Chapter 11: Linked Data and Ontologies Chapter 12. Metadata Application Profile Design Appendix: Dublin Core, MODS, and VRA Element Mappings Glossary Acronym Glossary Bibliography

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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Book SynopsisRecent developments in ICT, especially the web, have led to the creation of a growing number of digital library projects in the UK, USA and elsewhere. This new phenomenon is designed to bring a paradigm shift in the ways we create, access and use information. The design and development of digital libraries depend on computer, communication and other technical skills, and the dream of successful digital libraries leading to a global digital environment can only be fulfilled when sufficient practitioners have the skills to design, build and manage them. This book presents a holistic view of the new digital library scene. Supported by a wealth of international examples, it is an essential guide to good digital practice and techniques. The authors have experience both in teaching courses on digital libraries and in actively researching them, and the text is based on evidence provided by models of major digital library research projects around the globe. Key topics include: digital libraries: definition and characteristics features of some digital libraries digital library design digital library research collection management digitization information organization information access and user interface information retrieval in digital libraries digital archiving and preservation digital library services social, economic and legal issues digital library evaluation digital libraries and the information profession trends in digital library research and development. Readership: This invaluable textbook offers an all-round view of digital libraries and is a core text for students of digital librarianship and related courses at departments of information science and computer science. It is also essential reading for practitioners and researchers who need to get a good grasp of issues and developments in the field.Trade Review"...highly recommended as a core textbook for students of digital librarianship and related courses, as well as for essential reading for practitioners and researchers in the field of digital libraries." -- Online Information ReviewTable of ContentsPreface Purpose Audience Sources Acknowledgements 1. Digital libraries: definition and characteristics Outline Introduction What is a digital library? Hybrid libraries Characteristics of digital libraries The impact of digital libraries The structure of this book 2. Features of some digital libraries Outline Introduction Digital libraries: types Brief descriptions of selected digital libraries Summary 3. Digital library research Outline Introduction UK USA Joint NSF/JISC international digital library projects Canada Europe Digital library projects funded by the European Union Australia New Zealand Summary 4. Digital library design Outline Introduction User-centred digital library models Design issues Digital library models Hybrid library models The DNER Digital library standards Summary 5. Collection management Outline Introduction The process of collection management Collection development models Electronic journals Electronic books Databases and services Summary 6. Digitization Outline Introduction Issues related to a digitization project The process of digitization Technical issues File formats Post-processing Access to digitized information Costs of digitization Summary 7. Information organization Outline Introduction Problems of information organization in digital libraries Classification of digital information Information organization in selected digital libraries Cataloguing and metadata Digital content marking and manipulation Recent research projects Summary 8. Information access and user interfaces Outline Introduction Information users Information needs The four-phase framework for information search Information seeking and user interfaces User interfaces and visualization User interfaces of digital libraries Information access in digital libraries User-centred digital libraries Summary 9. Information retrieval in digital libraries Outline Introduction Information retrieval models Vocabulary control Alternative information retrieval models Multimedia information retrieval Basic information search techniques Information retrieval features of various resources accessible through digital libraries Information retrieval features of selected digital libraries Problems and prospects Summary 10. Digital archiving and preservation Outline Introduction Digital preservation Issues related to digital preservation Digital preservation strategy Research projects on digital archiving and preservation The Internet Archive E-print archives Summary 11. Digital library services Outline Introduction Personalized services: definitions of digital libraries revisited Reference and information services on the web Search engine services Digital reference services and libraries Current digital library research on personalized services Current digital library projects on digital reference services The evaluation of digital library services Summary 12. Social, economic and legal issues Outline Introduction Social issues Economic issues Legal issues Legal deposit Summary 13. Digital library evaluation Outline Introduction Evaluation: the basic problems What to evaluate? Evaluation stages Evaluation criteria Evaluation studies Summary 14. Digital libraries and the information profession Outline Introduction Digital libraries: major activities and skills Summary 15. Trends in digital library research and development Outline Introduction Digital libraries: growth and development The impact of digital libraries Digital libraries to bridge the digital divide Users’ information search behaviour Digital library services The economics of digital libraries Digital library education Digital libraries and knowledge management The future

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Book SynopsisThe advent of the computer has facilitated an exponential growth in the tools and techniques for manipulating information. Much of the development has been ad-hoc, driven by general management practises of gaining productivity and efficiency through the greater use of computers. Little attention has been paid to the broader issues of coherence and co-ordination of the information increasingly used to drive modern organizations. This book addresses these broader issues. It starts from the perception that information systems and sources need to be designed within a framework, an architecture, which requires a detailed understanding of the roles of the information and the tools to manipulate it, within the organization. The different elements of the architecture are described and analysed and the necessity to undertake detailed and continuous research into developments in computer hardware, software and in information management is emphasised. In addition, the roles of the various parties, general management, computing personnel and information professionals as joint owners of the information architecture are analysed. Chapters include: overview of information architecture; hardware, networks and software; the need to plan IT environments; working with IT personnel; the software environment; knowledge representation: taxonomies; classification; thesauri; interoperability: the semantic web; role of Markup; ontologies; the user interface; designing for users. Readership: The primary audience is senior and middle managers in the information profession: this will include all professionals in the corporate information sector, including knowledge managers. The book will also be of great interest to all students of information and knowledge management and also on business and IT-related courses.Trade Review"This important book both catches and perpetuates the wave of interest that appears to be building in Europe over Information Architecture." -- Information World Review"Librarians interested in staying on the cutting edge of technology, specifically web site design, will welcome this volume." -- Library JournalTable of ContentsA brief history of information architecture - Peter Morville Introduction - Barry Mahon and Alan Gilchrist PART 1: THE DESIGN ENVIRONMENT 1. Developing an information model for information- and knowledge-based organizations - Mike Fisher 2. Document, information, data, content: How to model information? - Catherine Leloup 3. Developing a scalable information architecture for a cross-sectoral, distributed citizen’s information system: The Seamless UK experience - Mary Rowlatt with Cathy Day, Jo Morris and Rob Davies PART 2: SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS 4. Specifying and procuring software - Bob Wiggins 5. The care and feeding of software vendors for IA environments - John Gregory 6. A flexible architecture for managing current awareness - Sabine Kruse and Manfred Hauer PART 3: MANAGING METADATA 7. Why and when would you use XML in text-based systems? - Derek Sturdy 8. Topic maps: Indexing in 3-D - Bob Bater 9. A devolved architecture for public sector interoperability - Stella G. Dextre Clarke 10. Identifiers and interoperability - Elizabeth Scott-Wilson 11. Information architecture and vocabularies for browse and search - Amy J. Warner 12. The taxonomy: A mechanism, rather than a tool, that needs a strategy for development and application - Alan Gilchrist 13. From architecture to construction: The electronic records management programme at the DTI - Liz MacLachlan 14. Building a business taxonomy: A work in progress - Ruth McLaughlin and Angela GreenwoodPART 4 THE USER INTERFACE 15. Interfaces: Expressions of IA - Janice Fraser 16. Guru interview - Marylaine Block interviews - Genie Tyburski 17. Designing a worldwide experience for PeopleSoft - Janice Fraser and Camille Sobalvarro

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Book SynopsisFirst applied to internet gateways such as Yahoo, the concept of the 'portal' has evolved in a bewildering number of directions. Different themes of personalization, aggregation or integration seem to have dominated our understanding of what a portal should be at different times. Many organizations and institutions have borrowed the idea from the net to address local problems of integrating and presenting information sources to users - yet they have developed the concept in different ways. Meanwhile new models seem to be constantly emerging from the internet. Tracking this evolving concept is clearly of particular concern for information services. How can they best take advantage of internet portals to improve access to resources? What are the requirements for delivery of diverse content through a local portal? And how do portals run by libraries relate to wider organizational initiatives? This edited collection seeks answers to these questions, providing the library and broader information community with an overview of how portals are currently being used. Leading edge researchers and practitioners explore the variety of ways in which the aspiration to portalize information is currently being realized and offer several views on likely future trends. The book is divided into five sections: Section 1 discusses generic aspects of portals such as questions of definition, as well as exploring the underlying technologies and overarching management issues, and the concepts of personalization and user needs analysis. Section 2 focuses on the role of information services in developing portals. Sections 3 and 4 analyse the current experience of portals within the corporate, public and academic sectors, with case studies and reviews of sector trends Section 5 offers various perspectives on the future development of the concept of the portal. Readership: This is an invaluable book for the growing numbers of information practitioners interested in developing or contributing to a portal, and those supporting users of portals. It will also be useful to students of information management seeking to increase their understanding of how the concept of the portal is being realized in the information world.Trade Review"Overall, I think this is quite an interesting book that unpicks a number of problems and issues relating to the successful institutional use of portals - especially within library systems." -- The Electronic LibraryTable of ContentsSECTION 1: CORE THEMES 1. Definitions and debates - Andrew Cox 2. Portals or filters? Identifying quality on the internet - Andrew Madden 3. Portal architectures - Tom Franklin 4. Personalization initiatives in the public and academic domains - Mark Hepworth, Steve Probets, Fadi Qutaishat and Geoff Walton 5. User needs analysis and evaluation of portals - Panayiotis Zaphiris, Aspasia Dellaporta and Dean Mohamedally 6. Managing portal services - Stephen Emmott SECTION 2: THE LIBRARY AND THE PORTAL 7. Ready to use: consumer, subject and other public portals - Ian Winship 8. Portals and university libraries - John A. MacColl 9. Library portals - Ron Davies SECTION 3: THE PORTAL IN THE CORPORATE SECTOR 10. Information at your fingertips: B2E portal as a strategic tool for today’s workforce - Ly Fie Sugianto and Dewi Rooslani Tojib 11. Enterprise information portals - Martin White SECTION 4: PORTALS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR 12. Community portals and the e-Confluence Zone: where bottom-up meets top-down - Stephen Musgrave 13. Portal implementation in UK higher education institutions: a comparative analysis - Yvonne Klein 14. MyUU: a case study of the Utrecht University portal - Peter Schelleman SECTION 5: THE FUTURE 15. The future of portals? - Balviar Notay 16. Managing web-based information in an arts and humanities research environment - Jared Bryson 17. Portals and Web 2.0 - Chris Awre

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Book SynopsisIn the 21st century, digital tools enable information to be generated faster and in greater profusion than ever before, to the point where its extent and value are literally beyond imagining. Such quantities can only be meaningfully addressed using more digital tools, and thus our relationship to information is fundamentally changed. This situation presents a particular challenge to processes of learning and teaching, and demands a response from both information professionals and educators. Enabling education in a digital environment means not only changing the form in which learning opportunities are offered, but also enabling students to survive and prosper in digitally based learning environments. This collection brings together a global community of educators, educational researchers, librarians and IT strategists, to consider how learners need to be equipped in an educational environment that is increasingly suffused with digital technology. Traditional notions of literacy need to be challenged, and new literacies, including information literacy and IT literacy, need to be considered as foundation elements for digitally involved learners. Leading international experts from the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Mexico and throughout Europe contribute to the debate, and Hannelore Rader, Librarian and Dean of the University Libraries, University of Louisville, Kentucky, provides the foreword. The book is in two parts: In Part 1, Literacies in the Digital Age, the contributors analyse how digital technologies have enabled transformative change in the ways in which learning can be constructed, and discuss the nature of the new literacies that have emerged in this new virtual and e-learning environment. In Part 2, Enabling and Supporting Digital Literacies, the contributors go on to consider the ways in which digital literacies can be made available to learners, and how these literacies are being relocated in a more student-centred environment within the broader perspective of learning. Readership: This book takes the issues raised in the successful Information and IT Literacy, also co-edited by Allan Martin, into a broader context. It is essential reading for all information professionals and educators involved in developing strategies and practices for learning in a digital age.Trade Review"The book does indeed look at literacy in a very broad context. It brings the reader up to date with what is being done to tackle the situation educators and librarians face with people at different levels of familiarity and comfort with technology we have available, including the common occurrence of learners being more au-fait with technology than their teachers." -- SHINeTable of ContentsForeword - Hannelore Rader PART 1: LITERACIES 1. Literacies for the digital age: preview of Part 1 - Allan Martin 2. Learners, learning literacy and the pedagogy of e-learning - Terry Mayes and Chris Fowler 3. Real learning in virtual environments - Johannes Cronjé 4. Digital fusion: defining the intersection of content and communications - Paul Gilster 5. Literacy and the digital knowledge revolution - Claire Bélisle 6. Understanding e-literacy - Maryann Kope 7. Information literacy – an overview - Ola Pilerot 8. Contemporary literacy – the three Es - David F. Warlick 9. Reconceptualizing media literacy for the digital age - Renee Hobbs 10. Literacy, e-literacy and multiliteracies: meeting the challenges of teaching online - Chris Sutton 11. Graduate e-literacies and employability - Denise Haywood, Jeff Haywood, and Hamish MacleodPART 2: ENABLING AND SUPPORTING DIGITAL LITERACIES 12. Supporting and enabling digital literacy in a global environment: preview of Part 2 - Dan Madigan 13. A ‘dense symphony of the nation’: Cymru Ar-Lein and e-citizens and e-communities in Wales - Stephen Griffiths 14. The impact of information competencies on socio-economic development in Southern Hemisphere economies - Jesús Lau 15. Supporting students in e-learning - Martin Jenkins 16. The information commons: a student-centred environment for IT and information literacy development - Hester Mountifield 17. Socio-cultural approaches to literacy and subject knowledge development in learning management systems - Neil Anderson 18. Approaches to enabling digital literacies: successes and failures - Alex Reid 19. Professional development and graduate students: approaches to technical and information competence - Catherine Cardwell 20. Windward in an asynchronous world: the Antiguan initiative, unanticipated pleasure of the distance learning revolution - Cornel J. Reinhart 21. A tale of two courses - Gill Needham and David Murphy

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Book SynopsisPractical guidance to ensuring that your users can access and personalise the online resources they are entitled to use with the minimum of fuss. With the rapid increase in the use of electronic resources in libraries, managing access to online information is an area many librarians struggle with. Managers of online information wish to implement policies about who can access the information and under what terms and conditions but often they need further guidance. Written by experts in the field, this practical book is the first to explain the principles behind access management, the available technologies and how they work. This includes an overview of federated access management technologies, such as Shibboleth, that have gained increasing international recognition in recent years. This book provides detailed case studies describing how access management is being implemented at organizational and national levels in the UK, USA and Europe, and gives a practical guide to the resources available to help plan, implement and operate access management in libraries. Key topics include: what is access management and why do libraries do it? electronic resources: public and not so public principles and definitions of identity and access management current access management technologies authentication technologies authorization based on physical location authorization based on user identity or affiliation federated access: history, current position and future developments internet access provided by (or in) libraries library statistics the business case for libraries. Readership: This is essential reading for all who need to understand the principles behind access management or implement a working system in their library.Trade Review"...provides an excellent, well-organized overview of the structures, protocols, and skills necessary for controlling online access to proprietary information resources. The book, including introduction, glossary, appendices, and index, is just slightly over 250 pages long and presents the topic in a logical manner with an appropriate level of detail and useful, real-world examples." -- Journal of Access Services"The combination of theoretical explanation and analysis, real-world case studies, and historical background in the form of the Lynch paper lends variety and interest to a fairly dry topic. Chapters are concise and to the point, and a glossary of terms proves helpful in navigating the myriad acronyms involved. Of some surprise is a lack of discussion of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), which is mentioned only in passing. On the whole, however, the book is exhaustive in its treatment of the subject, and it is recommended for readers who wish to better understand access and identity management and implement associated technologies in their libraries." -- Journal of Electronic Resources LibrarianshipTable of ContentsForeword - Clifford Lynch1. What is access management and why do libraries do it? Historical role of libraries in managing access to information The role of libraries in the 21st century The history of access management of online information resources The role of e-commerce in library access management The ‘birth’ of access management principles – Clifford Lynch’s white paper 2. Electronic resources: public and not so public Managing access to electronic collections How and where users may want to access e-resources What needs to be protected, and why Commercially produced resources that need to be protected Publicly available information that may also require access management Publishers and licensing issues Library management of licences Summary References 3. Principles and definitions of identity and access management Introduction Managing access? . . . or identities? . . . or both? The business relationships The processes of identity and access management Identifying the person using a resource – or not Obligations to protect personal data about users Summary References 4. Current access management technologies IP address Barcode patterns Proxy servers Shared passwords User registration with publishers Federated access Summary 5. Authentication technologies ‘Something you know, something you have, or something you are’ Authentication technologies overview Authentication by third parties Choosing an authentication system 6. Authorization based on physical location: how does the internet know where I am? Introduction Domains and domain names (How) is all this governed? IP addresses IP spoofing Benefits and problems of using IP address-based licensing Summary References 7. Authorization based on user identity or affiliation with a library: who you are? or what you do? Basing access on identity, or on affiliation with a library Role-based authorization Matching roles against licence conditions Benefits of role-based authorization Summary References 8. Federated access: history, current position and future developments Single sign-on and the origins of federated access management The development of standards Federated access in academia Future of federated access References 9. How to choose access management and identity management products and services Introduction Identity management and access management solution capabilities Establishing requirements with suppliers Asserting library requirements in a wider-scale system procurement Implementation options The range of access and identity management products Conclusion References 10. Internet access provided by (or in) libraries Introduction Wired access Wireless access Public access issues Summary References 11. Library statistics Why libraries collect electronic resource usage statistics Challenges in collecting electronic resource usage data How libraries collect usage data Concluding thoughts References 12. The business case for libraries Introduction Key benefits of quality identity management Designing an IdM project Putting together a business case Conclusion References and further reading AfterwordReferences Appendix 1: Case studies Extending access management to business and community engagement activities at Kidderminster College, UK Moving from Athens to Shibboleth at University College London, UK Online reciprocal borrowing registration for Western Australian University Libraries Library and IT collaboration: driving strategic improvements to identity and access management practices and capabilities Managing affiliated users with federated identity management at UNC-Chapel Hill, USA Tilburg University and the SURFfederatie, the Netherlands Delivering access to resources in a joint academic and public library building Single sign-on across the USMAI Consortium, USA Appendix 2: A White Paper on Authentication and Access Management Issues in Cross-organizational Use of Networked Information Resources

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Book SynopsisInformation users and usability constitute the main building blocks of today's electronic information world. This important new text is the first to give a holistic overview of all of the necessary issues relating to information users and the usability of information services in the digital world, including user-centred design, and the characteristics and behaviour of information users. This book helps readers understand why information users and the usability of information services are important and equips them to play a proper role in designing user-centred information systems and services and to properly exploit information services for the maximum benefit of users. It covers all of the major issues, the current situation and what the various research studies from around the world show. The chapters are: An introduction to information users and usability Information needs and user studies Human information behaviour studies and models Usability study basics Usability study participants Usability data analysis Web usability The usability of digital libraries Digital divide, digital natives and usability Issues and trends in usability research. Readership: The is essential reading for researchers and practitioners interested in the design and evaluation of digital information systems and services, as well as for students on library, information, and digital library courses.Trade Review"Aiming to fill a need for books on usability written for professionals who design and provide online information services, this is a clear and accessible guide to examining information needs and developing effective user studies to assess online information services. G.G. and Sudatta Chowdhury approach their topic from a library and information science perspective, giving the reader basic skills that can be used to design, conduct, analyze, and apply usability research when developing online information services. VERDICT: Highly recommended for libraries and library professionals providing resources via the Internet." -- Library Journal"Chowdhury and Chowdhury's contribution is well-rounded and informed by extensive use of the research literature (all of which is listed at the end of every chapter). Information Users… is therefore a recommended for the postgraduate student and new usability practitioner alike." -- Library Review"The comprehensive coverage of the book, both in topics and citations to key publications, and simplicity in the presentation and visualisation of the issues makes the book a great source for information science researchers, practitioners, students and lecturers who want an overall view of usability and user studies or who want to build/expand knowledge in the field of design and evaluation of digital information systems and services." -- Online Information Review"The book by Gobinda and Sudata Chowdhury is a timely and necessary text for the students and teachers in several information and web-related disciplines combining the ideas from user studies with the design and implementation of usability studies. It is quite practically oriented to giving a coherent and fundamental introduction to designing a usability study based on understanding of user needs and behaviour… The book is rich in graphic material and figures illustrating a variety of discussed features. These illustrations provide additional insight into the details of usability studies and methodology. In addition, the text that is already written in clear and readable style becomes even more instructional. The editors of the book perceive the expanding number and variety of devices used to access digital content as a challenge to usability of resources. However, I think that this textbook can serve a wider purpose as the main content is related to the lasting information behaviour models and methodology. These are also applicable to design the usability studies for a variety of devices helping to access Websites, digital libraries or e-books." -- Information Research"Ranging from theory and background summaries to practical examples and techniques, the book progresses through a series of concepts, beginning with an overview of information-seeking models, following with an outline of usability research. In ten chapters, the authors concisely capture the core concepts of usability, emphasizing throughout the role of the information users and discussing who they are, what they want, and what they need." -- The Library QuarterlyTable of Contents1. Introduction Information users Users in the web environment User studies Human information behaviour The usability and evaluation of information services So, what’s the problem? About this book Summary References 2. Information needs and user studies Introduction Information needs Analysis of information needs User studies Factors affecting information needs User study methods Qualitative vs quantitative research in user studies Methods of data collection Summary References 3. Human information behaviour studies and models Introduction Human information behaviour Information seeking and retrieval Models in human information behaviour and information seeking and retrieval Information seeking on the web Some new information seeking behaviour models Summary References 4. Usability study basics Introduction Usability How to conduct a usability study Summary References 5. Usability study participants Introduction Selection of study participants Challenges when selecting study participants Summary References 6. Usability data analysis Introduction Data types Independent vs dependent variables Nominal vs ordinal data Descriptive vs inferential statistics Parametric vs non-parametric tests Comparing means: t-tests vs ANOVA tests Correlation analysis Chi square tests Qualitative analysis Summary References 7. Web usability Introduction What are the challenges? Which method? User-centred design and accessibility issues Web usability and accessibility Usability metrics and heuristic evaluation Summary References 8. The usability of digital libraries Introduction Approaches to digital library usability studies Usability factors in digital libraries Digital library usability study models and techniques Usability studies conducted by members of the Digital Library Federation Usability studies of Europeana Digital Library MEDLIS: a digital library usability model Summary References 9. The digital divide, digital natives and usability Introduction Connotations of the digital divide Indicators of digital divide Digital divide indicators and usability The digital divide and digital natives Information skills and usability Context and the digital divide Summary References 10. Issues and trends in usability research Introduction Usability methods and techniques External factors affecting usability Emerging technologies for access to digital content Usability of e-books Emerging access and business models Social challenges: the digital divide and information skills Conclusion References

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Book SynopsisThis essential guide should be on the desk of any library and information professional, records manager, archivist or knowledge manager involved in planning and introducing an ERM system, whether in a public or private sector organization. Information professionals currently face the challenge of providing end-user education and staff training to very large and diverse groups, whilst integrating the use of ICT into their teaching. But there seems to be a tendency within the literature to focus solely on face-to-face learning or on e-learning, and this is a lost opportunity. This book offers a new blended learning approach, combining the two techniques to make best use of the advantages of each while minimizing the disadvantages. It provides information professionals with a practical guide to the design and delivery of such training programmes, illustrated with a range of library-based examples, checklists and case studies. Many organizations establish projects, sometimes using external funding, as a means of developing their education and training provision, and the book provides a practical overview of this subject in the context of blended learning. Key areas covered include: technologies in the classroom virtual communication tools integrated learning environments websites and web tools models of teaching and learning planning and designing learning activities individual and group learning coaching and mentoring engaging with communities of interest and practice managing learning and teaching projects. Readership: This unique book will be of great value to any information professionals involved in establishing and delivering end-user education and staff development, whatever their previous experience. It will also benefit staff developers in school, college and higher education, library and information students, independent consultants and trainers, and information suppliers such as database providers.Trade Review"... an excellent resource that should help educational professionals to have an insight into the blended learning world. It generally helps the readers to develop educational ideas and start up designing blended learning programmes. It plays a role as a remarkable “start-up kit” and offers practical advice for those who wish to practise blended e-learning." -- Education Technology and SocietyTable of Contents1. Introduction Introduction Teaching and training in the 21st century The rise of blended learning Structure of the book 2. Tools and technologies- an overview Introduction Technologies in the classroom Virtual communication tools Social networking software Integrated learning environments Mobile technologies 3. Models of teaching and learning Introduction Context of learning Learning styles Approaches to learning Learner-centred pedagogies Specific approaches to teaching and learning 4. Planning and designing blended learning programmes Introduction Design and development cycle Developing a blended learning experience Technical issues Copyright and other intellectual property issues Evaluation 5. Planning and designing learning activities Introduction Design principles Individual learning activities 6. Using group learning activities Introduction Group learning activities Managing large groups Managing online groups Managing diverse groups 7. Working as a tutor Introduction Principles of tutoring Working with a group E-tutoring Working with a co-tutor Managing tricky situations 8. Coaching and mentoring Introduction Principles of coaching and mentoring Coaching and e-coaching in the workplace Mentoring and e-mentoring in the workplace Developing informal and incidental learning in the workplace 9. Communities of interest and practice Introduction What are communities of interest and practice? Communities in the ILS profession and beyond Engaging with communities of interest and practice Establishing and managing a new community 10. Managing learning and teaching projects Introduction Principals of project management Gaining approval and getting going Managing the project The project management process Gaining accreditation for your programme Documenting the project Working with the project team

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Book SynopsisWith ever greater provision of resources in electronic formats, formal recognition is increasingly being given to the growing awareness within the information profession that it is a moral duty as well as a legal requirement to take every feasible step to ensure that no one is excluded from access to goods and services, including web-based information and resources. This timely book provides a practical introduction to web accessibility and usability specifically for information professionals, offering advice from a range of experts and experienced practitioners on the concerns relevant to library and information organizations. Contents include: tools used for widening access to the web Design for All - how web accessibility affects different people the importance of web accessibility accessibility advice and guidance accessibility evaluation and assessment issues for library and information services Design for All in the library and information science curriculum best practice examples of web accessibility web accessibility in the future. Although its main focus is on UK legislation and other requirements, many of the featured guidelines and recommendations are of an international nature, so are transferable to other countries. Readership: This approachable guide will enable information practitioners and students new to web accessibility to gain a good understanding of the issues involved in this vital area. The book can be used as a resource for developing staff training and awareness activities, or for developing course content. It will also be of value to website managers involved in web design and development who need to broaden a basic understanding of accessibility and usability issues.Trade Review"All managers responsible for ensuring that Web resources are accessible to users with any form of disability should have a copy of this book on their bookshelf without delay, but only after reading it." * Ariadne *"By providing useful, practical, hands on advice as to how best to proceed when designing, testing, and evaluating web sites, this text can potentially benefit both the information professional and the wider web design community, encouraging the development of the web as a “universal platform” that transcends issues of technological devices, languages, cultures and disabilities." -- Journal of Documentation"...this is a welcome addition to the canon and Librarians will find the book a useful companion to other relevant resources." -- IFLA Journal: Libraries for the Blind SectionTable of Contents1. Introduction - Jenny Craven 2. Tools used for widening access to the web - E. A. Draffan 3. Design for All – how web accessibility affects different people - Simon Ball 4. The importance of web accessibility - David Sloan 5. Accessibility advice and guidance - Julie Howell 6. Accessibility evaluation and assessment - David Sloan 7. Issues for library and information services - Peter Brophy 8. Design for All in the library and information science curriculum - Richard Eskins and Jenny Craven 9. Best practice examples of web accessibility - Jenny Craven 10. Web accessibility in the future - Brian Kelly

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Book SynopsisWeb 2.0 technologies have been seen by many information professionals as critical to the future development of library services. This has led to the use of the term Library 2.0 to denote the kind of service that is envisaged. There has been considerable debate about what Library 2.0 might encompass, but, in the context of information literacy, it can be described as the application of interactive, collaborative, and multimedia technologies to web-based library services and collections. These developments challenge librarians involved in information literacy with more complex and diverse web content, a range of exciting new tools with which to teach, and a steep learning curve to adjust to the constant change of the Web 2.0 world. This edited collection from an international team of experts provides a practically-based overview of emerging Library 2.0 tools and technologies for information literacy practitioners; addresses the impact of the adoption of these technologies on information literacy teaching; provides case study exemplars for practitioners to help inform their practice; and examines the implications of Library 2.0 for the training of information literacy professionals. Key topics include: School Library 2.0: new skills and knowledge for the future information literacy, Web 2.0 and public libraries the blog as an assessment tool using Wikipedia to eavesdrop on the scholarly conversation information literacy and RSS feeds library instruction on the go: podcasting sparking Flickrs of insight into controlled vocabularies and subject searching joining the YouTube conversation to teach information literacy going beyond Google teaching information literacy through digital games. Readership: This book will be essential reading for all library and information practitioners and policy makers with responsibility for developing and delivering information literacy programmes to their users. It will also be of great interest to students of library and information studies.Trade Review"Make it top of your reading list if you are still hesitating over whether RSS feeds, Flickr or a Wikipedia entry will be appropriate for your institution or might upset senior managers." -- MmIT Journal"Verdict: a great book to add to your collection. It certainly does "do what it says on the tin". It is easy and interesting to read through, but can be referred to as and when needed, dipping in and out with guidance from the index." -- SHINe Journal"…I would recommend this book to librarians from all sectors. The key concepts are explained thoroughly and the case studies provide good examples of practical applications of the tools." -- Journal of Information Literacy"Do you relish the opportunity to plunge in or would you prefer to wait at the edge until you are sure the water is warm enough? Reading this book may well persuade the waverers at least to try some of the approaches described; for those already in the pool it will confirm that this is an exciting place to be." -- Journal of Librarianship and Information ScienceTable of ContentsPART 1: THE BASICS 1. Introduction: making the connections - Peter Godwin 2. Library 2.0 and information literacy: the tools - Brian KellyPART 2: LIBRARY 2.0 AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR IL LEARNING 3. Educating Web 2.0 LIS students for information literacy - Sheila Webber 4. School Library 2.0: new skills, new knowledge, new futures - Judy O’Connell 5. Information literacy, Web 2.0 and public libraries: an exploration - Michelle McLeanPART 3: LIBRARY 2.0 AND IL IN PRACTICE 6. Engage or enrage: the blog as an assessment tool - Georgina Payne 7. Using Wikipedia to eavesdrop on the scholarly conversation - Anne-Marie Deitering 8. Information literacy and RSS feeds at LSE - Christopher Fryer and Jane Secker 9. Library instruction on the go: podcasting at the Kresge Library - Jennifer Zimmer and Sally Ziph 10. PennTags at the University of Pennsylvania - Laurie Allen and Marcella Barnhart 11. Sparking Flickrs of insight into controlled vocabularies and subject searching - Cameron Hoffman and Sarah Polkinghorne 12. Joining the YouTube conversation to teach information literacy - Susan Ariew 13. Going Beyond Google at The Open University - Jo Parker 14. Using Web 2.0 to enhance the Staffordshire University Assignment Survival Kit (ASK) - Julie Adams, Alison Pope and Geoff WaltonPART 4: THE FUTURE 15. Teaching information literacy through digital games - John Kirriemuir 16. Conclusion - Peter Godwin

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Book SynopsisThis book celebrates and acknowledges the contribution Professor Peter Brophy has made over a career spanning 37 years to the field of library and information studies. Whilst reflecting on his work, it is forward looking and challenging, and offers strategies for the future direction of library and information services in the virtual era. Following an introduction and tribute to Peter on his retirement, the text is contributed by an international team of acknowledged leaders in their fields, and focuses on four key themes that have preoccupied Peter during his career and that remain of pre-eminent importance for the future of the profession: libraries, learning and distance learning widening access to information changing directions of information delivery performance, quality and leadership. The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliography of Peter's work. Readership: This timely book addresses issues and concerns transferable across different areas of the information sector, including academic, public and special libraries, and will be stimulating reading for anyone working, studying, or teaching within the profession.Trade Review"I would recommend this book not only as a worthy tribute to a prominent figure, but also one that may serve as excellent teaching material in some modern library and information science courses and also as a useful text for professional librarians providing exemples of best practice, introducing useful technological tools for library management and work, and depicting some interesting cases from practice in public and academic libraries." -- Information Research"The book is suitable for those studying, researching and working within the profession, with applicability across different sectors. It is well-written, easy to read and well structured with a comprehensive index.""This festschrift includes some serious writing from some significant names in the profession. Most readers will find something of interest and many will find something new." -- UpdateTable of ContentsIntroduction - Alan F. MacDougall 1. The Library Research Unit at the University of Lancaster, 1967–1972: a memoir - Michael Buckland THEME 1: LIBRARIES, LEARNING AND DISTANCE LEARNING 2. Alice in www.land: reflections on ten years of developing library services for distance learners - Gill Needham and Nicky Whitsed 3. Putting the ‘e’ into libraries and learning: study, pedagogy, content and services in the digital age - David BakerTHEME 2: WIDENING ACCESS TO INFORMATION 4. Library services for visually impaired people: a UK perspective - Jenny Craven 5. Public libraries, an enduring freedom: widening access to learning, information and culture - John Dolan 6. Sceptic 2.0? Social networking technologies in public libraries - Juliet Eve THEME 3: CHANGING DIRECTIONS OF INFORMATION DELIVERY 7. Institutional repositories in tertiary institutions: access, delivery and performance - Rowena Cullen and Brenda Chawner 8. Folksonomies to ontologies: the changing nature of controlled vocabularies - Richard J. Hartley THEME 4: PERFORMANCE, QUALITY AND LEADERSHIP 9. An evaluation decision-making system: development and implementation of a web-based evaluation learning and instructional tool - Charles R. McClure and John T. Snead 10. Measuring the quality of academic library electronic services and resources - Jillian R Griffiths 11. Influential leadership for academic libraries - Jennifer Rowley and Sue Roberts 12. Peter Brophy: a selected bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis easy-to-use book is an invaluable source of inspiration for any librarian involved in teaching information literacy, providing practical guidance on tried and tested ideas and techniques for sessions. The role of the librarian increasingly involves delivering information literacy using a range of teaching methods, from delivering induction sessions to informal one-to-one support on a day-to-day basis. Although this is increasingly recognized, many practitioners do not have teaching qualifications and are often left to fulfil a role for which they feel ill-equipped. Even when they do have teaching qualifications, these are often gained from mainstream courses that do not always adequately address the delivery of information literacy. This book is a much-needed sourcebook to support library staff in the delivery of information literacy teaching, whether they are new to teaching or experienced but in search of fresh ideas. Full of hints and tips grounded in learning theory, it is a practical reference tool designed to be dipped into as needed when planning teaching and training. Where applicable the activities are mapped to models of information literacy, with guidance on adapting ideas for different levels and contexts. Advice is given on activities in the following areas: designing sessions preparing sessions delivering sessions different types of sessions teaching by topic creating teaching / support materials assessing learning evaluating teaching sessions e-learning. Readership: Any librarian involved with teaching information literacy and LIS students.Trade ReviewWhilst acknowledging the proliferation of existing and emerging books or chapters about information literacy, British co-authors Blanchett, Powis and Webb have deliberately set out to publish a different kind of compilation, specifically ‘a series of hints and tips, together with some best practice guidelines’. They have succeeded in this, acknowledging input from many colleagues based at De Montfort and Northamption universities, JISC Netskills and elsewhere...All told, this is a great collection for advancing librarians’ teaching repertoires. Its utility is strengthened by both the brevity of individual entries and the span of practical issues covered. -- Australian Library JournalThis new book from Facet“does what it says on the tin”. For those involved in teaching information literacy it provides a great introduction to teaching and learning, and how to apply both of these in an Information Literacy setting...this is a book that can be ‘dipped into’ if you are ever stuck for ideas for an Information Literacy/Study Skills teaching session. It gives you the pedagogic theory to back up the teaching delivery and activities, a range of delivery types to suit both beginners and experienced trainers, and a wide range of activities designed to encourage learning in differing learner groups. -- Managing InformationThis text will serve as a great resource for instructors looking for inspiration. Whether it's just a small tweak or a complete reimagining, A Guide to Teaching Information Literacy offers some interesting and creative suggestions for improving instructional practice. -- PartnershipTable of ContentsPlanning 1. A framework for designing and delivering teaching and learning 2. Information literacy and standards 3. Training Needs Analysis (TNA) 4. Learner analysis 5. Pre-session audit 6. Learning styles 7. Facilitating learning 8. Aims 9. Learning outcomes 10. Assessment 11. Reflection 12. Evaluation 13. Social learning 14. Lesson planning 15. Storyboards Delivery 16. Body language 17. Collaboration 18. Computer labs 19. Cultural relevance 20. Demonstrations 21. Discipline 22. Dominant participants 23. Feedback to learners 24. Handouts 25. Inclusion 26. Interruptions 27. Jokes and humour 28. Latecomers 29. Managing groups 30. Managing questions 31. Managing sessions – overview 32. Managing sessions – the start 33. Managing sessions – the end 34. Marking 35. Mixed abilities 36. Motivation 37. Multisensory approaches 38. Nerves 39. One-to-one teaching/coaching 40. Peer observation 41. PowerPoint 42. Practical preparation 43. Presenting and performing 44. Questions 45. Room layout 46. Teaching assistants 47. Team teaching 48. Technical problems 49. Timing 50. Unresponsive participants Activities 51. Action learning 52. Amplifying your teaching 53. Audio feedback 54. Bibliographies 55. Blogs 56. Brainstorming 57. Building blocks 58. Buzz groups 59. Card sorting 60. Case studies 61. Cephalonian method 62. Checklists 63. Design briefs 64. Discussions 65. Dividing the dots 66. Drawing the line 67. Fear cards 68. Future scenarios 69. Games 70. Goldfish bowl 71. Guided tours 72. Hands-on workshops 73. Ice-breakers 74. Interviewing 75. Jigsaws 76. Lectures 77. Mind maps 78. Multiple-choice questions 79. Peer assessment 80. Podcasts 81. Portfolios 82. Poster tours 83. Presentations by learners 84. Problem-based learning (PBL) 85. Pub quizzes 86. Questionnaires 87. Quizzes 88. Self-assessment 89. Self-guided tours 90. Social bookmarking 91. Stop, Start, Continue feedback 92. Storytelling 93. Technology-enhanced learning (TEL) 94. Treasure hunt 95. Video 96. Virtual learning environments (VLEs) (or learning management systems, LMSs) 97. Visiting lecturers/guest speakers 98. Voting systems 99. WebQuests 100. Wikis 101. Worksheets

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Book SynopsisIf the vision for the future of digital information is order, ease of access, discoverable resources and sustainable business models, how might this be achieved? In an information environment shaped by an ever growing and persistent demand for more and more digital content from every direction, it has become increasingly important that publishers, libraries and information professionals understand the challenges and opportunities of the Google environment. This book addresses these issues and carves out a strategy for the future of digital information. Put together by an international, cross-sectoral team of contributors, each authored chapter provides a snapshot of where we are now and considers how the barriers to success might be overcome and what the digital information environment might look like if these issues are – or indeed are not – addressed. They include: digital information: an overview of the landscape scholarly communications: the view from the library scholarly communications: the publisher’s view e-books and scholarly communication futures digitizing the past: next steps for public sector digitization resource discovery who owns the content in the digital environment? Readership: This book is essential reading for all library and information professionals as well as for researchers and library students. The book will also be of interest to publishers wishing to reconcile their own digital strategies with those of both information consumers and providers.Trade Review"A very good book indeed, examining and keeping up-to-date with the developments in the philosophical, moral, economic and technical debates in the print vs digital world." -- MmIT Journal"...a timely volume...an easy to read and interesting publication." -- Australian Academic & Research LibrariesTable of Contents1. Introduction: digital information, an overview of the landscape - Lorraine Estelle and Hazel Woodward 2. Scholarly communications: the view from the library - Rick Anderson 3. Scholarly communications: the publisher’s view - Ian Russell 4. E-books and scholarly communication futures - Colin Steele 5 Digitizing the past: next steps for public sector digitization - Alastair Dunning 6. Resource discovery - Graham Stone 7. Who owns the content in the digital environment? - Wilma Mossink and Lorraine Estelle

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