Library and information sciences Books
HarperCollins Publishers The Information
Book SynopsisWinner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2012, the world's leading prize for popular science writing.Trade Review‘An audacious book which offers remarkable insight. Gleick takes us, with verve and fizz, on a journey from African drums to computers, liberally sprinkling delightful factoids along the way. This is a book we need to give us a fresh perspective on how we communicate and how that shapes our world.’ The Royal Society Winton Prize Judges ‘Mind-stretching but enlightening … the power and breadth of the ideas involved cannot but make you marvel.’ Daily Mail ‘Magisterial…It is not merely a history of information, but also a theory and a prospectus. To describe it as ambitious is to engage in almost comical understatement.’ Matthew Syed, The Times ‘A deeply impressive and rather beautiful book.’ Philip Ball, Observer ‘The fascinating story of how humans have transmitted knowledge…broad and occasionally brilliant.’ Sunday Times ‘This is a work of rare penetration, a true history of ideas whose witty and determined treatment of its material brings clarity to a complex subject.’ Tim Martin, Daily Telegraph
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Taschen GmbH Massimo Listri. The World’s Most Beautiful
Book SynopsisFrom the mighty halls of ancient Alexandria to the coffered ceilings of the Morgan Library in New York, human beings have had a long, enraptured relationship with libraries. Like no other concept and like no other space, the collection of knowledge, learning, and imagination offers a sense of infinite possibility. It’s the unrivaled realm of discovery, where every faded manuscript or mighty clothbound tome might reveal a provocative new idea, a far-flung fantasy, an ancient belief, a religious conviction, or a whole new way of being in the world.In this new photographic journey, Massimo Listri travels to some of the oldest and finest libraries to reveal their architectural, historical, and imaginative wonder. Through great wooden doors, up spiraling staircases, and along exquisite, shelf-lined corridors, he leads us through outstanding private, public, educational, and monastic libraries, dating as far back as 766. Between them, these medieval, classical, baroque, rococo, and 19th-century institutions hold some of the most precious records of human thought and deed, inscribed and printed in manuscripts, volumes, papyrus scrolls, and incunabula. In each, Listri’s poised images capture the library’s unique atmosphere, as much as their most prized holdings and design details.Featured libraries include the papal collections of the Vatican Apostolic Library and the Trinity College Library, home to the Book of Kells and Book of Durrow. With meticulous descriptions accompanying each featured library, we learn not only of the libraries’ astonishing holdings—from which highlights are illustrated—but also of their often lively, turbulent, or controversial pasts. Like the Franciscan monastery in Lima, Peru, with its horde of archival Inquisition documents.At once a bibliophile beauty pageant, an ode to knowledge, and an evocation of the particular magic of print, this compact edition of our best-selling XXL-title is above all a cultural-historical pilgrimage to the heart of our halls of learning, to the stories they tell, as much as those they gather in printed matter along polished shelves.Trade Review“An immersive volume that showcases the finest reading-rooms from around the globe.” * Harper’s Bazaar *“Prepare to be transported to heaven on earth.” * BBC *“Listri’s meticulous attention to minutiae and details is exquisite. One can practically smell the dust on these ancient books.” * Artology *
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Facet Publishing Engaging your Community through Active Strategic
Book SynopsisNow more than ever, libraries must find ways to engage with their communities in order to demonstrate the value they create and deliver. Engaging your Community through Active Strategic Marketing is a comprehensive resource that provides an overview of best practice strategic marketing, with advice on how to implement effective marketing activities in libraries and information services with the best chance of success. It takes each element of the strategic marketing domain and outlines both current marketing best practice and its detailed application in the library and information sector. It includes a set of tools and techniques to help reflection and progress towards effective marketing.Whether it is raising awareness of resources, increasing library use or demonstrating value, this book will help libraries from all sectors achieve their goals, communicate their benefits and present a clear and consistent image.Table of ContentsEngaging your Community through Active Strategic Marketing
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Oro Editions Reimagining the Library of the Future: Public
Book SynopsisThe study Reimagining the Library of the Future investigates the various models of public buildings and civic space through the lens of the library. It takes a critical look at the history, present, and future transformation of this significant building typology that has recently emerged as a redefined community place, social condenser, and urban incubator for knowledge generation, storage, and sharing. In particular, the library has evolved as a vibrant and vital member of community development and as a basis for outreach efforts. This book presents 40 recent public and academic libraries from around the world, with over 200 images. As the survey of precedents shows, the historical cases have informed the design of the recent libraries and the continuous development of the building type over time. Well-designed libraries are now in abundance, and the wider view of this study includes médiathèque and learning centres. The selection of contemporary projects focuses on urban libraries in Europe (Germany, Italy, Austria, Netherlands), the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Japan, and China.Trade Review"Taking at a critical stance at the history, present, and future transformation of this significant building typology, the 220-page book looks at 40 recent public and academic libraries from around the world." - World Architecture Community"The primary objective… is to investigate the various models of public library buildings and explore the continuous evolution of library design." - Public Library Quarterly
£18.66
Facet Publishing Managing Records: A Handbook of Principles and
Book SynopsisMany organizations do not yet have a formal programme of records management, but increasingly they are recognizing the benefits of well managed records and the serious consequences of inadequate records systems. Establishing records management and maintaining an effective programme requires specialist expertise. This essential manual of practice provides a detailed guide to the concepts, skills and techniques of records management for organizational staff who have a responsibility for setting up, maintaining or restructuring a records management programme. It offers invaluable advice on the management of records in both electronic and traditional paper media, and focuses on the following areas: understanding records management analysing the context for records management classifying records and documenting their context creating and capturing records; managing appraisal, retention and disposition maintaining records and assuring their integrity providing access implementing records management. The appendices provide a wealth of additional information including a list of standards for records management, an annotated bibliography and sources of further information, and details of professional and advisory bodies. Readership: This much needed manual is an indispensable purchase for organizations wishing to introduce better practices for managing their records. The book is intended to be of value to experienced records managers as well as LIS practitioners and newcomers to the field. It should be on the desk of every manager and every information professional with responsibility for records management.Trade Review"Exactly as the title implies, this is an incredibly detailed volume about the practice of managing records within an organisation." -- Managing Information"I believe this is one of the best records management textbooks to appear in a very long time." -- Journal of the Society of ArchivistsTable of Contents1. Understanding records management 2. Analysing the context for records management 3. Classifying records and documenting their context 4. Creating and capturing records 5. Managing appraisal, retention and disposition 6. Maintaining records and assuring their integrity 7. Providing access 8. Implementing records management: practical and managerial issues 9. Conclusion Appendix A. Bibliography and sources of further information Appendix B. Select list of national and international standards Appendix C. Professional organizations for records managers in English-speaking countries.
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Bodleian Library A Library Miscellany
Book SynopsisWhat can be found in the Vatican’s Secret Archive? How many books did Charles Darwin’s library aboard the Beagle hold? Which library is home to a colony of bats? Bursting with potted histories, quirky facts and enlightening lists, this book explores every aspect of the library, celebrating not only these remarkable institutions but also the individuals behind their awe-inspiring collections. From the ancient library at Alexandria to the Library of Congress in Washington DC, A Library Miscellany explores institutions both old and new, from the university library to that of the humble village. It opens the door to unusual collections such as herbaria, art libraries, magic libraries and even the library of smells, and charts the difficulties of cataloguing books deemed to be subversive, heretical, libellous or obscene. Packed with unusual facts and statistics, this is the perfect volume for library enthusiasts, bibliophiles and readers everywhere.Trade Review'The only thing more fun than reading this book would have been compiling it. It's a total delight.' * Daily News *'There is so much detail and information packed into this little book. it may be diminutive in size but it holds a wealth of information. … I thoroughly enjoyed it.' * lindasbookbag.com blog *"This lovely little volume, "A Library Miscellany", explores all sorts of library trivia about libraries all over the world, past, present, future … Every page holds engagingly written facts and anecdotes interesting, curious, or even startling, and you'll find yourself absorbed in disovery as you wander from one entry to another. It is like browsing a little mini-library in itself.' * Manhattan Book Review *
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Facet Publishing The AI and Data Revolution
Book SynopsisGrounded in theory, this book uses real-life case studies to illustrate how the collection, manipulation and application of data are reshaping businesses. It explains what this means for your organisation and strategies for staying ahead of this data and AI revolution.
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University of Arkansas Press Remote Access: Small Public Libraries in Arkansas
Book SynopsisWith their cameras and notebooks in hand, photographers Sabine Schmidt and Don House embarked on an ambitious project to document the libraries committed to serving Arkansas’s smallest communities. Remote Access is the culmination of this fascinating three-year effort, which took the artists to every region of their home state. Schmidt’s carefully constructed color images of libraries and the communities they serve and House’s rich black-and-white portraits of library patrons and staff shine alongside the authors’ observational essays about their experiences. The pages here come alive with a deep connection to Arkansas’s history and culture as we accompany the authors on visits to a section of the Trail of Tears near Parkin, to the site of the tragic 1959 fire at the Arkansas Negro Boys’ Industrial School in Wrightsville, and to Maya Angelou's childhood school in Stamps, among many other significant destinations. Through this testament to the essential role of libraries in the twenty-first century, Schmidt and House have created a clear-eyed portrait of modern rural life, delving into issues of race, politics, gender, and isolation as they document the remarkable hard work and generosity put forth in community efforts to sustain local libraries.Table of Contents Series Editor's Preface PREFACE: A Word About Librarians INTRODUCTION: Walking to Fayetteville: One True Photograph • ROBERT COCHRAN PROLOGUE: The Guidance of Strangers • SABINE SCHMIDT 1. St. Paul Public Library: St. Paul, Madison County 2. Greenland Public Library: Greenland, Washington County 3. West Fork Municipal Library: West Fork, Washington County 4. Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library: Eureka Springs, Carroll County 5. Twin Groves Branch Library: Twin Groves, Faulkner County 6. Calhoun County Library: Hampton, Calhoun County 7. Smackover Public Library: Smackover, Union County 8. Kingston Community Library: Kingston, Madison County 9. Cotton Plant Branch Library: Cotton Plant, Woodruff County 10. McCrory Branch Library: McCrory, Woodruff County 11. Marked Tree Public Library: Marked Tree, Poinsett County 12. Cabe Memorial Public Library: Stamps, Lafayette County 13. Tollette Branch Library: Tollette, Howard County 14. Horatio-Garner Memorial Library: Horatio, Sevier County 15. Norman Library: Norman, Montgomery County 16. Millie M. Brooks Library: Wrightsville, Pulaski County 17. Driftwood Library: Lynn, Lawrence County 18. Parkin Branch Library: Parkin, Cross County 19. Ashley County Library: Hamburg, Ashley County 20. Conway County Library Bookmobile: Morrilton, Conway County 21. Charleston Public Library: Charleston, Franklin County EPILOGUE: The Kindness of Strangers • DON HOUSE Acknowledgments APPENDIX A: People and Places Photographed APPENDIX B: Technical Details
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Pachamama Tales: Folklore from Argentina,
Book SynopsisA bilingual collection of enchanting folk tales from the peoples of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay, and Paraguay, accompanied by historical and geographical background as well as color photographs. Containing numerous tales that have never before appeared in an English-language children's story collection, this book presents many of author Paula Martín's favorite stories from her many years of experience in storytelling around the world and particularly in South America. It stands as a unique folklore and storytelling resource that will give readers a better understanding of life and culture in the southern part of South America. Readers of all ages will delight in entertaining stories about animals, plants and trees, musical instruments, lost places, fantastic creatures, and witches and devils. This collection also includes never-ending tales, sky stories, and folk tales about fools. The book provides related cultural information about the lands where these stories originated as well as the people who tell these tales, traditional games of South America, and recipes for regional food items that can go hand in hand with the stories.Trade ReviewA generous, bilingual array of stories about animals, fools, lost places, musical instruments, scary or fantastic creatures, plants and trees, and the sky, ending with a selection of looping, recursive 'Endless Tales' designed to drive wakeful children off to sleep. Excellent glossary, bibliography, and notes. * Storytelling Magazine *Table of ContentsCONTENTS Preface Introduction: Pachamama—A Thank You Part 1: Southern South America The Lands from Which These Stories Come The People Who Tell These Tales Traditional Children's Games Regional Recipes Part 2: Folktales of Southern South America Cuentos de animales / Animal Stories Leyendas de instrumentos musicales / Stories of Musical Instruments Cuentos de zonzos / Fool Stories Monstruos, brujas, diablos y otras criaturas espantosas / Monsters, Witches, Devils and Other Scary Creatures Lugares Perdidos / Lost Places Cuentos de plantas y árboles / Plant and Tree Stories Cuentos del Cielo / Sky Stories Cuentos con criaturas fantásticas / Tales of Fantastic Creatures Cuentos de nunca acabar / Endless Tales Glossary Tale Notes Index
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Facet Publishing Practical Digital Preservation: A How-to Guide
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. Making the case for digital preservation 2. Understanding your requirements 3. Models for implementing a digital preservation service 4. Selecting and acquiring digital objects 5. Accessioning and ingesting digital objects 6. Describing digital objects 7.Preserving digital objects 8. Providing access to users 9. Future trends.
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Facet Publishing Foundations of Library and Information Science
Book SynopsisForeword by Camila A. Alire In the fifth edition of this classic textbook, Richard E Rubin and new co-author Rachel G. Rubin provide a foundational text for LIS students and professionals while taking into account the numerous societal, technological, political, and economic changes affecting library and information institutions, their users and the discipline as a whole. Foundations of Library and Information Science effectively prepares LIS students and professionals for an increasingly nuanced set of responsibilities. The new edition explores: - the history and mission of libraries from past to present, including the history of service to African Americans; - critical contemporary social issues such as services to marginalised communities, tribal libraries, and immigrants; - the rise of e-government and the crucial role of political advocacy; - digital devices, social networking, digital publishing, e-books, virtual reality, and other technology; - forces shaping the future of libraries, including Future Ready libraries, and sustainability as a core value of librarianship; - the values and ethics of the profession, with new coverage of civic engagement, combatting fake news, the importance of social justice, and the role of critical librarianship; - knowledge infrastructure and organization, including Resource Description and Access (RDA), linked data, and the Library Research Model; - the significance of the digital divide and policy issues related to broadband access and net neutrality; - intellectual freedom, legal issues, and copyright-related topics; - contemporary issues in LIS education such as the ongoing tensions between information science and library science; and • the changing character of collections and services including the role of digital libraries, preservation, and the digital humanities. This book is an essential resource for both aspiring library and information science practitioners and those already established in the field. It will also be of interest to students of other information sciences, including information and knowledge management, librarianship, publishing and museum studies. Trade Review'This is a very impressive contribution to the LIS literature; in many ways it puts a useful boundary around the entire field... For students qualifying and qualified, for practitioners, teachers and researchers, this book is a stimulating, informative and reassuring companion. Thoroughly recommended.' -- Ian McCallum * Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association *Table of ContentsList of FiguresForeword by Camila AlirePrefaceAcknowledgments The Knowledge Infrastructure From Past to Present: The History and Mission of Libraries The Library as an Institution: An Organisational Perspective Transforming the Library: The Impact and Implications of Technology Library and Information Science: An Evolving Profession The Organisation of Knowledge: Techniques and Issues Information Science: A Service Perspective Information Policy: Stakeholders and Agendas Intellectual Freedom The Values and Ethics of Library and Information Science AppendixesA. Major Library and Information Science Associations and List of Additional AssociationsB. List of ALA-Accredited ProgramsC. Standards for Accreditation of Master’s Programs in Library and Information StudiesD. IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto 1994.About the AuthorsIndex
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McFarland & Co Inc The Faithful Librarian
Book Synopsis What do Christianity and librarianship have in common? Netherlands Prime Minister and theologian Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) was among the first in the modern era to attempt to rejoin the dichotomy of sacred vs. secular study when he said, no single piece of our mental world is to be hermetically sealed off from the rest. Over the years a number of publications have followed Kuyper''s lead yet little has been written on the subject since Greg A. Smith''s notable Christian Librarianship (2002). Building on Smith''s work, this volume seeks to bridge the sacred/secular divide with an exploration of how Christianity and the gospel are manifested through the profession of librarianship.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc This Book Is Overdue
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Emerald Publishing Limited Advances in Librarianship
Book SynopsisAn essential reference source for developments in the field of libraries and library science. The text is intended for use by professional librarians and information scientists and includes chapters on document delivery, co-operative cataloguing and strategic quality management in libraries.Table of ContentsJ. Wessling, Document Delivery: A Primary Service for the Nineties. C.A. Mandel, Cooperative Cataloging: Models, Issues, Prospects. P.B. Culkin, The MARC Format: Private Road or Public Highway? D.E. Riggs, Strategic Quality Management in Libraries. K. Horny, Digital Technology: Implications for Library Planning. R. Silverman and R. Speiser, Buying Publishers' Trade Paperbacks versus Hardbacks: A Preventive Conservation Strategy for Research Libraries. C.D. Hurt, The Future of Library Science in Higher Education: A Crossroads for Library Science and Librarianship. R.M. Grau and M. A. Gonzalo, The European Communities: Reference Works and Documentary Sources of the Spanish Parliament. References. Bibliography. Index.
£103.99
Emerald Publishing Limited Advances in Librarianship
Book SynopsisAn essential reference source for developments in the field of libraries and library science. All areas of public, college, university, primary and secondary schools, and special libraries are given up-to-date, critical analysis by experts engaged in the practice of librarianship, in teaching, and in research.Trade Review"The essays are all well-written, scholarly, and very readable... Extensive bibliographies conclude each section and provide readers with excellent citations for furthering their reading. This work should appeal to librarians in libraries at many different professional levels. It is a credit to the continuing series." --AMERICAN REFERENCE BOOKS ANNUAL "Advances in Librarianship is one of the few places in library literature where one finds literate, comprehensive, and brief overviews of advances in the field... Like the previous volumes, this volume presents papers high in the quality of scholarship and writing. It is simply the best source of overviews of what is going on in the field. As such, it would be an excellent buy for any library staffed by librarians who wish to keep abreast of advances." --COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES "This series examines a wide assortment of topics, and... has included a substantial number of individual essays of lasting value. The standardized approach used in this volume provides strength, unity, and a sense that the contributions have some permanent value." --JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP "As with earlier volumes, this volumes includes a number of varied contributions reflecting a wide range of interests in librarianship." --FID NEWS BULLETINTable of ContentsT.K. Huwe, Information Specialists and the Cooperative Workplace: Challenges and Opportunities. J.S. Rutstein, A.L. DeMiller, and E. Fuseler, Ownership versus Access: Shifting Perspectives for Libraries. W.G. Potter, Access to Electronic Information: Exploring the Options. N.D. Stevens, Research Libraries--Past, Present, and Future. B.A. Norgard, M.G. Berger, M. Buckland, and C. Plaunt, The Online Catalog: From Technical Services to Access Service. M. Sasse and B.J. Winkler, Electronic Journals: A Formidable Challenge for Libraries. T. de Leon Clarke and E.U. Clawson, Output Measures for Evaluating the Performance of Community College Learning Resources Programs: A California Case Study. H. Clausen, New Patterns for Scholarly and Business Communication in Denmark. N.R. John, The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and the United States: What Happens Next? Subject Index.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Advances in Librarianship
Book SynopsisPresents a reference source for developments in the field of libraries and library science. This book also contains analysis of areas of public, college, university, primary and secondary schools, and special libraries, by experts engaged in the practice of librarianship, in teaching, and in research.Table of ContentsDifferent Perspectives on Libraries and Librarianship. Evolving Spaces: An Architects Perspective on Libraries. Excellent Libraries: a Quality Assurance Perspective. The Civic Library: A Model for Twenty-first Century Participation. Libraries and Learning. The Evolving Relationships between Libraries and Scholarly Publishers: Metrics and Models. The U.S. Government and E-Government: Two Steps Forward, One Step Backwards? Information Seekers Perspectives of Libraries and Librarians. Competition or Convergence? Library and Information Science Education at a Critical Crossroad.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Advances in Librarianship
Book SynopsisFeatures chapters grouped into sections which reflect themes in librarianship: tracing issues in communication: relevance and freedom of expression; focusing on library services and resources; tailoring services to different user groups; and educating the profession for the future. This book offers a view of advances in librarianship.Table of ContentsTracing Issues in Communication: Relevance and Freedom of Expression Relevance: A Review of the Literature and a Framework for Thinking on the Notion in Information Science. Part II (Saracevic); Intellectual Freedom in Libraries: Then and Now (Cohen and Minow); Focusing on Library Services and Resources Reference ServiceFrom Certainty to Uncertainty (Rettig); Progress in Health Sciences Librarianship: 1970-2005 (Cogdill); Oral History: Prospects and a Retrospective (Fogerty); Library Buildings at the Threshold of Change (Jones); Tailoring Services to Different User Groups The Burden of Being Special: Adding Clarity about Communicating to Researching and Servicing Users, Special and Otherwise (Dervin, Reinhard, and Kerr); Progress in School Library Media Programs: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Now? And Where Are We Going? (McCarthy); The Undergraduate Library and Its Librarians in the Large Research University: Responding to Change to Remain Vital and Relevant (Lucas) Educating the Profession for the Future Library Professionals for the 21st Century Academy (Barlow and Aversa); The CLIR Fellowship and Academic Librarianship, or Frodo Meets Google (Rentfrow); Quality Assurance in Library and Information Science (LIS) Schools: Major Trends and Issues (Tammaro).
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Emerald Publishing Limited Understanding Reference Transactions
Book SynopsisThe goal of this book is to improve reference service in libraries and information centers, by improving the accuracy of answering capabilities. It provides a detailed analysis of the question-answering process and methods of evaluating the completeness, usefulness, user satisfaction, and accuracy of the information provided.Trade Review"...an important addition to the literature examining reference services in general and to the study of the reference transactions process in particular... The monograph's usefulness is enhanced by the clear overview of earlier assessments of reference transactions and services. The book also summarizes the many challenges that still exist in conducting reliable research in this problematic area... this volume is a positive contribution to our understanding of the reference transaction process, the challenges of observing and evaluating these processes, and the importance of continuing research in this are... Recommended reading for all reference service practitioners and researchers, both for the readily available insights as well as a valuable addition to those interested in further evaluation and research in the area." -JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP "This is an excellent reference resource. The instruments featured in the appendix are particularly useful in measuring patron satisfaction. Variable data, also part of the appendix, is a great tool for predicting individual library reference request outcomes and can be used to improve or maintain the delivery of quality service." DOODY'STable of ContentsThe Multilevel Nature of Reference Service Defining and Modeling Reference Service Evaluating and Measuring Reference Service Multilevel Modeling and Reference Service Evaluation Data Analysis and Findings Conclusions and Implications Systems Analysis of the Reference Process Appendices: Instruments, Descriptive Statistics, Correlation Matrices, Dependent and Independent Variables Used in the Study Bibliography Index
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Elsevier Science Research Data Management and Data Literacies
Book SynopsisTrade Review"I particularly liked Koltay’s discussion of the data librarianship role and the differences between data and information (pp. 154-155). Starting from that point might inspire you to then delve into the theoretical discussions of those concepts in earlier chapters.... It might be useful for readers to note that this book is an extension of Koltay’s previous book Research 2.0 and the future of information literacy (2016), which addressed the types of literacies relevant to researchers, particularly information literacy. While Research data management and data literacies takes this one step further into data management, it continues the theme that librarians should be involved in supporting and educating researchers." --Mary Coe, JALIATable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Open data, research data 3. The age of new literacies 4. Data literacy 5. Research Data Management 6. Data quality, the essential "ingredient" 7. Data librarians and data scientists 8. The educational background 9. Some educational programs and curricula
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The University of Chicago Press Handbook for Science Public Information Officers
Book SynopsisWhether sharing a spectacular shot from a deep-space probe, announcing a development in genetic engineering, or crafting an easy-to-reference list of cancer risk factors, science public information officers, or PIOs, serve as scientific liaisons, connecting academic, nonprofit, government, and other research organizations with the public. And as traditional media outlets cut back on their science coverage, PIOs are becoming a vital source for science news. W. Matthew Shipman's Handbook for Science Public Information Officers covers all aspects of communication strategy and tactics for members of this growing specialty. It includes how to pitch a story, how to train researchers to navigate interviews, how to use social media effectively, and how to respond to a crisis. The handbook offers a wealth of practical advice while teaching science PIOs how to think critically about what they do and how they do it, so that they will be prepared to take advantage of any situation, rather than be
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The University of Chicago Press Handbook for Science Public Information Officers
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The University of Chicago Press Past Imperfect Essays on History Libraries and
Book SynopsisLawrence W. Towner was head of one of the country's largest independent research libraries. He was also an eloquent spokesman for the needs of scholars and institutions in the humanities. While at the Newberry Library, he built and focused its prestigious collections, pioneered in the preservation of books, and created major research centers. His efforts established the library as a community of scholars while encouraging its use by students and the general public. Towner's essays and talks cover a broad range of topics of continuing relevance to scholarship and the humanities. His writings gathered in Past Imperfect are concerned with such issues as the role of independent research libraries and the politics of funding. A section of historical essays on the common people of New England reveal his concern with neglected fields of history, a theme that guided his career as a librarian. Spanning the range of his experience and expertise, this volume expresses Towner's coherent vision of
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MIT Press Ltd Writing the Revolution Wikipedia and the Survival
Book SynopsisA close reading of Wikipedia’s article on the Egyptian Revolution reveals the complexity inherent in establishing the facts of events as they occur and are relayed to audiences near and far.Wikipedia bills itself as an encyclopedia built on neutrality, authority, and crowd-sourced consensus. Platforms like Google and digital assistants like Siri distribute Wikipedia’s facts widely, further burnishing its veneer of impartiality. But as Heather Ford demonstrates in Writing the Revolution, the facts that appear on Wikipedia are often the result of protracted power struggles over how data are created and used, how history is written and by whom, and the very definition of facts in a digital age. In Writing the Revolution, Ford looks critically at how the Wikipedia article about the 2011 Egyptian Revolution evolved over the course of a decade, both shaping and being shaped by the Revolution as it happened. When data are published in real
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MIT Press Ltd The Discipline of Organizing
Book SynopsisA framework for the theory and practice of organizing that integrates the concepts and methods of information organization and information retrieval.Organizing is such a common activity that we often do it without thinking much about it. In our daily lives we organize physical things—books on shelves, cutlery in kitchen drawers—and digital things—Web pages, MP3 files, scientific datasets. Millions of people create and browse Web sites, blog, tag, tweet, and upload and download content of all media types without thinking “I''m organizing now” or “I''m retrieving now.”This book offers a framework for the theory and practice of organizing that integrates information organization (IO) and information retrieval (IR), bridging the disciplinary chasms between Library and Information Science and Computer Science, each of which views and teaches IO and IR as separate topics and in substantially different ways. It introduces the unifying
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MIT Press Ltd Distant Viewing
Book SynopsisA new theory and methodology for the application of computer vision methods to the computational analysis of collected, digitized visual materials, called ?distant viewing.?Distant Viewing: Computational Exploration of Digital Images presents a new theory and methodology for the computational analysis of digital images, offering a lively, constructive critique of computer vision that you can actually use. What does it mean to say that computer vision ?understands? visual inputs? Annotations never capture a whole image. The way digital images convey information requires what researchers Taylor Arnold and Lauren Tilton call ?distant viewing??a play on the well-known term ?distant reading? from computational literary analysis.Recognizing computer vision?s limitations, Arnold and Tilton?s spirited examination makes the technical exciting by applying distant viewing to the sitcoms Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie, movie posters and other popular forms of advertising, and Dorothea Lange?s photography. In the tradition of visual culture studies and computer vision, Distant Viewing?s interdisciplinary perspective encompasses film and media studies, visual semiotics, and the sciences to create a playful, accessible guide for an international audience working in digital humanities, data science, media studies, and visual culture studies.
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University of Notre Dame Press Words of Life
Book SynopsisThis book celebrates the University of Notre Dame's Hesburgh Library and its fifty years as a place of evolving service, powerful symbolism, and collaboration.Trade Review"This story of Notre Dame’s library, built by and named for Father Ted Hesburgh, the university’s president emeritus, provides fascinating information about the impressive building and the great man who built it. The book is a must read for anyone associated with Notre Dame and others who come on fall Saturdays to see 'Touchdown Jesus' on the library and the Fighting Irish on the field." —Jack Colwell, South Bend Tribune"The story behind the Hesburgh Library’s The Word of Life mural speaks volumes about Notre Dame’s development and advancement as a university with a uniquely distinctive mission not only in America but also in the world. Through carefully chosen words and pictures, Words of Life documents how a single work of art came to symbolize the dreams and achievements of the school where it commands its warranted attention." —Robert Schmuhl, author ofThe University of Notre Dame: A Contemporary Portrait“This is a book for all members of the Notre Dame family because so much of what’s beloved about the university, its mission, its traditions, and its vision for the future can be found somehow represented in the Hesburgh Library and its dynamic life of fifty years and counting. As with his previous book about Fighting Irish football gameday experiences, Bill Schmitt makes the connections that Notre Dame celebrates—connections between faith and fun, yesterday and today, and great learning and great living." —Chuck Lennon, retired executive director, Notre Dame Alumni Association"The lessons I hope will be drawn from the story of this Library and from my role in its fifty-years-and-counting lifespan are a mixture of past, present, and future. I wanted in 1963, and still desire today, for the Memorial Library literally to stand for the future of Notre Dame as a place of unmatched intellectual achievement, free inquiry, and providential contributions to mankind. But I wanted, and still desire, that this be in the context of a distinctive pursuit of truth that is recognized in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart and in Our Lady atop the Golden Dome. The muralist Millard Sheets captured this pursuit in the Library’s Word of Life mural, too, showing that the pursuit is a legacy passed along since the dawn of human history, a legacy that has generated countless treasures of wisdom, many of which are preserved and accessible here." —Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., from the foreword"The library at the University of Notre Dame has a rich history—from Father Ted Hesburgh who built and named the library to “Touchdown Jesus.” Words of Life shares the keys to the development and advancement of the university’s mission and traditions throughout the world." —USCatholic.org“Informed and informative. . . . Highly recommended reading for anyone who has admired this beautifully crafted and maintained academic library, Words of Life would also serve well as a template for memorializing the history and achievements of other academic libraries elsewhere in the country.” —Library Bookwatch
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ABC-CLIO Information and Information Systems
Book SynopsisAn examination of information and information systems which is comparative rather than technical in approach. Using explicitly defined terms, Buckland interprets the nature of retrieval-based information systems such as museums, archives, libraries and online databases, and their social utility.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Information Concepts Theory Systems Knowledge and Information Information-as-Thing Information in Information Systems Information Technology Access to Information Processes Inquiries Perceiving, Receiving, and Retrieving Becoming Informed: Information-as-Process Information Processing and Representation Demand Providing Information Relationships Connections and Coherence Expertise and Artificial Intelligence Social Context Conclusion Summary and Retrospect References Index
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ABC-CLIO Burning Books and Leveling Libraries
Book SynopsisPart III examines the fate of libraries when there is war and a resulting power vacuum.The book concludes with a discussion of the events in Iraq in 2003, and the responsibility of American war strategists for the widespread pillaging that ensued after the toppling of Saddam Hussein.Trade ReviewKnuth has written a powerful, thought-provoking book to expand on her first book, Libricide (2003). She lays the groundwork by defining extremist behavior, destruction, and biblioclasm, in the historical and modern contexts. This book is divided into three parts. Each focuses on different aspects of power: at local levels, as part of totalitarian regimes, and as a result of grabs for power. Knuth examines the relative role of power and how biblioclasm is used as a means to gain attention, force beliefs, or hegemonize societies. The book presents in-depth analysis through a combination of actual cases, background information, and theory. Most eye-opening is the chapter on the invasion of Iraq and the irresponsible actions of the Bush administration, which resulted in the looting and destruction of centuries' worth of cultural and historical artifacts. Each chapter has significant bibliographic citations that reflect excellent research in the author's preparation for this book….Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. * Choice *Burning Books and Leveling Libraries is an important study for political leaders around the world, for library association officials, for political scientists, and for all persons seriously interested in the preservation of the world's cultural, intellectual, and artistic heritage. * Journal of Information Ethics *Written in academic style, the book is a thorough look at the topic of library destruction. This book would be an excellent discussion tool for those who are concerned about intellectual freedom. This is not a read for the faint of heart. This book sounds the clarion call to protect our libraries and our books in any way we possibly can. This is a must read for all professional librarians, museum curators and cultural center directors * Colorado Association of Libraries *Drawing persuasively from history, political science, and social theory, Knuth creates a challenging and forceful framework for understanding violence against books and libraries. Knuth balances the rigor of her scholarship and the weight of her subject matter with an engaging, accessible style, creating a work deserving the attention of any educated reader interested in intellectual freedom or political extremism. * Oklahoma Librarian *This carefully researched volume is a sobering investigation of how in one century's time the world has lost extraordinary amounts of recorded human heritage. While it is an excellent selection for any LIS collection, its astounding breadth makes it an ideal interdisciplinary reader for political science, history and sociology collections. Strongly recommended for academic library and larger public library collections. * Journal of Access Services *[A] recommended addition for academic libraries that support LIS schools. Additionally, with its in-depth research and extensive resources this book is a good complement to history and sociology collections. * Reference & User Services Quarterly *Readers of this lucidly written, excellently organized, and passionately argued book may never be able to view libraries the same way again; libraries, the author demonstrates, are not just information portals or storehouses of ideas, but something more dangerous and often feared: they are battlefields….Knuth has so succinctly summed up dozens of biblioclasm tragedies, so neatly and agonizingly explained how politics, human psychology, and the heft of history lead to such events, that it is hard to conceive that they will not happen again. If policy makers read this book, a must for all library schools and those concerned with the fate of humankind and their culture, then we may very well be spared the repeat of such destructive tragedies. * College and Research Libraries *[A] scholarly study of nationalist, ethnic, religious, or political extremism taken to such lengths as to result in the wholesale destruction of libraries as an all-out assault upon cultural values the extremists despise. As Knuth shows, destruction of books goes hand in hand with destruction of people. Burning Books And Leveling Libraries especially focuses upon incidents of biblioclasm in the late 20th and earth 21st century…. [K]nuth reveals that using military might alone to advocate and enforce ideals is futile when humanitarian, security, and cultural concerns are ignored. Deftly researched and bitingly exact in its portrayal of extremist psychology and its terrible consequences, Burning Books And Leveling Libraries is highly recommended, as is Knuth's previous study in the field, Libricide. * MBR: The Bookwatch *[F]or as long as libraries seem worth building and maintaining, extremists will have a good material target, even if they are thwarted by the likes of Google in their aim to erase the cultural record. * Academia *In Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction, Knuth documents how extremists of all persuasions have destroyed books and libraries. She gives examples where the destruction of books is used as a tactic of political or ethnic protest, or as a result of power struggles and war, and concludes with a discussion of the cultural destruction of Iraq in 2003. * American Libraries *Knuth reports on the destruction of libraries and books by extremists around the world during the 20th century and investigates some of the complex motivations behind these violent acts. She first looks at the use of biblioclasm as a tactic of political or ethnic protest at the local level. Next, she discusses the purging of libraries in the aftermath of power struggles in Germany, Afghanistan, and Cambodia. The final three chapters consider the fate of libraries when war creates a power vacuum--with special attention paid to the looting of Iraq's cultural institutions in 2003. * Reference & Research Book News *Table of ContentsPreface Introducing Modern Biblioclasm Tracing the Path of Extremism From Robespierre to Milosevic Grappling for Voice and Power Political Protestors and Amsterdam's South African Institute, 1984 Ethnic Biblioclasm, 1980-2005 Absolute Power and the Drive to Purify Society National Socialism and the Destruction of Berlin's Institute for Sexual Knowledge, 1933 Secular Fanaticism and the Auto-Genocide of Cambodia, 1975-1979 Fundamentalism and the Destruction of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage, 1994-2001 War, Power Vacuum, and Anarchy Dueling Ideologies and Total War, 1939-1945 Anarchy and Acquisitive Vandalism, 1967-2003 Errors of Omission and Cultural Destruction in Iraq, 2003 Index
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Yale University Press Reading Matters Five Centuries of Discovering
Book SynopsisExamines how people acquired and read books from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on the personal relationships between readers and the volumes they owned. This title also investigates the means by which books were sold, and lends insights into the ways booksellers and publishers marketed their wares.Trade Review"'How do books furnish rooms - and minds? How have they been produced, sold, acquired, and read since William Caxton? These questions, always intriguing, are illuminated in this colourful bibliophilic excursion.' Jonathan Rose 'a wide-ranging history of readers and reading... a book rich in anecdote.' Christina Hardyment, Oxford Today 'Every now and again, an enchanting and delightful book appears which mixes real scholarship with eminently readable prose. Margaret Willes's Reading Matters is one such work... Books about books can be tricky affairs but this one is captivating; it is at once both instructive and entertaining. Anyone who loves books and their history will love Reading Matters.' Peter H. Reid, Library and Information History"
£13.29
Elsevier Science Change Management in Information Organizations
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Elsevier Science Benchmarking Library Information and Education
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Summation and understanding of institutional responses to the current environment 2. Creation of sustainable long-term strategies 3. Identification of key practical approaches to future provision 4. Information on current and future good practice 5. Collective ways of learning lessons for forward planning 6. A framework for the evaluation of systems and services 7. Improved effectiveness through shared development
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Random House USA Inc How Reading Changed My Life Library of
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Anna Quindlen presents a “swift and compelling paean to the joys of books” (Booklist). “Like the columns she used to write for the New York Times, [How Reading Changed My Life] is tart, smart, full of quirky insights, lapidary, and a pleasure to read.”—Publishers Weekly “Reading has always been my home, my sustenance, my great invincible companion. . . . Yet of all the many things in which we recognize universal comfort—God, sex, food, family, friends—reading seems to be the one in which the comfort is most undersung, at least publicly, although it was really all I thought of, or felt, when I was eating up book after book, running away from home while sitting in a chair, traveling around the world and yet never leaving the room. . . . I read because I loved it more than any activity on earth.”—from How Reading Chan
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Contemporary Clay and Museum Culture
Book SynopsisTrade Review’This volume exemplifies cutting-edge thinking about ceramics, and benefits from the strong research culture in British crafts more generally. Editors Brown, Twomey and Stair skillfully work from their basis in practice to propose important new ideas about this dynamic artistic field.’ Glenn Adamson, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA"Contemporary Clay and Museum Culture is the first book of its kind to provide a critical overview of the relationship between contemporary ceramics and curatorial practice in museum culture" – Ceramic Review, 2017
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Murals and Tourism Heritage Politics and Identity
Book SynopsisAround the world, tourists are drawn to visit murals painted on walls. Whether heritage asset, legacy leftover, or contested art space, the mural is more than a simple tourist attraction or accidental aspect of tourism material culture. They express something about the politics, heritage and identity of the locations being visited, whether a medieval fresco in an Italian church, or modern political art found in Belfast or Tehran.This interdisciplinary and highly international book explores tourism around murals that are either evolving or have transitioned as instruments of politics, heritage and identity. It explores the diverse messaging of these murals: their production, interpretation, marketing and in some cases destruction. It argues that the mural is more than a simple tourist attraction or accidental aspect of tourism material culture. Murals and Tourism will be valuable reading for those interested in cultural geography, tourism, heritage studiTable of ContentsPart I: Introduction1. ‘Wall-to-wall coverage': an introduction to murals tourismJonathan Skinner and Lee JolliffePart II: Heritage2. Heritage murals as tourist attractions in Ravenna, Moldavia and Istanbul: artistic treasures, cultural identities and political statementsWarwick Frost and Jennifer Laing3. From ‘sacred images’ to ‘tourist images’? The fourteenth-century frescoes of Santa Croce, FlorenceRussell Staiff 4. The walls speak. Mexican popular graphics as heritageMartín M. Checa- Artasu5. Tourism, voyeurism and the media ecologies of Tehran’s mural artsPamela KarimiPart III: Politics6. La Carbonería: an alternative transformation of public spacePlácido Muñoz Morán7. Murals as sticking plasters: improving the image of an eastern German city for visitors and residentsGareth E. Hamilton8. Difference upon the walls: hygienizing policies and the use of graffiti against pixação in São PauloPaula Larruscahim and Paul SchweizerPart IV: Identity9. A journey through public art in Douala: framing the identity of New Bell neighbourhoodMarta Pucciarelli and Lorenzo Cantoni 10. Visiting murals and healing the past of racial injustice in divided DetroitDeborah Che11. Visiting murals and grafitti art in BrazilAngela C. Flecha, Cristina Jönsson and D'Arcy Dornan12. Balancing Uruguayan identity and sustainable economic development through street artMaría de Miguel Molina, Virginia Santamarina Campos, Blanca de Miguel Molina and Eva Martínez CarazoPart V: Northern Ireland13. State intervention in re-imaging Northern Ireland’s political murals: implications for tourism and the communitiesMaria T. Simone-Charteris14. The Gaeltacht Quarter of Mural City: Irish in Falls Road muralsSiun Carden15. Extra-mural activities and trauma tourism: public and community sector re-imaging of street art in BelfastKaty Radford Part VI: Future Directions16. Murals as a tool for action researchRebecca Yeo
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Entangled Heritages
Book SynopsisRelying on the concept of a shared history, this book argues that we can speak of a shared heritage that is common in terms of the basic grammar of heritage and articulated histories, but divided alongside the basic difference between colonizers and colonized. This problematic is also evident in contemporary uses of the past. The last decades were crucial to the emergence of new debates: subcultures, new identities, hidden voices and multicultural discourse as a kind of new hegemonic platform also involving concepts of heritage and/or memory. Thereby we can observe a proliferation of heritage agents, especially beyond the scope of the nation state. This volume gets beyond a container vision of heritage that seeks to construct a diachronical continuity in a given territory. Instead, authors point out the relational character of heritage focusing on transnational and translocal flows and interchanges of ideas, concepts, and practices, as well as on the creation of contact zones where theTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Uses of Heritage and the Post-Colonial Condition in Latin America 1. On the Advantage and Disadvantage of Heritage for Latin America. Heritage Politics and Nostalgia between Coloniality and Indigeneity 2¡Mexicanos al grito de guerra! How the Himno Nacional became part of Mexico’s Heritage 3.Making Heritage. The Materialization of the State and the Expediency of Music. The Case of Cuarteto Característico in Córdoba, Argentina 4. Is Spanish our Language? Alfonso Reyes and the Policies of Language in Post-Revolutionary Mexico 5. Cultural Management and Neoliberal Governamentality. The Participation of Perú in the Exhibition Inca. Kings of the Andes 6. Commemorate, Consecrate, Demolish. Thoughts about the Mexican Museum of Anthropology and its History 7. Going Back to the Past or Coming Back from the Past? Governmental Policies and Uses of the Past in a Ranquel Community in San Luis, Argentina 8. Unearthing Patrimonio: Treasure and Collectivity in San Miguel Coatlinchan 9. Processes of Heritagization of Indigenous Cultural Manifestations: Lines of Debate, Analytic Axes, and Methodological Approaches 10. The Ambivalence of Tradition: Heritage, Time, and Violence in Postcolonial Contexts
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Archives Recordkeeping and Social Justice
Book SynopsisArchives, Recordkeeping, and Social Justice expands the burgeoning literature on archival social justice and impact. Illuminating how diverse factors shape the relationship between archives, recordkeeping systems, and recordkeepers, this book depicts struggles for different social justice objectives.Discussions and debates about social justice are playing out across many disciplines, fields of practice, societal sectors, and governments, and yet one dimension cross-cutting these actors and engagement spaces has remained unexplored: the role of recordkeeping and archiving. To clarify and elaborate this connection, this volume provides a rigorous account of the engagement of archives and recordsand their keepersin struggles for social justice. Drawing upon multidisciplinary praxis and scholarship, contributors to the volume examine social justice from historical and contemporary perspectives and promote impact methodologies that align with culturally responsive, democrTable of ContentsSection 1Chapter 1: Introduction to Archives, Recordkeeping and Social JusticeChapter 2: Defining the Relationship between Archives and Social JusticeChapter 3: Methodologies Archival Impact StudiesSection 2Preface to Section Two: Categorisations and Patterns in the Case StudiesChapter 4: Archives, Records, and Land Restitution in South AfricaChapter 5: "Hang Onto These Words:" Aboriginal Title and the Social Meanings of Archival CustodyChapter 6: "All I Want To Know Is Who I Am": Archival Justice for Australian Care Leavers Chapter 7: Justice for the 96!: The Impact of Archives in the Fight for Justice for the 96 Victims of the Hillsborough DisasterChapter 8: Social Justice and Historical Accountability in Latin America: Access to the Records of the Truth Commissions in ChileChapter 9: Documenting the Fight for the City: The Impact of Activist Archives on Anti-Gentrification CampaignsChapter 10: Social Justice Struggles for Rights, Equality and Identity: The Role of Lesbian and Gay ArchivesChapter 11: Social Justice and Hearing Voices: Co-Constructing an Archive of Mental Health RecoveryChapter 12: Archives "Act Back": Re-configuring Palestinian Archival Constellations and Visions of Social JusticeChapter 13: Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Smartphones Current Events and Mobile Information
Book SynopsisSmartphones and Information on Current Events provides unprecedented insights into young people's news consumption patterns and the ecology of mobile news. Advancing our knowledge of mobile behaviour, the book also highlights the ways in which mobile news impacts the lives of the general public. Using a multi-faceted research model on mobile news consumption behaviour, Oh and Tang examined a wide spectrum of mobile news consumption activities, outlined the key characteristics of mobile news, as well as captured users' near real-time evaluation of and emotional reactions to news stories. The book also shows that the process of using smartphones to receive, read, find, share, and store news stories has resulted in new behavioural patterns that enable people to consume news in a multifaceted way. Analyzing the extent and various methods of mobile news sharing can, Oh and Tang argue, help us understand how such exchanges reshape contemporary society. Demonstrating that mTable of Contents1. Background and Introduction; 2. Mobile News Consumed by Study Participants; 3. Mobile News Consumption Cycle and Activities; 4. Mobile News Reactions: Evaluative Reactions, Affective Reactions; 5. Summary and Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Archiving Cultures
Book SynopsisArchiving Cultures defines and models the concept of cultural archives, focusing on how diverse communities express and record their heritage and collective memory and why and how these often-intangible expressions are archival records. Analysis of oral traditions, memory texts and performance arts demonstrate their relevance as records of their communities.Key features of this book include definitions of cultural heritage and archival heritage with an emphasis on intangible cultural heritage. Aspects of cultural heritage such as oral traditions, performance arts, memory texts and collective memory are placed within the context of records and archives. It presents strategies for reconciling intangible and tangible cultural expressions with traditional archival theory and practice and offers both analog and digital models for constructing cultural archives through examples and vignettes.The audience includes archivists and other iTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; Introduction: A Cultural Archives; 1. Cultural Heritage, Archival Heritage; 2. The Anatomy of an Archival Record; 3. Oral Traditions and Memory Texts; 4. Carnival in the Archives: Performance as Record; 5. Memory, Community and Records; 6. In the Cultural Archives; Index
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Taylor & Francis The Archive Project
Book SynopsisRecent scholarship on archival research has raised questions concerning the character and impact of 'the archive' on how the traces of the past are researched, the use and analysis of different kinds of archived data, methodological approaches to the practicalities involved, and what kind of theory is drawn on and contributed to by such research. The Archive Project: Archival Research in the Social Sciences builds on these questions, exploring key methodological ideas and debates and engaging in detail with a wide range of archival projects and practices, in order to put to use important theoretical ideas that shed light on the methods involved. Offering an overview of the current 'state of the field' and written by four authors with extensive experience in conducting research in and creating archives around the world, it demonstrates the different ways in which archival methodology, practice and theory can be employed. It also shows how the ideas and approachesTrade Review'Social science researchers have been turning to archival work but there has been little in the way of discussion about what they are doing and why. This excellent book fills that gap. It combines intellectual engagement with accessibility, and practical discussion of working in archives, by four authors who convey their grasp of and enthusiasm for the endeavour. Whether you are experienced at archival research or new to it, you will gain a lot from reading The Archive Project.'Rosalind Edwards, University of Southampton, UKTable of ContentsAbout the AuthorsPrologue1. In Other Archives and BeyondInterlude2. Archival Methodology Inside the Black Box: Noise in the Archive! (Liz Stanley)Interlude3. Archival Rhythms: Narrativity in the Archive (Maria Tamboukou)Interlude4. Reading Time Backwards? Archival Research and Temporal Order, (Andrea Salter)Interlude5. Weaving Archival Imaginaries: Researching Community Archives, (Niamh Moore)Interlude6. The Beginning in the Ending: Reassembling Archival PracticesEpilogueReferencesIndex
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Taylor & Francis Performing Digital
Digital technologies have transformed archives in every area of their form and function, and as technologies mature so does their capacity to change our understanding and experience of material and performative cultural production. There has been an exponential explosion in the production and consumption of video online and yet there is a scarcity of knowledge and cases about video and the digital archive. This book seeks to address that through the lens of the project Circus Oz Living Archive. This project provides the case study foundation for the articulation of the issues, challenges and possibilities that the design and development of digital archives afford. Drawn from eight different disciplines and professions, the authors explore what it means to embrace the possibilities of digital technologies to transform contemporary cultural institutions and their archives into new methods of performance, representation and history.
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Taylor & Francis Archiving Caribbean Identity
Book SynopsisArchiving Caribbean Identity highlights the Caribbeanization of archives in the region, considering what those archives could include in the future and exploring the potential for new records in new formats. Interpreting records in the broadest sense, the 15 chapters in this volume explore a wide variety of records that represent new archival interpretations. The book is split into two parts, with the first part focusing on record forms that are not generally considered archival in traditional Western practice. The second part explores more traditional archival collections and demonstrates how these collections are analysed and presented from the perspective of Caribbean peoples. As a whole, the volume suggests how colonial records can be repurposed to surface Caribbean narratives. Reflecting on the unique challenges faced by developing countries as they approach their archives, the volume considers how to identify and archive records in the forms and formats that re
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Rise of Politically Motivated Cyber Attacks
Book SynopsisThis book outlines the complexity in understanding different forms of cyber attacks, the actors involved, and their motivations. It explores the key challenges in investigating and prosecuting politically motivated cyber attacks, the lack of consistency within regulatory frameworks, and the grey zone that this creates, for cybercriminals to operate within.Connecting diverse literatures on cyberwarfare, cyberterrorism, and cyberprotests, and categorising the different actors involved state-sponsored/supported groups, hacktivists, online protestors this book compares the means and methods used in attacks, the various attackers, and the current strategies employed by cybersecurity agencies. It examines the current legislative framework and proposes ways in which it could be reconstructed, moving beyond the traditional and fragmented definitions used to manage offline violence.This book is an important contribution to the study of cyber attacks within the areas of criminTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Growing Online Threat. The Actors 3. Cyber Attacks, Means and Methods 4. Cybersecurity and Strategies 5. Cyberwar and Warfare: State and State-sponsored Attacks 6. Cyberterrorism and Ransomware: State-supported Groups 7. Other Politically Motivated Attacks: Political Activists and Hacktivists 8. Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis A Handbook of Editing Early Modern Texts
Book SynopsisA Handbook of Editing Early Modern Texts provides a series of answers written by more than forty editors of diverse texts addressing the ''how-to''s'' of completing an excellent scholarly edition. The Handbook is primarily a practical guide rather than a theoretical forum; it airs common problems and offers a number of solutions to help a range of interested readers, from the lone editor of an unedited document, through to the established academic planning a team-enterprise, multi-volume re-editing of a canonical author. Explicitly, this Handbook does not aim to produce a linear treatise telling its readers how they ''should'' edit. Instead, it provides them with a thematically ordered collection of insights drawn from the practical experiences of a symposium of editors. Many implicit areas of consensus on good practice in editing are recorded here, but there are also areas of legitimate disagreement to be charted. The Handbook draws together a diverTable of ContentsIntroduction; Before editing; Editing: principles and practice; Digital editing; Case studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Learning to Live with Datafication
Book SynopsisAs digital technologies play a key role across all aspects of our societies and in everyday life, teaching students about data is becoming increasingly important in schools and universities around the world. Bringing together international case studies of innovative responses to datafication, this book sets an agenda for how teachers, students and policy makers can best understand what kind of educational intervention works and why.Learning to Live with Datafication is unique in its focus on educational responses to datafication as well as critical analysis. Through case studies grounded in empirical research and practice, the book explores the dimensions of datafication from diverse perspectives that bring in a range of cultural aspects. It examines how educators conceptualise the social implications of datafication and what is at stake for learners and citizens as educational institutions try to define what datafication will mean for the next generation.Trade Review"This excellent collection, Learning to Live with Datafication: Educational Case Studies and Initiatives from Across the World, emphasizes the necessity of research that focuses on situated effects, uses, and interpretations of data-driven technologies in education. It asks important questions about the experiences of living, teaching and learning in datafied systems, how datafication might evolve in the future, what should be done about it, and calls for informed critical discussion about how teaching and learning might be strengthened by datafication."Professor Ben Williamson, Chancellor’s Fellow at the Centre for Research in Digital Education, University of Edinburgh, UKTable of Contents1. Learning to live well with data: Concepts and challenges 2. Datafication and the role of schooling: challenging the status quo 3. Turn off your camera and turn on your privacy: A case study about Zoom and digital education in South American countries 4. Data classes: an investigation of the people that ‘do data’ in schools 5. Educators’ data literacy: understanding the bigger picture 6. Datafication, Educational Platforms, and Proceduralized Ideologies 7. The tipping point in the platformization of Dutch public education? How to approach platformization from a values-based perspective 8."The Beatles with the Lower Score, it Breaks my Heart": Framing a Media Education Response to Datafication and Algorithmic Recommendations in Digital Media Infrastructures 9. Critical Algorithm Literacy Education in the Age of Digital Platforms: teaching children to understand YouTube recommendation algorithms 10. Emerging from the Shadows of Datafication: A Favorable Turn for Cultural Studies 11. Children’s privacy and digital literacy across cultures: implications for education and regulation 12. Conclusion: Learning to live better with data Afterword: The future of datafication in education? Clouds, bodies, and ethics
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Healthcare Informatics
Book SynopsisThis book addresses how health apps, in-home measurement devices, telemedicine, data mining, and artificial intelligence and smart medical algorithms are all enabled by the transition to a digital health infrastructure..it provides a comprehensive background with which to understand what is happening in healthcare informatics and why.C. William Hanson, III, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer and Vice President, University of Pennsylvania Health System. This book is dedicated to the frontline healthcare workers, who through their courage and honor to their profession, helped maintain a reliable service to the population at large, during a chaotic time. These individuals withstood fear and engaged massive uncertainty and risk to perform their duties of providing care to those in need at a time of crisis. May the world never forget the COVID-19 pandemic and the courage of our healthcare workers.Stephan P. Kudyba, AuthorHealthcaTable of Contents1. The Digital World. 2. An Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare Industry, Digital Technologies, and Informatics. 3. Electronic Health Information, Healthcare System Interoperability, Mobile Health, and the Formation of a Community of Health and Wellness. 4. Risk Management in Healthcare. 5. Project Management in Healthcare. 6. Knowledge Translation and Informatics in Healthcare. 7. Nursing Roles in the Implementation of Clinical Information Systems. 8. Architecting Transitions to a Fully Electronic Medical Record with an Emphasis on Physician Adoption and Optimal Utilization. 9. A Digital Platform for Clinical Trials and Community Outreach. 10 The Evolution of Telehealth. 11. A Digital Solution to Enhance Comprehensive Care for the Elderly Population. 12. Information Creation through Analytics: A Healthcare Focus. 13. Patient Data Analytics – Utilizing Analytics to Create Actionable Information in a Healthcare Ecosystem. 14. Managing Risk for Patient Engagements with Trigger-Based Expert Systems. 15. Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Promise and Reality.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Information Science
Book SynopsisInformation Science: The Basics provides an accessible introduction to the multifaceted field of Information Science (IS). Inviting readers to explore a modern field of study with deep historical foundations, the book begins by considering the complexities of the term information and the information life cycle from classification to preservation. Each chapter examines a different area within IS, surveying its history, technologies, and practices with a critical eye. This interdisciplinary field incorporates a wide range of approaches which it shares with humanities, social science, and technology fields. What makes IS unique is its emphasis on the connections between information, technology, and society. The need to share information more effectively in response to social, environmental, and biomedical challenges has never been so urgent; the volume discusses the risks as well as benefits that come with the emerging technologies that make it possible. The book also eTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Chapter One: Collecting Information; Chapter Two: Classifying Information; Chapter Three: Organizing Information; Chapter Four: Retrieving Information; Chapter Five: Utilizing Information; Chapter Six: Governing Information; Chapter Seven: Studying Information; Chapter Eight: Designing Information; Chapter Nine: Preserving Information; Chapter Ten: Imagining Information; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Libraries as Dysfunctional Organizations and
Book SynopsisLibraries as Dysfunctional Organizations and Workplaces expands the dysfunctional concept in the professional and academic LIS discourse by exposing the internal problematics of libraries, especially at the social and organizational levels.Including contributions written by LIS professionals and scholars, the book demonstrates that although many libraries do well at attending to users and managing external information they often fail at taking care of their own employees and addressing internal workplace issues. Acadia and the contributing authors explore the problem of dysfunctional libraries so that the LIS profession can come to terms with the systemic dysfunction in their institutions and begin solution-oriented progress toward new and sustainable functionality. The book analyzes the dysfunctional nature of modern libraries, while simultaneously proposing solutions to reduce and alleviate dysfunction. Through theory and application, it takes an explicit practice-Table of ContentsChapter 1: An Introduction to Dysfunction in the Library Workplace; Chapter 2: The Dysfunctional Library and Academic Librarian Turnover; Chapter 3: Improving Dysfunctional Recruitment and Retention in Academic Libraries by Honoring the Whole Person; Chapter 4: Precarity Doesn’t Care: Precarious Employment as a Dysfunctional Practice in Libraries; Chapter 5: Discrimination as Dysfunction: Why do Libraries Have a Problem with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?; Chapter 6: Workplace Dysfunction and Intellectual Freedom in Public Libraries; Chapter 7: The Saboteur in the Academic Library; Chapter 8: "Put the Fucking Salary in the Job Ad!": An Analysis of an Anonymous Corpus of Tweets; Chapter 9: You are Seen: An Analysis of Library Dysfunction Found in Online Memes; Chapter 10: A Descriptive Study of Workplace Bullying in U.S. Libraries during the COVID-19 Pandemic; Chapter 11: Work Alienation in Academic Libraries: A Marxist Analysis of Library Dysfunction; Chapter 12: Bamboo Ceiling Reframed: Exclusion through Social Practices and Structures in Libraries; Chapter 13: Combating Destruction: Organizational Power and Conflict in Academic Libraries; Chapter 14: Dysfunction by (Dis)organization: The Academic Library within University Structure and Organization.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy
Book SynopsisParadoxes of Media and Information Literacy contributes to ongoing conversations about control of knowledge and different ways of knowing. It does so by analysing why media and information literacy (MIL) is proposed as a solution for addressing the current information crisis. Questioning why MIL is commonly believed to wield such power, the book throws into sharp relief several paradoxes that are built into common understandings of such literacies. Haider and Sundin take the reader on a journey across different fields of practice, research and policymaking, including librarianship, information studies, teaching and journalism, media and communication and the educational sciences. The authors also consider national information policy proposals and the recommendations of NGOs or international bodies, such as UNESCO and the OECD. Showing that MIL plays an active role in contemporary controversies, such as those on climate change or vaccination, Haider and Sundin argue that sucTrade Review"Questions for a Crisis"; a book review by Barbara Fister can be read here: https://creativelibrarypractice.org/2022/06/22/questions-for-a-crisis/#more-1520 A remarkable book. By clearing conceptual ground, synthesizing policies and debates, formulating challenges and first-hand reflections, the book will stand as a key book for researchers and students dealing with MIL. Ulla Carlsson, Professor, University of Gothenburg, UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Expression, SwedenMedia and information literacies are becoming ever more important for society worldwide. Haider and Sundin provide an original, and insightful analysis, balancing theoretical considerations and practical implications, which will be a valuable and timely resource for anyone researching or teaching in these areasDavid Bawden, Professor, Department of Information Science, City, University of London, UK Haider and Sundin brilliantly explain how a digital culture fraught with fragmentation, emotionalization and distrust turns to media/information literacy. By revealing the invisibility of our information systems, they allow us to ponder the contradictions, assumptions, and unintended consequences of such solutions.Francesca Tripodi, PhD, School of Information and Library Science and senior researcher at the Center for Information, Technology and Public Life, UNC-Chapel Hill, USAOur current epistemic crisis has thrown long-standing contradictions in media and information literacy into high relief. Haider and Sundin identify and illuminate key paradoxes that must be grappled with to reorient our teaching policies and practices. This foundational text is bound to spark fruitful conversations now and for years to come.Barbara Fister, Scholar-in-Residence, Project Information Literacy, USAWith this book Jutta Haider and Olof Sundin contribute cutting-edge insights into the subject of Media and information literacy, indispensable to academics and professionals in the field, essential to policy-makers.Louise Limberg, Professor Emerita, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås, SwedenParadoxes of Media and Information Literacy: The Crisis of Information makes an important contribution to the analysis of information and media literacy and embeds these concepts into the wider social and political debate that surround digital culture. Haider and Sundin problematize the idea of responsibility, normativity, temporality, trust and neutrality to challenge the crisis of information in contemporary society. Well researched, analytical and highly recommended! Annemaree Lloyd, Professor, Department of Information Studies, University College London, UKTable of Contents1. Introduction to the literacy paradoxes, 2. Responsibility and the crisis of information, 3. Situating media and information literacy, 4. Media and information literacy as a site for anticipation, 5. Educating for media and information literacy, 6. Polarisation of media and information literacy: The case of Sweden, 7. Conclusion.
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