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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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Book SynopsisGhosts of Archive draws on the discourses of deconstruction, intersectionality and archetypal psychology to mount an argument that archive is fundamentally and structurally spectral and that the work of archive is justice. Drawing on more than 20 years of the author's research on deconstruction and archive, the book posits archive as an essential resource for social justice activism and as a source, or location, of soul for individuals and communities. Through explorations of what Jacques Derrida termed hauntology', Harris invites a listening to the call for justice in conceptual spaces that are non-disciplinary. He argues that archive is both constructed in relation to and beset by ghosts ghosts of the living, of the dead and of those not yet born and that attention should be paid to them. Establishing a unique nexus between a deconstructive intersectionality and traditions of memory for justice' in struggles against oppression from South Africa and elsewhereTable of ContentsIntroduction: A Framing; 1. The Trouble with Archive; 2. Elements of Haunting; 3. Spectral Archive; 4. Reckoning with Pasts; 5. A Time to Forget; 6. Cixous Insist(er)ing; 7. Praxis; Epilogue: Reframing

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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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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1976, this publication falls into three parts: The Verbal Index, The Word Frequency Table, and The Field of Reference. A scholar interested in the full range of connotation for the word heart in Conrad would look first to the word frequency table to see how often the word in question occurs in Lord Jim. If the word is indeed part of the vocabulary of the novel, he then would turn to its alphabetical listing in the verbal index and the line numbers in which it appears. Then turning to the field of reference, he could locate the lines cited and look at each occurrence of the word in context.The authors feel that the data provided by these tables is of basic importance to both the editor and the literary critic.Table of ContentsPreface. Part 1: Index Verborum. Part 2: Frequency Table for the Vocabulary. Part 3: Field of Reference.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword Barbara Lison (Director of Bremen Public Library ; IFLA President 2021-2023) Foreword Dr. Xerxes Mazda (Head of Collections and Curation, The British Library) 1. Peter Persic, Director of Public Relations & Marketing, Los Angeles Public Library, United States 2. Nicole Celic, Adult Service Librarian, New York City 3. Sara P. Montoya-Hernandez, Marketing & Events Coordinator, McAllan Public Library, United States 4. Stacie Ledden, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Anythink Libraries, United States 5. Shamichael Hallman, Senior Library Manager, Memphis Public Library, United States 6. Tana Perckham, Chief Strategy Officer, Cleveland Public Library, United States 7. Randall Goble, Director of Engagement, Kent District Library, Michigan, United States 8. Sam Helmick, Community & Access Services Coordinator, Iowa City Public Library, United States 9. Steven K. Bowers, Executive Director, The Library Network, Detroit, Michigan, United States 10. Helen Tapping, Head of Marketing and Online Services, The Seattle Public Library 11. Dr. Timothy Lentz, Archivist & Director of the Detroit Opera Archive and the Allesee Dance and Opera Resource Library, Detroit Opera House 12. Sonia Zagwyn, Children’s Services Coordinator, Powell River Public Library, B.C., Canada 13. Isobel Hunter, Chief Executive, Libraries Connected 14. Lucia Werder, Deputy Director, Bremen Public Library, Germany 15. Niko Cvjetkovic, Director, Rijeka City Library, Croatia 16. Olivera Nastic, Librarian, Belgrade City Library, Serbia 17. Jakob Guillois Lærkes, Director, Gladsaxe Municipal Libraries, Copenhagen, Denmark 18. Jane Cowell, Chief Executive Officer, Yarra Plenty Regional Library, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia 19. Laurinda Thomas, Manager, Libraries and Community Spaces, Wellington City Council, New Zealand 20. April Slayton, Director of Communications, Library of Congress, United States 21. Liisa Savolainen, Deputy Director, National Library of Finland 22. Huism Tan, Executive Director, Qatar National Library 23. Susan Parker-Leavy, Head of Library, Museum of Islamic Art Library, Qatar 24. Elsbeth Kwant, Strategic Adviser, National Library of the Netherlands 25. Ute Schwens, Director, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main 26. Augusts Zilberts, Head of Public Relations, National Library of Latvia 27. Damilare Oyedele, Co-founder and Chief Executive, Library Aid Africa 28. Margaret Aldrich, Director of Communications, Little Free Library 29. Philip Kent, University Librarian, University of Sydney 30. Allan Cho, Community Engagement Librarian, University of British Columbia 31. Alex Hodges, HGSE Librarian and Director, Monroe C. Gutman Library, Harvard University Graduate School of Education 32. Dr. Jerome Offord Jr., Associate University Librarian for Antiracism, Harvard University 33. Jenna Hillhouse, Librarian, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Naval Postgraduate School, United States 34. Eric Cooper, Acquisitions Librarian and Library Property Accountable Officer, U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center 35. Ameet Doshi, Head, Donald E. Stokes Library, Princeton University 36. Amanda Albert, Instructional Specialist, School of Arts & Sciences, Washington University at St. Louis 37. Mark Allen Mattson, Head of Global Engagement Initiatives and International Partnerships Librarian, Pennsylvania State University Libraries 38. Anne Langley, Dean of University of Connecticut Library 39. Charlie Bennett, Public Engagement Librarian, Georgia Tech Library 40. Charles Aylmer, Affiliated Librarian of East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge 41. Dominic Tate, Head of Library Research Support and Deputy Director, University of Edinburgh 42. Wilhelm Widmark, Director, Stockholm University Library 43. Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz, Library Director, Humboldt University of Berlin 44. Emre Hasan Akbayrak, Library Director, Atilim University (Turkey) 45. Alrina de Bruyn, Director of Events & Marketing, University of Johannesburg Library 46. Nadine Bailey, Teacher Librarian & Technology Integration, Western Academy of Beijing 47. Mr. K, Head of Library, Somerset School Shanghai 48. Katie Day, Teacher-Librarian, Tanglin Trust School, Singapore

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Collection Statements and Policies 2. Life Cycle of a Collection 3. Collection Metrics 4. Physical inventory 5. Statistics 6. Weeding 7. Collection Organization 8. Collection Budgets 9. Everything is Connected Appendix A. Public Library Collection Management Policy B. Academic Library Collection Management Policy

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Book SynopsisExamine some of the most recent developments in bibliographic control! Electronic Cataloging: AACR2 and Metadata for Serials and Monographs is a collection of papers about recent developments in metadata and its practical applications in cataloging. Acknowledged experts examine a wide variety of techniques for managing serials and monographs using standards and schemas like MARC, AACR2, ISSN, ISBD, and Dublin Core. From the broadest introduction of metadata usage to the revisions of AACR2 through 2000, this book offers vital analysis and strategy for achieving Universal Bibliographic Control. Electronic Cataloging is divided into three parts. The first is an introduction to metadata, what it is, and its relationship to the library in general. The second portion focuses in more on how metadata can be utilized by a library system and the possibilities in the near future. The third portion is very specific, dealing with individual standards of metadata and elements, suchTable of Contents Introduction PART 1. FUNDAMENTALS Cataloging in an Electronic Age Why Metadata? Why Me? Why Now? PART 2. HOW LIBRARIES CAN EMPLOY METADATA Developing a Metadata Strategy Practical Issues in Applying Metadata Schemas and Controlled Vocabularies to Cultural Heritage Information Digital Resources and Metadata Application in the Shanghai Library Struggling Toward Retrieval: Alternatives to Standard Operating Procedures Can Help Librarians and the Public PART 3. AACR2 AND METADATA AACR2 and Other Metadata Standards: The Way Forward AACR2 and Metadata: Library Opportunities in the Global Semantic Web Seriality: What Have We Accomplished? What’s Next? MARC and Mark-Up ISSN: Dumb Number, Smart Solution Index Reference Notes Included

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Book SynopsisHere is a useful and readable volume about important and controversial legal issues of concern to all library managers and information professionals. Learn the implications of the complex, relevant laws on collective bargaining, privacy of circulation files, employee record keeping, personnel management, censorship, copyright, and much more.Table of ContentsContents Introduction A Citadel Under Siege: A Strategy Against the Censor The Freedom of Information Act: An Overview for Librarians Privacy of Circulation Files Privacy Regulations and Employee Record Keeping The Genesis and Present Status of Affirmative Action in Employment: Economic, Legal, and Political Realities Employment Discrimination and Related Litigation in Libraries Collective Bargaining and the Library Manager Copyright: A Lasting Question for Managers Proprietary Rights in Data Bases and Software Contract Issues in Computer System Acquisitions The Background of Proposed Legislation to Study Public Lending Right in the United States: Issues in Policy, Law, and Administration Professional Liability

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Book SynopsisLibrarians understand the need to store, use and analyze data related to their collection, patrons and institution, and there has been consistent interest over the last 10 years to improve data management, analysis, and visualization skills within the profession. However, librarians find it difficult to move from out-of-the-box proprietary software applications to the skills necessary to perform the range of data science actions in code. This book will focus on teaching R through relevant examples and skills that librarians need in their day-to-day lives that includes visualizations but goes much further to include web scraping, working with maps, creating interactive reports, machine learning, and others. While there's a place for theory, ethics, and statistical methods, librarians need a tool to help them acquire enough facility with R to utilize data science skills in their daily work, no matter what type of library they work at (academic, public or special). By walking through eTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Using RStudio’s IDE 3. Tidying data with dplyr 4. Visualizing your project with ggplot2 5. Webscraping with rvest 6. Mapping with tmap 7. Textual Analysis with tidytext 8. Creating Dynamic Documents with rmarkdown 9. Creating a flexdashboard 10. Creating an interactive dashboard with shiny 11. Using tidymodels to Understand Machine Learning 12. Conclusion Appendix A. Dependencies Appendix B. Additional Skills

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Book SynopsisDigitalization is shaping our everyday lives, yet navigating the changes it entails can feel like trekking into the unknown, where both the possibilities and the consequences are unclear and difficult to grasp. Exploring how digitalization affects all aspects of our lives, from health to culture, this book aims to develop and strengthen the reader's ability to think critically about such developments.Written in a clear and concise manner with reference to science fiction and pop culture, this book presents potent theoretical perspectives for understanding digitalization processes as societal change. Various exercises are included throughout to encourage readers to critically explore digitalization in their own lives.Replete with illustrations and examples, this book is an accessible guide to digitalization in the modern societal context, appealing to students at the undergraduate level as well as general readership.Table of ContentsPrefaceSection 1Chapter 1: Getting lost in a the digital1.1 Limited or liberated by ubiquitous digital technology? 1.2 It Could Be Otherwise (ICBO) – the foundation of critical thinking1.3 Opening the black box1.4 A response to political and corporate solutionism1.5 Digitalization as a topic for Science and Technology Studies (STS) 1.6 A critical sociotechnical perspective1.7 The structure of the book1.8 ConclusionReferencesChapter 2: What is "digitalization," exactly? 2.1 Digitalization as technological fix2.2 Defining digitalization2.3 Defining digitalization as a political act in itself2.4 A digitalized world2.5 Digitalization as a sociotechnical process2.6 ConclusionReferencesSection 2Chapter 3: A sociotechnical perspective on digitalization3.1 What is a sociotechnical perspective on digitalization? 3.2 What do we mean by "technology"? 3.3 Technologies and their agency3.4 Why technological determinism is a dead end3.5 Technological reductionism3.6 How social determinism is equally problematic3.7 ConclusionReferencesChapter 4: Domestication: User perspectives on technology4.1 A user perspective on technology4.2 Domestication theory4.3 The dimensional model of domestication4.4 The history of domestication4.5 Strengths and weaknesses of domestication theory4.6 Re-domestication and dis-domestication4.7 What non-users can teach us about the use of technology4.8 Normativity and use4.9 ConclusionReferencesChapter 5: Script: Technology’s manual for use5.1 Script as technology’s manual5.2 The historical and theoretical position of script theory5.3 How do you do a script analysis? 5.4 Making scripts through technology development5.5 ConclusionReferencesChapter 6: Technologies as normality machines6.1 A thought experiment on a student app6.2 Technology as inclusion or exclusion? 6.3 Scripting the use and users to create differences6.4 The digital divide6.5 ConclusionReferencesChapter 7: Digital technologies in the past and present7.1 Becoming a communication society7.2 What comes after the communication society? 7.3 Digitalization and some sample diagnoses of the times7.4 ConclusionReferencesSection 3Chapter 8: Digitalization of health: Networks of care and technology8.1 In search of good health: Robots to the rescue? 8.2 Digital technology for better health? 8.3 Talking flowerpots: Welfare technology in the home8.4 Exergames: Gamifying health8.5 Support groups in social media: Communities for mental health8.6 Digitalization makes the actor network of health visible8.7 ConclusionReferencesChapter 9: Digitalization of work: Automation, responsibility, and reskilling9.1 Two visions of future work9.2 From animal laborans to homo faber9.3 Automating workers? 9.4 Who operates self-service checkouts? 9.5 The digital stopwatch and the attempt to automate care work9.6 Craftspeople at construction sites working with robots9.7 What will we do in the future—and how will we do it? 9.8 ConclusionReferencesChapter 10: Digitalization of control: Surveillance, automation, and algorithms10.1 Control through surveillance and digital tracking10.2 Control of animals using virtual fences10.3 Care, technology, and the desire for boundaries when surveilling children10.4 Predictive police algorithms: Surveillance of data sets and predictions of the future10.5 Life in a surveillance society: What digitalization does to surveillance10.6 ConclusionReferencesChapter 11: Digitalization of culture: Remix, community, and prosumers11.1 SKAM and transmedia storytelling11.2 Remix culture as the foundation of digital culture11.3 Understanding where remix culture comes from: Participatory culture and networked publics11.4 Memes: Collective creativity, both serious and humorous11.5 Fan fiction: When fans take ownership of the story11.6 Twitch.tv and livestreaming games: How innovative gamers made one of the world’s biggest platforms11.7 Discussion: Prosumers’ new cultural expressions11.8 ConclusionReferencesChapter 12: Digitalization of the self: Selfies, influencers and the quantified self12.1 Picture perfect? What "Instagram vs. reality" can teach us about being fakeness and authenticity online12.2 From anonymity to persistent identities on the internet12.3 Frontstage, backstage, and the cyborg’s theater12.4 Selfies: The cyborg’s self-portrait? 12.5 Influencers: The professionalized digital self12.6 The quantified self: Believing in a countable and optimized self12.7 Discussion: The cyborg’s expanded toolbox12.8 ConclusionReferencesSection 4Chapter 13: Digitalization summarized13.1 Part 1: A critical perspective on digitalization13.2 Part 2: Theoretical Tools13.3 Part 3: Empirical case studies13.4 Digitalization as social change13.5 A user perspective on digitalization13.6 Critical thinking about digitalizationChapter 14: Analytical cheat sheet: A guide for thinking critically about digitalization14.1 Interpretative flexibility14.2 Delegation14.3 Actor-network14.4 Script14.5 DomesticationChapter 15: Methods cheat sheet: How to study digitalization15.1 Research question: What are you going to find out? 15.2 Choosing method: How are you going to find it? 15.3 Tips for getting good data15.4 From data to analysis

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Book SynopsisThe Visitor Studies Guide offers an up-to-date overview of the rapidly expanding field of theory and research practice relating to the public use of museums, galleries, libraries, archives, memorials, zoos, aquariums, planetariums, gardens, urban parks, arboretums, nature centres, historic sites, and protected areas.It surveys the fieldâs evolution, current challenges, and future possibilities. It reviews the most recent applications and theoretical advances in Visitor Studies and connects theory and practice through a diverse range of case studies from practitioners around the world and an introduction to the basic principles of research design. It outlines an agenda for building a more integrated and theoretically driven field which is interdisciplinary and embraces critical perspectives. It shows how Visitor Studies can be a vital tool for heritage agencies to fulfil their missions for positive social and environmental impact. It also provides a platform for a more

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Book SynopsisThis book examines how the digital revolution has reorganized the model of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic and argues for a continued paradigm shift to digital healthcare. Table of Contents1.The birth of the healthcare system. 2.Changes in the healthcare organization to prepare for the digital era. 3. How to change the mindset to embrace opportunities of the digital revolution in healthcare? 4.Are we ready for healthcare 5.0? 5.Case study. Concluding remarks

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Book SynopsisDigital Libraries Across Continents illustrates how digital librarianship practitioners and scholars digitize, exhibit, and preserve their cultural heritage, and how these practices may be influenced by the policy, economic, and sociocultural environments in which they are developed.

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Book SynopsisArtificial Intelligence for Academic Libraries provides a clear and dependable guide to the history, theory, and application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in academic libraries, addressing the needs of librarians, staff, administrators, and other stakeholders. Emerging from a long-running conversation between an academic librarian and a professor of computer science, this book provides readers with a critical perspective on the history, present, and future of AI in libraries and information services. Synthesizing the literature on AI, ML, and librarianship, the authors provide the requisite background to evaluate the impact of these technologies on the information ecosystem. The first half of the volume covers the fundamentals of AI, notably the divergences between the two major AI paradigms as well as philosophical, legal, and ethical issues that arise from the use of AI. The second half addresses specialized topics, including hybrid AIs that bridge the dominant AI paradigms, the responsible use of AI in research and learning, and suggestions for professional development. Artificial Intelligence for Academic Libraries will benefit academic librarians seeking to develop a solid understanding of AI and ML and their likely impact on library operations and services, including student and faculty outreach. The volume also serves as a pedagogical resource for library and information science students entering this rapidly changing field.

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Book SynopsisComputational Literacy for the Humanities provides an introduction to mathematics and programming that is specifically designed for use by those engaged in the humanities. Linking mathematical concepts and computational skills, the chapters in this book explore humanistic questions from diverse fields, such as art, history and literature.The book helps to advance computational and digital literacy by showing that each mathematical concept has a history, and each technique has a meaning. Rather than viewing mathematics and computer programming as purely instrumental, they are integrated into the process of achieving greater understanding of humanistic phenomena. Algorithms, data, statistics and networks are taught critically within the book, whilst the authors also make a concerted effort to expose the internal biases of these tools. They also demonstrate the applicability of quantification and computation for the promotion of diversification and inclusivity within the

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Book SynopsisAI for Knowledge explores the question of whether artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming knowledge access and creation for the good. AI is accelerating our access to knowledge through search, recommendation, summarisation, translation and a proliferating range of tools with AI built in. Generative AI is further changing how we use and create information at home and in the workplace. Yet AI also has a dark side with hallucination, bias and lack of explainability, as well as potential for harmful impacts on social equity and the environment.The book investigates how AI will impact everyday knowledge discovery, understanding and creation. It considers both the positive benefits and the many informational and ethical challenges, including the impact on our wider information culture. It then weighs up the impact on scholarship, in science, social science and the humanities and including the processes of scholarly communication. It explains the role of libraries and archives and how they could be enhanced using AI. It concludes by showing how governments can regulate AI to ensure social benefit and outlines what we as individuals need to know about AI.The book helps the reader see through some of the AI hype to understand much more clearly what are the issues around the impact of AI on knowledge access and creation, including the implications for environmental sustainability and the power of Big Tech. What emerges is a nuanced picture of potential benefit and risk, especially when we consider the experiences of those with less privileged access to the digital, particularly those outside the Global North.

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Book SynopsisThis title represents an essential resource for understanding the evolving landscape of AI-augmented pedagogy, examining the transformative effects of generative AI (GenAI) on education through the lens of agile course design and project-based learning.Through a detailed analysis of diverse empirical case studies from eight countries between 2015 and 2024, the authors effectively illustrate the dual impact of GenAI on education, academic integrity and teacher autonomy. They demonstrate how GenAI can enhance personalized STEM education and STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading and Writing, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) instruction, as well as project-based learning, while simultaneously presenting significant challenges. They provide a nuanced assessment of the opportunities and disruptions introduced by GenAI and offer concrete pedagogical strategies for teaching practitioners.This book serves as a vital reference for scholars in GenAI, educational technology and curriculum and instruction. It also provides practical, ready-to-implement pedagogical approaches for pre-service teachers in higher education and primary and secondary schools.

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Book SynopsisThis book opens a window onto the book cultures of antiquity, challenging old myths, presenting new research and exploring the implications for ancient science. It examines ancient libraries in the context of cultures of collection and display and reveals their complex relationship with private collections of books.Trade Review'[An] important contribution to ancient cultural history.' The Times Literary Supplement'The readability, immense variety and breadth of learning of the contributions to Ancient Libraries set a new benchmark, at a time when this subject is undergoing a welcome renaissance.' J. Wasserstein, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: approaching the ancient library Greg Woolf; Part I. Contexts: 1. Libraries in ancient Egypt Kim Ryholt; 2. Reading the libraries of Assyria and Babylonia Eleanor Robson; 3. Fragments of a history of ancient libraries Christian Jacob; Part II. Hellenistic and Roman Republican Libraries: 4. Men and books in fourth-century BC Athens Massimo Pinto; 5. From text to text: the impact of the Alexandrian Library on the work of Hellenistic poets Annette Harder; 6. Where was the Royal Library of Pergamon? An institution found and lost again Gaelle Coqueugniot; 7. Priests, patrons and playwrights: libraries in Rome before 168 BC Mike Affleck; 8. Libraries in a Greek working life: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, a case study in Rome Daniel Hogg; 9. Libraries and intellectual debate in the Late Republic: the case of the Aristotelian corpus Fabio Tutrone; 10. Ashes to ashes? The Library of Alexandria after 48 BC Myrto Hatzimichali; 11. The non-Philodemus book collection in the Villa of the Papyri George W. Houston; 12. 'Beware of promising your library to anyone': assembling a private library at Rome T. Keith Dix; Part III. Libraries of the Roman Empire: 13. Libraries for the Caesars Ewen Bowie; 14. Public libraries in the cities of the Roman Empire Matthew Nicholls; 15. Flavian libraries in Rome Pier Luigi Tucci; 16. Archives, books and sacred space in Rome Richard Neudecker; 17. Visual supplementation and metonymy in the Roman public library David Petrain; 18. Libraries and reading culture in the High Empire William A. Johnson; 19. Galen, Ptolemy III and the Athenians: libraries, perception and history Michael W. Handis; 20. Libraries and paideia in the Second Sophistic: Galen and Plutarch Alexei V. Zadorojnyi; 21. The professional and his books: special libraries in the Roman world Victor Martinez and Megan Finn Senseney.

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Book SynopsisSince the 1960s, Charles Chadwyck-Healey has been at the forefront of library publishing and the company he founded in 1973 remains a familiar brand name to academic libraries around the world. In this wide ranging book, Chadwyck-Healey charts his personal history of this constantly changing field, from the earliest days of reprint publishing, through microfilm, microfiche and CD-ROM publishing to the current digital age. He describes the early years of using computers in publishing and the introduction of the CD-ROM which was soon supplanted by online. Chadwyck-Healey was one of the first publishers to use both these new media. Focusing upon leading publishing endeavours around the world in the USA, UK, Europe and post-Soviet Russia this book includes vivid and informative first-hand accounts of such landmark publishing projects as the US National Security Archive, the catalogue of the British Library on CD-ROM, and Literature Online (LION).Trade ReviewInteresting, readable and well-indexed. * Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association *Fascinating ... should be of interest beyond the usual audience for a book of library and publishing history. * Library & Information History *Table of ContentsList of illustrations Foreword by Peter Fox Preface List of acronyms 1.Beginning 2.Johnson Reprint Corporation 3.Chadwyck-Healey 4.Cambridge and our own production 5.Official publications 6.Visual images on microfilm 7.Carving up the centuries 8.The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 9.Finding the archives 10.The New York Times 11.France and Spain 12.Black Studies 13.The National Security Archive 14.The last years of microform 15.The silver catalyst 16.Other digital ventures 17.English Poetry 18.Patrologia Latina 19.Periodicals Contents Index 20.Publishing online 21.German literature 22.Red Archives 23.Towards the end 24.The end Appendix 1: History of microform publishing Appendix 2: Microform technology Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis revised translation of the classic 1998 Une histoire de lâarchivistique provides a wide-ranging international survey of developments in archival practices and management, from the ancient world to the present day. The volume has been substantially updated to incorporate recent scholarship and provide additional examples from the English-speaking world. These new additions complement the original text and offer a broad and up-to-date survey, with examples spanning Europe, Africa, Asia and North and South America. The bibliography has also been updated with new material and supplementary English language sources, making it an accessible and up-to-date resource for those working and researching in the field of archives and archival history. This book is an essential reference volume for both archivists and historians, as well as anyone interested in the history of archives.Trade Review"A readable and well-organized synthesis…. [this book] ought to be essential reading for anyone seeking the nearest approximation of a “global archival history” currently available in English"- Eric C. Stoykovich, University of Maryland, US"It reflects much of the latest scholarship on all periods of archival history from ancient Mesopotamia to the twentieth century; it covers an impressive range of topics in a very small space; and, as the first and only monograph of its kind in English, it fills a long-standing void in professional literature. If it succeeds in provoking new interest in its subject matter, or encouraging its readers to undertake further research, it will have served its purpose admirably."- Geoffrey Yeo, University College, London, UK"For anyone interested in the historical development of archival practice or in the variety of perspectives available through the lens of international or global comparisons, A History of Archival Practice is a welcome addition to the growing literature on archival history."- Rand Jimerson, Western Washington University, US "A History of Archival Practice, Margaret Procter, senior lecturer in record and archive studies at the University of Liverpool, UK, provides a beautifully rendered revision and translation of Delsalle’s chronicle of power and control for an anglophone audience."-Christopher M. Laico, Columbia University, US"...Margaret Procter’s translation of this text by Professor Paul Delsalle is very much to be welcomed....I think the book has great potential value and undoubtedly fills a big gap in the extant literature."-Elizabeth Shepherd, University College London, UK" The book is therefore ideally suited, and intended, as an overview work on the development of the archivTable of ContentsPreface to the English EditionIntroduction to the French Edition1. The Ancient World2. The Classical World: from Greek City States to the Roman Empire3. Archives and Archival Practices in Asia and Africa: from Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century4. Archives and Archival Practices in the Americas up to the Eighteenth Century5. In the Chanceries and Muniment Rooms of Medieval Europe, Fifth to Fifteenth Centuries6. Buildings and Equipment in Western Europe: Late Antiquity to the Seventeenth Century7. The Defining Era: Simancas, the Habsburgs and the Sixteenth Century8. Bureaucracy and Archival Centralisation in Early Modern Europe9. Being an Archivist in Early Modern Europe10. Methods and Techniques for Classification and Arrangement: Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries11. Legislation, Literature and Practice in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries12. Buildings and Readers, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries13. Archives Destroyed, Protected and Reconstructed: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries14. The Rise of a Profession, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries15. From Mutual Assistance to International Networks, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries16. Conclusion: the Value of the Historical PerspectiveAfterword to the English Edition

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Book SynopsisCapture the hearts, minds, and attention of your digital-age listeners using read-aloud experiences that engage technology.I wish my learners would be as excited about reading as they are about technology is a lament frequently sung by those who seek to support reading development. There is no debate that reading is fundamental and that reading aloud strongly supports lifelong reading engagement. Technology, however, is ubiquitous in our society, and engagement with it is essential for our success. Reading and technology are therefore in competition for learners'' attention, but by combining reading and technology through use of read-aloud, facilitators can create engaging digital read-aloud programs to enhance the learning experience. Digital read-aloud can be used with multiple age groups, in a variety of settings, and with differing degrees of expense and technology complexity. Understanding that these myriad options can be overwhelming, however, Andrea Paganelli offers detaiTrade ReviewThis book represents a valuable self-education opportunity for any programming librarian, regardless of specialty. It even provides sample program-ready storytime plans. Despite its tech focus, much of this book's advice for tailoring storytimes to specific audiences could apply to a traditional, nondigital storytime. All in all, a strong choice for a brand-new children's librarian or LIS student. * American Libraries *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part One Digital Read-Aloud: Creating the Experience Chapter 1Reading Aloud: A Brief History and the Issues and Importance of Technology Inclusion Reading Aloud: A Brief History Reading Aloud Rocks the Ages! Issues Related to Reading Aloud with Technology The Importance of Technology Inclusion in Read-Aloud Conclusion Chapter 2Knowing Your Audience Is Key to Planning for Digital Read-Aloud Using Technology-Infused Digital Read-Aloud to Augment Engagement Digital Read-Aloud Can Be Used to Promote Lifelong Learning in Varied Ages and Demographics Digital Read-Aloud Can Be Used One-on-One, in Small Groups, or for Many Digital Read-Aloud Can Be Cross-Curricular and Embrace Any Subject Conclusion Chapter 3Planning for a Digital Read-Aloud Digital Resource Type Categories Available for Digital Read-Aloud Transmedia Resource Selection Process for Digital Read-Aloud Preparing to Present a Digital Read-Aloud Planning for Cross-Curricular Digital Read-Aloud Developing a Schedule for Cross-Curricular Digital Read-Aloud Conclusion Chapter 4Implementation of the Digital Read-Aloud Manage the Technology in Your Environment during the Digital Read-Aloud Managing the Participants during the Digital Read-Aloud Delivery of the Digital Read-Aloud Conclusion Chapter 5Reflection on the Digital Read-Aloud Examine the Digital Read-Aloud Experience and Methods of Improvement for Participants Examine the Digital Read-Aloud Experience and Methods of Improvement of Delivery Keep the Digital Read-Aloud Technology Experience Relevant through Continual Evaluation Conclusion Part Two Examples of Digital Read-Aloud Experiences Chapter 6Language Arts Pre-K Elementary School Middle School High School Lifelong Learner Conclusion Chapter 7Math Pre-K Elementary School Middle School High School Lifelong Learner Conclusion Chapter 8Science Pre-K Elementary School Middle School High School Lifelong Learner Conclusion Chapter 9History/Social Studies Pre-K Elementary School Middle School High School Lifelong Learner Conclusion Chapter 10Visual Performing Arts Pre-K Elementary School Middle School High School Lifelong Learner Conclusion Conclusion Glossary Works Cited Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisThis practical guidebook presents an infrastructure for training library staff, starting with a robust onboarding process and continuing through a staff member''s entire duration at an institution.Because library services and resources can change rapidly, ongoing training is an important aspect of library operations. Training can be a particular challenge at large, multi-branch library systems, because it can be difficult to ensure all staff are able to receive the relevant information.Written for library managers and training leaders, A Complete Guide to Training Library Staff presents a comprehensive lifecycle for staff development with a focus on tools and techniques to build a sustainable training program, set staff up for success in their positions, and develop a positive and supportive community across the library. Authors Emily Leachman and A. Garrison Libby spearheaded their library''s movement to largely online trainings, which are inclusive of

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Book Synopsis The field of information ethics (IE)--a subdivision of ethics--was developed during the 1980s, originating and maturing in library science and slowly working its way into other disciplines and practical applications. Some years later, a secondary field emerged, emphasizing theoretical and philosophical concepts, with little focus on real-world applicability. The first of its kind, this comprehensive overview of IE evaluates the production, dissemination, storage, accessing and retrieval of information in an ethical context in areas including the humanities, sciences, medicine and business. A leading figure in the field, the author is concerned with misconduct (falsification, fabrication, plagiary), peer review, the law, privacy, imaging and robotics, among other matters.

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Book SynopsisWhether you re gathering information for a department report or planning a website redesign, easy access to meaningful, actionable data is critical. Farney and McHale address the distinctive needs of libraries educational mission with specific advice on how to use Web Analytics in a library setting. Users are given clear explanations of terminology, a glossary for future reference and effective communication tips for reporting results and recommending changes or improvements. Also included: Eight examples of semi-custom and custom reporting Four case studies showing project-specific applications Advice on how to use tools such as Percent Mobile and Google Analytics to complement one another

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Book SynopsisUsing shaggy dog stories based on classic literature, the Polettes address common spelling and grammatical errors and the ways in which children can be taught to read critically to recognize them. Stories such as Rapunzel, Alice, The Hare and the Tortoise, and King Arthur, purposely embedded with common errors, have been pretested in teacher workshops given by Nancy Polette and in Dr. Keith Polette's classes at the University of Texas, El Paso. Teachers found them specific enough to be used directly in the writing instruction curriculum and fun for students to read and try to figure out.Each full-page reproducible story and its corrected counterpart focus on common errors (incorrect use of quotation marks, end marks, capitalization, apostrophes, semicolons, run on sentences, homophones, verb usage, etc.). An appendix offers answer explanations, rules to be learned and taught, and more. Grades 3-8.Trade Review"Reproducible passages with built-in errors are designed to help upper-elementary and middle-school students hone in on specific grammatical concepts through proofreading. The stories are goofy and familiar, with punny punch lines guaranteed to elicit groans." - Curriculum Connections"Keith Polette and Nancy Polette, an author, presenter, and speaker, provide 45 reproducible stories that contain spelling and grammatical errors, with corrections, to teach children in grades three to eight editing skills. These are Shaggy Dog stories based on classic literature humorous versions of them that end with a joke or pun. The stories, such as Rapunzel, The Yellow Brick Road, and The Frankenstein Monster, instruct students what usage errors to watch out for and each has the same narrative structure." - Reference & Research Book News

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Book SynopsisProvides a solid, foundational understanding of creativity that enables readers to elicit creative performance from their students. The first book of its kind in the school library field, The Creative Imperative: School Librarians and Teachers Cultivating Curiosity Together assists educators, school librarians, school counselors, and parents in learning about creativity and inquiry as well as how to foster these desired processes in school settings and beyond. The work begins by addressing the foundational aspects of creativity, and then discusses creativity within the educational setting, exploring how educators can be more creative themselves and coax creative performance from their students. The final part of the text focuses specifically on school libraries and the role of librarians in developing environments and opportunities for inquiry that nurture creativity.Trade Review[D]edicated to helping professionals foster creativity in the educational setting . . . some of the best moments of the collection are when authors offer valuable insights into using technology to aid in creativity. . . . [T]he editors promise from the start that this collection will not rely on traditional (and often false) ideas of creative education, making this a valuable resource for professionals. * VOYA *Table of ContentsForeword Vera John-Steiner Acknowledgments Introduction Jami Biles Jones and Lori J. Flint SECTION I UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEXITY OF CREATIVITY 1 Looking and Leaping: An Introduction to Creativity Research Sarah E. Sumners and Garrett J. Jaeger 2 Creativity Theory and Educational Practice: Why All the Fuss? Michael Hanchett Hanson 3 The Dark Side of Creativity in the Classroom: The Paradox of Classroom Teaching Arthur Cropley and David Cropley 4 The Creativity Crisis, Possible Causes, and What Schools Can Do Kyung Hee Kim and Stephen V. Coxon SECTION II THE COMPONENTS OF CREATIVITY 5 Inside-the-Box: An Expertise-Based Approach to Creativity in Education Robert W. Weisberg and Michael Hanchett Hanson 6 Motivation Is Everything Beth A. Hennessey 7 The Creative Tapestry: Collaborative Partnerships Gail Bush 8 Encouraging Creative Achievement: How to Develop the Habits of Mind Necessary for Creative Production Lori J. Flint 9 Acting on Curiosity: What's Changed, What Hasn't, and What Educators Can Do Marilyn P. Arnone and Ruth V. Small SECTION III CREATIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE SCHOOL LIBRARY OF CURIOUS DELIGHT 10 Creativity in the Classroom: Teachers and Librarians Together Alane Jordan Starko 11 The Application of Common Core State Standards to Foster Creativity and Curiosity Carolyn Coil 12 The Potential of Technology to Foster Creativity Brian C. Housand 13 Fostering Creativity through Inquiry Jami Biles Jones 14 The Role of the School Librarian in Developing Creativity through Future Problem Solving Bonnie L. Cramond and Suehyeon Paek 15 Bibliocreativity: How Books and Stories Develop Creativity Brian Sturm Appendix A: Creative Solution and Diagnosis Scale (CSDS) Appendix B: Future Problem Solving International Topic Lists Resources Index About the Editors and Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis professional primer provides the blueprint to help you create a school library program, covering all aspects of library management such as budgeting, eBook use, purchasing, and teacher collaboration. Advice and strategies from experts in the field will help you master collection development, library administration, recruitment, and staffing. This handbook is the perfect introduction to school library management for both novice and seasoned professionals. The authors—both experienced school librarians—provide basic guidelines for overseeing an effective library program, practical examples that can be used to implement quality lessons, comprehensive coverage of key topics including daily tasks and human resource management, and ideas for the future of school library management. The provided strategies make setting up and running a program easy for professionals at any level. The second edition includes updated information on the latest trends, terminology, and technologies current in the field. The book is organized into three sections: focusing on daily operations; your role as a teacher collaborator and visionary; and methods for managing a collection. Included resource lists, sidebars, charts, and pictures offer tips and ideas for successfully implementing your plans.Trade ReviewThis is a helpful overview of the many practical considerations involved in running a school library and building a school library program for those new to the field. . . . This work could serve as a text for a school library management course or could be a helpful primer for new school librarians. . . . [I]t would certainly be an informative resource for those new to library work. * VOYA *Table of ContentsCONTENTS Preface Part I. Day-to-Day Basics Chapter 1: Your Role as a School Library/Media Specialist Chapter 2: Understanding Library Organization Chapter 3: Circulation Policies and Mechanics Chapter 4: Using Media Management Systems Chapter 5: Scheduling: Philosophy and Practicality Chapter 6: Staffing Your School Library Chapter 7: Arranging Your School Library Part II. The School Librarian as Teacher/Collaborator Chapter 8: Identifying Standards – State and National Chapter 9: Developing and Promoting Your Library Program Chapter 10: Research and You Chapter 11: Television Production and You Part III. Long-Term Vision Chapter 12: Collection Development Chapter 13: Resources for the Journey Chapter 14: Budgeting and Purchasing Chapter 15: Cataloging and Processing Part IV. Equipping Your Library/Media Center Chapter 16: Equipped to Run! Appendix A: National Level Professional Organizations Appendix B: State Level Professional Organizations Appendix C: Helpful Resources Appendix D: Awards for Children and Young Adult Literature Appendix E: Library 101 Vocabulary: A Glossary of Terms Index

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Book SynopsisHere is everything you need to promote your library as a center for genealogical study by leveraging your collection to help patrons conduct research on ancestors, document family stories, and archive family heirlooms. Websites, social media, and the Internet have made research on family history accessible. Your library can tap into the popularity of the do-it-yourself genealogy movement by promoting your role as both a preserver of local community history as well as a source for helping your patrons archive what's important to their family. This professional guide will teach you how to integrate family history programming into your educational outreach tools and services to the community. The book is divided into three sections: the first introduces methods for creating a program to help your clients trace their roots; the second provides library science instruction in reference and planning for local collections; and the third part focuses on the use of specific types of resources in local collections. Additional information features methods for preserving photographs, letters, diaries, documents, memorabilia, and ephemera. The text also includes bibliographies, appendices, checklists, and links to online aids to further assist with valuating and organizing important family mementos.Trade ReviewReaders will appreciate the plethora of programming ideas presented throughout the work as well as the tips for creating a guide of other local organizations supporting family history research. . . . Anyone who wishes to develop or expand a family history program will turn to this resource again and again. * Library Journal, Starred Review *Offers practical advice, with bibliographical notes, on how to establish a family history service within the framework of existing programming and outreach. * American Libraries *When libraries face budget concerns and changes in technology and consumerism, embracing family history offers a significant opportunity. Some hesitate, uncertain of how to help researchers in an unfamiliar field. Fostering Family History Services aims to help these professionals and volunteers. . . . Fostering Family History Services is a welcome addition to a subject that receives little notice in library science education. It shows libraries paying more attention to the value of local history and genealogy collections. * National Genealogical Society Quarterly *Fostering Family History Services lays important groundwork for helping information providers understand how best to serve the needs of their patrons. . . . Chapters are meticulously documented with citations from the professional literature, and include lists of other print and electronic resources for further reference. The book also includes program ideas that librarians and archivists may utilize to enhance the services they provide. While Fostering Family History Services is intended for information service providers, it is suited to anyone seeking to understand how librarians, archivists, and volunteers serve the needs of local history researchers. * History News *Table of ContentsCONTENTS Preface Introduction: Why Providing Family History Services is a Great Idea Chapter 1: Thinking Outside the Collection Box Chapter 2: Record It: Preserving Family and Community History Chapter 3: Tell It: Oral History for the 21st Century Chapter 4: Sort It: Assessing and Storing Home Sources Chapter 5: Picture It: Gathering, Analyzing and Storing Family Photographs Chapter 6: The Negotiators: Asking and Answering Questions Chapter 7: Maximizing Access to Family History Materials Chapter 8: Mining the Riches Chapter 9: Pooling Our Resources: The Digital Portal Appendix A: Annotated Lists of Family History Titles Appendix B: The Locality Guide Appendix C: Associations Related to Local Studies Appendix D: Forms Index

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Book SynopsisTransform your library into a "think tank" by helping teachers create an active learning environment in which students question, investigate, synthesize, conclude, and present information based on Common Core standards. The rigors of today's mandated academic standards can repurpose your library's role as a steward of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) at your school. Created for teachers of grades 6 through 12, this guide will help you help present exciting, field-tested lessons that address developmental steps and individual differences in key competencies in the CCSS. Authors and educators Mary Ratzer and Paige Jaeger illustrate how brain-based learning helps students become deep, critical thinkers, and provide the lesson plans to coax the best thinking out of each child. This tool book presents strategies to help learners progress from novice to expert thinker; challenge students with questions that lead to inquiry; incorporate "rigor" into lessons; and use model lesson plans to change instruction. Beginning chapters introduce the basics of instruction and provide ideas for expert cognitive growth of the brain. Sample lessons are aligned with key curriculum areas, including science, social studies, music, art, and physical education.

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Book SynopsisJane Secker and Chris Morrison have completely revised and updated this highly successful text to take into account recent developments in the field and changes to the law in the UK and elsewhere in the world. Through its practically based overview of current and emerging copyright issues facing those working in e-learning, this book will help equip professionals with the tools, skills and understanding they need to work confidently and effectively in the virtual learning environment with the knowledge that they are doing so legally.New and developing services, software and other technologies are being adapted for online learning environments to engage students and academic staff. These technologies present increasing challenges to IPR and legal issues and this book will help librarians and educators to meet them. Key topics addressed include:digitizing published content for delivery in the VLE using digital media in e-learning copyright issues and 'born' digital resources The copyright issues associated with using social media copyright training for staff Who owns the rights in works that are the product of collaboration? What do you do if you can't find the rights holders? Readership: This book is essential reading for anyone working in education including learning support staff and teachers using e-learning, learning technologists, librarians, educational developers, instructional designers, IT staff and trainers. It is also relevant for anyone working in the education sector from school level to higher education, and those developing learning resources in commercial organizations and the public sector including libraries, museums and archives, and government departments.Trade Review...this collected volume contains an excellent overview of copyright in relation to electronic content and will appeal primarily to librarians with responsibility for this type of content and for those responsible for managing e-learning. -- Andrew Eynon * Journal of Information Literacy *Jane & Chris have done a great job in pulling together a lot of information covering a range of practical issues, and managed to pitch it at both those with some knowledge, and those without, and position it within a valuable dialogue of competing views on how content should be respected and be useful. * The IP Kat *I found myself nodding in agreement so often while reading this book that people watching me must have thought I was reading a gripping novel. The advice is always sensible, authoritative and clearly articulated. The lists of resources to consider using, scattered throughout the book, are always helpful and authoritative. The overall style is positive. The remarks about risk management are excellent. -- Charles Oppenheim * European Intellectual Property Review *Facet Publishing produces many of the authoritative texts on copyright and this book slots neatly amongst its counterparts, providing a useful overview of the most pertinent copyright issues in education. -- Emily Stannard * LSE Review of Books *Table of Contents1. E-learning and copyright: background Recognizing the copyright dilemma The development of e-learning A brief introduction to UK copyright law Ireland Australia New Zealand Canada The USA Copyright and scholarly communication Creative Commons The Open Movement 2. Digitizing text-based content for delivery in a VLE Using published materials in e-learning Scanning published content in the UK Scanning in the UK: results of a survey Using published content outside the UK The USA Using unpublished content 3. Using digital media: video, images, sound and software Why use sound, images and video in teaching? Copyright and non-text-based works: an introduction Using images in education Digital images collections Digitization of analogue recordings Identifying rights holders and getting permission Copying broadcasts: the ERA Licence Box of Broadcasts Catch-up TV services and television on demand BBC iPlayer Creating audio and video content in-house: copyright issues Sound recordings Lecture capture and intellectual property rightsissues Screen recording iTunes U Managing digital media content Software Finding digital media content for use in e-learning Example sources for still images Example sources for moving images Example sources for audio 4. Copyright issues and born digital resources How is born digital content different? Digital rights management Using content from websites Content from publishers E-books Databases and other subscription resources Lecturers’ own digital content: teaching materials Student-created content Conclusions and general advice 5. Copyright in the connected digital environment What are social media and the Cloud? New technologies for learning Wikis Media-sharing sites Peer to peer file sharing Social networking services Social bookmarking and curation tools Massive open online courses Emerging trends 6. Copyright education and training The copyright educator, trainer or teacher Developing a copyright literacy programme Your audience Face-to-face training sessions Topics to include Practical considerations Using the web Booklets, guides and leaflets Dealing with queries Sources of further advice and support 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAt the heart of any discussion about the future of libraries is the future of librarians—and how well our instructional programs, especially the Master of Library Science (MLS) degree, prepare them for their careers. Building on the Re-envisioning the MLS initiative from the University of Maryland’s iSchool and the Information Policy & Access Center (iPAC), this book continues the critical conversations around preparing future librarians. Library and information science (LIS) programs are the foundation of librarianship, and their design requires input from everyone in the field—from academics designing programs and courses, to practitioners reflecting on how prepared (or unprepared) they are to serve their communities, to hiring authorities considering qualifications of candidates. The second installment of this two-part volume explores many of the challenges and opportunities inherent in the future of the MLS degree, including the changing nature of the communities that libraries serve and how LIS education should address these changes, how archival training must accommodate big data, the specialized skill sets librarians need on the job, and how best to prepare librarians for their role as educators. These conversations will never be fully resolved, as LIS education must continue to evolve to ensure the efficacy of libraries and the librarians at the heart of the work.Trade ReviewIn this second volume of a two volume-set, library professionals, administrators, researchers, and educators from North America and the UK present 12 chapters on innovative approaches to library and information science (LIS) education, focusing on issues of diversity, inclusion, and equity; the education roles of library and information science professionals; the incorporation of new technologies and related pedagogical approaches into the curriculum; the opportunities presented by social work to expand LIS education; and the new relevance of traditional elements of the Master of Library Science. They address how the library profession can develop and deliver library services that target the opportunity gap in the US, opportunities for diversity-related content and the integration of critical race theory in the curriculum, the role of the MLIS program in preparing culturally competent school librarians who can provide services and programs that include LGBT students, how social work can contribute to the education of LIS practitioners, how graduate programs can integrate the interests of educators with those of the profession and public using an apprenticeship model, moving beyond tech-savvy librarians to those embedded in and helping create content and technology, creating a new paradigm in archival practice called computational archive science, cataloging in the curriculum, and issues around MLIS graduates as educators. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Re-envisioning the MLS; Johnna Percell, Lindsay Sarin, Paul Jaeger, and John Bertot Chapter 2. Creating a New Era of Expanded Opportunity for All: How Librarians Can Lead Us There; Denise Davis, Morgan Miller, and Erica Jesonis Chapter 3. Creating Mirrors and Doors in the Curriculum: Diversifying and Re-envisioning the MLS; Nicole A. Cooke Chapter 4. Critical Race Theory in the LIS Curriculum; Amelia Gibson, Sandra Hughes-Hassell, and Megan Threats Chapter 5. Why is the Conversation about LGBT Students’ Information Needs Still in the Closet? The Role of the MLIS Program in Preparing Culturally Competent School Librarians; Renee F. Hill and Meagan M. McGrath Chapter 6. Integrating Social Work Perspectives into LIS Education: Blended Professionals as Change Agents; Keren Dali Chapter 7. Educating Librarians: Applying the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Apprenticeship Model to the Education of Librarians; Karl Pettitt Chapter 8. Tech-Savvy Librarian versus (Library) Technologist: Understanding the Future Role of Librarians in Technology Practice; Monica Maceli Chapter 9. Archival Records and Training in the Age of Big Data; Richard Marciano, Victoria Lemieux, Mark Hedges, Maria Esteva, William Underwood, Michael Kurtz, and Mark Conrad Chapter 10. Teaching in Libraries: Not an Elective Part of the Job; Michael Carlozzi Chapter 11. Making the Grade: Should MLIS Programs Prepare Information Professionals for Success as Educators?; Courtney L. Douglass Chapter 12. Phoenix or Dodo? Re-envisioning Cataloging Education; Karen Snow, Gretchen L. Hoffman, Maurine McCourry, and Heather Moulaison Sandy

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Book SynopsisMany organizations are moving away from managing records and information in paper form to setting up electronic records management (ERM) systems. There is a range of reasons for this: economic considerations may be the driver for change, or government policy initiatives may be coming into play.Whatever the situation in your organization, this book provides straightforward, practical guidance on how to prepare for and enable ERM. It sets out and explains the issues organizations need to consider in selecting a system, and the procedures required for effective implementation.Help is also given with the complexities of managing hybrid records during an interim period between paper and electronic record management.The book is divided into three main parts covering the preparation for ERM, and its design and implementation. The key areas covered are:the underlying principles the context making a business case for ERM the main issues for design the information survey the file plan appraisal methodology preservation access the main issues for implementation project management procurement change management training the future of information management. Readership: This 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.Trade Review"For any organization intending to carry out an electronic records management implementation, or even simply just thinking about it, this book is invaluable…Highly recommended - Read this book and you may be able to save yourself a consultant's fee!"Table of ContentsPART 1: PREPARATION 1. Underlying principles 2. Context 3. Making a business case for ERM PART 2: DESIGN 4. Main issues for design 5. Information survey 6. File plan 7. Appraisal methodology 8. Preservation 9. Access PART 3: IMPLEMENTATION 10. Main issues for implementation 11. Project management 12. Procurement 13. Change management 14. Training PART 4: THE FUTURE 15. The future of information management Appendix. Competency framework.

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Book SynopsisThis book takes up the obtrusive problem of visual representation of fiction in contemporary Russian book design. By analyzing a broad variety of book covers, the study offers an absolutely unique material that illustrates a radically changing notion of literature in the transformation of Soviet print culture to a post-Soviet book market. It delivers a profound and critical exploration of Russian visual imaginary of classic, popular, and contemporary prose. Among all the carelessly bungled covers of mass-published post-Soviet series the study identifies gems from experimental designers. By taking a comparative approach to the clash of two formerly separate book cultures, the Western and the Soviet, that results both in a mixture of highbrow and lowbrow forms and in ideological re-interpretations of the literary works, this book contributes to opening an East-West dialogue between the fields of Russian studies, contemporary book and media history, art, design, and visual studies.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements.- Introduction.- 1. Research Design.- PART I: Russian Book Design from the Soviet Period to Present.- 2. The Soviet Hardback Revolution.- 3. Perestroika and Post-Soviet Re-Design.- 4. Russian Book Design Today.- PART II: Changing Values in Visual Representation of Literature.- 5. The Classic Returns: Anton Chekhov’s Dama s sobachkoi.- 6. The Western World in a Russian Pocket? James Hadley Chase’s Ves’ mir v karmane.- 7. The Kaleidoscopic Images of Viktor Pelevin’s Generation “P”.- PART III: Three Generations of Russian Book Designers.- 8. Book Artist or Designer?.- 9. Arkadii Troianker: Nonconformist Book Experiments in Changing Media.- 10. Andrei Bondarenko: From the Bright Underground to Dark Clouds.- 11. Outlook on the Next Generation: Aleksandr Utkin’s New Printed Classics.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents and explores a challenging new approach in book history. It offers a coherent volume of thirteen chapters in the field of early modern book history covering a wide range of topics and it is written by renowned scholars in the field. The rationale and content of this volume will revitalize the theoretical and methodological debate in book history. The book will be of interest to scholars and students in the field of early modern book history as well as in a range of other disciplines. It offers book historians an innovative methodological approach on the life cycle of books in and outside Europe. It is also highly relevant for social-economic and cultural historians because of the focus on the commercial, legal, spatial, material and social aspects of book culture. Scholars that are interested in the history of science, ideas and news will find several chapters dedicated to the production, circulation and consumption of knowledge and news media. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction - Books and Book History in Motion: Materiality, Sociality and Spaciality; Daniel Bellingradt and Jeroen Salman.- PART I: BEYOND PRODUCTION.- Chapter 2. Promoting the Counter-Reformation in Provincial France; Malcolm Walsby.- Chapter 3. Conrad Gessner and the Mobility of the Book; Paul Nelles.- Chapter 4. Paper Networks and the Book Industry; Daniel Bellingradt.- Chapter 5. Marketing a New Legal Code in Fifteenth Century Castile; Benito Rial Costas.- PART II: BEYOND CIRCULATION.- Chapter 6. Links between Newspapers and Books; Andreas Golob.- Chapter 7. Publishers, Editors, and Artists in the Marketing of News in the Dutch Republic circa 1700; Joop W. Koopmans.- Chapter 8. The Battle of Medical Books; Jeroen Salman.- Chapter 9. What killed Théodore Rilliet de Saussure?; Mark Curran.- PART III: BEYOND CONSUMPTION.- Chapter 10. Reading Strategies in Scotland circa 1750–1820; Vivienne Dunstan.- Chapter 11. Italian Books and French Medical Libraries in the Renaissance; Shanti Graheli.- Chapter 12. Printed in Europe, consumed in Ottoman lands; Geoffrey Roper.- Epilogue: Matter, Sociability and Space; Joad Raymond.

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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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Book SynopsisA fascinating and vital area of research, the geography of information describes the role of information as both economic and commercial product and its distribution and movement across boundaries of cyberspace and conventional geography. Written by a pioneer in telecommunications geography research, this prize winning title (AAG award 2003) applies information geography to the world of high-tech, examining the latest wrinkles in the Internet, Silicon Valley, mobile telephony, and other key areas. the first book to provide both a context for the geography of information and a critical overview of recent research. Includes location-specific references and case studies. Examines the information society, information economy, telecommunications and its geographical impact. Trade Review"...an excellent textbook...provides very rich descriptions...should be congratulated for presenting 'hot-button' issues..." (New Media & Society, Vol 6(3), June 2004) "...a useful book that synthesises a great deal of contemporary literature..." (Environment & Planning B: Planning and Design, Vo. 31, No.3 2004) "Its collection and subsequent organization of references, as well as the clarity of its presentation, should make it highly appealing to a wide audience." (Urban Studies, July 2005)Table of ContentsContexts Information and Knowledge The Information Society The Information Economy Information Politics Information Law Conclusion Basics The Scope of Information Geography Space Place Conclusion Technology Information and Technology Technology and Flows Knowledge Innovation Technology Information Technology Regions Conclusion Information Volumes and Origins The Internet: Evolution and Structure A Conceptual Framework for Information Production Ranking Urban Centers of Information Production Global Centers: New York and Los Angeles IT R&D Information Production Conclusion Contents Content Demand and Location Capital as Information E-Commerce and Location Geographic Language Conclusion Transmission The Internet Backbones Flows US Leadership in Telecommunications Conclusion Media Leading Nations The Digital Divide Conclusion Consumption Social Uses of the Internet Internet Consumption in Cities Use and Location Broadband Conclusion Beyond Challenges Geography of Information

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces the fast-developing field of book history. James Raven, a leading historian of the book, offers a fresh and accessible guide to the global study of the production, dissemination and reception of written and printed texts across all societies and in all ages.Trade Review"This is an invaluable survey of the origins, theoretical and methodological underpinnings, and major resources and findings of the fast-growing field of book history, across a global range of times and places."—Ann Blair, Harvard University "James Raven's boundary-defying book is delightfully adventuresome in its thinking and dazzling in the scope and command of the sources it adduces. This remarkably accomplished little volume will be part of the conversation for years to come."—Michael F. Suarez, S.J., Director, Rare Book School at the University of Virginia "It's exactly what I need to introduce me to what the discipline embraces, how it began and how it is developing."—Karen McAulay, Times Higher Education Supplement "'Easy writing', wrote the playwright Sheridan, 'is damned hard reading'. For James Raven this must have been damned hard writing indeed, for the result is reading which lightly carries a lifetime of learning and will surely act as an inspiration to others, not least to young scholars who are coming new to the field."—Library & Information HistoryTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of illustrations and tables 1. The Scope of Book History Redefining the book First books first 2. The Early History of Book History Pre-histories of the book Towards bibliography 3. Description, Enumeration and Modelling Retrospective catalogues and bibliometrics New perspectives and projects Circuits and diagrams 4. Who, What and How? Economics Wider horizons Control: Copyright, censorship and circulation Libraries Cautions and precepts 5. Reading Identifying readers Recovering reading practises Consequences Further reading Index

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Book SynopsisDigital Marketing: Integrating Strategy, Sustainability, and Purpose, Second Edition, draws on the latest digital tactics and strategic insights to help students understand how to generate sustainable growth through digital integration. It provides a roadmap to adopt a digital mindset, incorporate digital trends strategically, and integrate the most effective tactics and tools with organizational core values to achieve competitive advantage.Retaining the popular integrated approach that introduces students to each concept as it becomes relevant to the digital marketing plan, this edition: Combines a strong theoretical foundation with practical insights and activities that give students a comprehensive understanding of how to implement a digital marketing strategy in a modern business environment striving for purpose Introduces the Sustainable Marketing Normal, a values-driven marketing model for the digital age which incorporates the 6Ps oTrade Review "Digital Marketing will prepare executives, managers, owners, and students to integrate digital and traditional marketing strategies and tactics with core values and business goals to achieve unprecedented levels of efficiency and innovation." Philip Kotler, S.C. Johnson and Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA "Kaufman, Horton, and Soltanifar’s guidebook gives readers an interactive overview of marketing in the digital age. Aspiring digital marketers will find a treasure trove of valuable insights from case studies, expert insights, digital diagnostics, and takeaways within these pages. Leaders and laymen alike can use this as a roadmap for bringing their marketing efforts to life in the 21st century." Doug Conant, Former President and CEO, Campbell Soup Company, USA "Digital Marketing is a must-read for anyone looking to take their digital marketing efforts to the next level, striving to achieve business goals while also promoting sustainability and purpose-driven initiatives. The authors’ thoughtful and engaging writing style makes complex concepts easy to understand; their insights apply to businesses of all sizes and industries. If you're looking to create meaningful change through your marketing efforts, this book is an excellent place to start." Snjezana Slabek, Senior Director, Learning and Training, Cognite AS, Norway "This book is excellent for those who want to grasp the crucial concepts of digital marketing in an era where sustainability is imperative for all brands. The second edition update adroitly summarizes the latest digital technologies and business functions driving today’s interconnected global marketplace." Dr. Lau Kong Cheen, Associate Professor, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Malaysia Table of Contents Figures & Acknowledgements Foreword: Embrace the Sustainable Marketing Normal, Phillip Kotler Foreword: Adopt a Sustainable Mindset; Market with Purpose, Roberto Croci Preface: What is Digital, and Why Should I Care? Introduction: Your Roadmap to Digital Integration Chapter 1: Transforming from Traditional to Digital Values Chapter 2: A Digitally Challenged Enterprise Chapter 3: Drivers of Change Chapter 4: Fundamentals of the Sustainable Marketing Normal Chapter 5: Managing the Sustainable Marketing Normal Chapter 6: Integrated Digital Marketing Chapter 7: Define and Establish Chapter 8: Convey and Augment Chapter 9: Connect and Convert Chapter 10: Measure and Refine Chapter 11: Digital Alignment Chapter 12: Structural Integration Chapter 13: Evaluation and ROI Chapter 14: Building Shared Value Chapter 15: From Social Business to Digitally Integrated Organization End Notes Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisAmericans tend to imagine their public libraries as time-honored advocates of equitable access to information for all. Through much of the twentieth century, however, many black Americans were denied access to public libraries or allowed admittance only to separate and smaller buildings and collections. While scholars have examined and continue to uncover the history of school segregation, there has been much less research published on the segregation of public libraries in the Jim Crow South. In fact, much of the writing on public library history has failed to note these racial exclusions.In Not Free, Not for All, Cheryl Knott traces the establishment, growth, and eventual demise of separate public libraries for African Americans in the South, disrupting the popular image of the American public library as historically welcoming readers from all walks of life. Using institutional records, contemporaneous newspaper and magazine articles, and other primary sources together with scholarly work in the fields of print culture and civil rights history, Knott reconstructs a complex story involving both animosity and cooperation among whites and blacks who valued what libraries had to offer. African American library advocates, staff, and users emerge as the creators of their own separate collections and services with both symbolic and material importance, even as they worked toward dismantling those very institutions during the era of desegregation.

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Book SynopsisInformation science was a burgeoning field in the early years of the Cold War, and while public and academic libraries acted as significant sites for the information boom, it is unsurprising that McCarthyism and censorship would shape what they granted readers access to and acquired. Wild Intelligence traces a different history of information management, examining the privately assembled collections of poets and their knowledge-building practices at midcentury.Taking up case studies of four poets who began writing during the 1950s and 1960s, including Charles Olson (1910–1970), Diane di Prima (1934–2020), Gerrit Lansing (1928–2018), and Audre Lorde (1934–1992), M. C. Kinniburgh shows that the postwar American poet's library should not just be understood according to individual books within their collection but rather as an archival resource that reveals how poets managed knowledge in a growing era of information overload. Exploring traditions and systems that had been overlooked, buried, occulted, or censored, these poets sought to recover a sense of history and chart a way forward.

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Book SynopsisThe cause of information management is to gather, manipulate, save and distribute the right data to the right individual within the company, right time. Given the exponential growth of corporate content material, information management is also now focusing on controlling the relevance of records storage, permitting the organization to store not all information, however, and only store beneficial facts. Therefore there is a notion of content decommissioning, which is composed in deleting from repositories any records that a company now wishes to not be saved and managed.The first chapter refers to information management. Chapter 2 shows that a clinical frame of know-how is constructed upon information, that is carefully accrued, analyzed, and offered in scholarly reports. Chapter 3 looks at how huge volumes of records are constantly generated from scientific notes and diagnostic studies catalogued in digital fitness statistics.Chapter 4 looks at how ineffective district fitness control potentially influences on fitness device performance and provider shipping. Chapter 5 proves that the emergence of Semantic web technologies brings the promise of significant interoperation among records and evaluation resources. Chapter 6 has a goal to look at how accomplishing accreditation in laboratories is a mission in Nigeria like in a majority of African nations.Chapter 7 shows that the intention of this research is to explore elements influencing the management choices to adopt human useful resource information gadget. Chapter 8 showcases how an effective containment of an outbreak is predicated on prompt and powerful coordination and conversation across numerous interventions. Chapter 9 displays how traceability systems have been evolved as effective tools for enhancing the transparency of supply chains.Chapter 10 looks at how migrating to cloud computing is not an clean process. Chapter 11 displays how sharing of epidemiological and clinical statistics units amongst researchers is not at a satisfactory level. Chapter 12 looks at how consumers are alive for a longer time, developing greater stress on the health network and also boosting their need for help with persistent conditions.Chapter 13 establishes that studies comparing the trade in occurrence of appendicitis over time have stated inconsistent findings. Chapter 14 displays that the use of large-scale interaction statistics from a virtual international, we display that humans’s propensity to socialize. Chapter 15 displays that following the fast improvement of social media, sentiment analysis has end up an essential social media mining approach.Chapter 16 establishes electronic scientific report systems are more and more being adopted to help fitness care in developing countries. Chapter 17 shows that a genotype is related to hepatitis C virus clearance and can play a role in other infections. Chapter 18 displays a practical 3-tiered technique to reveal the sector’s largest antiretroviral treatment.Chapter 19 suggests technology has been an increasingly utilized in health packages in developing international locations. Chapter 20 proves sizeable investments are being made in business electronic prescribing systems (e-prescribing) in many countries. Chapter 21 displays how reading excessive throughput genomics records is a complicated and extensive task.

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Book SynopsisThe last 46 years have witnessed a deep and continued interest in information literacy. This interest has resulted in an extensive range of research being undertaken and a burgeoning corpus of literature created by academic researchers, library practitioners and other researchers who explore information literacy through their own disciplinary lens. The Qualitative Landscape of Information Literacy Research is a landmark publication that will develop and support readers’ understanding of how information literacy research and teaching is framed, developed and produced. Written by a leading expert in the field, it introduces and describes the key approaches taken by qualitative researchers, identifying core and specialist methods, techniques and theories. In each chapter, examples will illustrate how theory, types of pedagogical frameworks, methods and tools have been used. Coverage includes: theory and key concepts of information literacy social theory framework and their application to information literacy research exploration of the pedagogical frameworks that inform information literacy a range of qualitative methods that shape information literacy research data collection techniques research design. This book will be valuable to researchers in information literacy, students who are developing or undertaking research or simply interested in identifying approaches to information literacy and practitioners who want to investigate the practice of information literacy to create an evidence base to support information literacy in their workplaces or institutions. Trade Review'A welcome text that puts the topic of information literacy into the research landscape within a most interesting and refreshing conceptual framework.'- Ona Norvaišaitė, Information ResearchTable of ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgementsForeword Geoff WaltonIntroduction Situating Information Literacy Research Informing Information Literacy Research Framing Information Literacy as an Educational Practice for Research Qualitative Methods in Information Literacy Research Collecting Data About Information Literacy: Data Collection Techniques Planning for Research Qualitatively Speaking and Doing Information Literacy Research ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisEssential Law for Information Professionals, fourth edition, provides up-to-date and easy-to-follow practical guidance on the law as it affects information management and the principles underlying practice. Using individual cases to illustrate these core principles and contextualise regulations, it cuts through the legalese to provide exactly what’s needed in an easily digestible format showing examples of how the law has worked in practice in specific legal cases. The book gives readers the tools to quickly assess legal hazards and identify solutions. Information law is a particularly fast moving area of law. In the eight years that have passed since the best-selling third edition was published, there have been many changes to the legislation and numerous legal cases which have further developed our understanding of the law. The fourth edition fully reflects those changes, which include: a new chapter on library law which covers the legal framework for libraries (concentrating on legislation and soft law relevant to libraries) implementation of the GDPR through the Data Protection Act 2018 a major overhaul of the copyright exceptions, and the 2018 implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 and the implications of the 2018 proposals for a new re-use directive extension of the public lending right scheme to e-books CILIP’s ethical framework. Essential Law for Information Professionals is an essential guide for anyone working in the information professions. It is also the ideal legal textbook for students of information studies and librarianship. Table of ContentsEssential Law for Information Professionals

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Book SynopsisVisual research methods (VRM) comprise a collection of methods that incorporate visual elements such as maps, drawings, photographs, videos, as well as three-dimensional objects into the research process. In addition, VRM including photo-elicitation, photovoice, draw-and-write techniques, and cognitive mapping are being leveraged to great effect to explore information experiences to investigate some of the central questions in the field; expand theoretical discussions in LIS; and improve library services and spaces.Visual Research Methods: An Introduction for Library and Information Studies is the first book to focus on visual methods in LIS, providing a comprehensive primer for students, educators, researchers and practitioners in the field. Contributed chapters in the book showcase examples of VRM in action and offer the insights, inspirations, and experiences of researchers and practitioners working with visual methods. Coverage includes: - an introduction to visual research methods including a discussion of terminology- an overview of the literature on VRM in libraries- methodological framing including a discussion of theory and epistemology- practical and ethical considerations for researchers embarking on VRM projects- chapters showcasing VRM in action including drawing techniques, photographic techniques, and mixed methods- six contributed chapters each showcasing the results of visual research methods, discussions of the techniques, and reflections on VRM for research in information studies.This book will provide a strong methodological context for the adoption of visual research methods in LIS and feature examples of VRM ‘in action.’ It will prove to be a must-have reference for researchers, practitioners, instructors, and students who want to engage with visual research methods and to expand their methodological toolkit. Trade Review'A seminal and significant curriculum textbook, Visual Research Methods: An Introduction for Library and Information Studies is a core and unreservedly recommended addition to the Library Science collections of community and academic library systems. Ideal for library in-service training programs, it should be noted for library science students, academia, and professional librarians that Visual Research Methods: An Introduction for Library and Information Studies is also readily available in a paperback edition.' -- James A. Cox * Midwest Book Review *'A useful tool that would complement more traditional methods textbooks in a LIS program and serve as inspiration or a point of reference for an information professional looking to integrate visual tools into applied research designs' - Alison Hicks, Assistant Professor of Information Studies, UCL -- Alison Hicks * University of Toronto Press *Table of ContentsIntroduction: An Invitation to Visual Research Methods, Shailoo Bedi and Jenaya WebbPart 1 - A Primer on Visual Research Methods in LIS1 - A Brief Introduction to Visual Research Methods in LIS, Jenaya Webb and Shailoo Bedi2 - Visual Research Methods: Discovery, Shailoo Bedi and Jenaya WebbPart 2 – Visual Research Methods in Action3 - Librarian, Illustrated: The Draw-and-Write Technique as a Visual Method for Libraries, Jenna Hartel and Deborah Hicks4 - Rediscovering Community Heritage through 3D Laser Scanning and Visualisation, Elizabeth Tait5 - Making as Storytelling: Using Draw-and-Write and Object Elicitation in the Design and Study of a Library Makerspace, Jess Whyte and Chelsea Misquith6 - Windows into Library Experience: The Value of Visual UX Research Methods, Andy Priestner7 - Digital Storytelling, Archival Research and ‘Layers of Practice’: A Critical Pedagogical Approach to Visual Literacy in University Archives and Special Collections, Angela Fritz8 - Navigating the Thresholds of Information Spaces: Drawing and Performance in Action, Rebecca Noone

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