Library, archive and information management Books
Rowman & Littlefield Introduction to Information Visualization:
Book SynopsisIntroduction to Information Visualization: Transforming Data into Meaningful Information is for anyone interested in the art and science of communicating data to others. It shows readers how to transform data into something meaningful - information. Applying information visualization in research, service, teaching, and professional life requires a solid understanding of graphic design and the aesthetic along with hands-on skills and knowledge of data principles and software. This book is applicable to students in all domains, to researchers who need to understand how to create graphics that explain their data, and to professionals and administrators for professional development training. Website Designers and Human-Computer Interaction researchers will appreciate the backstory of designing interactive visualizations for the web. Drawing on the author’s years of practice and teaching, it bridges the two worlds in ways everyone can participate in the future of information and to appreciate the beautiful in information: oStep-by-step directions in the fundamentals of HTML5, CSS, and d3.js oDesign challenges with fully explained answers oWeb-site support for code samples (JavaScript, d3.js, python), live examples, and a place to build a community of other IV pros oUseful for teaching design to scientists; data to the humanities oGuidance for using the text depending on the class makeup oReview of third-party visualization software, big data trends, and script libraries oGuidance on how to continue in the IV world after graduation This full-color book features graphics and a companion Web site. The online companion site hosts living examples, updates, and errata. You’re invited to participate on the site, too, sharing your questions, solutions, and ideas. For most readings, there is a partner design lab. At the conclusion of the course, there is a complete interactive information visualization service documentation for libraries. Trade ReviewBenoît's book is breath of fresh air, providing an equal platform between fine art and science, closing a gap not found in other information visualization textbooks. Benoît’s expertise in the field brings out the aesthetic and artistic side of InfoViz without compromising the science side of data. The beauty lies in the real-life examples and on-hands, experiential approach to the field. -- Anastasia S. Varnalis-Weigle, Assistant Professor, Information and Library Science, University of Maine at AugustaBenoît successfully covers a range of intersecting topics in information visualization, from the technical to the aesthetic. He brings clarity to this complex space using a number of well-selected examples, and his interdisciplinary approach makes it accessible to a range of students and professionals. -- James E. Andrews, Director, School of Information, University of South FloridaThis book is an original voice from an expert in information visualization. By building on easy-to-learn skills, it combines basics of web development with knowledge of information visualization and gives simple tips to improve visual aesthetics through the design. Practical tools introduced in the book allow a hands-on experience. I highly recommend this book as a DIY for any one interested in the field. -- Banafsheh Asadi, School of Information Studies, McGill UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements 1.Introduction: why information visualization? Why skills + data + communication? 2.The Ethics/Aesthetics of Information 3.The Art of Information 4.The Tech of InfoVis 5.The Data of Visualization 6.Thinking through visualizations 7.Real World visualizations and text visuals Appendix 1 Appendix 2 On the companion website, find … 8.Deploying an InfoVis service [the Harvard Libraries project documentation] 9.Appendices: Machine Learning and Visualization - a quick view of visualizations in Big Data
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Basic Books The Library: A Fragile History
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University of Massachusetts Press Right Here I See My Own Books: The Woman's
Book SynopsisOn May 1, 1893, the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago opened its gates to an expectant public eager to experience firsthand its architectural beauty, technological marvels, and vast array of cultural treasures gathered from all over the world. Among the most popular of the fair’s attractions was the Woman’s Building, a monumental exhibit hall filled with the products of women’s labour—including more than 8,000 volumes of writing by women. Right Here I See My Own Books examines the progress, content, and significance of this historic first effort to assemble a comprehensive library of women’s texts. By weaving together the behind-the-scenes story of the library’s formation and the stories between the covers of books on display, Wadsworth and Wiegand firmly situate the Woman’s Building Library within the historical context of the 1890s. Interdisciplinary in approach, their book demonstrates how this landmark collection helped consolidate and institutionalize women’s writing in conjunction with the burgeoning women’s movement and the professionalization of librarianship in late nineteenth-century America.Americans in this period debated a wide range of topics, including women’s rights, gender identity, racial politics, nationalism, regionalism, imperialism, and modernity. These debates permeated the cultural climate of the Columbian Exposition. Wadsworth and Wiegand’s book illuminates the range and complexity of American women’s responses to these issues within a public sphere to which the Woman’s Building provided unprecedented access.Trade ReviewThe brief but glorious history of the Woman's Building Library is a fascinating story in itself, yet Wadsworth and Wiegand perceive a larger significance within the very pages of the library's books. . . . By analyzing representative books, [they] uncover the gendered discourses of duty, vocation, and progress"" reflected in the library's holdings.""—American Libraries Magazine ""Women's issues and general book history holdings will find this a lively and important read.""—Midwest Book Review ""Readers interested in understanding the phenomena of world’s fairs through the lens of gender . . . will find this volume indispensible. . . . Ultimately, by illuminating how power and privilege shaped the rather unconventional collection of woman-authored texts at the Woman’s Building Library and by providing a detailed overview of the Library’s holdings, the authors broaden our understanding of how nineteenth-century women perceived their world, and how they shaped it through their own cultural contributions.""—Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
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Rose Publishing (CA) 52 Key Bible Stories
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Kane/Miller Book Publishers At the Library
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Counterpoint The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders
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Creative Paperbacks Los Bibliotecarios
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Medieval Institute Publications Matthew Parker and His Books: Sandars Lectures in
Book SynopsisThree lectures, initially presented before the University of Cambridge and now collected here, examine Matthew Parker as a noted collector of books, an avid annotator, and a keen student of Old English. In these lectures Dr. Page assesses the evidence for Parker's use of his manuscripts and printed books by drawing upon varied sources, including Parker's very numerous annotations upon their pages, and surveys the archbishop's role in the early-modern rediscovery and recovery of Old English and other medieval sources. Plates accompany the text to illustrate many characteristic aspects of Parker's interventions in his books.Table of ContentsIllustrations Foreword Acknowledgement A Mighty Collector of Books The Conservation of Ancient Records and Monuments The Chief Retriever of Our Ancient Native Language Appendix: Matthew Parker's Hand Bibliography
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Rutgers University Press Matchmaking in the Archive: 19 Conversations with
Book SynopsisThough today’s LGBTQ people owe a lot to the generations who came before them, their historical inheritances are not always obvious. Working with the archives of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society, artist E.G. Crichton decided to do something to bridge this generation gap. She selected 19 innovative LGBTQ artists, writers, and musicians, then paired each of them with a deceased person whose personal artifacts are part of the archive. Including 25 pages of vivid images, Matchmaking in the Archive documents this monumental creative project and adds essays by Jonathan Katz, Michelle Tea, and Chris Vargas, who describe their own unique encounters with the ghosts of LGBTQ history. Together, they make the archive come alive in remarkably intimate ways. Trade Review"E.G. Crichton's Matchmaking has shown us wonderful new ways of bringing together archives, history, and art. In this account of her work, the living and the dead, objects and records, and people mingle promiscuously, bringing new worlds to light."— Graham Willett, historian of queer Australia "E.G. Crichton has created a testament to lineage and liberation for all of us who know that diving into the past is also simultaneous discovery into our own psyche. This is a touching study of how identity, art, and lineage tie into the physical artifacts of our lives. Riveting and a true pleasure to read." — Susie Bright, Editor-at-Large and Executive Producer of The Bright List at Audible and Author of Mommy's Little Gi “Matchmaking in the Archive connects today’s artists and queer ancestors…After reading it, there is a certain and distinct pleasure in a time jump, in nonlinear thinking, in reaching back and forth across decades as though all people from all time, living and dead, are sitting at one table, sharing a meal, passing dishes round and round, sharing and tasting the same things together.…If you have any interest in the history and lives of our LGBTQ ancestors, then, yes, this is a book I recommend for you."— Nico Hall, AutostraddleTable of ContentsIntroduction to Q+Public Books by series editors E.G. Crichton and Jeffrey Escoffier Preface Section I Resurrection: One Life at a Time Section II 19 Conversations with the Dead Section III 3 Encounters with GhostsAnimating the Dead by Jonathan D. Katz Magical Thinking by Michelle Tea Mi Transtepasado/My Trancestor: Amelio Robles Ávila by Chris E. VargasSection IV Lineages of Desire Acknowledgements Notes on Participants and Contributors About the Author Index
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Rutgers University Press Matchmaking in the Archive: 19 Conversations with
Book SynopsisThough today’s LGBTQ people owe a lot to the generations who came before them, their historical inheritances are not always obvious. Working with the archives of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society, artist E.G. Crichton decided to do something to bridge this generation gap. She selected 19 innovative LGBTQ artists, writers, and musicians, then paired each of them with a deceased person whose personal artifacts are part of the archive. Including 25 pages of vivid images, Matchmaking in the Archive documents this monumental creative project and adds essays by Jonathan Katz, Michelle Tea, and Chris Vargas, who describe their own unique encounters with the ghosts of LGBTQ history. Together, they make the archive come alive in remarkably intimate ways. Trade Review"E.G. Crichton has created a testament to lineage and liberation for all of us who know that diving into the past is also simultaneous discovery into our own psyche. This is a touching study of how identity, art, and lineage tie into the physical artifacts of our lives. Riveting and a true pleasure to read." -- Susie Bright * Editor-at-Large and Executive Producer of The Bright List at Audible and Author of Mommy's Little Gi *"E.G. Crichton's Matchmaking has shown us wonderful new ways of bringing together archives, history, and art. In this account of her work, the living and the dead, objects and records, and people mingle promiscuously, bringing new worlds to light." -- Graham Willett * historian of queer Australia *“Matchmaking in the Archive connects today’s artists and queer ancestors…After reading it, there is a certain and distinct pleasure in a time jump, in nonlinear thinking, in reaching back and forth across decades as though all people from all time, living and dead, are sitting at one table, sharing a meal, passing dishes round and round, sharing and tasting the same things together.…If you have any interest in the history and lives of our LGBTQ ancestors, then, yes, this is a book I recommend for you." -- Nico Hall * Autostraddle *Table of ContentsIntroduction to Q+Public Books by series editors E.G. Crichton and Jeffrey Escoffier Preface Section I Resurrection: One Life at a Time Section II 19 Conversations with the Dead Section III 3 Encounters with Ghosts Animating the Dead by Jonathan D. KatzMagical Thinking by Michelle TeaMi Transtepasado/My Trancestor: Amelio Robles Ávila by Chris E. Vargas Section IV Lineages of Desire Acknowledgements Notes on Participants and Contributors About the Author Index
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Les Belles Lettres Crepuscule Des Bibliotheques
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Brepols N.V. The Library of the Abbey of La Trappe: A Study of
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Brepols N.V. Nuns' Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Kansas
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£135.29
Brepols N.V. Bat Books: A Catalogue of Folded Manuscripts
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Brepols N.V. Greek Manuscript Cataloguing: Past, Present, and
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£114.00
Brepols Publishers Late Medieval and Early Modern Libraries:
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Brepols Publishers Turning the Page
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Fondation Hardt La Fondation Hardt
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Librarie Philosophique J. Vrin Kant, Les Annees 1781-1801: Critique de la Raison
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Bohlau Verlag Die Zukunft der Vergangenheit in der Gegenwart:
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Pano Verlag Wissenstransfer
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Harrassowitz Rekonstruktion Einer Pietistenbibliothek: Der
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Harrassowitz Buch - Bibliothek - Region: Wolfgang Schmitz Zum
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Harrassowitz Libraries and the Information Society in Germany:
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Harrassowitz Manuscripta Theologica. Die Handschriften in
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Harrassowitz Autorenbibliotheken: Erschliessung,
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Harrassowitz Die Rifa'iya (Refaiya). Katalog Einer
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Harrassowitz Jahrbuch Der Deutschen Bibliotheken 67
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Harrassowitz Volksbibliothekare Im Nationalsozialismus:
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Harrassowitz Die Mittelalterlichen Handschriften Der
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Harrassowitz Handbuch Zur Regensburger Verbundklassifikation:
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Harrassowitz Stralsunder Bucherschatze
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Harrassowitz Wissenschaftliche Bibliothekare ALS Opfer in Der
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Harrassowitz Digital Approaches to Ethiopian and Eritrean
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Harrassowitz Jahrbuch Der Deutschen Bibliotheken 69
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Harrassowitz Geschichtsschreibung Aus Der Bibliothek:
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Harrassowitz Leipziger Jahrbuch Zur Buchgeschichte 29 (2021)
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Harrassowitz Bibliothek Und Wissenschaft 54 (2021): Fenster
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Harrassowitz Die Griechischen Handschriften Der
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Harrassowitz Leipziger Jahrbuch Zur Buchgeschichte 30 (2022)
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Harrassowitz Die Inkunabeln Der Bibliothek Der Stiftung
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Harrassowitz Die Handschriften Der Furstlich Furstenbergischen
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Harrassowitz Die Griechischen Handschriften Der
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Harrassowitz Bibliothek Und Wissenschaft 55 (2022):
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Harrassowitz Der Rote Faden: Kunstlerbucher Der Herzog August
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Harrassowitz Jahrbuch Der Deutschen Bibliotheken 70
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Harrassowitz Wir Machen Bucher: 450 Jahre Herzog August
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Harrassowitz Verlag Logbuch Wissensgeschichte
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