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Children can set off on an extraordinary guided tour of the animal kingdom with this comprehensive reference book, brought to life with eye-opening full-colour wildlife photography.From the high-flying realm of the birds to the mysterious twilight world of deep-sea creatures, this smart visual guide introduces young readers to the incredible wonders of the animal kingdom. Find out about habitats, ecosystems, survival skills and more, through high-impact facts, astounding stats, and cutting-edge scientific knowledge. Accessible, entertaining, and authoritative, this comprehensive visual reference guide is the perfect introduction to the world of animals. This book supports the key stage 2 (KS2) curriculum and is great for home learning. Perfect for children aged 8+.ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Discovery Library brings together wonderfully visual paperback reference guides for children, covering popular topics from animals to space!

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This collection of insights from library technology guru Lorcan Dempsey offers readers valuable reflections on emerging trends and key areas of concern as well as a visionary approach to libraries’ future. Over the last decade, Dempsey’s writing has covered diverse and wide ranging topics including the evolution of libraries, from how library organization, services and technologies are co-evolving with the behaviours of their users to support their changing research and learning needs, to how the curatorial traditions of archives, libraries and museums have come together in the digital environment. This selection of posts, originally from Dempsey's blog, has been expertly curated by Kenneth J Varnum to showcase Dempsey’s dual ability to firstly explore an issue and then to reveal the higher-order trends. Using this method, Dempsey provides his incisive perspective on where libraries have been in the last decade as well as his prescient insights into future trends and directions. The book is organised into 9 topical chapters: Networked resources Network organization The research process and libraries’ evolving role Resource discovery Library systems and tools such as search indices and OpenURL link resolvers Data and metadata Publishing and communication, including blogs, social media, and scholarly communication Libraries, archives, museums, and galleries as ‘memory institutions’. Readership: The book concludes with a selection of favourites hand-picked by Dempsey himself and will be essential reading for students, library strategists, administrators, technology staff and anyone with an interest in the future of libraries.

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