Library and information services

This book is a reference for librarians, mathematicians, and statisticians involved in college and research level mathematics and statistics in the 21st century.

Today more than a million students are being educated at home; and that figure increases at a rate of 7-14% annually.

This volume, one in the Undergraduate Companion series, focuses on American and British writers for children and young adults and is addressed to students in both English and Education classes.

Straightforward and practical guidance for library and information workers in all sectors who are involved in training users, colleagues or other groups.

Libraries today are faced with rapidly shifting populations of users with differing needs, who require a range of new communications links that are transforming our concept of the library space.

A vision for children's library services in the next decade.

This title defines what is required to achieve a culture of effective data management offering advice on the skills required, legal and contractual obligations, strategies and management plans and the data management infrastructure of specialists and services.

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Interest in m-library services has grown exponentially in the last five years, as libraries are recognizing the potential of ubiquitous and increasingly sophisticated mobile devices.

Despite the fact that eBooks have been in existence for decades in various guises and added to library collections for several years now, there has been a noticeable lack of published manuals on the subject.

Education and training have been transformed in the 21st century as a result of changing patterns of work and culture, and learners increasingly expect technology-rich and flexible learning opportunities.

What does the secondary school library media specialist need to know about technology in the twenty-first century?

Changing technologies and diversifying populations have meant a higher demand for library instruction at most academic libraries.

Teaching research skills is a breeze with these fun, reproducible lessons!

This simple new approach to teaching information skills takes students beyond mere fact-finding to designing and recording search strategies.

Give students exciting learning opportunities across the curriculum while teaching them important information skills!

Everhart provides practical guidelines and ready-to-use forms for evaluating a school library media center, as well as important results derived in other studies.

As prices of traditional library materials increase, and space to house them shrinks, savvy school library media specialists are creating cyber libraries, or school libraries on the Internet.

This latest collaboration in the Library Programs that Inspire series explores library media center events that target the high school age audience.

A myriad of exciting opportunities for collaboration and networking await you!

Securing the interest of energetic, independent middle school students is one of the greatest challenges of school librarians.

Changes in technology, in society, and in your role as a library media specialist have spawned hundreds of new words, phrases, and acronyms.

If your library serves a Latino population, you'll want this book.

This accessible and highly practical book provides an introductory guide to the world of research support in the academic library.

This book explains how and why information literacy can help to foster critical thinking and discerning attitudes, enabling citizens to play an informed role in society and its democratic processes.

In resource poor, cost saving times, this book provides practical advice on new methods and technologies involved in systematic searching and explores the role of information professionals in delivering these changesThe editors bring together expert international practitioners and researchers to highlight the latest thinking on systematic searching.

In an environment where increasing amounts of information (and fake news) flood the internet on websites and social media, the information professional's job is getting harder.

Evaluation has always played a major role in information retrieval, with the early pioneers such as Cyril Cleverdon and Gerard Salton laying the foundations for most of the evaluation methodologies in use today.

Information is essential to all human activity, and information in electronic form both amplifies and augments human information interactions.

Research Methods: Information, Systems, and Contexts, Second Edition, presents up-to-date guidance on how to teach research methods to graduate students and professionals working in information management, information science, librarianship, archives, and records and information systems.

Nuestra ""casa"", más que un lugar físico, es un conjunto de recuredos que nos permite comprender mejor quienes éramos, quienes somos, y puede ayudarnos a comprender quienes seremos.

The Collins College Outline for Introduction to Business provides students with a detailed overview of the basic business studies curriculum.

Ten years ago, most scholars and students relied on bulky card catalogs, printed bibliographic indices, and hardcopy books and journals.

Teaching to Individual Differences in Science and Engineering Librarianship: Adapting Library Instruction to Learning Styles and Personality Characteristics applies learning styles and personality characteristics to science and engineering library instruction.

From his childhood days in Mexico, to his experience of censorship in governmentowned Mexican media companies, his student years in LA, and his early beginnings as a journalist in the USA, Ramos gives us a personal and touching account of his life.

An incisive history of the controversial Google Books project and the ongoing quest for a universal digital libraryLibraries have long talked about providing comprehensive access to information for everyone.

Colleges and universities throughout the world plan library orientations for first years or specific audiences such as transfer or international students.

In the last two decades, advancement in technology has transformed every aspect of librarianship.

Join the world of balloons, pancakes, and musical instruments-just a few items to help improve early literacy in the library, the classroom, and at home.

This delightful book tells the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when “books” were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon.

How librarians can be radical positive change agents in their communities, dedicated to learning and making a difference.

This 30th anniversary edition celebrates the lasting value and enduring legacy of Carol C.

Covering every essential topic ranging from circulation and literacy instruction to reference and security, this benchmark text provides an up-to-date, broadly based view of library public service and its functions.

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No one had ever tried a caper like this before.

Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only increased.

Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only increased.

Although they may not have always been explicitly stated, library work has always had normative goals.

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Archives and special collections departments have a long history of preserving and providing long-term access to organizational records, rare books, and other unique primary sources including manuscripts, photographs, recordings, and artifacts in various formats.