Library, archive and information management

Collection care is a fundamental responsibility for museums and other collecting institutions, and the foundation of collection stewardship is good collection management policies.

This title is the second Chandos Learning and Teaching Series book that explores themes surrounding enhancing learning and teaching through student feedback.

Excellent business communication skills are especially important for information management professionals, particularly records managers, who have to communicate a complex idea: how an effective program can help the organization be better prepared for litigation, and do it in a way that is persuasive in order to win records program support and budget.

This book addresses the question of how knowledge is currently documented, and may soon be documented in the context of what it calls 'semantic publishing'.

Organized thematically, this book tells the story of the European encyclopedia from 1650 to the present.

Calling attention to the unseen mediation and re-mediation of life narratives in online and physical spaces, this ground-breaking exploration uncovers the ever-changing strategies that authors, artists, publishers, curators, archivists and social media corporations adopt to shape, control or resist the auto/biographical in these texts.

Advocating a strategic approach, this book shows how to form a plan, secure funding and support, and create effective programs for adults, children, and youth who are experiencing homelessness.

This is a no-nonsense book, written by a leading authority.

Bei der wissenschaftlichen Arbeit zeigt sich sehr schnell, dass beim Zitieren unterschiedliche Regeln angewandt werden.

In a time when libraries have to face constant change, this book provides examples and advises on how to lead when change is needed (for example, when quality management is implemented or when libraries have to merge or to relocate).

Two authors with more than 40 years of combined library experience tap into their wealth of knowledge about discovery and user experience, sharing proven methods for setting up, promoting, and teaching their own discovery systems.

E-Government is a hot topic.

Offering a broad overview of consequential changes in the landscape of reference services, this guide also provides practical guidance on how to meet the new challenges they present.

Academic libraries have a long history both in the USA and China, with institutions developing along different trajectories, and responding to the rapidly changing library environment globally.

To help new archivists and genealogists with what can be a daunting process, Digitization and Digital Archiving: A Practical Guide for Librarians answers common questions, including:1.

Why Intranets Fail (and How to Fix Them) is a practical guide to some of the common problems associated with Intranets, and solutions to those problems.

The Library Friends and Foundations Handbook is a must-have resource for members of Friends groups, Foundations, library staff members, administrators, and others who wish to begin or enhance such support group partnerships.

The associate university librarian is tasked with running the various services and workflows of academic research libraries, allowing the head university librarian to focus on the acquisition of resources through fundraising and external public relations.

The Encyclopedia of Archival Writers, 1515-2015, is a reference work that includes the profiles of authors of literature about records and archives in the Western world who have shaped the records and archives field over a span of 500 years.

Inspired by a new generation of librarians and children, Walter reconsiders the legacy passed on by the matriarchs of children's services and examines more recent trends and challenges growing out of changes in educational philosophy and information technology.

Las doce entrevistas que componen Books & Bookster están pensadas como un aporte para reflexionar sobre el valor de los cambios que ha sufrido la industria del libro en Alemania, país que ha impuesto un paradigma diferente desde los tiempos de Gutenberg y su imprenta.

Despite the volumes of information they contain, few libraries know how to prepare for, endure, and survive any type of disaster.

International Librarianship at Home and Abroad examines both the concept and reality of international librarianship.

The first comprehensive, scholarly history of Trinity College Library Dublin, Ireland''s foremost library and home to the Book of Kells.

Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination differs from all other books on seed germination.

Need extra funding for your library or for another educational project?

The function of print resources as instructional guides and descriptors of popular music pedagogy are addressed in this concise volume.

This revised and updated sixth edition of Reference and Information Services continues the book's rich tradition, covering all phases of reference and information services with less emphasis on print and more emphasis on strategies and scenarios.

Inspired by a new generation of librarians and children, Walter reconsiders the legacy passed on by the matriarchs of children's services and examines more recent trends and challenges growing out of changes in educational philosophy and information technology.

Librarians will learn communication skills that help them develop as leaders, build community, and advocate for their libraries.

In this practical guidebook, experienced librarians-a public librarian and a school librarian-share advice and ideas for extending resources, containing costs, and leveraging capabilities between school and public libraries, offering insights and strategies to overcome today's economic challenges.

This book explains the concept of adding value and shows staff at libraries and other organizations why they need to take steps now to ensure they are adding new value to their communities-whether it be a local town or neighborhood, a faculty and student body, or a school.

Managing Archives provides a practical guide to archives management.

Innovation in Public Libraries: Learning from International Library Practice examines the recent activities of successful and innovative libraries around the world, presenting their initiatives in areas including library design, events and programs, and creating customer experiences.

This book provides a practical guide to developing and maintaining an electronic open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal.

This engaging handbook gives students and working scientists and engineers the information literacy skills they need to find, evaluate, and use information.

The digital libraries emerging from "e;information societies"e; no longer concern only digital technodocumentary devices that are patrimonial, cultural or scientific.

This 2nd edition of the highly successful Global Library and Information Science presents an up-to-date review of international librarianship and library science through insightful and well written chapters contributed by experts and scholars from all regions of the world.

Today, government archivists and manuscript collectors are often in conflict over government-created documents that come up for sale out of private hands.

The changing nature of education and training systems in Japanese firms is reviewed with focus on developments of management education in Japanese universities.

Transmedia is a technique of delivering a single piece of content in individual parts via different media and communication platforms (books, films, TV shows, games, live performances, etc.

This book discusses library services to Hispanic/Latino teens, highlighting best practices, examining relevant and responsive services and programs, and reframing existing approaches to serving this segment of the population.