Library, archive and information management

There is currently an absence of an organization model which can be used as an aid to describing and discussing career development.

Published in honor of the 85th anniversary of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 85 Years IFLA: A History and Chronology of Sessions 1927-2012 presents a thorough history of the organization from its 1927 founding through 2012.

Increasingly, library personnel are called upon to teach classes, deliver presentations and represent their organizations in an official capacity.

Innovative technologies are changing the way research is performed, preserved, and communicated.

Staff-Less Libraries: Innovative Staff Design considers the challenges of this approach, its pros and cons, identifies international experiences, and discusses best practices.

This book offers a comprehensive, entry-level guide for librarians and archivists who have found themselves managing or are planning to manage born-digital content.

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

Agriculture to Zoology: Information Literacy in the Life Sciences sets the stage for purposefully integrating information literacy activities within the subject-specific content of the life sciences.

Drawing on scholarly research findings, this book presents a cogent case that librarians can use to work towards prioritization of reading in libraries and in schools.

Benchmarking Library, Information and Education Services: New Strategic Choices in Challenging Times provides the foundations of ongoing research in the development of collections and services.

This book reviews the quality and evolution of academic library services.

This book contains detailed and easy-to-digest information on all aspects of writing, preparing and marketing electronic books (ebooks).

An insider's guide to data librarianship packed full of practical examples and advice for any library and information professional learning to deal with data.

Domain analysis is the process of studying the actions, knowledge production, knowledge dissemination, and knowledge-base of a community of commonality, such as an academic discipline or a professional community.

Digital information is a constantly developing field.

This fact-filled guide serves as an introductory handbook or as a refresher for those who want to research a specific topic or update their research skills.

Librarians who work with readers will find this well-loved guide to be a treasure trove of information.

When teens volunteer at the library, they gain new skills, make connections, and build their resumes, while libraries benefit from a new generation of advocates.

This book assists information professionals in improving the usability of digital objects by adequately documenting them and using tools for metadata management.

This unique textbook intersects traditional library science with data science principles that readers will find useful in implementing or improving data services within their libraries.

Here is an accessible, step-by-step, easy to understand, and hands-on resource for any librarian who is interested in learning basic marketing tips to raise the profile of their library.

Digital Dialogue and Community 2.

This book describes and discusses the convergence of library and technology support in higher education.

XML-based Content Management: Integration, Methodologies and Tools covers the design and deployment of XML-based solutions and how to manage content and metadata, a practice that requires a more methodological approach than those traditionally applied to the design and deployment of document and content management solutions.

Cruise to Success is a hands-on guide and handbook to create a library marketing campaign.

One of the biggest challenges faced by any organization today is that of managing electronic records, a vital but complex undertaking involving multiple roles within the organization and strategies that are still evolving.

Is it possible to both cut costs and improve public library programming for all ages?

Systems Librarianship: A Practical Guide for Librarians offers new systems librarians and interested LIS students foundational knowledge about the field of systems librarianship as well as practical information and strategies for common projects like migrating a library system and technology planning.

The human resources (HR) function for libraries can range in size and scope, depending on the size of the library.

This essential, single-volume textbook supplies a comprehensive introduction to library management that addresses all the functions of management, specifically within the ever-evolving modern library environment.

With thousands of new volumes lining the shelves of bookstores, abundant advertisements, and innumerable online reviews, it is becoming increasingly difficulty for the concerned adult to recommend literature that is of quality, yet speaks to young audiences.

Despite new technologies, people do not always find information with ease.

Inside the World's Major East Asian Collections examines the rise of the "e;LAM, an acronym that stands for libraries, archives and museums.

New Directions in Information Organization, co-edited by Dr.

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

Managing Change and People in Libraries is designed to help library staff find options and compromises to personnel and management problems associated with the constant changes faced in libraries today.

Library Classification Trends in the 21st Century traces development in and around library classification as reported in literature published in the first decade of the 21st century.