Library, archive and information management

In Marketing Today's Academic Library, Brian Mathews uses his vast experience to speak directly to the academic library practitioner about matching services with user needs.

This book tackles online social networks by navigating these systems from the birth to the death of their digital presence.

This guide helps librarians improve service with easy-to-follow strategies and techniques to make physical changes in library space and streamline procedures.

The 2018 West Virginia teachers' strike in the United States exemplifies the changing shape of dissent and protest in the digital age.

All librarians and library and information science scholars can benefit from learning more about intellectual freedom.

Data use in the library has specific characteristics and common problems.

Esta obra es una suerte de serena discusión por escrito entre los distintos actores de la comunidad académica en relación a un tema delicado entre los profesionales: la evaluación científica y el tedio que suele generar entre los investigadores.

The social sciences have made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the economic, political and social life of nations in the past century.

This original and significant contribution to the historiography of the civil rights movement and education in the South details a dramatic and disturbing chapter in American cultural history.

This book focuses on various aspects of KM - including social, political and philosophical perspectives; practical perspectives; cross-cultural perspectives and theoretical perspectives.

The technological interoperability of digital libraries must be rethought in order to adapt to new uses and networks.

With the amount of data a business accumulates now doubling every 12 to 18 months, IT professionals need to know how to develop a system for archiving important database data, in a way that both satisfies regulatory requirements and is durable and secure.

Academic Libraries and Toxic Leadership examines a phenomenon that has yet to be seriously explored.

Social media has an increasing role in the public and private world.

The originality of this book, which deals with such a new subject matter, lies in the application of methods and concepts never used before - such as ontologies and taxonomies, as well as thesauri - to the ordering of knowledge based on primary information.

Tangible and intangible forms of indigenous knowledges and cultural expressions are often found in libraries, archives or museums.

Moving an archive, historical society, or rare book library may occur only once in the career of a professional curator, archivist or librarian.

Information professionals should be able to take a proactive role as a strategic partner in their organization's competitive intelligence.

What competences are needed for heritage librarians, and how can they be taught?

The Experiential Library: Transforming Academic and Research Libraries through the Power of Experiential Learning features contributions-in a relatively conversational, practical, and "e;how-to"e; format-from various academic libraries across broad educational levels that have implemented experiential learning programs, services, or resources to enhance the learning and development of both students and library employees.

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Architectural realisation of a building and its opening to the public with a range of services are central components of the building and design process of libraries.

Open source refers to an application whose source code is made available for use or modification as users see fit.

Assessment and outcomes evaluation have become increasingly important in librarianship.

Traditionally, libraries have served as storage spaces offering access to diverse physical collections.

About 40 percent of the books academic libraries purchase in traditional ways never circulate and another 40 percent circulate fewer than three times.

Novel processing and searching tools for the management of new multimedia documents have developed.

En este libro evaluamos el escenario de formación de futuros lectores.

Digital Rights Management examines the social context of new digital rights management (DRM) technologies in a lively and accessible style.

This book covers basic marketing tenets and terminology, how to go about setting up a marketing plan, and contemporary topics such as branding and marketing to women.

This book offers innovative tips and tried-and-tested best practice to enable library and knowledge workers to take control of professional development regardless of the budget and time available to them.

Library Supply Chain Management for Collection Services of Academic Libraries: Solving Operational Challenges and Enhancing User Productivity contains three sections, each comprised of several topical chapters on a particular subject.

This book serves as a reference for individuals interested in knowledge management (KM) and educational issues surrounding KM.

Here is a concise guide to the nuts and bolts of converting flat media (books, papers, maps, posters, slides, micro formats, etc) into digital files.

In this down-to-earth guide, educators will learn successful strategies for embedding digital citizenship into their library and school instruction.

A practical work outlining the theory and practice of using active learning techniques in library settings.

Libraries seeking to grow or enhance community outreach will welcome Building Community Engagement and Outreach in Libraries to assist them in planning and executing engagement programs.

What is the future of libraries?

The fifth volume in this series focuses on creating partnerships and developing new roles for libraries in the 21st century.

This text shows teacher librarians how to become leaders in their schools and apply their unique skills and insight to develop a timely and meaningful vision for the school's library.