This book is written to promote academic strategic management and envision future innovations for academic library resources, services and instructions in the digital age.
This book offers practical strategies for all library and information practitioners and policy makers with responsibility for developing and delivering information literacy programmes to their users.
Das Handbuch bietet einen fundierten und breiten Überblick über neue Konzepte zur Informationskompetenz aus der Sicht der Bibliotheks-, Informations- und Erziehungswissenschaft sowie der Hochschuldidaktik und der Wissenschaftspolitik.
Aimed at academics, academic managers and administrators, professionals in scientometrics, information scientists and science policy makers at all levels.
Bei steigendem Wettbewerb auf dem Informations- und Medienmarkt und zunehmender Medienvielfalt müssen Bibliotheken beweisen, welchen Beitrag zur Informationsversorgung und -vermittlung sie leisten.
This book reviews both the historical and future roles that public, private, academic and special libraries have in supporting and shaping society at local, regional, national and international levels.
This up-to-date guide provides informational professionals and their clients with much-needed assistance in navigating the immense field of government information.
Demystifying Scholarly Metrics gives librarians and faculty the confidence to navigate the maze of scholarly metrics, identify quality journals in which to publish, and measure the impact of scholarly works.
Providing perspectives of early- and mid-career librarians as well as highly seasoned professionals, this book offers leadership advice that will help academic librarians of all experience levels to surmount the issues they face and overcome new challenges.
Solar Energy Index is an index of resources dealing with solar energy, including archival materials from the International Solar Energy Society collection; references to articles in major solar journals; patents and pamphlets; National Technical Information Service reports; unbound conference proceedings; and other assorted reports.
This guide helps librarians improve service with easy-to-follow strategies and techniques to make physical changes in library space and streamline procedures.
Transform any public library into a truly sustainable organization-not just environmentally sustainable, but economically and socially sustainable as well-by following the directions and practices described in this book.
Academic Search Engines intends to run through the current panorama of the academic search engines through a quantitative approach that analyses the reliability and consistence of these services.
„Die Präsentation von Ausstellungen in Bibliotheken hat eine lange Tradition und gehört zu den Basiselementen der sogenannten Programmarbeit sowohl von Wissenschaftlichen als auch von Öffentlichen Bibliotheken.
The high degree of internet penetration and its social (and linguistic) effects evidently influence how people, and especially the highly susceptible younger generations, use language.
This book, divided into two parts, provides an introduction to the quality management issues and gives a general overview to the use of ISO 9001 in the library environment.
Lessons in Library Leadership: A Primer for Library Managers and Unit Leaders takes on the topic of management positions within libraries and how many of them are filled by candidates with no formalized training.
A practical guide to cataloguing and processing the unique special collections formats in the Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL) and the Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives (MLSRA) at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) (e.
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.
In a world that often questions the value of libraries and librarianship, this collection of reflective essays and future-focused research emphasizes the ways in which being an information professional continues to be a rewarding and vital profession.
Moving beyond simplistic equipment lists, this book provides contextual and practical information to help academic library personnel learn how to plan, collaborate, and sustain relevant makerspaces positioned within the broader ecology of campus innovation.
This title is the second Chandos Learning and Teaching Series book that explores themes surrounding enhancing learning and teaching through student feedback.
Specifically written about the library work environment, this book offers strategies for creating and maintaining a positive and supportive LIS environment that will engage all types of staff, resulting in increased performance.
In these turbulent times, with the challenges of a constantly changing job market, shifting information-seeking behaviour and a vast array of new resources continually being produced, library and information services need to constantly keep one step, or more, ahead of their users.
This book tells the story of Clara Stanton Jones, the first woman to direct a major public library system in the United States and the first African American president of the ALA.
