A rare opportunity to discover international trends and developments in access to government information is presented to you in selected papers from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East , Oceania and Russia.
With the expansion of the World Wide Web during the last decade, libraries and their standards face an ever-complex environment, with new types, genres and forms of information resources.
Existing Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs) demonstrate differences in the range and complexity of their functional features, terminology, and help facilities.
These papers focus on the topic of leadership in the library and information professions, providing an overview of institutes, programs and activities occurring around the world.
The papers collected in this volume were presented at the conference entitled "e;Library Management and Marketing in a Multicultural World"e; in Shanghai, China from August 16-17, 2006, held under the auspices of the Marketing and Management Section of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA).
Knowledge Management was the theme of the Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL XVII) in 2006.
This volume consists of presentations at recent events of the IFLA Newspapers Section in Oslo 2005, Canberra 2005, Buenos Aires 2004, Shanghai 2004, Berlin 2003 and Cape Town 2003.
Since publication of the previous (fourth) edition of this handbook by UNESCO in 1978, drastic technological progress and very important changes in the political-economic sphere have taken place, with great impact on library work.
The title aims to quantify the future size of the electronic publishing industry, and provides practical data to support investment decisions in information systems for electronic media and serves as an aid to forward planning.
This book is aimed at all librarians and information professionals working in culturally diverse environments, whether in an academic, public or commercial setting.
This book introduces readers to the principles underlying digital libraries, illustrating these principles by reference to a wide range of digital library practices throughout the world.
Caring for Plastics in Collections presents basic knowledge of plastics in an accessible way and empowers readers to determine the best approach for care, taking into account the resources at their institution and the needs of their specific collection.
This book focuses on inquiry-based teaching, one of the five vital aspects of the instructional work of school librarians identified in the second edition of the IFLA School Library Guidelines (2015).
This book presents the first detailed study of the place of contemporary art galleries and gallerists, especially within the art markets of Europe and the United States.
Wissensrepräsentation ist die Wissenschaft, Technik und Anwendung von Methoden und Werkzeugen, Wissen derart abzubilden, damit dieses in digitalen Datenbanken optimal gesucht und gefunden werden kann.
Am Beginn der Neuzeit läuten bahnbrechende Erfindungen im Buchdruck eine Medienrevolution ein, die die historische Entwicklung Europas bis zur Französischen Revolution prägte.
Pädagogen sollen Erinnerung, Erinnerungskulturen und Traditionen so vermitteln, dass an diese angeknüpft, aber die Gestaltung der Zukunft nicht vorweggenommen wird.
Die Verbreitung von Illustrationen im Kinder- und Jugendsachbuch erlebte aufgrund zunehmender Nachfrage und veränderter drucktechnischer Bedingungen im 19.
