Library and information sciences / Museology

Addresses the key skills that are required in organisations in the information intensive society.

Written by a former vice president of Wolters Kluwer, the leading international publishing group.

Taxonomies are often thought to play a niche role within content-oriented knowledge management projects.

Presents a comprehensive set of lessons for the KM practitioner, covering all phases of planning, design, implementation and assessment of knowledge management.

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

This book focuses on basic knowledge management (KM) concepts and their inter-relationships.

The key focus of this book is to integrate elements of information and knowledge management, together with the business process and intellectual capital.

Covers the priorities and challenges facing organisations who are increasingly focused on 'knowledge work'; it is written from a human relations - rather than a technological - perspective.

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

The phrase "e;lessons learned is such a common one, yet people struggle with developing effective lessons learned approaches.

Library Web Ecology is a thorough reference to help professionals in Library and Information Science (LIS) to develop a sustainable, usable, and highly effective website.

Targeted at Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals, this book concentrates on usability evaluation methods used to design usable and user-centered library websites.

This is a cross-disciplinary text book on web-based information management for students, faculty and practitioners (in business, industry and government).

Whilst enterprise technology departments have been steadily building their information and knowledge management portfolios, the Internet has generated new sets of tools and capabilities which provide opportunities and challenges for improving and enriching knowledge work.

Written for information professionals and librarians trying to implement and manage Web 2.

In a world where computing power, ubiquity and connectivity create powerful new ways to facilitate learning, this book examines how librarians and information professionals can utilize emerging technologies to expand service and resource delivery.

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

Wikis as information sources, as a form of publishing, and as tools for collaboration, are discussed in this book.

This book discusses the topic of 'weblogs and libraries' from two main perspectives: weblogs as sources of information for libraries and librarians; and weblogs as tools that libraries can use to promote their services and to provide a means of communication with their clients.

This book is about news search and monitoring.

A straightforward overview with minimum technical descriptions of the underlying networking principles, standards, applications and uses of the Internet.

The quest to achieve high website rankings in search engine results is a prominent subject for both academics and website owners/coders.

Beneficial to scholars and students in the fields of media and communication, politics and technology, this book outlines the significant role of search engines in general and Google in particular in widening the digital divide between individuals, organisations and states.

Librarians constantly conduct searches for their customers and for themselves.

Effective Information Retrieval from the Internet discusses practical strategies which enable the advanced web user to locate information effectively and to form a precise evaluation of the accuracy of that information.

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.

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'.

This book is an introduction to critical and theoretical perspectives on digital information.

Aimed at students and professionals within Library and Information Services (LIS), this book is about the power and potential of ontologies to enhance the electronic search process.

'Weblogging' or 'blogging' has joined e-mail and Internet home pages as one of the most popular uses of the Internet.

This book attacks the often implicit and damaging assumption that 'everyone' is online and that 'everyone' is using online resources within the specified parameters of employers, government and national laws.

An exciting challenge to how the internet and ICT have been understood in academia and popular culture and shows how important 'cultural' assumptions are in how we understand technology.

Digital Information Culture is an introduction to the cultural, social and political impact of digital information and digital resources.

The use of e-learning strategies in teaching is becoming increasingly popular, particularly in higher education.

The sustainability of Networked Collaborative Learning (NCL) is a key topic of discussion amongst the institutions where it has been or may potentially be introduced.

The Google Generation examines original and secondary research evidence from international sources to determine whether there is a younger generation of learners who are adopting different styles of information search behaviour from older generations as a function of their patterns of use of online technologies.

Eve on Top takes an in-depth look at the position of women in senior positions in the public sector using a case-study approach, based on ten 'successful' women and their background, upbringing, career progression, successes and failures, challenges and experiences.

This management book is published in association with the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).

This management book is published in association with the Institute of Management and Leadership (ILM).

Leadership Scaffolding discusses the practicalities for middle managers of leadership - providing readers with the framework or scaffolding to being an effective manager.

Written by two intellectual property (IP) lawyers, experienced in contentious and non-contentious matters, Intellectual Property deals with different types of intellectual property protection and how to apply for them.

This essential guide vital new changes by the European Commission to the law governing the enforceability of intellectual property licences in Europe.

This work develops a theoretical framework for a virtual community for people with long-term, severe mobility disabilities.

This book provides strategies and practical tips for leadership development in the field of librarianship.

From a traditional role of information gatekeepers, librarians have been challenged to become pedagogues who teach and counsel students in information literacy.

Why should inquiry be possible, only if some knowledge is required to guide it, as conventionally understood?

The on going movement to electronic collections presents many exciting new service opportunities for libraries, as well as creating materials management, resource, and service challenges.

This book covers aspects of the political environment which surrounds and engages libraries and their librarians.

Libraries recognize the importance of digitizing archival material to improve access to and preservation of their special collections.

This book provides an overview of digital rights management (DRM), including: an overview of terminology and issues facing libraries, plus an overview of the technology including standards and off-the-shelf products.