Library and information sciences / Museology

Liz Orna's original Practical Information Policies has become a standard text which has helped information managers in many countries to take productive action in their own environment: to get a job they wanted, carry through an information audit, make a successful business case for an information policy, or formulate an information strategy.

Sweeping changes have taken place in the financial sector during the twentieth century.

Sweeping changes have taken place in the financial sector during the twentieth century.

Using monuments and ruins by way of illustration, this fascinating book examines the symbolic, ideological, geographical and aesthetic importance of Greek classical iconography for the Western world.

Using monuments and ruins by way of illustration, this fascinating book examines the symbolic, ideological, geographical and aesthetic importance of Greek classical iconography for the Western world.

'Sense of place' has become a familiar phrase, used to describe emotional attachment to a particular location.

'Sense of place' has become a familiar phrase, used to describe emotional attachment to a particular location.

A helpful and informative guide for librarians responsible for local studies collections covering the key issues in the twenty-first century.

A helpful and informative guide for librarians responsible for local studies collections covering the key issues in the twenty-first century.

This three volume reference series provides an authoritative and comprehensive set of volumes collecting together the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture.

This three volume reference series provides an authoritative and comprehensive set of volumes collecting together the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture.

The preservation of library and archival materials can encompass everything from bookbinding and paper repair to new techniques for maintaining and exploiting digital text, sound or images.

The preservation of library and archival materials can encompass everything from bookbinding and paper repair to new techniques for maintaining and exploiting digital text, sound or images.

'MAD3' is the third and latest edition of the influential Manual of Archival Description, revised to take account of a decade of developments in national and international descriptive practice.

'MAD3' is the third and latest edition of the influential Manual of Archival Description, revised to take account of a decade of developments in national and international descriptive practice.

Collecting is a key function of museums.

Collecting is a key function of museums.

Combining a stimulating blend of academic authority and senior practitioner experience, this book tackles the principle of openness to official documentation and information flow.

Combining a stimulating blend of academic authority and senior practitioner experience, this book tackles the principle of openness to official documentation and information flow.

The fourth edition of this standard student text, Organizing Knowledge, incorporates extensive revisions reflecting the increasing shift towards a networked and digital information environment, and its impact on documents, information, knowledge, users and managers.

The fourth edition of this standard student text, Organizing Knowledge, incorporates extensive revisions reflecting the increasing shift towards a networked and digital information environment, and its impact on documents, information, knowledge, users and managers.

As Korea has developed and modernized, music has come to play a central role as a symbol of national identity.

As Korea has developed and modernized, music has come to play a central role as a symbol of national identity.

Since its discovery by German romantics and nationalists, Rothenburg has been an established icon of the German nation and its medieval past.

Since its discovery by German romantics and nationalists, Rothenburg has been an established icon of the German nation and its medieval past.

Records Management Handbook is a complete guide to the practice of records and information management.

Records Management Handbook is a complete guide to the practice of records and information management.

James Mussell reads nineteenth-century scientific debates in light of recent theoretical discussions of scientific writing to propose a new methodology for understanding the periodical press in terms of its movements in time and space.

James Mussell reads nineteenth-century scientific debates in light of recent theoretical discussions of scientific writing to propose a new methodology for understanding the periodical press in terms of its movements in time and space.

During the last decade in particular the levels of critical engagement with the challenges posed for privacy by the new technologies have been on the rise.

During the last decade in particular the levels of critical engagement with the challenges posed for privacy by the new technologies have been on the rise.

Making exhibitions is a collaborative art, producing is a multi-layered unity of ideas and objects, of invention and manifestation, of content and form.

Making exhibitions is a collaborative art, producing is a multi-layered unity of ideas and objects, of invention and manifestation, of content and form.

This standard text has been fully revised and updated for its fourth edition to reflect continuing technological changes, as well as issues such as social inclusion, lifelong learning and European employment legislation.

This standard text has been fully revised and updated for its fourth edition to reflect continuing technological changes, as well as issues such as social inclusion, lifelong learning and European employment legislation.

The many recent changes in higher and further education mean that it is more important than ever to analyse the needs of academic library users, and both promote and provide the service they require.

The many recent changes in higher and further education mean that it is more important than ever to analyse the needs of academic library users, and both promote and provide the service they require.

Triggered in part by contemporary experiences in the Balkans, the Middle East and elsewhere, there has been a rise in interest in the blitz and the subsequent reconstruction of cities, especially as many of the buildings and areas rebuilt after the Second World War are now facing demolition and reconstruction in their turn.

Triggered in part by contemporary experiences in the Balkans, the Middle East and elsewhere, there has been a rise in interest in the blitz and the subsequent reconstruction of cities, especially as many of the buildings and areas rebuilt after the Second World War are now facing demolition and reconstruction in their turn.

Robert Boyle (1627-91) was the most influential British scientist of the late seventeenth century.

Robert Boyle (1627-91) was the most influential British scientist of the late seventeenth century.

This book reconstructs the late Anglo-Saxon history of the church of Worcester, covering the period between Bishops Waerferth and Wulfstan II.

This book reconstructs the late Anglo-Saxon history of the church of Worcester, covering the period between Bishops Waerferth and Wulfstan II.

Classification now has to encompass non-physical media such as the Internet, yet still ensure access to knowledge held in traditional physical forms on library shelves.

Classification now has to encompass non-physical media such as the Internet, yet still ensure access to knowledge held in traditional physical forms on library shelves.

The pharmaceutical industry has changed beyond all recognition in the past 100 years.

The pharmaceutical industry has changed beyond all recognition in the past 100 years.

This authoritative guide to the principles and practice of archives management in private and public sector organizations has been substantially revised.

This authoritative guide to the principles and practice of archives management in private and public sector organizations has been substantially revised.

This selection of papers by major scholars introduces students to the history of the book in the West from late Antiquity to the publication of the Gutenberg Bible and the beginning of the print revolution.