Library and information sciences / Museology

The Little Black School Book covers research, essay writing, clear thinking, expression, and much more in innovative and inspiring ways, giving students the solid skills and confidence that comes with merit.

Modern Art on Display: The Legacies of Six Collectors is structured as a sequence of case studies that pair collectors of modern art with artists they particularly favored: Duncan Phillips and Augustus Vincent Tack; Albert Barnes and Chaim Soutine; Albert Eugene Gallatin and Juan Gris; Lillie Bliss and Paul Cezanne; Etta Cone and Henri Matisse; G.

This book sheds light on an as-yet unstudied aspect of The Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) preeminent role in establishing the definition of the problematic term "e;Latin American art"e; in the United States from the 1930s to the present through its collection displays.

This book serves as a comprehensive introduction to the principles of microfluidization and its diverse applications in the food industry.

Most illnesses start in the gut, including many you would not even think of!

From a registered dietician, a guide to harnessing the power of collagen with food and supplements-includes recipes.

Welcoming Museum Visitors with Unapparent Disabilities exploreshow international cultural organizations (i.

In a rapidly changing world with myriad conflicting voices, the library's role as a place of safety and inclusion and as a repository of knowledge cannot be overstated.

Ketogenic cooking has never been easier than with this collection of simple prep and quick cleanup recipes.

Many professionals in the Library and Information Services (LIS) area are using Web 2.

Written from a global perspective, this book reviews sharing of library resources on a global scale.

The increasing volume of information in the contemporary world entails demand for efficient knowledge management (KM) systems; a logical method of information organization that will allow proper semantic querying to identify things that match meaning in natural language.

As librarians move into the middle of their careers, they are more ready than ever to take on new leadership opportunities.

Following on from the first edition of this book, the second edition fills the gap between more complex theoretical texts and those books with a purely practical approach.

Managing Academic Libraries: Principles and Practice is aimed at professionals within the Library and Information Services (LIS) who are interested in learning more about the management of academic libraries.

A Most Delicate Monster will be particularly useful for practitioners.

The world of the academic journal continues to be one of radical change.

Workplace culture refers to conditions that collectively influence the work atmosphere.

Social media is here to stay.

This book covers the different aspects, such as patents, trademarks and copyright of Intellectual Property (IP) from a more practical business perspective.

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.

This book focuses on the role of special libraries as knowledge management centres in their organisations.

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

Do librarians 'rock the boat'?

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.

The Dewey Decimal Classification system (DDC) is the world's most popular library classification system.

Aimed at professional librarians and archivists, this book explores connecting students and faculty with the archival and digital collections of the university's library and archives.

Digital information is a constantly developing field.

From Lending to Learning provides a theoretical overview and practical guide to the functional area of delivering learning services within public libraries.

This book examines the theory, behaviour, connections and issues of modern information organizations.

Supporting Research in Area Studies: A Guide for Academic Libraries focuses on the study of other countries or regions of the world, crossing traditional disciplinary boundaries in the humanities and social sciences.

Assessment and outcomes evaluation have become increasingly important in librarianship.

Throughout its history, the Western library has played a significant role in bringing the book to the hands of Western scholars.

Presents a broad examination of the nature of virtual worlds and the potential they provide in managing and expressing information practices through that medium, grounding information professionals and students of new media in the fundamental elements of virtual worlds and online gaming.

This book outlines issues surrounding diversity among students, faculty, and staff and how one urban university library is working to embrace and celebrate the diversity found in its building, on campus, and in the local community.

This book is about news search and monitoring.

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

This book explores recent trends in human resource management practices and presents options for their application within the special context of libraries, especially academic and research libraries.

This book examines the difficulties confronting information professionals who, due to financial downturns, technological change, or personal crises, are forced to re-evaluate their career options.

Archives in the Digital Age: Standards, Policies and Tools discusses semantic web technologies and their increased usage in distributing archival material.

Becoming Confident Teachers examines the teaching role of information professionals at a time of transition and change in higher education.

This book explores the management of information in crises, particularly the interconnectedness of information, people, and technologies during crises.

This book examines the various types of literacy that are important in the Digital Age of rapid technological change and proliferating information resources in a variety of formats.

Mastering the skills necessary for clear, effective writing can make writing tasks flow more easily.

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.

An invaluable guide for MLS professionals and students, this new book explains how librarians can select an effective method of library instruction based on their users, the objectives of the instruction and the delivery environment.

This book argues that records management can contribute to public sector reform and transformation in the new climate of austerity, without losing its essential characteristics.

Intangible value leads to new insights and ideas, and higher levels of creativity and innovative thinking.

Written from the perspective of a librarian, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of e-books on academic libraries.