Library and information sciences / Museology

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Esta obra analiza los años fundacionales del Museo Histórico Nacional, creado en la Buenos Aires de comienzos de la década de 1890.

The Visitor Studies Guide offers an up-to-date overview of the rapidly expanding field of theory and research practice relating to the public use of museums, galleries, libraries, archives, memorials, zoos, aquariums, planetariums, gardens, urban parks, arboretums, nature centres, historic sites, and protected areas.

This revised text is aimed specifically for library support staff and purposefully aligned with the American Library Association - Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) competency standards for Cataloging and Classification.

Formulations, Regulations, and Challenges of Nutraceuticals focuses on various novel micro- and nanocarriers being employed in the formulation and delivery of nutraceutical ingredients to increase their efficacy, bioavailability, safety, and stability.

The book provides deep insights into heritage politics in Myanmar on the basis of the conservation history of Bagan and its entanglement in national politics.

This book explores the historical and contemporary connections between art and politics in Colombia.

Compiled with the assistance of the Museums Association, this important directory incorporates over 2,100 museums - almost double the number of inclusions in the 1st edition.

While historically focusing on the object, the study of ethics in conservation has expanded to consider the human aspect of conservation work.

This book contributes to the growing scientific literature on 'intangible cultural heritage' - determined by UNESCO to be particularly worthy of safeguarding and transmission - by advancing a theoretical-analytical framework for the (in)tangible cultural heritage of dance.

While historically focusing on the object, the study of ethics in conservation has expanded to consider the human aspect of conservation work.

This book provides a comprehensive examination of death, dying, and human remains in museums and heritage sites around the world.

This book provides a comprehensive examination of death, dying, and human remains in museums and heritage sites around the world.

This book contributes to the growing scientific literature on 'intangible cultural heritage' - determined by UNESCO to be particularly worthy of safeguarding and transmission - by advancing a theoretical-analytical framework for the (in)tangible cultural heritage of dance.

This text comprehensively covers the rituals, traditions and receipts of ancestral processes of bread making from multiple countries, including the scientific and technological character of the science of bread making and sourdough biotechnology.

This text comprehensively covers the rituals, traditions and receipts of ancestral processes of bread making from multiple countries, including the scientific and technological character of the science of bread making and sourdough biotechnology.

This contributed volume, based on papers presented at a conference held in Zimbabwe in mid-2021, interrogates solutions to COVID-19-related problems and issues across agricultural, environmental and water sectors in Zimbabwe and assesses their scientific, economic and practical validity.

This book depicts the Early Modern book markets in Europe and colonial Latin America.

A sweeping exploration of the shaping role of animal skins in written culture and human imagination over three millennia "e;Richly detailed and illustrated.

From climate catastrophes to sudden wars, the world faces conflicts of unprecedented scale.

This book provides the opportunity to explore the variety of meanings, undertones and contextual connotations that currently pertain to the expressions of "e;virtual (or digital) restoration"e; and "e;reconstruction"e;.

During the last ten years, librarianship has developed enormously not only in its traditional areas but also into new areas involving completely new techniques and the uses of the equipment which has been developed to enable more work to get achieved with the minimum of extra manpower.

For long library and information technology seems to have meant little more than knowing what tasks had to be performed in libraries and being able to do; only of late did management come to be concerned with such abstractions as planning, controlling, coordinating, etc.

During the last ten years, librarianship has developed enormously not only in its traditional areas but also into new areas involving completely new techniques and the uses of the equipment which has been developed to enable more work to get achieved with the minimum of extra manpower.

This book discusses the sources, human health hazards and risk prevention strategies associated with aeolian dust particles (fine and ultrafine) in the atmosphere.

It is an unusual compendium of twenty independent case studies on the same set of library user population conducted by the author over a decade or so.

To get an overall picture, national developmental perspectives is used, in this book, as a platform to analyze the growth pattern of libraries.

This book discusses the importance of socio-spatial patterns in cities that are embedded in the cultural heritage and self-understanding of a society, showing that Indian cities follow different urban concepts.

This book revolves around epistolary narratives of women political theorists and activists, following traces of Hannah Arendt's philosophical approaches to love and agonistic politics.

Industrial Archaeology (1972) presents an in-depth investigation of the nature, methods and materials of the archaeology of industry in the UK, from pre-Roman times to the late twentieth century.

This book revolves around epistolary narratives of women political theorists and activists, following traces of Hannah Arendt's philosophical approaches to love and agonistic politics.

Industrial Archaeology (1972) presents an in-depth investigation of the nature, methods and materials of the archaeology of industry in the UK, from pre-Roman times to the late twentieth century.

Data-gathering technology is more sophisticated than ever, as are the ethical standards for using this data.

If your organisation wants to tap into the wealth and influence of the rich and powerful, you need to know as much about them as possible.

This book offers a comparative analysis of British Army Unit War Diaries in the two World Wars, to reveal the role played by previously unnoticed technologies in shaping the archival records of war.

i in the sky is a collection of essays by over 40 experts, including leading writers Charles Handy and Don Tapscott, giving their personal vision of the future of information.

If your organisation wants to tap into the wealth and influence of the rich and powerful, you need to know as much about them as possible.

i in the sky is a collection of essays by over 40 experts, including leading writers Charles Handy and Don Tapscott, giving their personal vision of the future of information.

Through an indigenous and new materialist thinking approach, this book discusses various examples in Africa where colonial public art, statues, signs and buildings were removed or changed after countries' independence.

Through an indigenous and new materialist thinking approach, this book discusses various examples in Africa where colonial public art, statues, signs and buildings were removed or changed after countries' independence.

This book explores how recent Colombian historical memories are informed by cultural diversity and how some of the country's citizens remember the brutalities committed by the Army, guerrillas, and paramilitaries during the internal war (1980-2016).

Eine spannende Reise hinter die Kulissen des Museums – So entsteht eine Ausstellung!

This book is a selection of case studies undertaken by cultural heritage and disaster risk management professionals across the world demonstrating good practices for disaster risk management of cultural heritage.

In the ongoing evolution of the academic library, embedded librarianship has become an important topic of debate across levels and departments.

Las doce entrevistas que componen Books & Bookster están pensadas como un aporte para reflexionar sobre el valor de los cambios que ha sufrido la industria del libro en Alemania, país que ha impuesto un paradigma diferente desde los tiempos de Gutenberg y su imprenta.

A new edition of this best-selling textbook reintroduces the topic of library cataloging from a fresh, modern perspective.

Putting library management into the unique context of the not-for-profit world, this work offers you invaluable guidance on how to manage your library effectively.

Heritage, Memory and Identity in Postcolonial Board Games is a unique edited collection that explores the interplay of heritage, memory, identity and history within postcolonial board games and their surrounding paratexts.

Librarians can be effective catalysts and vital connectors who facilitate successful partnerships that enrich students' lives-"e;radical collaborations"e; that have deep and far-reaching impact.

Librarians who work with readers will find this well-loved guide to be a treasure trove of information.