Libraries all over the world have to deal with fast growing numbers of digital materials that need to be safeguarded. Publications in digital form, online or on CD, digitised images, and born-digital objects need to be preserved and kept accessible. Safeguarding digital heritage is a major issue, especially for national libraries, because of their legal task of preserving the national heritage of a country.
This volume describes the state of the art of digital repositories, preservation strategies and current projects in the national libraries of Australia, Austria, Canada, China,...
Libraries all over the world have to deal with fast growing numbers of digital materials that need to be safeguarded. Publications in digital form,...
Die schnellen Entwicklungen bei Informationstechnologien und Medien fuhren bei Lesern und Nutzern zu immer vielfaltigeren Strategien der Informationsgewinnung. Die Pflicht, dieses Phanomen zu bewaltigen und die Situation zu meistern, stellt eine der groten Herausforderungen dar, denen Bibliotheken derzeit gegenuberstehen. Um das Vertrauen in die Moglichkeiten von Managementwerkzeugen und strategischer Planung zu starken, wurde im August 2005 eine 2-tagige Tagung unter Federfuhrung der IFLA-Sektion fur Management und Marketing in Bergen, Norwegen abgehalten.
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Die schnellen Entwicklungen bei Informationstechnologien und Medien fuhren bei Lesern und Nutzern zu immer vielfaltigeren Strategien der Informatio...
This book contains the papers delivered at sessions organised by the Genealogy and Local History Section at the annual conferences of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) between 2001 and 2005; many of these are updated versions of the original presentations. The authors, all experts in their own fields, address those engaged in delivering genealogy and local history services in libraries, archives and museums across the world.
This book contains the papers delivered at sessions organised by the Genealogy and Local History Section at the annual conferences of the Internati...
In China the tradition of a book society is longer than anywhere else in the world. Chinese paper making, calligraphy and woodblock printing date from very early ages, but have for a very long time remained almost unknown to the Western world. At the IFLA satellite meeting -Chinese Written and Printed Cultural Heritage and Library Work- in Hangzhou in 2006 the richness of present day book historical research and library activities in China has been presented by more than sixty papers. This fine selection reflects the width and depth of this extremely important and immense Chinese...
In China the tradition of a book society is longer than anywhere else in the world. Chinese paper making, calligraphy and woodblock printing date f...
The scale of change in the provision of information and research services since the original edition of this guide (published 1993), in particular the development of the Internet, meant that it soon became clear that a more or less complete re-write was needed, rather than simply a revision of the existing text. However, the new edition has kept to the spirit of the original, which has been a valuable tool for many.
The scale of change in the provision of information and research services since the original edition of this guide (published 1993), in particular the...
This book provides a comprehensive update on the status of information literacy activities around the world, particularly from countries where no related literature in English has been published. In these collected papers, ranging from the practical to the theoretical, knowledgeable librarians report on their efforts to establish and develop information literacy programmes. A tool for evaluating all forms of information literacy, this publication is a must-read for anyone who shares an interest in this field.
This book provides a comprehensive update on the status of information literacy activities around the world, particularly from countries where no r...
An international collaboration between IFLA, the UNESCO Institute of Statistics and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has developed standards for new library indicators for the twenty-first century. The existing international library statistics were developed nearly 40 years ago. This book presents the first results using the new statistics, and look forward to the next steps. It also contains other initiatives and developments in the fields of library statistics, benchmarking and indicators.
An international collaboration between IFLA, the UNESCO Institute of Statistics and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has de...
Initiatives at a cross-cultural level, where libraries, museums and archives work together in creating digital libraries, and making their cultural heritage collections available online, are emerging. Leading academic researchers from the cultural heritage and the publishers sectors approach this issue:
Digital library user experience: a focus on current user research;
Digital library content: what users want and how they use it;
Strategies for institutions: how cultural institutions and publishers respond to the digital challenge.
Initiatives at a cross-cultural level, where libraries, museums and archives work together in creating digital libraries, and making their cultural...
This handbook provides thorough, up-to-date information on associations concerned with the fields of librarianship, documentation, information science and archives. The third, completely revised and expanded edition contains over 600 comprehensive and updated entries from over 130 countries. The first part lists internationally active associations in alphabetical order. In the second part, national associations are arranged by country, and listed within the countries alphabetically. The volume includes indexes of associations, official journals, officers and subjects.
This handbook provides thorough, up-to-date information on associations concerned with the fields of librarianship, documentation, information scie...
This volume focuses on practical and empirical accounts of organizational change in the social sciences and impacts upon the professional skills, collections, and services within social science libraries. Section one focuses upon the question of interdisciplinary within social science libraries and the role of libraries to both react to and facilitate paradigm shifts in research and science. Section two focuses on the rise of data as a resource to be collected and shared within social science libraries. The third section focuses on the role of librarians to facilitate the development of...
This volume focuses on practical and empirical accounts of organizational change in the social sciences and impacts upon the professional skills, c...
