Kategoria BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines >> Library & Information Science - Administration & Management

This book brings together international experience of business planning for digital libraries: the business case, planning processes, costs and benefits, practice and standards, and comparison with the traditional library. Although there is a vast literature already on other aspects of digital libraries, business planning is a subject that until now has not been systematically integrated in a book. Digital libraries are being created not only by traditional libraries but also by museums, archives, media organizations, and any institution concerned with managing scientific and cultural...

" Power Researchers: Transforming Student Library Aides Into Action Learners" is a unique practical guide for high school librarians to use in developing a curriculum for student library aides that expands their knowledge, develops literature appreciation, and models 21st-century teaching skills. Authors Lehman and Donovan--both experienced high school librarians--explain how to get maximum results from their proven "learn by doing and helping others" philosophy and techniques, increasing productivity in your library and giving students the necessary information literacy skills for...

Despite its increasing popularity, there are few published works about floating and floating collections. Virtually no one has addressed critical long-term issues like core collections, material selection, and weeding after floating has taken place. "Floating Collections: A Collection Development Model for Long-Term Success" makes all of this urgently needed information available in one place.

This unique guidebook defines "floating," explains the pros and cons, explores the impact of floating collections on collection work, and enables readers to establish a floating collection in any...

Public librarians are directly responsible for providing a large proportion of the American population with access to the Internet and guidance in obtaining important government information. Effectively servicing today's adult library users is already a pressing need, and will only become a larger priority as the nation's population ages.

"Library Services for Adults in the 21st Century" is for library science students interested in working with adults in public libraries. As the first text dedicated to adult library services to be published since 1991, this title has been sorely needed...