ilość książek w kategorii: 821
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Information Access and Library User Needs in Developing Countries
ISBN: 9781466643536 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While high quality library and information services continue to thrive and strengthen economic and social development, much of the knowledge that exists on user s needs and behaviors is fundamentally based on the results of users in English-speaking, western developed countries. Information Access and Library User Needs in Developing Countries highlights the struggles that developing countries face in terms of information gaps and information-seeking user behavior. The publication highlights ways in which users in developing countries can benefit from properly implementing LIS services....
While high quality library and information services continue to thrive and strengthen economic and social development, much of the knowledge that exis...
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896,90 |
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Library Reference Services and Information Literacy: Models for Academic Institutions
ISBN: 9781466642416 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As classrooms and universities strive to adapt their instructional methods to an ever progressing technological age, it is imperative that academic libraries also revisit the ways in which reference and instruction services are organized and implemented. Library Reference Services and Information Literacy: Models for Academic Institution not only advocates for a more intentional integration of reference and instructional services, but it also provides organizational background, staff objectives, and various successes and challenges that have already been experienced by real institutions. This...
As classrooms and universities strive to adapt their instructional methods to an ever progressing technological age, it is imperative that academic li...
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896,90 |
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Public Libraries and Social Justice
ISBN: 9780754677147 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The need for public libraries to tackle social exclusion and engage in social justice becomes ever more urgent as the gap between rich and poor continues to widen, and the very survival of public libraries in the heart of the community is open to debate. If public libraries are to develop and grow in the future and become relevant to the majority of their local communities, then they need to abandon outmoded concepts of 'excellence' and fully grasp the 'equity' agenda. This book examines the historical background to social exclusion and the strategic context in terms of government and...
The need for public libraries to tackle social exclusion and engage in social justice becomes ever more urgent as the gap between rich and poor contin...
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759,15 |
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Exploring Education for Digital Librarians: Meaning, Modes and Models
ISBN: 9781843346593 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exploring Education for Digital Librarians provides a refreshing perspective on the discipline and profession of Library and Information Science (LIS), with a focus on preparing students for careers as librarians who can deal with present and future digital information environments. A re-examination of the knowledge base of the field, combined with a proposed theoretical structure for LIS, provide the basis for this work, which also examines competencies for practice as well as some of the international changes in the nature of higher education. The authors finally suggest a model that could...
Exploring Education for Digital Librarians provides a refreshing perspective on the discipline and profession of Library and Information Science (LIS)...
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257,13 |
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The Patron-Driven Library : A Practical Guide for Managing Collections and Services in the Digital Age
ISBN: 9781843347361 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Libraries in the USA and globally are undergoing quiet revolution. Libraries are moving away from a philosophy that is collection-centered to one focused on service. Technology is key to that change. The Patron Driven Library explores the way technology has moved the focus from library collections to services, placing the reader at the center of library activities. The book reveals the way library users are changing, and how social networking, web delivery of information, and the uncertain landscape of e-print has energized librarians to adopt technology to meet a different model of the...
Libraries in the USA and globally are undergoing quiet revolution. Libraries are moving away from a philosophy that is collection-centered to one focu...
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288,92 |
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Progressive Trends in Electronic Resource Management in Libraries
ISBN: 9781466647619 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As physical collections go digital, the organizational procedures, budgets, and usage patterns of libraries must evolve to meet this change by identifying the various issues that are essential in understanding the management of e-resources. Progressive Trends in Electronic Resource Management in Libraries provides relevant theoretical and practical details from an international perspective on the current e-resources landscape. Through a detailed discussion of the specific aspects of e-resources management, this book is a useful source for library science faculty and students, academic...
As physical collections go digital, the organizational procedures, budgets, and usage patterns of libraries must evolve to meet this change by identif...
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896,90 |
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Technology and Professional Identity of Librarians: The Making of the Cybrarian
ISBN: 9781466647350 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The library profession has changed rapidly in the wake of advanced technologies. Once regarded as the gatekeepers of information found in books, today s library professionals are shifting from a traditional center of attention to a new focus on all areas of information studies. Technology and Professional Identify of Librarians: The Making of the Cybrarian brings into focus both the positive and negative aspects that technology places on the professional identity of librarians. Highlighting the new methods involved in data management, communication, and Library Information education and...
The library profession has changed rapidly in the wake of advanced technologies. Once regarded as the gatekeepers of information found in books, today...
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896,90 |
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Academic Libraries in the US and China : Comparative Studies of Instruction, Government Documents, and Outreach
ISBN: 9781843346913 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Academic libraries have a long history both in the USA and China, with institutions developing along different trajectories, and responding to the rapidly changing library environment globally. Academic Libraries in the US and China compares current practices within Library and Information Science (LIS) in the USA and China, giving an historical overview of instruction, government documents, and outreach in academic libraries, as well as discussion and comparative analysis. An introduction leads to chapters on instruction, government publications, and outreach. Each topic is covered both...
Academic libraries have a long history both in the USA and China, with institutions developing along different trajectories, and responding to the rap...
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242,43 |
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Management: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections
ISBN: 9780810890954 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Management: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores the kinds of challenges that managers of archival programs face today and how those challenges can be met to achieve optimal results while working within existing resources. The book features thirteen case studies that demonstrate solutions to both traditional management concerns as well as new issues and opportunities presented by changes in technology and organizational environments. The featured case studies are: 1) "We'll Never Let You Retire " Creating a Culture of Knowledge Transfer 2) Raising Cash and...
Management: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores the kinds of challenges that managers of archival programs face today a...
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347,74 |
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Serving Online Customers: Lessons for Libraries from the Business World
ISBN: 9780810887329 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before the Web existed, anyone who wanted free information had to use the library. Now, a wealth of information on every possible service is accessible online. To compete in the digital age, libraries must provide outstanding customer service to their virtual users. In Serving Online Customers: Lessons for Libraries from the Business World, Donald A. Barclay carefully examines business literature to identify the best customer service practices of online companies and shows readers how to adapt these practices to the library environment. Chapter coverage includes these critical areas:...
Before the Web existed, anyone who wanted free information had to use the library. Now, a wealth of information on every possible service is accessibl...
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313,46 |
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Serving Online Customers: Lessons for Libraries from the Business World
ISBN: 9780810893177 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before the Web existed, anyone who wanted free information had to use the library. Now, a wealth of information on every possible service is accessible online. To compete in the digital age, libraries must provide outstanding customer service to their virtual users. In Serving Online Customers: Lessons for Libraries from the Business World, Donald A. Barclay carefully examines business literature to identify the best customer service practices of online companies and shows readers how to adapt these practices to the library environment. Chapter coverage includes these critical areas:...
Before the Web existed, anyone who wanted free information had to use the library. Now, a wealth of information on every possible service is accessibl...
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538,76 |
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Too Much Is Not Enough!: Charleston Conference Proceedings, 2013
ISBN: 9781941269008 / Angielski / Miękka / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Almost one hundred presentations from the thirty-third annual Charleston Library Conference (held November 6-9, 2013) are included in this annual proceedings volume. Major themes of the meeting included open access publishing, demand-driven acquisition, the future of university presses, and data-driven decision making. While the Charleston meeting remains a core one for acquisitions librarians in dialog with publishers and vendors, the breadth of coverage of this volume reflects the fact that this conference is now one of the major venues for leaders in the publishing and library communities...
Almost one hundred presentations from the thirty-third annual Charleston Library Conference (held November 6-9, 2013) are included in this annual proc...
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254,68 |
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Managing the One-Person Library
ISBN: 9781843346715 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Managing the one-person library provides a useful and needed resource for solo librarians confronted with the challenges of running a small library. The author uniquely focuses on topics encountered by solo librarians, such as IT troubleshooting and library security. Chapters on library management, collection development, serials management, and library marketing are included to enable solo librarians to easily manage day-to-day operations in these areas, and advise on how to respond to any challenges that should (and will) arise. This book will provide a much-needed resource manual that will...
Managing the one-person library provides a useful and needed resource for solo librarians confronted with the challenges of running a small library. T...
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269,38 |
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Shaping Knowledge : Complex Socio-Spatial Modelling for Adaptive Organizations
ISBN: 9781843347514 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Organizations in ever-changing environments depend upon their knowledge, as their survival depends upon effective thinking and agile actions. Any organization's knowledge is its prime asset yet its true value requires the activations of structure, query, search and decision. Shaping Knowledge provides an introduction to the key tools for thinking required by decision-making professionals in today's knowledge-intensive landscapes, and equips them with key skills to capitalize on knowledge resources. This book provides practical methods and critical insights for modelling knowledge-driven... Organizations in ever-changing environments depend upon their knowledge, as their survival depends upon effective thinking and agile actions. Any o... |
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232,64 |
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Libraries and Public Perception : A Comparative Analysis of the European Press
ISBN: 9781843347446 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is the future of libraries? This question is frequently posed, with widespread research into the social and economic impact of libraries. Newspapers play an important role in forming public perceptions, but how do newspapers present libraries, their past, present and future? Nobody has yet taken the press to task on the quantity and quality of articles on libraries, however Libraries and Public Perception does just this, through comparative textual analysis of newspapers in Europe. After a comprehensive and useful introductory chapter, the book consists of the following five chapters:...
What is the future of libraries? This question is frequently posed, with widespread research into the social and economic impact of libraries. Newspap...
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232,64 |
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Competitive Intelligence for Information Professionals
ISBN: 9780081002063 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Information professionals should be able to take a proactive role as a strategic partner in their organization's competitive intelligence. Their role needs to focus on the "outside-in" approach, based on their organization's strategic needs and objectives. Competitive Intelligence for Information Professionals explores the role of strategic information and intelligence in organizations, and assesses the values and needs of intelligence in organizations. The book provides guidance on how to work strategically with competitive intelligence, methods for monitoring and analysis and a... Information professionals should be able to take a proactive role as a strategic partner in their organization's competitive intelligence. Their ro... |
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269,33 |
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The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries: Research, User Applications, and Networking
ISBN: 9781442247864 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the Forward by Michael Lesk: Google has now developed services far beyond text search. Google software will translate languages and support collaborative writing. The chapters in this book look at many Google services, from music to finance, and describe how they can be used by students and other library users. Going beyond information resources, there are now successful collaboration services available from Google and others. You can make conference calls with video and shared screens using Google Hangouts, Writing documents with small numbers of colleagues often involved delays while...
From the Forward by Michael Lesk: Google has now developed services far beyond text search. Google software will translate languages and support colla...
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514,26 |
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The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries: Research, User Applications, and Networking, Volume 2
ISBN: 9781442247871 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the Forward by Michael Lesk: Google has now developed services far beyond text search. Google software will translate languages and support collaborative writing. The chapters in this book look at many Google services, from music to finance, and describe how they can be used by students and other library users. Going beyond information resources, there are now successful collaboration services available from Google and others. You can make conference calls with video and shared screens using Google Hangouts, Writing documents with small numbers of colleagues often involved delays while...
From the Forward by Michael Lesk: Google has now developed services far beyond text search. Google software will translate languages and support colla...
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303,66 |
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Mobile Technologies for Every Library
ISBN: 9781442248915 / Angielski / Twarda / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you are wondering what mobile technology adoption means for your library or how to get started, Mobile Technologies for Every Library will answer your questions .Wondering what the opportunities and pitfalls are of mobile technology use in libraries? This book will answer these questions. .Thinking of starting a mobile program in your library? Want to improve on existing services or add new ones? This book will answer your questions about platforms, options, security, best practices and more. The book will preview many useful apps for libraries. Web links and resources are also included....
If you are wondering what mobile technology adoption means for your library or how to get started, Mobile Technologies for Every Library will answer y...
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514,26 |
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Mobile Technologies for Every Library
ISBN: 9781442248922 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you are wondering what mobile technology adoption means for your library or how to get started, Mobile Technologies for Every Library will answer your questions .Wondering what the opportunities and pitfalls are of mobile technology use in libraries? This book will answer these questions. .Thinking of starting a mobile program in your library? Want to improve on existing services or add new ones? This book will answer your questions about platforms, options, security, best practices and more. The book will preview many useful apps for libraries. Web links and resources are also included....
If you are wondering what mobile technology adoption means for your library or how to get started, Mobile Technologies for Every Library will answer y...
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303,66 |