ilość książek w kategorii: 813
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A History of Modern Librarianship: Constructing the Heritage of Western Cultures
ISBN: 9781610690997 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Previous histories of libraries in the Western world the last of which was published nearly 20 years ago concentrate on libraries and librarians. This book takes a different approach. It focuses on the practice of librarianship, showing you how that practice has contributed to constructing the heritage of cultures. To do so, this groundbreaking collection of essays presents the history of modern librarianship in the context of recent developments of the library institution, professionalization of librarianship, and innovation through information technology. Organized by region, the book... Previous histories of libraries in the Western world the last of which was published nearly 20 years ago concentrate on libraries and librarians. T... |
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257,72 |
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Building a Successful Customer-Service Culture: A Guide for Library and Information Managers
ISBN: 9781856044493 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As libraries move into the 21st century, serving the customer has become a key aspect of quality management and the user-centred library. This edited collection is a management guide, taking a practical and strategic approach to developing a customer-service culture. The book covers established areas such as customer satisfaction, staff training and planning, as well as developing areas such as customer services required by the virtual library environment.
As libraries move into the 21st century, serving the customer has become a key aspect of quality management and the user-centred library. This edited ...
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318,11 |
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Library and Information Science Research in Asia-Oceania: Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9781466651586 / Angielski / Twarda / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historically, the major Library and Information Science (LIS) research-producing centers of the world have largely been the universities and information institutions of North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe. This is changing with the growth of Asian economies, universities, and information industries. Library and Information Science Research in Asia-Oceania: Theory and Practice presents evolving and emerging research and development in the field of library and information science (LIS) in diverse countries in Asia-Oceania as the region continues to develop. This book is intended as a...
Historically, the major Library and Information Science (LIS) research-producing centers of the world have largely been the universities and informati...
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999,40 |
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Succession Planning and Implementation in Libraries: Practices and Resources
ISBN: 9781466658127 / Angielski / Twarda / 321 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the baby boomer generation begins to retire, the focus shifts to the next generation of global leaders in diverse industries. Within the field of library science, succession planning has become a topic of interest to ensure the success of future libraries as the workforce shifts and enable up-and-coming leaders. Succession Planning and Implementation in Libraries: Practices and Resources provides valuable insight into the process of implementing succession planning in libraries. This book delves into the challenges and possibilities of a succession plan s effect on the success of library...
As the baby boomer generation begins to retire, the focus shifts to the next generation of global leaders in diverse industries. Within the field of l...
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948,15 |
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Library Management for the Digital Age: A New Paradigm
ISBN: 9781442230156 / Angielski / Miękka / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This revolutionary introduction to library management is the first conceived in and written for a digital age. Julie Todaro, one of America's leading management experts, posits a new paradigm for planning, administering, and assessing library services. She explains each facet of administering both "old" (physical) and "new" (virtual) libraries. Library Management for the Digital Age covers -hierarchies, -policies, -communication, -working relationships, -facilities, -human resources, -settings, -customer services, -budgeting, -emergency management, -appendixes including model positions...
This revolutionary introduction to library management is the first conceived in and written for a digital age. Julie Todaro, one of America's leading ...
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367,33 |
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Library Management for the Digital Age: A New Paradigm
ISBN: 9781442230699 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This revolutionary introduction to library management is the first conceived in and written for a digital age. Julie Todaro, one of America's leading management experts, posits a new paradigm for planning, administering, and assessing library services. She explains each facet of administering both "old" (physical) and "new" (virtual) libraries. Library Management for the Digital Age covers -hierarchies, -policies, -communication, -working relationships, -facilities, -human resources, -settings, -customer services, -budgeting, -emergency management, -appendixes including model positions...
This revolutionary introduction to library management is the first conceived in and written for a digital age. Julie Todaro, one of America's leading ...
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602,42 |
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Reimagining Reference in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9781557536983 / Angielski / Miękka / 418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reference service, the idea that librarians provide direct assistance to users, has been a central function of libraries for over a century. Today's libraries are even more complex and intimidating to new users than libraries of the past, and the technical and social contexts in which users experience their library's resources add to this complexity. The availability of a friendly librarian who helps users find materials, search for information on a topic, interpret citations, identify quality information, and format bibliographies has become a standard component of what libraries do....
Reference service, the idea that librarians provide direct assistance to users, has been a central function of libraries for over a century. Today's l...
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117,50 |
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Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries
ISBN: 9781936117611 / Angielski / Miękka / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This edited collection captures the current status and future direction of libraries' commitment to advance the focus of educating for sustainability. It is designed as a toolkit offering a wide range of best practices, case studies, and activities ready for implementation within academic libraries.
This edited collection captures the current status and future direction of libraries' commitment to advance the focus of educating for sustainability....
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194,22 |
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The ALA Book of Library Grant Money
ISBN: 9780838912119 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This all-in-one resource for researching library and school grants is back in a new edition, and more useful than ever, offering refreshed content and even more guidance on locaing grant funding sources. Using this guide, librarians, fundraisers, and researchers will find quick convenient access to information on the most likely funding sources for libraries, including private foundations, corporate foundations, corporate direct givers, government agencies, and library and nonprofit organizations. Edited by nancy Kalikow Maxwell, a grant writer with 35 years of experience, this edition...
This all-in-one resource for researching library and school grants is back in a new edition, and more useful than ever, offering refreshed content and...
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729,76 |
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Apps for Librarians: Using the Best Mobile Technology to Educate, Create, and Engage
ISBN: 9781610695305 / Angielski / Miękka / 197 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Smartphones and other mobile devices that support downloadable applications--universally referred to as "apps"--can be used to foster productivity, conduct research, or read and study. Additionally, savvy librarians can better serve their communities by gaining expertise in mobile technologies and being qualified to make app recommendations to patrons. This book introduces you to the apps that can help you save time and increase your own productivity as well as serve as a curator and reviewer of apps and resident expert to benefit your patrons. "Apps for Librarians: Using the Best... Smartphones and other mobile devices that support downloadable applications--universally referred to as "apps"--can be used to foster productivity,... |
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195,86 |
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The Future of the Academic Journal
ISBN: 9781843347835 / Angielski / Miękka / 478 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The world of the academic journal continues to be one of radical change. A follow-up volume to the first edition of The Future of the Academic Journal, this book is a significant contribution to the debates around the future of journals publishing. The book takes an international perspective and looks ahead at how the industry will continue to develop over the next few years. With contributions from leading academics and industry professionals, the book provides a reliable and impartial view of this fast-changing area. The book includes various discussions on the future of journals,...
The world of the academic journal continues to be one of radical change. A follow-up volume to the first edition of The Future of the Academic Jour...
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288,92 |
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Successful Library Fundraising: Best Practices
ISBN: 9781442231696 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Obtaining the funding to maintain and grow library services and resources has always been a challenge. Successful Library Fundraising: Best Practices brings together a wealth of information from public, academic, special, and school libraries who share their successful approaches to raising funds through a variety of traditional and "outside-the-box" methods: -Library development (cultivating donors) -Endowments -Corporate financing -Special events -Friends' groups and volunteers -Grants, and more Fundraising is critical in today's economic climate. Tips and ideas from this volume will help...
Obtaining the funding to maintain and grow library services and resources has always been a challenge. Successful Library Fundraising: Best Practices ...
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254,68 |
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Successful Library Fundraising: Best Practices
ISBN: 9781442237384 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Obtaining the funding to maintain and grow library services and resources has always been a challenge. Successful Library Fundraising: Best Practices brings together a wealth of information from public, academic, special, and school libraries who share their successful approaches to raising funds through a variety of traditional and "outside-the-box" methods: -Library development (cultivating donors) -Endowments -Corporate financing -Special events -Friends' groups and volunteers -Grants, and more Fundraising is critical in today's economic climate. Tips and ideas from this volume will help...
Obtaining the funding to maintain and grow library services and resources has always been a challenge. Successful Library Fundraising: Best Practices ...
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514,26 |
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Public Libraries, Public Policies, and Political Processes: Serving and Transforming Communities in Times of Economic and Political Constraint
ISBN: 9781442233461 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on two decades of original research conducted by the authors, as well as existing research about the intersection of public policy, political discourse, and public libraries, this book seeks to understand the origins and implications of the current standing of public libraries in public policy and political discourse. It both explains the complex current circumstances and offers strategies for effectively creating a better future for public libraries. The main message is that there is a pressing need for public librarians and other supporters of public libraries to be: 1.Aware of the...
Drawing on two decades of original research conducted by the authors, as well as existing research about the intersection of public policy, political ...
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347,74 |
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Proactive Marketing for the New and Experienced Library Director: Going Beyond the Gate Count
ISBN: 9781843347873 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Academic libraries have continually looked for technological solutions to low circulation statistics, under-usage by students and faculty, and what is perceived as a crisis in relevance, seeing themselves in competition with Google and Wikipedia. Academic libraries, however, are as relevant as they have been historically, as their primary functions within their university missions have not changed, but merely evolved. Going beyond the Gate Count argues that the problem is not relevance, but marketing and articulation. This book offers theoretical reasoning and practical advice to directors on...
Academic libraries have continually looked for technological solutions to low circulation statistics, under-usage by students and faculty, and what is...
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269,33 |
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Intellectual Property and Assessing Its Financial Value
ISBN: 9781843347927 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book covers the different aspects, such as patents, trademarks and copyright of Intellectual Property (IP) from a more practical business perspective. Intellectual Property and Assessing its' Financial Value describes the differences between regions, mainly the differences between the US and EU. In addition, several tools are presented for assessing the value of new IP, which is of importance before engaging on a new project that could result in new IP or for licensing purposes. The first chapter introduces the different types of IP and illustrating the business importance of capturing...
This book covers the different aspects, such as patents, trademarks and copyright of Intellectual Property (IP) from a more practical business perspec...
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269,33 |
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Library Assessment in Higher Education
ISBN: 9781610698177 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Academic libraries are increasingly being asked to demonstrate their value as one of many units on campus, but determining the outcomes of an academic library within the context of its collegiate setting is challenging. This book explains and clarifies the practice of assessment in academic institutions, enabling library managers to better understand and explain the impact of the library on student learning outcomes, teaching effectiveness, and research productivity. Providing essential information for all college and university librarians, this volume discusses and summarizes... Academic libraries are increasingly being asked to demonstrate their value as one of many units on campus, but determining the outcomes of an acade... |
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231,95 |
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Letting Go of Legacy Services: Library Case Studies
ISBN: 9780838912201 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The last few years have proven beyond any doubt that libraries cannot afford to coast along with the status quo. Just as important as proposing and adding new services is the sometimes unpleasant process of critically examining existing realities and letting go of obsolete or less useful programs. But instead of panicking about budgetary and staffing challenges, libraries can choose a measured, proactive response. The contributors to this practical guidebook take readers step-by-step through approaches they've used at their own institutions, offering models that can be adapted to a wide...
The last few years have proven beyond any doubt that libraries cannot afford to coast along with the status quo. Just as important as proposing and ad...
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200,80 |
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The Small Library Manager's Handbook
ISBN: 9781442230132 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Small Library Manager's Handbook is for librarians working in all types of small libraries. It covers the everyday nuts-and-bolts operations that all librarians must perform. Following an introduction, 27 chapters are arranged in six major parts: -Management (including staffing, working with volunteers, and annual reports) -Marketing (including social networking and how to prove your library's worth to your boss) -Money (including budgeting and grant writing) -Services (including reference and circulation) -Collection Development (including assessment and weeding), and -Professional...
The Small Library Manager's Handbook is for librarians working in all types of small libraries. It covers the everyday nuts-and-bolts operations that ...
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303,66 |
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Curriculum-Based Library Instruction: From Cultivating Faculty Relationships to Assessment
ISBN: 9781442231658 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rampant nature of technology has caused a shift in information seeking behaviors. In addition, current trends such as evidence based medicine and information literacy mean that one time instructional sessions cannot provide our patrons with all of the skills they need. For this reason, many librarians are working to develop curriculum based instruction that is semester long or consisting of many sessions throughout an academic program. In addition to teaching, librarians are also becoming embedded in the curriculums they support by serving as web-based course designers, problem-based...
The rampant nature of technology has caused a shift in information seeking behaviors. In addition, current trends such as evidence based medicine and ...
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313,46 |