ilość książek w kategorii: 732
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Law Firm Librarianship : Issues, Practice and Directions
ISBN: 9781843347088 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The legal information environment is deep, wide, and dynamic with many participants, including courts, parliaments, legislatures, and administrative bodies. None exemplifies the agile, knowledge-engaging legal player better than the law firm. Current, authoritative information is essential for the successful representation of clients. The firm's most dependable resource for retrieving information is its library staff. Law Firm Librarianship introduces the reader to the challenges, qualifications, and work conditions of this distinct type of research librarian. The book begins by asking what...
The legal information environment is deep, wide, and dynamic with many participants, including courts, parliaments, legislatures, and administrative b...
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268,28 |
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Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers, and Related Materials
ISBN: 9780810883581 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Preservation of historical documents and library related materials is a growing problem in all library types and institutions. Fortunately, editors Carol Smallwood and Elaine Williams have pulled together the wisdom of practicing professionals to elucidate how to cope with the many problems that arise when preserving, managing, and digitizing important collections. Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers, and Related Materials contains informative chapters on physical preservation, collection management, cooperation with organizations and communities, various formats, and...
Preservation of historical documents and library related materials is a growing problem in all library types and institutions. Fortunately, editors Ca...
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346,32 |
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Archivists, Collectors, Dealers, and Replevin: Case Studies on Private Ownership of Public Documents
ISBN: 9780810883772 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today, government archivists and manuscript collectors are often in conflict over government-created documents that come up for sale out of private hands. Such manuscripts are often archival material that escaped government control, and government archivists want that missing material back to complete the historic record. Collectors and dealers, however, assert that since the government didn't take care of their documents properly at the time of their creation, they lost the right to claim them now. This divide between government archivists and collectors has become especially acute for...
Today, government archivists and manuscript collectors are often in conflict over government-created documents that come up for sale out of private ha...
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409,73 |
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Defending Professionalism: A Resource for Librarians, Information Specialists, Knowledge Managers, and Archivists
ISBN: 9781598848694 / Angielski / Miękka / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is no longer any way to deny or to escape the responsibility of marketing services and being an advocate for one's profession. Practitioners also need effective arguments and approaches for combating library and information deprofessionalization. This book offers the antidote for ineptitude in the fight to preserve professionalism in all major library and information environments. Composed of 14 chapters written by contemporary practitioners and practitioners-turned-theorists, "Defending Professionalism: A Resource for Librarians, Information Specialists, Knowledge Managers, and... There is no longer any way to deny or to escape the responsibility of marketing services and being an advocate for one's profession. Practitioners ... |
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231,00 |
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101 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Children
ISBN: 9781610690836 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nancy J. Keane is the author of the award-winning website Booktalks-Quick and Simple (nancykeane.com/booktalks), as well as the creator of the open collaboration wiki ATN Book Lists. With 101 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Children, she provides another indispensable resource for librarians and teachers. The lists in this book are the result of careful consultation with teachers and public librarians, and from discussions on professional email lists. These indispensable reading lists can be used in many ways-for example, as handouts to teachers as suggested reading, to create book...
Nancy J. Keane is the author of the award-winning website Booktalks-Quick and Simple (nancykeane.com/booktalks), as well as the creator of the open co...
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200,25 |
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101 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Teens
ISBN: 9781610691345 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nancy J. Keane is the author of the award-winning website Booktalks--Quick and Simple (nancykeane.com/booktalks), as well as the creator of the open collaboration wiki ATN Book Lists. With her latest book, "101 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Teens," she provides another indispensable resource for librarians and teachers. The lists in this book are the result of careful consultation with teachers and public librarians, and from discussions on professional email lists. These indispensable lists can be utilized in many ways--for example, as handouts to teachers as suggested reading, to... Nancy J. Keane is the author of the award-winning website Booktalks--Quick and Simple (nancykeane.com/booktalks), as well as the creator of the ope... |
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195,06 |
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The Care of Books - An Essay on the Development of Libraries and Their Fittings, from the Earliest Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century. Fully Illustrated with Index and Footnotes.
ISBN: 9781781390337 / Angielski / Twarda / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Care of Books is an engaging text, considering not only the preservation of books, but also their physical ordering. Clark draws on archival and archaeological sources, displaying his wide range of interests. Clark writes in the Preface that The subject was entirely new and all the illustrations were purchased, commissioned or photographed by him for the 1901 publication.
This edition comes with over 150 illustrations, over 500 footnotes and the original index. The Care of Books is an engaging text, considering not only the preservation of books, but also their physical ordering. Clark draws on archival and a...
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131,75 |
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Virtual Research Environments: From Portals to Science Gateways
ISBN: 9781843345626 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Virtual Research Environments examines making Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) usable by researchers working to solve "grand challenge" problems in many disciplines from social science to particle physics. It is driven by research the authors have carried out to evaluate researchers' requirements in using information services via web portals and in adapting collaborative learning tools to meet their more diverse needs, particularly in a multidisciplinary study. This is the motivation for what the authors have helped develop into the UK Virtual Research Environments (VRE)...
Virtual Research Environments examines making Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) usable by researchers working to solve "grand challenge...
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268,28 |
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Disaster Recovery for Archives, Libraries and Records Management Systems in Australia and New Zealand
ISBN: 9780949060358 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Floods, fires or earthquakes can cause critical damage to books and to records. A recovery effort which is well-intentioned but ill-informed or hasty may make the damage far worse. What should be done? What should not be done? This is the first book on disaster recovery specifically tailored for the Australasian market. The book discusses factors which should be considered by managers before setting up a disaster recovery plan, including prevention and insurance. It covers, in detail, the content and development of a disaster plan and considers training programs for those staff who are...
Floods, fires or earthquakes can cause critical damage to books and to records. A recovery effort which is well-intentioned but ill-informed or hasty ...
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102,39 |
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Academic Branch Libraries in Changing Times
ISBN: 9781843346302 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Are academic branch libraries going to be extinct in the near future? In these difficult economic times, when collections are digitized rapidly, is there still a need for a separate unit within proximity to the department, school, or college with a subject-based or subject-specific collection? Academic Branch Libraries in Changing Times gives a brief historical overview of the role of a branch academic library. It reviews the current situation from a practitioner's point of view and suggests solutions for the future.
Are academic branch libraries going to be extinct in the near future? In these difficult economic times, when collections are digitized rapidly, is th...
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241,45 |
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Becoming Confident Teachers : A Guide for Academic Librarians
ISBN: 9781843346296 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Becoming Confident Teachers examines the teaching role of information professionals at a time of transition and change in higher education. While instruction is now generally accepted as a core library function in the 21st century, librarians often lack sufficient training in pedagogy and instructional design; consequently finding their teaching responsibilities to be stressful and challenging. By exploring the requirements and responsibilities of the role, this book guides teaching librarians to a position where they feel confident that they have acquired the basic body of knowledge and...
Becoming Confident Teachers examines the teaching role of information professionals at a time of transition and change in higher education. While inst...
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268,28 |
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A Most Delicate Monster: The One-Professional Special Library
ISBN: 9780949060402 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Most Delicate Monster will be particularly useful for practitioners. The focus is on the running of small special libraries and particularly the one-person library. A professional outlook is maintained without neglecting the full range of tasks required in a one-person library. The practical orientation is supported by the use of checklists. Although the book is written with special librarians in mind, others will find it useful, especially solo librarians.
A Most Delicate Monster will be particularly useful for practitioners. The focus is on the running of small special libraries and particularly the one...
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92,43 |
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Archives : Recordkeeping in Society
ISBN: 9781876938840 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Archives: Recordkeeping in Society introduces the significance of archives and the results of local and international research in archival science. It explores the role of recordkeeping in various cultural, organisational and historical contexts. Its themes include archives as a web of recorded information: new information technologies have presented dilemmas, but also potentialities for managing of the interconnectedness of archives. Another theme is the relationship between evidence and memory in archives and in archival discourse. It also explores recordkeeping and accountability, memory,...
Archives: Recordkeeping in Society introduces the significance of archives and the results of local and international research in archival science. It...
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395,10 |
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Academic Archives:: Managing the Next Generation of College and University Archives, Records, and Special Collections
ISBN: 9781555707699 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today, the field of academic archives is more expansive and complex than ever before. In addition to college and university archives, academic archives encompass records management programs, special collections departments, and other campus archival repositories. This new definition of academic archives programs has redefined the role, and training, of academic archivists. This book gives you the tools to fill that role, including collection strategies, a management plan for electronic records, and development strategies for starting a campus records management program, and an understanding...
Today, the field of academic archives is more expansive and complex than ever before. In addition to college and university archives, academic archive...
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399,98 |
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Practical Digital Preservation : A How-to Guide for Organizations of Any Size
ISBN: 9781856047555 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A practical guide, offering an overview of best practice, is intended at the non-specialist, assuming only a basic understanding of IT and offering guidance as to how to implement strategies with minimal time and resources. It covers the useful building blocks of digital preservation strategy and implementation.
A practical guide, offering an overview of best practice, is intended at the non-specialist, assuming only a basic understanding of IT and offering gu...
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341,45 |
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User Studies for Digital Library Development
ISBN: 9781856047654 / Angielski / Miękka / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text captures a truly global cross-section of leading voices and provides a clear and coherent overview of the user studies domain and user issues in digital libraries.
This text captures a truly global cross-section of leading voices and provides a clear and coherent overview of the user studies domain and user issue...
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365,83 |
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Building a Better Chinese Collection for the Library of Congress: Selected Writings
ISBN: 9780810885486 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this collection of essays written by the former head of the Library of Congress Chinese Collection, Chi Wang chronicles the modest beginnings of the Chinese Collection at the Library of Congress and his crusade to transform it into the largest collection and Chinese cultural presence outside Asia. For anyone who has ever wondered what goes on inside the marble walls of one of the country's oldest federal institutions, Wang relates an insider's account of the major milestones and changes to the administration of the Collection over the years. Readers will be surprised not only to learn...
In this collection of essays written by the former head of the Library of Congress Chinese Collection, Chi Wang chronicles the modest beginnings of th...
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463,39 |
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Special Libraries: A Survival Guide
ISBN: 9781610692670 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Special Libraries: A Survival Guide" analyzes what has happened--and is still continuing to happen--to corporate libraries in order to identify the strategies that must be taken to protect their staff's survival. Through a careful examination of a series of case studies of corporate library reductions and closures, authors James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein suggest key strategies, tactics, and survival tools that all types of special library managers can use to minimize their chances of becoming a victim. The book underscores the importance of collecting data as a survival tool.... "Special Libraries: A Survival Guide" analyzes what has happened--and is still continuing to happen--to corporate libraries in order to identify th... |
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Digital Libraries and Information Access : Research Perspectives
ISBN: 9781856048217 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The increasing number of digital libaries in all sectors and the pressure of ever demanding and diverse user needs has encouraged development of user-centred interfaces. This volume explores what has been acheived in this field and what we can expect in the future through the prism of research.
The increasing number of digital libaries in all sectors and the pressure of ever demanding and diverse user needs has encouraged development of user-...
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365,83 |
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The Lone Arranger: Succeeding in a Small Repository
ISBN: 9780838958780 / Angielski / Miękka / 157 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A significant portion of U.S. institutions charged with the preservation of our cultural heritage are small repositories and one-person shops. Rapid advances in technology, increasing regulation on institutional records, and exponential growth in the volume and variety of cultural resources being collected put added pressure on these lone arrangers to find efficient and effective ways to manage their archives. The Lone Arranger: Succeeding in a Small Repository offers guidance on how to handle common work demands while promoting archives best practice. Author and lone arranger Christina Zamon...
A significant portion of U.S. institutions charged with the preservation of our cultural heritage are small repositories and one-person shops. Rapid a...
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379,83 |