Kategoria BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines >> Library & Information Science - Archives & Special Libraries

Throughout Canada, provincial, federal, and municipal archives exist to house the records we produce. Some conceive of these institutions as old and staid, suggesting that archives are somehow trapped in the past. But archives are more than resources for professional scholars and interested individuals. With an increasing emphasis on transparency in government and public institutions, archives have become essential tools for accountability.

Better Off Forgetting? offers a reappraisal of archives and a look at the challenges they face in a time when issues of freedom of...

• Explores the impact of the social and technological aspects of Web 2.0 on libraries...

With information driving today's global economy, corporate librarians must become even more proactive in their daily assignments. "Best Practices for Corporate Libraries" will help them do just that through a series of papers that offer an international array of opinion and practice methods.

This book showcases current practices in corporate library functions and suggests best practices for current librarians. It also examines some of the changes in librarianship that have arisen from changes in how information is provided and how corporations are now organized. Topics covered include...

Managing Academic Libraries: Principles and Practice is aimed at professionals within the Library and Information Services (LIS) who are interested in learning more about the management of academic libraries. Written against a backdrop made up of the changes that digital technology has brought to academic libraries, this book uncovers how the library has changed its meaning from a physical to virtual icon and its effect on culture.

The book aims to provide managers and students of LIS at all levels with the necessary management principles and practices needed to respond...

Proper library merchandising doesn't have to be prohibitively expensive, time-consuming, or constitute a huge headache. "Ready-Made Book Displays" explains the principles behind effective displays and presents a wide variety of ready-made book displays that can be easily replicated, providing catchy titles, materials and props lists, reproducible hand-outs, and photographs to guide librarians in quickly assembling successful displays.

These display ideas can be utilized in several different venues--in-shelf, point-of-checkout, display case, and others--and can be targeted to coincide...