Neal-Schuman Library Technology Companion

A Basic Guide for Library Staff

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

Foreword by Maurice Coleman Technology infuses every aspect of every day in every library, and thus basic technology skills are a prerequisite for everyone who works in a library. Providing a one-stop overview of all technologies used in libraries today, this comprehensive primer belongs at the top of the reading list for any current or future library professional looking to stay at the forefront of technological advancement. Representing a complete update of the book under a new author, this seventh edition of the guide is bolstered with fresh insights gleaned from librarians and library staff members sharing how they work with a given technology in their library settings. Readers will learn about how technologies have historically impacted libraries; electronic resources including e-books, full-text articles, and streaming media; the crucial role of free web information in supporting library research; discovery layers and other systems for organizing information to make it easier to find; desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices; library websites, web services, screencasts, distance learning, and learning management systems; social networking and patron participation, with newly crafted guidelines; makerspaces and other possibilities for adding creative activities and technologies to libraries such as virtual reality and augmented reality; a comprehensive examination of how to build and maintain the library technology environment, with advice on crafting an effective plan, purchasing equipment, putting systems into operation, and preservation issues stemming from dead and dying technologies; Universal Design (UX) and adaptive/assistive technologies; protecting technology and technology users by securing collections, enhancing computer security, and safeguarding privacy; and possible future developments in library technology, with suggested resources for staying informed.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-04-18
Mått:178 x 254 x 15 mm
Vikt:399 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Upplaga:7
Förlag:Association of College & Research Libraries
Medarbetare:Coleman,Maurice
ISBN:9798892552905

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Mer om författaren

Robin Hastings is the Library Services Consultant for the Northeast Kansas Library System in the lovely town of Lawrence, KS. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in IT with a Master’s Degree in Library Science. She’s been working in libraries with technology since the last millennium and has written four books, a Library Technology Report, several articles and a couple of contributed chapters on library technology. She’s also presented around the world on a variety of library technology and general library management topics. She served as the Mountain Plains Library Association president for 2024-2025 and as the Koha Users Group President in 2015-2016.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations Foreword by Maurice ColemanPreface Acknowledgments PART I: Library Technology in ContextChapter 1 The Universe of Library TechnologyPART II: Mission Critical TechnologiesChapter 2 Free Information Resources: Part of the Library ArsenalChapter 3 Library Electronic Resources: E-books, Full-Text Articles, and Streaming MediaChapter 4 Organizing Information to Make It Easier to Find: Library Systems, Discovery Layers, and MoreChapter 5 Computing Devices in Libraries: Desktops, Laptops, Tablets, and Mobile DevicesPART III: Technology That Makes Library Services RunChapter 6 Library Websites and Web ServicesChapter 7 Social Networking and Patron Participation: Marketing and MoreChapter 8 How Library Staff Learn and Teach: Screencasts, Distance Learning, and Learning Management SystemsChapter 9 Makerspaces and LibrariesPART IV: Building and Maintaining the Technology Environment in LibrariesChapter 10 The Right Technology at the Right Time: Planning, Evaluating, Buying, and Implementing TechnologyChapter 11 Meeting and Supporting Patron Technology Needs: Universal Design and Adaptive/Assistive TechnologiesChapter 12 Building the Technology Environment: Infrastructure, Ergonomics, and SustainabilityChapter 13 Protecting Technology and Technology Users: Securing Collections, Enhancing Computer Security, and Protecting PrivacyChapter 14 The Death of Technologies: Preservation Issues and Saying GoodbyePART V: Where Library Technology Is Going and How to Stay InformedChapter 15 Our Technological Futures: Maintaining Library Services in Infinite PossibilitiesChapter 16 Keeping Track of Technology ChangesGlossary About the Author Index