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Re-Inventing the Book
Challenges from the Past for the Publishing Industry
Häftad, 2016
734 kr
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Re-Inventing the Book: Challenges from the Past for the Publishing Industry chronicles the significant changes that have taken place in the publishing industry in the past few decades and how they have altered the publishing value chain and the structure of the industry itself. The book examines …
Research 2.0 and the Future of Information Literacy
Av Tibor Koltay, Sonja Spiranec m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
734 kr
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Research 2.0 and the Future of Information Literacy examines possible congruencies between information literacy and Research 2.0, because the work of today's researcher mobilizes a number of literacies. From among the various types of relevant literacies, at least three types of literacies can be …
Bioengineering for Surgery
The Critical Engineer Surgeon Interface
Inbunden, 2015
1924 kr
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Bioengineering is the application of engineering principles to address challenges in the fields of biology and medicine encompassing the principles of engineering design to the full spectrum of living systems. In surgery, recent advances in minimal invasive surgery and robotics are the culmination …
Digital Detectives
Solving Information Dilemmas in an Online World
Av Crystal Fulton, Claire McGuinness
Häftad, 2016
682 kr
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Digital Detectives: Solving Information Dilemmas in an Online World helps students become independent and confident digital detectives, giving them the tools and tactics they need to critically scrutinize web-based digital information to ascertain its authenticity, veracity, and authority, and to …
Project Management for Information Professionals
Av Margot Note
Häftad, 2015
734 kr
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Aimed at practitioners, this handbook imparts guidance on project management techniques in the cultural heritage sector. Information professionals often direct complex endeavors with limited project management training or resources. Project Management for Information Professionals demystifies the …
The End of Wisdom?
The Future of Libraries in a Digital Age
Häftad, 2016
635 kr
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The End of Wisdom? The Future of Libraries in a Digital Age assembles opinion pieces, forecasts, strategy options, and case studies from leading worldwide politicians, academics, educators, authors, publishers, captains of industry, senior public sector workers, library directors, IT gurus and …
Succession Planning in Canadian Academic Libraries
Häftad, 2015
703 kr
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Succession Planning in Canadian Academic Libraries explores the current Canadian academic library environment, and the need for succession planning in that environment. The literature review demonstrates the lack of reported succession planning activities in Canadian academic libraries. Site visits …
Selecting and Implementing an Integrated Library System
The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make
Häftad, 2015
682 kr
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Selecting and Implementing an Integrated Library System: The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make focuses on the intersection of technology and management in the library information world. As information professionals, many librarians will be involved in automation projects and the management …
Researching Developing Countries
A Data Resource Guide for Social Scientists
Häftad, 2015
713 kr
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Why are some countries rich while others are poor? Why are some well governed while others experience frequent conflict? And how do you measure a country's true success anyways? Social scientists have attempted to answer these types of questions for decades, and have increasingly turned to data for …
The Copyright Librarian
A Practical Handbook
Häftad, 2015
656 kr
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Within most libraries in the United States today there is an information professional who has become the 'go-to' person for grasping and grappling with copyright questions. While not an attorney, this librarian has developed an awareness and understanding of copyright law, legislation and practice …
The Fortuitous Teacher
A Guide to Successful One-Shot Library Instruction
Av Sarah Cisse
Häftad, 2016
703 kr
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The Fortuitous Teacher: A Guide to Successful One-Shot Library Instruction discusses how librarians have become accidental teachers in the academic university setting. It covers how (if at all) librarians are prepared by MILS programs to teach, compares typical characteristics of teachers versus …
Competitive Intelligence for Information Professionals
Av Margareta Nelke, Charlotte Håkansson
Häftad, 2015
703 kr
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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 …
The Strategies of China's Firms
Resolving Dilemmas
Av Hailan Yang, Stephen Morgan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1302 kr
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This book aims to analyze how China's firms in the consumer electronics (CE) sector have developed their business strategy and corporate governance during the reform process. This book examines the CE sector in particular because it is one of the country's most important and dynamic manufacturing …
Stepping Away from the Silos
Strategic Collaboration in Digitisation
Häftad, 2016
682 kr
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For over twenty years, digitisation has been a core element of the modern information landscape. The digital lifecycle is now well defined, and standards and good practice have been developed for most of its key stages. There remains, however, a widespread lack of coordination of digitisation …
An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata
Enrich then Filter
Av Getaneh Alemu, Brett Stevens
Häftad, 2015
703 kr
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An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata is a reaction to the current digital library landscape that is being challenged with growing online collections and changing user expectations. The theory provides the conceptual underpinnings for a new approach which moves away from expert defined …
Environmental Consciousness in China
Change with Social Transformation
Av Qiu Zhong, Guoqing Shi
Häftad, 2020
1290 kr
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Environmental Consciousness in China: Change with Social Transformation discusses the status of environmental consciousness within China from both an economic and political view. It then compares and contrasts the situation in China with Western nations. This is the first book that includes a …
Scholarly Communication at the Crossroads in China
Av Jingfeng Xia
Häftad, 2017
692 kr
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Scholarly Communication at the Crossroads in China follows the dichotomy paradox to focus on both achievements and challenges at every step of the scholarly communication process, highlighting Insights and trends in academic infrastructure and scholarly behaviors within the context of local …
From Information Literacy to Social Epistemology
Insights from Psychology
Av Anthony Anderson, Bill Johnston
Häftad, 2016
713 kr
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From Information Literacy to Social Epistemology: Insights from Psychology focuses on information and the ways in which information literacy relates to critical thinking in education, the workplace, and in our social life. The broad context for our interest is the development in internet …
50 Specialty Libraries of New York City
From Botany to Magic
Häftad, 2016
304 kr
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Everyone knows that New York maintains one of the great library systems in the world - the two lions that guard the 42nd street library among the most important icons in the city. Less well known are a host of specialty libraries that have grown up around the rich intellectual and cultural life of …
The Mindful Librarian
Connecting the Practice of Mindfulness to Librarianship
Av Richard Moniz, Joe Eshleman m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
703 kr
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The Mindful Librarian: Connecting the Practice of Mindfulness to Librarianship explores mindfulness, approaching it in such a way as to relate specifically to the many roles or challenges librarians face. Coinciding with the increased need to juggle a variety of tasks, technologies, ebooks, and …
Cathedrals of Learning
Great and Ancient Universities of Western Europe
Häftad, 2016
693 kr
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Cathedrals of Learning: Great and Ancient Universities of Western Europe provides a conspectus of the great Western European universities, pithily tells their life stories, showcases their architectural heritage, and describes the art, literary, and natural history collections they have accumulated …
Knowledge Management in Libraries
Concepts, Tools and Approaches
Av Mohammad Nazim, Bhaskar Mukherjee
Häftad, 2016
703 kr
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Knowledge Management in Libraries: Concepts, Tools and Approaches brings to the forefront the increasing recognition of the value of knowledge and information to individuals, organizations, and communities, providing an analysis of the concepts of Knowledge Management (KM) that prevails among the …
Lessons in Library Leadership
A Primer for Library Managers and Unit Leaders
Häftad, 2016
703 kr
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Lessons in Library Leadership: A Primer for Library Managers and Unit Leaders takes on the topic of management positions within libraries and how many of them are filled by candidates with no formalized training. This lack of preparation often leads to added stress as they scramble to learn how to …
New Roles for Research Librarians
Meeting the Expectations for Research Support
Av Hilde Daland, Kari-Mette Walmann Hidle
Häftad, 2016
703 kr
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New Roles for Research Librarians: Meeting the Expectations for Research Support presents strategies librarians can use to adapt to the new conditions and growing expectations that are emerging from students and researchers. Even if they have never completed a PhD, or even been engaged in …
Social Network Sites for Scientists
A Quantitative Survey
Häftad, 2016
713 kr
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Social Network Sites for Scientists: A Quantitative Survey explores the newest social network sites (for example, ResearchGate and Academia.edu) and web bibliographic platforms (Mendeley, Zotero) that have recently emerged for the scholarly community to use in the interchange of information and …
Distributed Learning
Pedagogy and Technology in Online Information Literacy Instruction
Av Tasha Maddison, Maha Kumaran
Häftad, 2016
867 kr
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The field of distributed learning is constantly evolving. Online technology provides instructors with the flexibility to offer meaningful instruction to students who are at a distance or in some cases right on campus, but still unable to be physically present in the classroom. This dynamic …
Online Learning and its Users
Lessons for Higher Education
Häftad, 2016
693 kr
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Online Learning and Its Users: Lessons for Higher Education re-examines the impact of learning technologies in higher education. The book focuses particularly on the introduction and mainstreaming of one of the most widely used, the virtual learning environment (VLE) or learning management system …
Achieving Inclusive Growth in China Through Vertical Specialization
Av Wei Wang
Inbunden, 2016
1289 kr
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Vertical Specialization and Inclusive Growth in China discusses the two interrelated developments that have transformed the Chinese economy in recent years. First, the global community has increased calls to foster inclusive economic growth, with China embracing this trend. Second, the explosive …
Media and Information Literacy in Higher Education
Educating the Educators
Av Dianne Oberg, Siri Ingvaldsen
Häftad, 2016
693 kr
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Media and Information Literacy in Higher Education: Educating the Educators is written for librarians and educators working in universities and university colleges, providing them with the information they need to teach media and information literacy to students at levels ranging from bachelor to …
Academic Libraries and Toxic Leadership
Av Alma Ortega
Häftad, 2017
702 kr
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Academic Libraries and Toxic Leadership examines a phenomenon that has yet to be seriously explored. While other so-called feminized professions, such as nursing, have been studied for their tendency to create toxic leadership environments, thus far academic librarianship has not. This book focuses …
