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Owning Memory
How a Caribbean Community Lost its Archives and Found its History
E-bok, 2003
1076 kr
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This book examines the relationships between archives, communities and collective memory through both the lens of a postcolonial society, the United States Virgin Islands, a former colony of Denmark, now a United States territory, and through an archival perspective on the relationship between …
Dilemmas in the Study of Information
Exploring the Boundaries of Information Science
Av Mary Neill
E-bok, 1992
1306 kr
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This thought-provoking book identifies the limits of the field of information science, and thus raises very real problems of the discipline in the context of people using, misusing, and abusing information. S. D. Neill provides many examples of the uses of information to illustrate how difficult it …
Diversity in Libraries
Academic Residency Programs
Av Raquel V. Cogell, Cindy A. Gruwell
E-bok, 2001
1383 kr
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Since the mid 1980s academic libraries have established minority residency programs in an effort to increase the representation of librarians of color in their institutions. Now more than a decade later, these programs continue to be developed. Essays written by librarians of color who participated …
Development of Digital Libraries
An American Perspective
E-bok, 2001
1383 kr
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Every year, leading librarians, scholars, and administrators from the United States are invited to give papers on important library-related topics at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology's Roundtable. From 1995 to 1999, some aspect of digital library development was the theme of the symposium, and …
Missionaries of the Book
The American Library Profession and the Origins of United States Cultural Diplomacy
Av Gary Kraske
Inbunden, 1985
1260 kr
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Books and Libraries in Camp and Battle
The Civil War Experience
Av David Kaser
Inbunden, 1984
880 kr
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Politics of an Emerging Profession
The American Library Association, 1876-1917
Inbunden, 1986
1329 kr
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Wiegand examines the development of ALA from 1876 to 1917 in this masterful tale. He looks at the issues that existed during those years, the conflicts, and the changing characteristics of ALA's Executive Board, and succeeds in giving us a particularly revealing picture of the nature of the …
From Documentation to Information Science
The Beginnings and Early Development of the American Documentation Institute--American Society for Information Science
Inbunden, 1990
1260 kr
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As fast-paced technical changes are transforming the field of information science, this book explores in depth the early stages of the field through the history of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS), which began in 1937 as the American Documentation Institute (ADI). ADIs early …
Academic Libraries
Their Rationale and Role in American Higher Education
Av Gerard B. McCabe, Ruth J. Person m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
1379 kr
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At the end of the 20th century, college and university libraries face enormous challenges and opportunities. As campuses move into the information age, the mission and role of the library is being redefined. While the amount of information libraries need to acquire continues to increase, the …
Innovation and the Library
The Adoption of New Ideas in Public Libraries
Inbunden, 1995
1171 kr
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Today's rapidly evolving information-based society demands that public libraries implement planned, proactive, and innovative change to meet patron needs. Rapid, widespread, and substantive change and innovation in public librarianship depends on the ability of public librarians to share in the …
Myth of the Electronic Library
Librarianship and Social Change in America
Inbunden, 1994
1329 kr
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Librarians develop myths to explain themselves to society and to generate support for their profession. Since the last quarter of the 19th century, the prevailing myth has been the myth of the library as place. Confronted with social change, librarians are searching for a new myth. They are …
Impact of Emerging Technologies on Reference Service and Bibliographic Instruction
Av Gary Pitkin, Gary M. Pitkin
Inbunden, 1995
1243 kr
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Information technologies are having a profound impact on the ways libraries are providing traditional services. This book identifies emerging technologies and assesses their impact on two distinct yet interdependent entities, library service and library education. While other publications identify …
Librarianship and Legitimacy
The Ideology of the Public Library Inquiry
Inbunden, 1997
1190 kr
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The decade prior to World War II was a time of intense introspection on the part of librarians. There was considerable controversy over whether librarianship constituted a science in any proper sense of the term. Education for librarianship was undergoing close scrutiny and reform. Issues related …
Diversity in Libraries
Academic Residency Programs
Av Raquel V. Cogell, Cindy A. Gruwell
Inbunden, 2001
1278 kr
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Since the mid 1980s academic libraries have established minority residency programs in an effort to increase the representation of librarians of color in their institutions. Now more than a decade later, these programs continue to be developed. Essays written by librarians of color who participated …
Owning Memory
How a Caribbean Community Lost Its Archives and Found Its History
Inbunden, 2003
981 kr
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This book examines the relationships between archives, communities and collective memory through both the lens of a postcolonial society, the United States Virgin Islands, a former colony of Denmark, now a United States territory, and through an archival perspective on the relationship between …
Brief Tests of Collection Strength
A Methodology for All Types of Libraries
E-bok, 1995
1306 kr
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For purposes of accreditation, resource sharing, and institutional mission, librarians need to assess the strengths of their collections in particular subject areas. This book describes and illustrates a brief test for determining a library's collection strength. Though such tests are most often …
Scholarly Book Reviewing in the Social Sciences and Humanities
The Flow of Ideas within and Among Disciplines
E-bok, 1998
1434 kr
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This study explores the flow of information within and among academic disciplines in the social sciences and humanities through analyses of the patterns of scholarly book reviewing. An elite sample of scholarly monographs published by university presses between 1971 and 1990 was used. Beginning …
