Current Topics in Library and Information Practice – serie
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Patron-Driven Acquisitions
History and Best Practices
Inbunden, 2011
1460 kr
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About 40 percent of the books academic libraries purchase in traditional ways never circulate and another 40 percent circulate fewer than three times. By contrast, patron-driven acquisition allows a library to borrow or buy books only when a patron needs them. In a typical workflow, the library …
Preserving Digital Materials
Av Ross Harvey
Inbunden, 2011
1804 kr
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This book provides a single-volume introduction to the principles, strategies and practices currently applied by librarians and recordkeeping professionals to the critical issue of preservation of digital information. It incorporates practice from both the recordkeeping and the library communities, …
Transforming the Bodleian
Av Michael Heaney, Catriona Jeanne Cannon
Inbunden, 2012
1589 kr
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The transformation of the Bodleian Libraries provides an example of how major libraries can meet twenty-first century challenges: in 2008 it was facing a failed system installation, a failed plan to cope with its storage needs and the threat of losing status as a repository suitable to house …
Organization, Representation and Description through the Digital Age
Information in Libraries, Archives and Museums
Av Christine M. Angel, Caroline Fuchs
Inbunden, 2018
1382 kr
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Cataloging standards practiced within the traditional library, archive and museum environments are not interoperable for the retrieval of objects within the shared online environment. Within today’s information environments, library, archive and museum professionals are becoming aware that all …
Research Data Management - A European Perspective
Av Filip Kruse, Jesper Boserup Thestrup
Inbunden, 2017
1589 kr
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Based on case studies this book offers an insight in various European activities and practices in data management and their interaction with policies and programs. The latter form the background for the following case studies, provide the conceptual framework, at the same time giving an exhaustive …
Conservation Research in Libraries
Av David Howell, Ludo Snijders
Inbunden, 2020
1717 kr
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Conservation research in libraries is a rapidly growing field. This book places analysis within its context in conservation and provides examples of how this expensive resource can be used. Through a series of case studies, it describes major analytical procedures, including visualization, …
Library User Metaphors and Services
How Librarians look at their Users
Inbunden, 2015
1660 kr
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How do library professionals talk about and refer to library users, and how is this significant? In recent decades, the library profession has conceived of users in at least five different ways, viewing them alternatively as citizens, clients, customers, guests, or partners. This book argues that …
Knowledge Services
A Strategic Framework for the 21st Century Organization
Inbunden, 2016
1765 kr
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Knowledge services converges information management, knowledge management (KM), and strategic learning into a single enterprise-wide discipline for the benefit of the business or organization in which it is practiced. As the acknowledged framework for strategic knowledge management, knowledge …
Repositories for Print
Strategies for Access, Preservation and Democracy
Av Pentti Vattulainen, Steve O'Connor
Inbunden, 2018
1399 kr
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Repositories for low use books have long existed for the larger cultural institutions across the globe. Libraries have long been strong developers of off-site storage. This need has evolved for libraries because of their continuous collection of print materials as a record of the intellectual and …
Cloud Computing in Libraries
Concepts, Tools and Practical Approaches
Inbunden, 2020
1549 kr
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Cloud computing is a model where computing resources (processors, storage, software) are offered as a utility from an indistinct location and boundaries to the user. Adoption of Cloud computing in recent years has gained momentum within various avenues round the globe due to its characteristics …
Libraries, Archives and Museums as Democratic Spaces in a Digital Age
Av Ragnar Audunson, Herbjørn Andresen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1717 kr
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Libraries, archives and museums have traditionally been a part of the public sphere's infrastructure. They have been so by providing public access to culture and knowledge, by being agents for enlightenment and by being public meeting places in their communities. Digitization and globalization …
Changing Face of Information: Support Services for Scientific Research
Inbunden, 2020
1765 kr
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The health of scientific enterprise has become a critical political and social issue as nation states tackle austerity, diversity, global challenges, whilst simultaneously supporting a competitive and innovative national economy. A key asset in achieving such ambitions is for a scholarly …
Navigating and Managing an Academic Library
Best Practices from the Arabian Gulf Region
Inbunden, 2022
1359 kr
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This book is unique in concisely addressing the impact of new and enhanced approaches to library service, encompassing topics such as Information Literacy skills acquisition, inclusive of non-Western environments, artificial intelligence in academic libraries, research data management, and …
Circulation of Power
The Development of Public Library Infrastructure in Greater Pittsburgh, 1924–2016
Inbunden, 2023
1652 kr
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What is the public sphere, how is it best described, and what role does it play in modern life? These questions have attracted considerable attention within library and information science circles over several decades, especially regarding public libraries. Circulation of Power contributes to this …
Fake News and Information Disorder in the Era of Advance Information Technology
Av Adeyinka Tella, Oluwole O Durodolu
Inbunden, 2025
1911 kr
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Information pollution on a worldwide scale is a new phenomenon brought on by the advancement of modern advanced social information technology. The long-term effects of disinformation efforts are the most concerning because they are difficult to evaluate in terms of their direct and indirect …
Robotic Technology, Artificial Intelligence and the 4IR Libraries
Av Adeyinka Tella, Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha
Inbunden, 2026
1644 kr
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This book addresses the challenges associated with information provided in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the attendant opportunities that arise for libraries and other information services. Robotic technology and artificial intelligence are key developments in the information age, with …
Knowledge, Reading and Culture
Studies in Information Practice
Inbunden, 2026
1887 kr
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Knowledge, Reading and Culture: Studies in Information Practice is an interdisciplinary inquiry focusing on four decades of work by the South African information scientist, Emeritus Professor Archie Dick. The edited volume brings together library, information and history specialists to engage with …
Designing Next-Gen Libraries
Tools and Technological Impact on Library Systems and Services
Av Bhojaraju Gunjal, Panorea Gaitanou
Inbunden, 2025
2053 kr
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Recent trends in the advancement of technology, in processes and systems enable humankind to undergo a lot of challenges in upgrading their skills and systems in the information world. One needs to quickly understand these robust changes and adopt them in their work environment to keep pace with …
