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Managing Digital Audiovisual Resources
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Häftad, 2014
987 kr
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The demand from library users for audiovisual materials and remote access combined with the unceasing deterioration and inaccessibility of many audiovisual formats requires libraries to adapt their collections to meet current and future demands. While this changing landscape of digitization and …
Implementing Web-Scale Discovery Services
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Häftad, 2014
987 kr
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Web scale discovery tools index a vast number of resources in a wide variety formats and allow users to search for content in a physical collection, print and electronic journal collections, and other resources from a single search box. Search results are displayed in a manner similar to internet …
Implementing an Inclusive Staffing Model for Today's Reference Services
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Av Julia K. Nims, Paula Storm m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
1031 kr
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Reference service remains a core function of modern libraries. However, how and where we provide assistance has evolved with changing technologies and the shifting habits and preferences of our users. One way libraries can provide the on-demand, in-person assistance while managing and developing …
Children's Services Today
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Häftad, 2015
987 kr
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Here, one of America’s foremost experts in public library services to children cover the basics of library services for children. Jeanette Larson highlights best practices and "toolkits" that provide tools and resources to quickly implement programs and services. She includes model programs, …
Meeting Community Needs
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Häftad, 2015
987 kr
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Librarians must know how to provide essential programs and services that make a difference for the people they serve if libraries are going to survive. It is no longer realistic for librarians to rely on the idea that “people love libraries, so they will fund them” in this economic climate. …
Discovering and Using Historical Geographic Resources on the Web
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Av Eva H. Dodsworth, L. W. Laliberté
Häftad, 2014
1031 kr
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Historical geographic material, like maps, plans, and air photos, although collected and persevered by libraries, archives, and other heritage organizations, are often hidden from the general public. They can be difficult to find, access, and use. Fortunately, these caches of cartographic gems have …
Genealogy
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Häftad, 2015
1031 kr
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Commercials for the largest subscription database indicate that the process of genealogy is simple—you just “plug in” what you know, and the database does the rest! Those ads might sell subscriptions, but they are misleading. Getting beyond that “low-hanging fruit” is not so easy; collecting the …
Outsourcing Technology
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Häftad, 2014
1127 kr
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Here, acclaimed technology author and speaker Robin Hastings brings both her own experience as a library’s IT manager with outsourcing technical functions—including email and network backups as well as basic hardware maintenance—and that of others in her network of library techies to round out the …
Mobile Devices
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Av Ben Rawlins
Häftad, 2014
987 kr
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As more users expect to use their mobile devices, librarians will want and need to develop the necessary skills to reach this growing user base. Mobile Devices: A Practical Guide for Librarians will aid libraries and librarians as they go through the process of planning, developing, implementing, …
Children's Services Today
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Inbunden, 2015
1548 kr
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Here, one of America’s foremost experts in public library services to children cover the basics of library services for children. Jeanette Larson highlights best practices and "toolkits" that provide tools and resources to quickly implement programs and services. She includes model programs, …
Genealogy
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Inbunden, 2015
1178 kr
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Commercials for the largest subscription database indicate that the process of genealogy is simple—you just “plug in” what you know, and the database does the rest! Those ads might sell subscriptions, but they are misleading. Getting beyond that “low-hanging fruit” is not so easy; collecting the …
Meeting Community Needs
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Inbunden, 2015
1548 kr
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Librarians must know how to provide essential programs and services that make a difference for the people they serve if libraries are going to survive. It is no longer realistic for librarians to rely on the idea that “people love libraries, so they will fund them” in this economic climate. …
Using iPhones, iPads, and iPods
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Av Matthew Connolly, Tony Cosgrave
Häftad, 2014
1031 kr
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Apple Inc. has sold more than 500 million iPhones, iPads, and iPodTouches. Library patrons are increasingly coming to libraries with the expectation that their Apple devices will work flawlessly with library services—or that they can find an iPad to use at the library if they don’t have one of …
Usability Testing
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Häftad, 2014
987 kr
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Do you want to improve the usability of your library website, but feel that it is too difficult, time-consuming, or expensive? In this book, you will learn that in-house usability testing on a budget is not only feasible, but it is practical, sustainable, and has the potential to lead to remarkable …
Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Häftad, 2015
987 kr
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Librarians have long used data to describe their collections. Traditional measures have simply been inputs and outputs: volumes acquired, processed, owned, or circulated. With the growth since the 1990s of cultures of assessment, librarians have sought statistics that are evaluative rather than …
Teaching Google Scholar
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Häftad, 2016
987 kr
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Teaching Google Scholar in your library instructional sessions can increase students’ information and digital literacy skills. Students’ familiarity with Google Scholar’s interface works to the instructor’s advantage and allows more time to address students’ information needs and teach foundational …
Going Beyond Loaning Books to Loaning Technologies
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Av Janelle Sander, Lori S. Mestre m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
987 kr
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Providing library users with actual pieces of technological equipment that they can borrow is a continuously expanding service at many libraries, especially as faculty and teachers require multimodal projects. For some libraries, loanable technology may include calculators, gaming devices, …
Using Google Earth in Libraries
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Av Eva H. Dodsworth, Andrew Nicholson
Inbunden, 2015
1548 kr
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Google Earth is a research, mapping, and cultural exploration tool that puts the whole world in your hands, then hands over the tools to let you build your own world. The uses of Google Earth in academia, in libraries, and across disciplines are endless and each year more innovate research projects …
Using Google Earth in Libraries
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Av Eva H. Dodsworth, Andrew Nicholson
Häftad, 2015
987 kr
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Google Earth is a research, mapping, and cultural exploration tool that puts the whole world in your hands, then hands over the tools to let you build your own world. The uses of Google Earth in academia, in libraries, and across disciplines are endless and each year more innovate research projects …
Using Google Earth in Libraries
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Av Eva H. Dodsworth, Andrew Nicholson
E-bok, 2015
1052 kr
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Google Earth is a research, mapping, and cultural exploration tool that puts the whole world in your hands, then hands over the tools to let you build your own world. The uses of Google Earth in academia, in libraries, and across disciplines are endless and each year more innovate research projects …
3D Printing
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Av Sara Russell Gonzalez, Denise Beaubien Bennett
Häftad, 2016
987 kr
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Planning and implementing a 3D printing service in a library may seem like a daunting task. Based upon the authors’ experience as early adopters of 3D technology and running a successful 3D printing service at a large academic library, this guide provides the steps to follow when launching a …
3D Printing
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Av Sara Russell Gonzalez, Denise Beaubien Bennett
E-bok, 2016
1158 kr
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Planning and implementing a 3D printing service in a library may seem like a daunting task. Based upon the authors’ experience as early adopters of 3D technology and running a successful 3D printing service at a large academic library, this guide provides the steps to follow when launching a …
Integrating the Web into Everyday Library Services
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Inbunden, 2015
1548 kr
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With the world becoming increasingly more dependent upon the Internet, libraries offer an essential service by providing access to this worldwide network. To help their patrons, modern librarians must have a thorough understanding of this technology. Integrating the Web into Everyday Library …
Integrating the Web into Everyday Library Services
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Häftad, 2015
987 kr
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With the world becoming increasingly more dependent upon the Internet, libraries offer an essential service by providing access to this worldwide network. To help their patrons, modern librarians must have a thorough understanding of this technology. Integrating the Web into Everyday Library …
Integrating the Web into Everyday Library Services
A Practical Guide for Librarians
E-bok, 2015
1052 kr
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With the world becoming increasingly more dependent upon the Internet, libraries offer an essential service by providing access to this worldwide network. To help their patrons, modern librarians must have a thorough understanding of this technology. Integrating the Web into Everyday Library …
Infographics
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Inbunden, 2015
1548 kr
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Designed for librarians who work with all age levels from youngsters to seniors at all educational, reading and language backgrounds, who must fulfill responsibilities that run the gamut from instructing patrons on information literacy skills to using electronic tools to marketing the library to …
Infographics
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Häftad, 2015
987 kr
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Designed for librarians who work with all age levels from youngsters to seniors at all educational, reading and language backgrounds, who must fulfill responsibilities that run the gamut from instructing patrons on information literacy skills to using electronic tools to marketing the library to …
Infographics
A Practical Guide for Librarians
E-bok, 2015
1075 kr
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Designed for librarians who work with all age levels from youngsters to seniors at all educational, reading and language backgrounds, who must fulfill responsibilities that run the gamut from instructing patrons on information literacy skills to using electronic tools to marketing the library to …
Implementing and Assessing Use-Driven Acquisitions
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Av Steven Carrico, Michelle Leonard m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
987 kr
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This enlightening new book in the Practical Guides for Librarians series presents the practicalities of developing, implementing, and evaluating use-driven acquisition (UDA) in academic and special libraries, from the multi-dimensional perspectives of collections, acquisitions, and e-resources. Now …
Collaborative Grant-Seeking
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Inbunden, 2016
1617 kr
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A collaborative approach to grant seeking can stimulate and reshape the culture of your library organization. The exciting and rewarding activities of developing a successful grants program can yield enormous dividends for the benefit of your staff, patrons, and community. Collaborative …
