Interoperable Web service standards for library systems

service oriented architectures for libraries

The book provides a technical overview of the web service standards and what they mean for the future of library systems. Automated library systems have always had standards to ensure interoperability such as Z39.50 for OPAC searching, MARC for catalogue transfer etc. WebServices is ...

Indexing

from thesauri to the semantic Web

This book describes various traditional and new indexing techniques. It shows that 'old' techniques, e.g. 'thesauri, can be at the fundamental of new ones like automatic indexing, ontologies or topic maps. The book provides information professionals who are not specialists in indexing, and students ...

Developing open access electronic journals

a practical guide

This book provides a practical guide to developing and maintaining an electronic open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Creating such journals, particularly if it is done well, requires a great deal of specialized knowledge that spans library science, web development, intellectual property rights and publishing, as ...

Marketing your library

promoting the best deal in town

Aimed at professionals, practitioners and students of Library and Information Services, this book covers basic marketing tenets and terminology, how to go about setting up a marketing plan, and contemporary topics such as branding and marketing to women. This book is illustrated throughout with successful ...

Library performance and service competition

developing strategic responses

This book is a practice-driven and proven resource for library administrators of all types of libraries. The work describes how the library can identify the service environment factors impacting customers' strategic needs; identify library competitors' strategic abilities and service environment impacts; and use the combined ...

Searching for the concept, no just the word

a librarian's guide to ontologies

Derecho de sucesiones

El presente libro, que se ha elaborado partiendo del temario de oposiciones para la judicatura, pretende establecer una visión general del Derecho de sucesiones desde una perspectiva integradora que engloba los aspectos más esenciales del mismo.

El contrato de obra en la jurisprudencia

Estudio pormenorizado de la figura del contrato de obra, con una doble vertiente, doctrinal y jurisprudencial.

Oil wars

What part does oil play in war? It's easy to conclude that Western intervention in countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan is primarily motivated by the West's desire to control precious oil resources. Is this also true of other conflicts around the world ...

Islamic political radicalism

a european perspective

Islamic political radicalism in Europe has seen dramatic growth in recent times. This book offers a sociological, anthropological, psychological and political science analysis of the causes and consequences of this phenomenon. Authors explore the motivations behind such radicalism, focusing on an array of different factors ...

Medieval islamic medicine

The medical tradition that developed in the lands of Islam during the medieval period (c. 650-1500) has, like few others, influenced the fates and fortunes of countless human beings. It is the story of contact and cultural exchange across countries and creeds, affecting caliphs, kings ...

The environment

a sociological introduction

SUMMARY: A Sociological Introduction Acknowledgements Contents Introduction CHAPTER ONE Natural Environments 1. Defining Nature and Environment 2. Humans in Natural Environments 3. Natural and Artificial Environments 4. Conclusion CHAPTER TWO Knowing the Environment 1. Involvement and Detachment 2. The Scientific Revolution 3. Social Constructions of ...

Estafa convencional, estafa informática y robo en el ámbito de los medios electrónicos de pago

el uso fraudulento de tarjetas y otros instrumentos de pago

El estudio que se presenta aborda la responsabilidad penal por el uso fraudulento de tarjetas de pago y otros instrumentos jurídicos que impliquen la puesta en práctica de medios electrónicos. Para ello se analiza la posible aplicación de los delitos patrimoniales como la estafa convencional ...

Arrendamientos urbanos

comentarios, jurisprudencia y formularios

Una obra completísima que recopila toda la información necesaria para los profesionales que trabajan a diario con la Ley de Arrendamientos Urbanos. Analiza la LAU artículo por artículo añadiendo en cada uno los COMENTARIOS de prestigiosos autores y la JURISPRUDENCIA más importante y aclaratoria. Contiene ...

Ley de Dependencia

Ley 39/2006, de 14 de diciembre, de promoción de la autonomía personal y atención a las personas en situación de dependencia

Principles of european Law

service contracts (PEL SC)

The Study Group of a European Civil Code has taken upon itself the task of drafting common European principles for the most important aspects of the law of obligations and for certain parts of the law of property in movables which are especially relevant for ...

Copyright in a global information economy

Instructors can depend on this casebook for: comprehensive coverage of all basic topics in domestic and international copyright law, including the purpose and sources of copyright law, the requirements for obtaining copyright protection and proving infringement, and the effects of technology shifts on copyright protection ...

International Human Rights

problems of Law, policy, and practice

This long-awaited revision presents a refreshing new alternative for students and instructors. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS: Problems of Law, Policy, and Practice, Fourth Edition, takes a problem-oriented approach to covering all global and regional human rights systems as they currently operate, along with a discussion of ...

Freedom of religion, minorities and the Law

Over the past fifty years, England has experienced considerable immigration, and as a result, the population has become increasingly religiously and culturally diverse. This plurality has inevitably raised fundamental questions about the individual and group rights and equality and non-discrimination on the one hand, with ...

Interstate disputes

the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction

With respect to "controversies between two or more states," the U.S. Constitution grants original jurisdiction to the U.S. Supreme Court, and in 1789 Congress made exclusive the Court's jurisdiction over interstate disputes. In this book, Joseph F. Zimmerman examines the role of ...