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 ...

The public library

Public Libraries have changed beyond anyone's predictions in the past ten years and are at a vital stage in their historical development. This timely book is the first stand-alone text to examine the role and services of the UK public library in the 21st ...

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 ...

Managing stress and conflict in libraries

We now know that stress in the workplace is costing the UK, Europe and the rest of the world an immense amount of time off work. Pressure is part and parcel of all work and helps to keep us motivated. But excessive pressure can lead ...

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 ...

Counter cultures

reshaping libraries

Libraries must deliver on the frontier of customer driven services to keep relevant to 21st century needs. In the process many are developing unique and distinctive cultures that are often brand-built, and that have achieved considerable success. Based on a set of interviews with senior ...

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 ...

The reference librarian's guide to mastering Internet searching

Reference librarians need above all else to be aware of all the possible access routes to information that may lead to a value-added answer for their user. To do this they need to find a way through the complexity of the ever-increasing range of tools ...

The academic research library in a Decade of Change

Summary: This book starts from the premise that the last decade has brought more changes for the academic research library than any ever previously known. The book provides an authoritative overview and analysis of the issues and challenges affecting academic research libraries from the closing ...

A comprehensive library staff training program in the Information Age

Summary This book discusses the issues surrounding the implementation and 'selling' of a comprehensive library staff training programme. Importantly, it contains many tried and tested techniques used by the author; it also includes standard documentation that readers can use in their own organisation for training ...

Acquisitions go global

an introduction to library collection management in the 21st Century

Summary This book leads the reader through many aspects of a library's collection including the user, current holdings, selection, and acquisition of new materials. The reader is also led to consider budgets, and how books are made available in 21st century markets. Methods for ...

A handbook of ethical practice

a practical guide to dealing with ethical issues in information and library work

Summary: This book looks at all of the ethical issues facing information and library professionals in one overarching, and practically-focussed, text. As such, it is of great benefit to both practitioners and to LIS students. The focus of the book is two-fold: (1) It contains ...

Information architecture for information professionals

Summary: This book covers the key aspects of information architecture: core elements of information management - indexing, cataloguing and classification - organising and recording information in the digital environment. The book also focuses on design - specifically user-centred design: designing information systems that support the needs of users ...

Improving library services to people with disabilities

Summary: The book takes account of the key fact that to maximize their potential, people must have lifelong access to the information and services offered through books and libraries. Whether to address concerns of an ageing population or to enable all citizens to contribute fully ...

How to use web 2.0 in your library

The Web 2.0 and social software explosion has the capability to transform the online profile of libraries and help reach out to tech- savvie young users to whom the library may be invisible. Libraries can now easily collaborate and create online communities, as well ...

Biblioteca digital

conceptos, recursos y estándares

Este trabajo comienza con una breve revisión teórica de los conceptos que giran en torno a la biblioteca digital actual, los que permiten no sólo mostrar y ofrecer los conocimientos para entender, acceder y manejar las colecciones electrónicas, sino también generar información de actualidad en ...

Evaluación y calidad de sedes web

Un gran clásico de la filosofía del siglo XIX afirmó en una ocasión que si la esencia y la apariencia coincidieran, no sería necesaria la ciencia. Lo que vemos de un sitio web no nos aporta de manera inmediata conocimientos sobre su esencia. Al menos ...

Digital convergence - Libraries of the future

The convergence of IT, telecommunications, and media is bringing about a revolution in the way information is collected, stored and accessed. There are three principal reasons why this is happening - reducing cost, increasing quality, and increasing bandwidth. Moore's Law results in ever-decreasing costs of ...

Ambiente laboral

estrategias para el trabajo en bibliotecas

¿Usted administra una unidad de información o se está formando para dirigirla? Esta obra es una compilación de las ponencias presentadas en la tercera edición del coloquio internacional sobre administración y liderazgo en el campo informativo. Quince expertos ?de México, Chile, Canadá, Brasil? en la ...

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