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 ...

El templo del saber

hacia la biblioteca digital universal

El templo del saber es un edificio varias veces milenario, tan viejo como la Historia, que se reconstruye cada día. Está formado por el pensamiento, la memoria y la imaginación de los hombres. Es una gran obra colectiva que partiendo de paredes de roca, tablillas ...

The virtual reference desk

Creating a reference future

Online chat, text messaging, RSS feeds - we never imagined that these technologies would impact on information services in the ways they have, and we can only begin to imagine the greater changes that tomorrow will bring in the world of the virtual reference library. This ...

Sistemas bibliotecarios

análisis conceptual y estructural

Este libro es un manual dirigido tanto a estudiantes de biblioteconomía como a profesionales de bibliotecas que cubre un vacío dentro de la literatura que facilita el acceso al contenido de esta materia. Está estructurado en tres partes; la primera corresponde al contxto de los ...

Pautas de accesibilidad web para bibliotecas

El número de usuarios con accesso a Internet ha aumentado de manera exponencial. Sin embargo, las innovaciones y avances tecnológicos plantean oportunidades y también amenazas, dentro de las cuales se identifica la denominada brecha digital, esto es, el espacio social, técnico y político que distancia ...

Digital libraries

integrating content and systems

Low cost Internet technology has transformed library services by allowing libraries to play a creative and dynamic role in the delivery of information to their users. This book helps managers, systems personnel, and graduate students understand the challenges of providing digital library services with a ...

Reference and information services in the 21st century

an introduction

Reference and Information Services in the 21st Century is the most current introduction to reference work available. Part One covers the essentials # selecting and evaluating material, interviewing enquirers, instructing users, and assessing services. The authors effectively synthesize the growing need for electronic resources with the ...

Archiving websites

a practical guide for information management professionals

The world wide web is arguably the most important, and certainly the largest and most ubiquitous, cultural and commercial information resource in existence. The requirements to actively preserve selected parts of it, and the attendant problems of archiving such a vast and ephemeral entity, are ...

Libraries and Google

Nineteen contributed articles detail the turmoil as librarians, academics, and students try to sort out the facts from the hype about Google (and Google Scholar in particular)--its usurping of traditional library activities, its limitations, and its potential. The subject is evolving rapidly, so the ...

Open source database driven web development

a guide for information professionals

The Author: Isaac Hunter Dunlap is an experienced web developer who has created numerous database driven applications with Open Source technology. He is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Information Systems at Western Illinois University Libraries. Summary: Almost every organization seeks a simple means of managing ...

Catalogación de recursos electrónicos

En los últimos años se ha ido afianzando la comunicación académica y científica en formato electrónico. Ello ha supuesto tanto la proliferación de versiones electrónicas de revistas académicas y profesionales, de actas de congresos, informes, etcétera, como la publicación de recursos que se originan directamente ...

Biblioteca pública, Sociedad de la Información y brecha digital

El 7 de marzo de 1876 en Estados Unidos de Norteamerica se presento la patente de un nuevo aparato tecnologico que prometia ser de gran beneficio para la humanidad: el telefono. No obstante, 130 años despues, en el año 2006, mas de la mitad de ...

Impacto tecnológico y arquitectura en bibliotecas

Las bibliotecas y los centros de documentación están en evolución constante, bajo el efecto de las emergentes nuevas tecnologías y modalidades de aprendizaje. ¿Cómo concebir la biblioteca del futuro? ¿ Qué papel desempeñará en el ambiente escolar, en el sistema educativo y en la sociedad en ...

wikis

tools for information work and collaboration

Wikis as information sources, as a form of publishing, and as tools for collaboration, are discussed in this book. The applications of wikis in library and information services, education and business are explored, with examples. The book begins with an overview of wikis, in the ...