Building and electronic resource collection

a practica guide

All information and library professionals involved with collection development are currently confronting the challenge of how to make informed decisions in the face of the bewildering array of electronic resources available. This practical book addresses this situation by guiding the information professional step-by-step through building ...

Libraries without walls 5

the distributed delivery of library and information services : proceedings of an international conference held on 19-23 September 2003, organized by the Centre for Research in Library and Information Management (CERLIM), Manchester Metropolitan Univ

Lifelong learning is now a reality throughout the world, requiring that learning opportunities and materials are delivered to citizens in their locality, at home or at work. Increasing numbers of students are undertaking distance education programmes and libraries are being called upon to find innovative ...

Elctronic resources in the virtual learning enviroment

a practical guide for librarians

This book covers the key current topic of electronic library resources and learning in the digital age. The book begins by outlining the changing #information environment# in which librarians now work. It then goes on to discuss: the development of e-learning as a concept and ...

Weblogs and libraries

This book discusses thetopic of #weblogs and libraries# from two main perspectives: weblogs as sources of information for libraries and librarians; and weblogs as tools that libraries can use to promote their services and to provide a means of communication with their clients. It begins ...

Delivering E-learning for information services in higher education

This book provides a comprehensive overview of e-learning (online learning) systems in the context of system delivery for Higher Education Information Services. The book considers practical issues in choosing a virtual learning environment and discusses a range of issues in implementing, managing and maintaining the ...

Metadata

an introduction and practical guide

Digitizing collections

strategic issues for the information manager

Written by leading international experts in digital library development, each book in the Digital Futures series examines in detail some of the key strategic and practical issues facing libraries and other cultural institutions in the rapidly expanding world of digital information. The proliferation of developments ...

Setting up a new library and information service

Nuevos géneros discursivos

los textos electrónicos

La provisión de recursos de información para los usuarios de bibliotecas

Library services for business students in distance education

issues and trends

This important collection explores various approaches librarians have taken in their efforts to provide library services for distance education business students and discusses the problems they have encountered. It also examines the standards and guidelines that have been developed to measure these services and includes ...

Digital libraries

technology and management of indigenous knowledge for global access : 6th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 8-12, 2003 proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2003, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in December 2003. The 68 revised full papers presented together with 15 poster abstracts and 3 invited papers were carefully reviewed from numerous ...

A librarians guide to the Internet

searching and evaluating information

Librarians constantly conduct searches for their customers (and for their own use). However, the Internet and the technology are constantly changing. There is therefore a great challenge for librarians to keep up-to-date with how best to use the Internet. This book helps them achieve that ...

Digital futures

strategies for the information age

Cataloging the Web

metadata, AACR2, and MARC21

Libraries and electronic resources

new partnerships, new practices, new perspectives

Keep your library a step ahead in the changing world of information technology! As the Internet adds new dimensions to the relationship between information and user, digital libraries face new challenges in managing electronic resources. Libraries and Electronic Resources: New Partnerships, New Practices, New Perspectives ...

Libraries, the Internet, and scholarship

tools and trends converging

Creating cyber libraries

an instructional guide for school library media specialists

Electronic collection development

a practical guide

Gestión digital de la información de bits a bibliotecas digitales y la Web

El libro está estructurado en dos partes. La primera introduce paulatinamente los conceptos necesarios para gestionar la información digital, por lo que no es preciso que el lector tenga formación previa en informática. La segunda parte presenta, tanto a estos lectores que se inician como ...