Library category: 2034 books
Knowledge Management in Libraries
Concepts, Tools and Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2016
Knowledge Management in Libraries: Concepts, Tools and Approaches brings to the forefront the increasing recognition of the value of knowledge and information to individuals, organizations, and communities, providing an analysis of the concepts of Knowledge Management (KM) that prevails among the...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Award-winning information theorists and practitioners Pearlstein and Matarazzo have assembled a group of top international authors with experience in public, academic, government, and special library settings, including experienced independent information professionals, to address the critical issues...
by Ross Harvey, Gillian Oliver
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
As an in-depth explanation of the entire digital curation lifecycle, from creation to appraisal to preservation to organization/access to transformation, the first edition of this text set a benchmark for both thoroughness and clarity. Boasting the expert guidance of international authorities Oliver...
by Sara Holder, Amber Lannon
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Managing the Multigenerational Librarian Workforce examines how libraries are undergoing a massive shift in their workforce. As baby boomers retire, an influx of Gen Y and millennials has taken their place. This book presents the differences that generational groups bring to the workforce, along with...
Outreach
Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Outreach: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores how archives of different sizes and types are reaching out to new potential users and increasing awareness of programs and collections. The book features twelve case studies that demonstrate ideas that can be transferred...
From Knowledge Abstraction to Management
Using Ranganathan’s Faceted Schema to Develop Conceptual Frameworks for Digital Libraries
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
The increasing volume of information in the contemporary world entails demand for efficient knowledge management (KM) systems; a logical method of information organization that will allow proper semantic querying to identify things that match meaning in natural language. On this concept, the role...
Reid’s Read-Alouds 2: Modern-Day Classics from C.S. Lewis to Lemony Snicket
Modern-Day Classics from C.S. Lewis to Lemony Snicket
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Need a one-stop resource for jumpstarting sleepy library visitors? Ready to add punch to classroom discussions? In this companion to his best-selling book Reid’s Read-Alouds, children’s lit guru Reid dips back into the classics to highlight outstanding titles published between 1950 and 1999 that...
Web 2.0 and Libraries
Impacts, Technologies and Trends
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
In a world where computing power, ubiquity and connectivity create powerful new ways to facilitate learning, this book examines how librarians and information professionals can utilize emerging technologies to expand service and resource delivery. With contributions from leading professionals, including...
Teaching Information Literacy Reframed
50+ Framework-Based Exercises for Creating Information-Literate Learners
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
The six threshold concepts outlined in the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education are not simply a revision of ACRL's previous Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. They are instead an altogether new way of looking at information literacy. In this important...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
How to Thrive as a Solo Librarian is a compilation of chapters by librarians offering advice to colleagues who must work alone or with very limited help. The contributors come from schools and colleges, special and corporate archives, public libraries, and seasoned LIS faculty across the United States...
Outstanding Books for the College Bound
Titles and Programs for a New Generation
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Connecting teens to books they’ll truly enjoy is the aim of every young adult librarian, and the completely revamped guide Outstanding Books for the College Bound will give teen services staff the leg up they need to make it happen. Listing nearly 200 books deemed outstanding for the college bound...
A Lifetime of Fiction
The 500 Most Recommended Reads for Ages 2 to 102
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
A Lifetime of Fiction: The 500 Most Recommended Reads for Ages 2 to 102 is the most authoritative set of fiction book recommendations in the United States because it is a composite of the most noteworthy book award lists, best book publications, and recommended reading lists from leading libraries,...
The Latin American Story Finder
A Guide to 470 Tales from Mexico, Central America and South America, Listing Subjects and Sources
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Anything is possible in the world of Latin American folklore, where Aunt Misery can trap Death in a pear tree; Amazonian dolphins lure young girls to their underwater city; and the Feathered Snake brings the first musicians to Earth. One in a series of folklore reference guides (“...an invaluable...
by Loretta M. Gaffney
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
This incisive study analyzes young adult (YA) literature as a cultural phenomenon, explaining why this explosion of books written for and marketed to teen readers has important consequences for how we understand reading in America. As visible and volatile shorthand for competing views of teen reading,...