Library Information Services category: 2034 books
New Approaches to E-Reserve
Linking, Sharing and Streaming
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
Aimed at academic library practitioners, this book describes how e-reserve services can evolve and adapt to the changing virtual learning environment of higher education. New approaches discussed include: the integration of subscribed, free, and copyrighted resources within course management systems;...
Supply Chain Management for Collection Services of Academic Libraries
Solving Operational Challenges and Enhancing User Productivity
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
Library Supply Chain Management for Collection Services of Academic Libraries: Solving Operational Challenges and Enhancing User Productivity contains three sections, each comprised of several topical chapters on a particular subject. Part One explains why supply chain management is vital to libraries....
Library Consortia
Models for Collaboration and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
No library stands alone. A long-standing tenet of the discipline, library cooperation predates the founding of ALA. Although these are times of crisis and uncertainty for library consortia (by one count, more than 65 consortia have closed since 2008), the collaboration that consortia offer helps libraries...
Reaching Diverse Audiences with Virtual Reference and Instruction
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Reaching Diverse Audiences with Virtual Reference and Instruction: A Practical Guide for Librarians is designed to help new and experienced librarians with practical advice for teaching and serving diverse audiences using a mix of new technologies and old-school librarianship. Just as today’s library...
Library Technology and User Services
Planning, Integration, and Usability Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
Written as a technology guide for students, practitioners, and administrators, the focus of this book is on introducing current and future trends in library technology and automation within the larger context of strategic and systems planning, implementation, and continuous improvement. Technology...
by Virginia A. Walter
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Inspired by a new generation of librarians and children, Walter reconsiders the legacy passed on by the matriarchs of children’s services and examines more recent trends and challenges growing out of changes in educational philosophy and information technology. This thoroughly researched book includes...
by Valeda Dent Goodman
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2011
Qualitative Research and the Modern Library examines the present-day role and provides suggestions for areas that might be suited to this type of research for the purposes of evaluation. The author discusses how the results from such research might be applied, and the overall impact of using this...
User Experience in Libraries
Applying Ethnography and Human-Centred Design
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Modern library services can be incredibly complex. Much more so than their forebears, modern librarians must grapple daily with questions of how best to implement innovative new services, while also maintaining and updating the old. The efforts undertaken are immense, but how best to evaluate their...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
In order to meet the needs of a changing and demanding society, many academic institutions face great competition for highly coveted, yet dwindling, resources. Traditionally, libraries were a centralized focus on any campus; however, these facilities are now facing budget cuts and decreased resources,...
The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries
Research, User Applications, and Networking
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
From the Forward by Michael Lesk:
Google has now developed services far beyond text search. Google software will translate languages and support collaborative writing. The chapters in this book look at many Google services, from music to finance, and describe how they can be used by students and other...
Reinventing Reference
How Libraries Deliver Value in the Age of Google
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2014
Uniquely positioned to connect library users to the information they seek, and thus to the wider world, library staff who serve on the front lines of reference have both the power and responsibility to position the library as an institution that remains relevant and responsive. This collection takes...
The Purpose-Based Library
Finding Your Path to Survival, Success, and Growth
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
In the years since John Huber’s trailblazing Lean Library Management was published, budget pressures on libraries have only increased. Yet libraries who have adopted his strategies have turned conventional management thinking—that if budgets are reduced, customer service suffers—on its head. These...
Libraries, Human Rights, and Social Justice
Enabling Access and Promoting Inclusion
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
Libraries, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Enabling Access and Promoting Inclusion examines the interrelationships between digital literacy, digital inclusion, and public policy, emphasizing the impacts of these policy decisions on the ability of individuals and communities to successfully participate...
by William Foster
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
The advent of globally networked information is a historic change. Educational, commercial and industrial institutions depend on its effective exploitation for their success, but cultural and human factors are the biggest obstacles. This book looks at the roots of these problems and how they may be...