Chandos Publishing imprint: 386 books
by Barney Warf
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
E-Government in Asia offers a thorough examination of e-governance in Asia, including the uses of the Internet to mediate interactions between Asian governments and their citizens. The book examines how the Internet is reshaping these interactions in the region and summarizes the nature of e-government,...
Unplugging the Classroom
Teaching with Technologies to Promote Students' Lifelong Learning
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
Unplugging the Classroom: Teaching with Technologies to Promote Students' Lifelong Learning provides techniques to help teaching and learning in an age where technology untethers instruction from the classroom, from semester seat-time, and from a single source of expertise.
The book brings...
Managing Image Collections
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
This book explores issues surrounding all aspects of visual collection management, taken from real-world experience in creating management systems and digitizing core content. Readers will gain the knowledge to manage the digitization process from beginning to end, assess and define the needs of their...
Supporting Research in Area Studies
A Guide for Academic Libraries
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Supporting Research in Area Studies: A Guide for Academic Libraries focuses on the study of other countries or regions of the world, crossing traditional disciplinary boundaries in the humanities and social sciences. The book provides a comprehensive guide for academic libraries supporting communities...
Agriculture to Zoology
Information Literacy in the Life Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Agriculture to Zoology: Information Literacy in the Life Sciences sets the stage for purposefully integrating information literacy activities within the subject-specific content of the life sciences. The book is written for librarians and other professionals who teach information literacy skills,...
An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata
Enrich then Filter
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2015
An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata is a reaction to the current digital library landscape that is being challenged with growing online collections and changing user expectations. The theory provides the conceptual underpinnings for a new approach which moves away from expert defined standardised...
by Robyn Benson, Margaret Heagney, Lesley Hewitt
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Government initiatives in many countries emphasise social inclusion in higher education, resulting in a more diverse student population. This presents opportunities and challenges for academic and professional staff in managing and supporting these students. Managing and Supporting Student Diversity...
by Nevenka Zdravkovska
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
Are academic branch libraries going to be extinct in the near future? In these difficult economic times, when collections are digitized rapidly, is there still a need for a separate unit within proximity to the department, school, or college with a subject-based or subject-specific collection? Academic...
Widening Higher Education Participation
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Governments have introduced policies to widen the participation of disadvantaged students in higher education. Widening participation policies are also introduced to ensure that higher education contributes to social and economic outcomes. This book includes important insights from 23 leading scholars...
From Lending to Learning
The Development and Extension of Public Libraries
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2010
From Lending to Learning provides a theoretical overview and practical guide to the functional area of delivering learning services within public libraries. It traces the development of public library service delivery and critically appraises the inherent tension between offering an educational-focused...
The Academic Librarian as Blended Professional
Reassessing and Redefining the Role
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
The Academic Librarian as Blended Professional employs a model that allows for individual and managerial reconceptualization of the librarian's role, also helping to mitigate obstacles to professional development both internal and external to the library.
Using traditional and personal narrative,...
Social Network Sites for Scientists
A Quantitative Survey
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
Social Network Sites for Scientists: A Quantitative Survey explores the newest social network sites (for example, ResearchGate and Academia.edu) and web bibliographic platforms (Mendeley, Zotero) that have recently emerged for the scholarly community to use in the interchange of information and documents.
Chapters...
Information Science as an Interscience
Rethinking Science, Method and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Science is first and foremost an intellectual activity, an activity of thought. Therefore, how do we, as information scientists, respond intellectually to what is happening in the world of information and knowledge development, given the context of new sociocultural and knowledge landscapes? Information...
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;...