Chandos Publishing imprint: 386 books
by Julia Gross
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
Many professionals in the Library and Information Services (LIS) area are using Web 2.0 to deliver content and reaching out to connect with library users. This book applies these technologies to help shape your own career development plan. Increased online connectivity has opened up new opportunities...
by Abby Clobridge
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
Whether you are just starting to create a digital repository or your institution already has a fully-developed program, this book provides strategies for building and maintaining a high-use, cohesive, and fiscally-responsible repository with collections that showcase your institution. The book explains...
Customer Service in Academic Libraries
Tales from the Front Line
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
The term 'customer service' is not new to the academic library community. Academic libraries exist to serve the needs of their community, and hence customer service is essential. However, the term can be applied in a variety of ways, from a thin veneer of politeness, to an all-encompassing ethic focussing...
Information Literacy
Recognising the Need
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2006
This set of conference proceedings derives from the Information Literacy: Recognising the Need conference at Staffordshire University, 17 May 2006. The papers in this book discuss key themes in information literacy and have been written by several renowned experts in the field. Information literacy...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
An ever-widening gap exists between how students and schools use communication technology. Using Network and Mobile Technology to Bridge Formal and Informal Learning introduces new methods (inspired by ‘pedagogy 2.0’) of harnessing the potential of communication technologies for teaching and learning....
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....
Convergence of Libraries and Technology Organizations
New Information Support Models
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
This book describes and discusses the convergence of library and technology support in higher education. Over the past 15 years, a number of institutions have pursued merging library and technology services into a single information support organization. These mergers have taken different forms, but...
From Information Literacy to Social Epistemology
Insights from Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
From Information Literacy to Social Epistemology: Insights from Psychology focuses on information and the ways in which information literacy relates to critical thinking in education, the workplace, and in our social life.
The broad context for our interest is the development in internet technologies...
Libraries and Identity
The Role of Institutional Self-Image and Identity in the Emergence of New Types of Libraries
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010
Libraries and Identity summarizes the role of institutional identity in the emergence of new types of libraries such as joint-use libraries and digital libraries. Professional and institutional identity has shown to be one of the most problematic, yet overlooked issues to deal with when traditional...
by Viveca Nyström, Linnéa Sjögren
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
An Evaluation of the Benefits and Value of Libraries provides guidance on how to evaluate libraries and contains many useful examples of methods that can be used throughout this process. There is substantial focus on the importance of goals and objectives, along with advice on strategies that can...
Licensing Electronic Resources in Academic Libraries
A Practical Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
Licensing Electronic Resources in Academic Libraries: A Practical Handbook provides librarians charged with reviewing, negotiating, and processing licenses with fundamental information that will ensure they not only understand the contents of a license, but are also able to successfully complete the...
by Philippe Velex
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
This book presents papers from the International Gear Conference 2014, held in Lyon, 26th-28th August 2014. Mechanical transmission components such as gears, rolling element bearings, CVTs, belts and chains are present in every industrial sector and over recent years, increasing competitive pressure...
by Zhixian George Yi
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
With the rapid development of information and communication technology and increasingly intense competition with other organizations, information organizations face a pressing need to market their unique services and resources and reach their user bases in the digital age. Marketing Services and Resources...
China
Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Development Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) play a crucial role in shaping China’s development strategies. The development of China’s economy creates strong pressures for continuous restructuring. China therefore explores how trade and FDI affect China’s development strategies regarding the process...