Chandos Publishing imprint: 386 books
Understanding Librarians
Communication is the Issue
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
Aimed at professionals and trainee professionals within the library and information service (LIS) fields, this book reminds the reader of the frequently ignored communication-gulf between the professional and the layman, and in particular the lack of true communication between LIS professionals and...
Teaching Information Literacy in Higher Education
Effective Teaching and Active Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Why do we teach information literacy? This book argues that the main purpose of information literacy teaching in higher education is to enhance student learning. With the impact of new technologies, a proliferation of information sources and a change in the student demography, information literacy...
Inside the World's Major East Asian Collections
One Belt, One Road, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
Inside the World’s Major East Asian Collections examines the rise of the “LAM, an acronym that stands for libraries, archives and museums. In doing so, this book profiles leading experts—librarians, archivists and museum curators—who specialise in East Asian collections from across the world....
Social Media Audits
Achieving Deep Impact Without Sacrificing the Bottom Line
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Social media is quickly becoming important to most businesses, but many managers, professionals, and marketing experts are unsure about the practicalities of social media marketing and how to measure success. Social Media Audits gives people dealing with social business in their working life a guide...
Abstracts and Abstracting
A Genre and Set of Skills for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Despite their changing role, abstracts remain useful in the digital world. Highly beneficial to information professionals and researchers who work and publish in different fields, this book summarizes the most important and up-to-date theory of abstracting, as well as giving advice and examples for...
Measuring Academic Research
How to Undertake a Bibliometric Study
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2009
Measuring Academic Research outlines how to undertake a bibliometric study, a topic of vital importance in academic research today. Scientometrics studies assess scientific productivity and can be applied to all disciplines. Many analyses have been applied in relation to bibliometric studies, but...
by Margot Note
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Aimed at practitioners, this handbook imparts guidance on project management techniques in the cultural heritage sector. Information professionals often direct complex endeavors with limited project management training or resources. Project Management for Information Professionals demystifies the...
Designing Effective Library Tutorials
A Guide for Accommodating Multiple Learning Styles
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Learning styles are highly relevant for students in the online environment. Designing Effective Library Tutorials provides examples of, and steps for, how to create tutorials that match learning styles, based on usability studies of students from various cultural groups and styles of learning. The...
Productivity for Librarians
How to Get More Done in Less Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Productivity for Librarians provides tips and tools for organizing, prioritizing and managing time along with reducing stress. The book presents a resources guide for continued learning about and exploration of productivity in relation to individual circumstances featuring motivation, procrastination...
Digital Humanities, Libraries, and Partnerships
A Critical Examination of Labor, Networks, and Community
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Digital Humanities, Libraries, and Partnerships brings forward ideas and reflections that stay fresh beyond the changing technological landscape. The book encapsulates a cultural shift for libraries and librarians and presents a collection of authors who reflect on the collaborations they have formed...
The 21st Century Academic Library
Global Patterns of Organization and Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
The 21st Century Academic Library: Global Patterns of Organization and Discourse discusses the organization of academic libraries, drawing on detailed research and data.
The organization of the library follows the path of a print book or journal: acquisitions, cataloguing, circulation, reference,...
A Most Delicate Monster
The One-Professional Special Library
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1998
A Most Delicate Monster will be particularly useful for practitioners. The focus is on the running of small special libraries and particularly the one-person library. A professional outlook is maintained without neglecting the full range of tasks required in a one-person library. The practical orientation...
Making Sense of Space
The Design and Experience of Virtual Spaces as a Tool for Communication
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
The use of Virtual Worlds (VWs) has increased in the last decade. VWs are used for communication, education, community building, creative arts, and more. A good deal of research has been conducted into learning and VWs, but other areas remain ripe for investigation. Factors from technological platforms...
Information Dynamics in Virtual Worlds
Gaming and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Presents a broad examination of the nature of virtual worlds and the potential they provide in managing and expressing information practices through that medium, grounding information professionals and students of new media in the fundamental elements of virtual worlds and online gaming. The book...