Chandos Publishing imprint: 386 books
Front-Line Librarianship
Life on the Job for Today’s Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
Front-Line Librarianship: Life on the Job for Librarians presents a diverse range of observations, viewpoints and useful commentary on the current workplace experiences of librarians and their associates. The book's author presents an unrivalled portrait of front-line librarianship that is based upon...
by Proscovia Svärd
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
This book identifies key factors necessary for a well-functioning information infrastructure and explores how information culture impacts the management of public information, stressing the need for a proactive and holistic information management approach amidst e-Government development.
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Media and Information Literacy in Higher Education
Educating the Educators
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Media and Information Literacy in Higher Education: Educating the Educators is written for librarians and educators working in universities and university colleges, providing them with the information they need to teach media and information literacy to students at levels ranging from bachelor to...
Local Community in the Era of Social Media Technologies
A Global Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
Social media technologies can help connect local communities to the wider world. Local Community in the Era of Social Media Technologies introduces the experience of bringing a local community to the world. This book, with the model of Santa Cruz County, California, develops a truly global approach...
Computers for Librarians
An Introduction to the Electronic Library
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2003
Computers for Librarians is aimed primarily at students of library and information management and at those library and information service professionals who feel the need for a book that will give them a broad overview of the emerging electronic library. It takes a top-down approach, starting with...
Information Literacy and Cultural Heritage
Developing a Model for Lifelong Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
There is a complex and contested terrain of cultural heritage in the library, archive and museum context. Information Literacy and Cultural Heritage explores this landscape and covers perspectives from museums, archives and libraries, highlighting the role of memory and contested history in the collection,...
by LiLi Li
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
In the dynamic and interactive academic learning environment, students are required to have qualified information literacy competencies while critically reviewing print and electronic information. However, many undergraduates encounter difficulties in searching peer-reviewed information resources....
A Handbook of Digital Library Economics
Operations, Collections and Services
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
This book provides a companion volume to Digital Library Economics and focuses on the ‘how to’ of managing digital collections and services (of all types) with regard to their financing and financial management. The emphasis is on case studies and practical examples drawn from a wide variety of...
Managing Academic Libraries
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Managing Academic Libraries: Principles and Practice is aimed at professionals within the Library and Information Services (LIS) who are interested in learning more about the management of academic libraries. Written against a backdrop made up of the changes that digital technology has brought to...
Library Instruction Design
Learning from Google and Apple
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2014
The design philosophies of Google and Apple represent different approaches to new product design. Google's model features bottom-up and data-driven decision-making processes, while Apple's model is to design and build products top-down. Library instruction program design may learn from these differing...
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...
Technology and Knowledge Flow
The Power of Networks
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
This book outlines how network technology can support, foster and enhance the Knowledge Management, Sharing and Development (KMSD) processes in professional environments through the activation of both formal and informal knowledge flows. Understanding how ICT can be made available to such flows in...
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...
Media and Information Literacy
An Integrated Approach for the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Media and Information Literacy: An Integrated Approach for the 21st Century provides a novel rationale for the integration of media and information literacy and gives direction to contemporary media and information literacy education. The book takes a synthetic approach to these two areas, presenting...