Digital convergence

libraries of the future

Rae Earnshaw is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Systems Development) and Professor of Electronic Imaging and Media Communications at the University of Bradford, and John A. Vince is formerly Professor of Digital Media at Bournemouth University, editors. The digital revolution and the convergence of media, information technology ...

Principles of E-learning systems engineering

The book integrates the principles of software engineering with the principles of educational theory, and applies them to the problems of e-learning development, thus establishing the discipline of E-learning systems engineering. For the first time, these principles are collected and organised into the coherent framework ...

Knowledge and information management

the DNA of success

Since publication of the author's influential "Competing with Knowledge" in 2001, not only have there been significant developments in the knowledge management (KM) field, but public and private organizations have been transformed by the universal adaptation of ICT, which has taken information management (IM ...

Interoperable Web service standards for library systems

service oriented architectures for libraries

The book provides a technical overview of the web service standards and what they mean for the future of library systems. Automated library systems have always had standards to ensure interoperability such as Z39.50 for OPAC searching, MARC for catalogue transfer etc. WebServices is ...

Making search work

implementing, Web, intranet and enterprise search

In all organizations, the value and volume of unstructured information is significantly greater than that of structured data. Organizations rely on folder structures and information architecture to locate information on shared drives and intranets, but become overwhelmed by the amount of new content. They need ...

Indexing

from thesauri to the semantic Web

This book describes various traditional and new indexing techniques. It shows that 'old' techniques, e.g. 'thesauri, can be at the fundamental of new ones like automatic indexing, ontologies or topic maps. The book provides information professionals who are not specialists in indexing, and students ...

Evaluating the integrity of the information sources you use

Erroneous and misleading information are not new and pre-date the internet era. As well as political, religious and ideological bias, errors occur that are perpetuated without question. In 1969 it was reported that Linda McCartney nee Eastman was part of the Eastman Kodak photographic empire ...

Developing open access electronic journals

a practical guide

This book provides a practical guide to developing and maintaining an electronic open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Creating such journals, particularly if it is done well, requires a great deal of specialized knowledge that spans library science, web development, intellectual property rights and publishing, as ...

The public library

Public Libraries have changed beyond anyone's predictions in the past ten years and are at a vital stage in their historical development. This timely book is the first stand-alone text to examine the role and services of the UK public library in the 21st ...

Marketing your library

promoting the best deal in town

Aimed at professionals, practitioners and students of Library and Information Services, this book covers basic marketing tenets and terminology, how to go about setting up a marketing plan, and contemporary topics such as branding and marketing to women. This book is illustrated throughout with successful ...

Managing stress and conflict in libraries

We now know that stress in the workplace is costing the UK, Europe and the rest of the world an immense amount of time off work. Pressure is part and parcel of all work and helps to keep us motivated. But excessive pressure can lead ...

Library performance and service competition

developing strategic responses

This book is a practice-driven and proven resource for library administrators of all types of libraries. The work describes how the library can identify the service environment factors impacting customers' strategic needs; identify library competitors' strategic abilities and service environment impacts; and use the combined ...

Counter cultures

reshaping libraries

Libraries must deliver on the frontier of customer driven services to keep relevant to 21st century needs. In the process many are developing unique and distinctive cultures that are often brand-built, and that have achieved considerable success. Based on a set of interviews with senior ...

The reference librarian's guide to mastering Internet searching

Reference librarians need above all else to be aware of all the possible access routes to information that may lead to a value-added answer for their user. To do this they need to find a way through the complexity of the ever-increasing range of tools ...

The academic research library in a Decade of Change

Summary: This book starts from the premise that the last decade has brought more changes for the academic research library than any ever previously known. The book provides an authoritative overview and analysis of the issues and challenges affecting academic research libraries from the closing ...

A comprehensive library staff training program in the Information Age

Summary This book discusses the issues surrounding the implementation and 'selling' of a comprehensive library staff training programme. Importantly, it contains many tried and tested techniques used by the author; it also includes standard documentation that readers can use in their own organisation for training ...

Acquisitions go global

an introduction to library collection management in the 21st Century

Summary This book leads the reader through many aspects of a library's collection including the user, current holdings, selection, and acquisition of new materials. The reader is also led to consider budgets, and how books are made available in 21st century markets. Methods for ...

A handbook of ethical practice

a practical guide to dealing with ethical issues in information and library work

Summary: This book looks at all of the ethical issues facing information and library professionals in one overarching, and practically-focussed, text. As such, it is of great benefit to both practitioners and to LIS students. The focus of the book is two-fold: (1) It contains ...

Information architecture for information professionals

Summary: This book covers the key aspects of information architecture: core elements of information management - indexing, cataloguing and classification - organising and recording information in the digital environment. The book also focuses on design - specifically user-centred design: designing information systems that support the needs of users ...

Improving library services to people with disabilities

Summary: The book takes account of the key fact that to maximize their potential, people must have lifelong access to the information and services offered through books and libraries. Whether to address concerns of an ageing population or to enable all citizens to contribute fully ...