Sopporting E-learning

a guide for library and information managers

E-learning is becoming commonplace in academic institutions, largely as an alternative medium in the delivery of established content. Increasingly library and information services are directly involved in the delivery of e-content and in delivering services to support e-learning. Thus it is affecting all aspects of ...

Law, libraries and technology

a practical guiede

Libraries are continuing to evolve as a result of the dual pressures of technology and user access. The new digital media forms are enabling librarians to find new methods of information delivery. Libraries and librarians need to be aware of the legal ramifications of the ...

Digital libraries

principles and practice in a global environment

Digital Libraries. Principles and Practice introduces readers to the principles underlying digital libraries, and illustrates these principles by reference to a wide range of digital library practices throughout the world. Individual chapters deal with issues such as: # Digital library users and the services that are ...

E-journals

a how to do it manual for building managing and supporting electronic journal collections

The electronic journal, a new format only a few years ago, is now commonplace in many libraries and information services. Recent years have seen a huge growth in the range and number of journals being published on the internet, and an increasingly large number of ...

Patrimonio digital

un nuevo medio al servicio de las instituciones culturales

En el mundo del patrimonio cultural, la incorporación de la tecnología es un hecho reciente, y por lo tanto su aprendizaje resulta más necesario si cabe. Numerosas instituciones culturales todavía el potencial que las tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TIC) puede aportar a la ...

Directrices para proyectos de digitalización

de colecciones y fondos de dominio público, en particular para aquellos custodiados en bibliotecas y archivos

La tecnología digital abre una perspectiva totalmente nueva. La www mantiene millones de sitios web e Internet es el lugar de mercado para la investigación, la enseñanza, la expresión, la publicación y la comunicación de la información. Las bibliotecas y los archivos son proveedores de ...

Delivering digital services

a handbook or public libraries and learning centres

Lifelong learning is currently a major concern of governments who wish to see their citizens remain employable while the job market changes. Critical to this are digital learning centres where learning is delivered through internet access or via CD-based packages. Access to these turns public ...

Managing 21st Century libraries

Managing 21st Century Libraries is primarily concerned with creating the circumstances in which people can maximize the use of their talents and generating the opportunities for people to work with others in ways that engage all of the abilities of everyone involved. It is about ...

Managing digital resources in libraries

Managing Digital Resources in Libraries is a practical guide to managing library materials in digital formats. Working librarians share their expertise in the acquisition and management of digital resources, addressing questions of licensing, funding, and providing access. The contributors also examine innovative projects and systems ...

Digital libraries

implementing strategies and sharing experiences: 8th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2005

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2005, held in Bangkok, Thailand in December 2005.The 40 revised full papers, 15 revised short papers, and 15 posters presented together with 5 keynote and invited papers were ...

Collection management and strategic access to digital resources

the new challenges for research libraries

Introduction by Sul H. Lee Collections of record and scholarly communications : the responsibilities of the research library in a rapidly evolving digital world by Fred M. Heath and Jocelyn Duffy Collecting at the edge - transforming scholarship by Paul M. Gherman Better mousetraps in turbulent times ...

Exploring the digital library

a guide for online teaching and learning

"Exploring the Digital Library", a volume in "The Jossey-Bass Online Teaching and Learning series", addresses the key issue of library services for faculty and their students in the online learning environment. Written by librarians at Athabasca University, a leading institution in distance education, this book ...

E-book publishing success

how anyone can write, compile and sell e-books on the Internet

Summary: This book contains detailed and easy-to-digest information on all aspects of writing, preparing and marketing electronic books (ebooks). It covers such aspects as: 1. How to develop ideas to write about 2. How to start the compilation of the ebook 3. How to choose ...

Digital libraries and the challenges of digital humanities

One of the major challenges facing librarians and curators of digital repositories are the innovative 'born digital' documents created by scholars in the humanities. These documents range from the parsed corpora created by linguists to traditional reference information presented in electronic databases, to rich, multi-media ...

Digital libraries and the challenges of digital humanities

Summary: One of the major challenges facing librarians and curators of digital repositories are the innovative 'born digital' documents created by scholars in the humanities. These documents range from the parsed corpora created by linguists to traditional reference information presented in electronic databases, to rich ...

Guía metodológica para la implantación de una biblioteca digital universitaria

La provisión de contenidos a texto completo es un tema de candente actualidad, que afecta a la realidad cotidiana de muchos centros de información, pero también a usuarios que quieren conseguir que su información sea accesible. Esta Guía metodológica para la implantación de una biblioteca ...

The digital challenge for libraries

understanding the culture and technology of total information

Public and university libraries are at a crossroads, hard-pressed by competition from Internet search engines, declining budgets and changes in popular culture. Libraries must respond aggressively. Otherwise they will be marginalized by the impact of digital technology on their traditional customer base. Author Ralph Blanchard ...

An introduction to library and information work

The expanded CILIP Framework of Qualifications, with its introduction of Certified Membership for staff in paraprofessional roles, reflects the continuing need for a textbook to replace earlier editions as the standard work for paraprofessional library and information staff and for the introductory year of professional ...

Información, conocimiento y bibliotecas

en el marco de la globalización neoliberal

Este libro, dirigido a estudiantes, profesores y profesionales de unidades de información y medios de comunicación, pretende ofrecer una serie de reflexiones críticas acerca de materias que normalmente son tratadas desde un perspectiva prioritariamente técnica. Desde un planteamiento de reflexión social y profesional, en sus ...

Creer y crear

el patrimonio cultural en la encrucijada de la globalización

Esta obra se compone de dos partes. La primera se denomina "De los creyentes" y la segunda "De los creadores". Además, trae incluido una serie de anexos y una bibliografía.