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 ...

Multiculturalidad en la biblioteca

Cómo pueden servir las bibliotecas públicas a las poblaciones multiculturales

Downsizing in Academic Libraries

The Canadian Experience

The 1990s provided many challenges for Canadian academic library managers. Financial cutbacks at the federal and provincial levels quickly trickled down to universities and their libraries, and administrators were forced to learn how to manage with shrinking budgets. Ethel Auster and Shauna Taylor's Downsizing ...

Managing information services

This sophisticated primer draws together in an accessible form the principles of management as they need to be understood by library and information professionals. Written by a practising library manager and a management academic, the text introduces and applies the latest management concepts to library ...

Gestión de proyectos en información y documentación

La gestión de proyectos (o project management) es una metodología muy conocida y utilizada que sirve para facilitar el diseño, la planificación y la ejecución de productos y servicios de todo tipo y de todos los sectores. Los profesionales de la información y documentación recurren ...

La librería como negocio

economía y administración

Las librerías suelen ser un negocio de muy baja rentabilidad y de muy altas exigencias, tanto culturales como financieras. Las librerías son una tienda en la que se expende mercancía, pero son mucho más que eso: son centros de servicio en los que se orienta ...

Globalisation, information and libraries

implications of the World Trade Organization's GATS and TRIPS Agreements

This book provides an overview of the World Trade Organisation; in particular, it focuses on two of the agreements being developed at the WTO, which are due to be strengthened in 2005, and are likely to have significant implications for libraries and information: the General ...

Cen anos da Biblioteca América (1904-2004) = Cien años de la Biblioteca de América (1904-2004)

Formato IBERMARC para registros de fondos y localizaciones

Clasificación Decimal Universal (CDU)

edición de bolsillo

Cibermetría

nuevas técnicas de estudio aplicables al Web