Library & Information Science

In a world of global networks and Internet time, digital libraries are becoming increasingly important in offering flexible, high-quality, and up-to-date resources to your patrons. Designed to ease the process of matching the community with the best content possible, this book provides a starting po... More

Summary: This book brings together key ideas about record keeping in a multi-media environment. Key features: 1.Written by leading figures in the field 2.Comprehensive coverage of the topic 3.Contains the most up-to-date information The Contributors: The contributors work in the Humanities Advanced ... More

Designed to assist beginning searchers, whether they are students or practitioners, this text offers a comprehensive introduction to online systems that primarily provide information in the form of bibliographic citations. Walker and Janes give basic how-to information on the use of online systems, ... More

Examine domain-specific research about works and the problems inherent in their storage and retrieval This book addresses the issue of focusing on known-"item" identification and retrieval vs. collocation and retrieval of "works" in the construction of catalogs. Works as Entities for Information R... More

Summary This practical book introduces readers to the current technology topics and issues facing today's academic instruction and reference librarians. The book provides up-to-date overviews of cutting edge technologies, offers an insight on current educational uses and applications of these new to... More

Exploring the relationship between journalism and politics in the 20th century, this engrossing book tells the stories of the journalists--both good and bad--who have played major roles. 16 illustrations.Now, more than ever, political journalists are central figures in the titanic struggles of moder... More

Summary: This book focuses on practical, standards-based approaches to planning, executing and managing projects in which libraries and other cultural institutions digitize material and make it available on the web (or make collections of born-digital material available). Topics include evaluating m... More

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 organisatio... More

Libraries Within Their Institutions: Creative Collaborations examines the ways librarians work within their own universities, municipalities, or government units to form partnerships that ensure the best possible service to their patrons. An excellent companion and complement to Libraries Beyond The... More

"Looking for Trouble" is a vivid account of 35 years in journalism by a former foreign correspondent and bureau chief of "The Daily Telegraph," It recounts an extraordinary and eventful period in the years before instant communication and mass TV coverage and provides a riveting first-hand record of... More

This professional publication represents the broadest discussion of video collection development in libraries currently available. It provides detailed descriptions and discussions of resources, policies, concepts, and issues central to the practices of building and managing video collections in pub... More

Summary 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 w... More

Summary: 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 organi... More

How does one turn a house containing artworks into a museum? How does one narrate the story of the lives that were lived there? How authentic can a retrospective reconstruction of interior spaces and their contents be? The contributors of "The Modern Period Room," drawn from a broad range of discipl... More

A comprehensive guide, "International Radio Journalism" explores the history and practice of radio in America, Britain, Europe and many other countries around the world. The book details training and professional standards in writing, presentation, technology, editorial ethics and media law and exam... More

Since 1989, the Music OCLC Users Group's "MOUG Newsletter" has published a regular Q&A column featuring music cataloging questions from catalogers in the field and answers supplied by Jay Weitz, MOUG's OCLC Liaison and subject matter specialist on music. In this lighthearted and practical compilatio... More