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Managing Information Resources in Libraries
This book fills the gap be presenting an overall view of the information resources that library clients are likely to require in the 21st century.
Information Needs Analysis
If you want to provide an information service that truly fulfils your users' needs, this book is essential reading. Analysing and assessing the information needs of clients is key to the provision of effective service and appropriate collections in both face-to-face and virtual library services. The importance of information needs analysis is widely recognized by information professionals, but currently there is little substantive, detailed work in the professional literature devoted to this important topic. This new book is designed to fill that gap, by supporting practitioners in developing an information needs analysis strategy, and offering the necessary professional skills and technique...
Qualitative Research for the Information Professional
This established text is the only introduction to qualitative research methodologies in the field of library and information management. Its extensive coverage encompasses all aspects of qualitative research work from conception to completion, and all types of study in a variety of settings from multi-site projects to data organization. The book features many case studies and examples, and offers a comprehensive manual of practice designed for LIS professionals. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and includes three new chapters. It has been updated to take account of the substantial growth in the amount and quality of web-based information relevant to qualitative research methods a...
Metadata Applications and Management
The theme for 2003-2004, metadata, includes sections on metadata as it relates to memory institutions, music, the arts, government information, archives, cataloging, education, bibliographic organization, digital preservation, spatial data, and developing countries.
Libraries and Information Services in China
Yitai (research fellow, Shanghai Documentation and Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Gorman (communications and information management, Victoria U. of Wellington, U.K.) focus on the current state of library and information services in China, with particular emphasis on the way services are structured and the types of activities in which they are engaged. After a brief history and general overview, topics such as collection development and resources sharing; cataloguing, classification, and universal bibliographical control; reader and information services; and automation and information technology are examined. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Qualitative Research for the Information Professional
This is an integrated manual on how to conduct qualitative research. Its coverage includes all aspects of the field from conception to completion and all areas from multisite studies to data organization. The book features many examples and case studies and a manual of practice.
Scholarly Publishing in an Electronic Era
The International Yearbook of Library and Information Management is a thematic, refereed annual publication in the field of library science and information management worldwide. Each volume contains substantive chapters covering current issues, emerging debates and trends, and models of best practice and likely future developments, contributed by an internationally respected panel of researchers, practitioners and academics. The theme for Volume 5, 'scholarly publishing in an electronic era', has been chosen in view of significant recent changes in the publishing world and the impacts that these changes are having on the management of information provision and on access to information in spe...
Preservation Management for Libraries, Archives and Museums
Memory institutions such as libraries, archives, galleries and museums all share pressing concerns about preserving heritage, whether in the form of material and documentary cultural artefacts in collections, or in the form of new digitally born material. Recent incidents of natural disaster and cultural genocide, together with the global turn to digitization, have forced librarians, archivists and curators to rethink and restructure their primary modes of operation. Preservation management now sits at the top of the agenda for heritage institutions around the world, as collection development policies and practices are negotiated between libraries, museums, archives, funding agencies and gov...
The Digital Factor in Library and Information Services
An annual publication in the field of library science and information management. It contains substantive chapters covering current issues, emerging debates and trends, models of best practice, and likely future developments. The theme for this 2002-2003volume is 'the digital factor'.
