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Copyright for archivists and records managers
The sixth edition of this respected work has been extensively revised and updated to help archivists and records managers keep up to date with the complexities of copyright legislation.
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Understanding public libraries
This book will enable practitioners, students and researchers to apply an analytical framework, based on the theories of dialectical materialism and cultural hegemony, to the public library.
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The no-nonsense guide to project management
This book provides a ‘no-nonsense’ guide to project management which will enable library and information professionals to lead or take part in a wide range of projects from large-scale multi-organisation complex projects through to relatively simple local ones.
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Managing records in global financial markets
Offers strategies and frameworks to meet the record-keeping challenges to which they give rise in investment banking and other global financial services. This book is divided into four main parts which cover: regulatory and legal compliance, balancing risk and return, litigation-related issues, a...
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Visual research methods
Visual Research Methods: An Introduction for Library and Information Studies is the first book to focus on visual methods in LIS, providing a comprehensive primer for students, educators, researchers and practitioners in the field. Contributed chapters in the book showcase examples of VRM in acti...
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The special collections handbook
Based on practical experience and the latest ideas in the heritage sector, The Special Collections Handbook is a no-nonsense companion to help librarians with limited resources care for unique and distinctive collections and share them with wider audiences.
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Library analytics and metrics
This book will enable libraries to make informed decisions, develop new services and improve user experience by collecting, analysing and utilising data.
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Information governance and assurance
This comprehensive textbook discusses the legal, organisational and ethical aspects of information governance and information security and their relevance to all aspects of information work.
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Metadata for information management and retrieval
This new and updated second edition of a classic text provides a thought-provoking introduction to metadata for all library and information students and professionals.
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Practical tips for developing your staff
This book offers innovative tips and tried-and-tested best practice to enable library and knowledge workers to take control of professional development regardless of the budget and time available to them.
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Putting library assessment data to work
Putting Library Assessment Data to Work brings together key library assessment methodologies detailing how they can be used to improve an academic library.
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Competing with knowledge
Aims to stimulate information professionals to explore the potential impact of Knowledge Management (KM) on their work and career. Using case studies, this book considers: the knowledge context; creating knowledge-based environments in a range of sectors; and, the role of information management s...
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Records, information and data
This dynamic book considers whether and how the management of records (and archives) differs from the management of information (and data).
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Participatory heritage
This book provides a wide range of international guidance and perspectives on the complexity of issues surrounding the preservation of local cultural heritage, ranging from formal cultural heritage institutions to individual community members in the associated processes of creation, organization,...
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The information society
The latest edition of this standard work has been fully updated to take account of the changing landscape and technological developments since 2008. The Information Society explores the information revolution that continues to gather pace, as the understanding and management of information become...
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Informed societies
This book explains how and why information literacy can help to foster critical thinking and discerning attitudes, enabling citizens to play an informed role in society and its democratic processes.
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Mapping information landscapes
'This book is simultaneously a comprehensive inquiry and an imaginative journey into mapping as a method of teaching information literacy...The book offers many insights into the use of mapping in everyday library practice, such as designing staff development activities to help make tacit practic...
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Practical tips for successful library management
Today's library and information service managers need to be multi-skilled practitioners, demonstrating knowledge and understanding of multiple professional disciplines while working in operational and strategic managerial and leadership capacities. Managers need support in order to effectively wo...
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Better library and learning space
What are the most important things a 21st-century library should do with its space? This title includes chapters that address this critical question, capturing the insights and practical ideas of international librarians, educators and designers to offer you a 'creative resource bank' that helps ...
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Marketing plans in action
Goodman’s invaluable resource includes 72 time-saving guides that will streamline your processes. Addressing myriad marketing, publicity, and promotion activities, this book is packed with tried and true best practices and useful tips for organizations of all sizes.
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Halo data
This book helps readers understand what data can do, how to unlock value from your data and how you use it to change the game in your organisation.
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Evaluating and measuring the value, use and impact of digital collections
Brings together a group of international experts to consider the following key issues: What is the role of digital resources in the research life cycle? Do the arts and humanities face a 'data deluge'? How are digital collections to be sustained over the long term? What is the role of digital col...
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Archival futures
This book draws on the contributions of a range of international experts to consider the current archival landscape and imagine the archive of the future.
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Access and identity management for libraries
This book provides practical guidance to ensuring that your users can access and personalise the online resources they are entitled to use with the minimum of fuss.
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Reflecting on the future of academic and public libraries
Academic and public libraries are much different today than they were even 15 years ago: what lies in store? In this systematic attempt to speak to academic and public librarians about the future of library services, Hernon and Matthews invite a raft of contributors to step back and envision the ...
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Text and data mining
This book offers a broad and accessible introduction to research based on text and data mining (TDM), focusing specifically on the ways in which TDM has been applied within the humanities.
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Copyright
Cornish's Copyright, the standard work in its field, is indispensable for all librarians and information professionals looking for solutions to their copyright problems.
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Using mobile technology to deliver library services
Packed with easy to implement ideas, practical examples and international case studies, this title provides you with a toolkit, exploring ideas as simple as renewals and reminders to the more complex such as access to e-books and virtual worlds.
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Recordkeeping cultures
Recordkeeping Cultures explores how an understanding of organisational information culture provides the insight necessary for the development and promotion of sound recordkeeping practices.
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Facilitating access to the web of data
Offers an introduction to the web of data and the semantic web, exploring technologies including APIs, microformats and linked data. This title includes topical commentary and practical examples that explore how information professionals can harness the power of this phenomenon to inform strategy...
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The future of scholarly communication
This book draws together the informed commentary of internationally-renowned experts from all sectors and backgrounds on the future of scholarly communication
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Digital humanities
This book is intended to provide an essential guide to getting up to speed with digital humanities, specifically designed with the librarian in mind.
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Electronic legal deposit
This edited collection provides a timely account of the social, institutional and user impacts of e-legal deposit.
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Mastering data and databases for information professionals
This textbook, the first in the Computing for Information Professionals series provides a hands-on and appropriately technical introduction to data and databases for information professionals and students of library and information science.
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The makerspace librarian's sourcebook
This hands-on sourcebook edited by technology expert Ellyssa Kroski includes everything libraries need to know about the major topics, tools, and technologies relevant to makerspaces today.
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Facilitating effective sixth form independent learning
Facilitating Effective Sixth Form Independent Learning is a stage-by-stage guide for educators who are interested in setting up a teaching programme to facilitate the independent learning of Sixth Form students.
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Qualitative research for the information professional
This text serves an integrated manual on how to conduct qualitative research. Its extensive coverage includes all aspects of work in this field from conception to completion and all types of study in a variety of settings from multi-site studies to data organization.
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Coding with xml for efficiencies in cataloging and metadata
This handbook will assist cataloguers when creating metadata for sharing bibliographic records or digital collections on the web and provides examples of how to use XLML or XSLT scripting with library records.
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The intranet management handbook
Rarely does the organization have more than one intranet manager, and intranet management is often only one of their many responsibilities. This book offers practical advice on intranet management. It includes areas such as: managing intranets - opportunities and challenges; defining user require...
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Trusting records in the cloud
This book presents up-to-date research and offers concrete guidelines for records professionals concerned with challenges to records in the online environment including privacy, accessibility, portability, metadata and ownership.
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Home-school learning resources
Home-School Learning Resources is a practical guide that will help teachers, parents, home educators and librarians to locate useful, quality-tested websites that offer resources for enhanced curriculum learning and related fun activities for children and young people aged 4-16.
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Collection development in the digital age
Over the years there has been profound changes in how library collections are developed and managed. Digital resources are increasingly central to collections. This collection is cross-sectoral and international in scope, drawing together the perspectives of practitioners and academics at the for...
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Digital literacy unpacked
Digital Literacy Unpacked demonstrates the importance of digital literacy in all areas of life, the centrality of critical thinking (a key element of both digital and information literacy), and the essential role of library and information professionals in leading digital literacy developments.
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Measuring library performance
Provide an account of thinking and research on the evaluation of library services. Illustrated throughout with examples across the different library sectors, this book is structured to focus on the intended service user, then to look at service management and the building blocks of services, and ...
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The handbook of art and design librarianship
The handbook examines methods of innovative librarianship in academic and art school libraries. Serving as a field guide to academic art libraries in the twenty-first century, it integrates theory and practice as demonstrated by creative professionals working in the field of art librarianship.
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Do archives have value?
This book will explore ways of establishing value and measuring impact in archives and special collections.
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Partners for preservation
Who could be partners to archivists working in digital preservation? This book features chapters from international contributors from diverse backgrounds and professions discussing their challenges with and victories over digital problems that share common issues with those facing digital preserv...
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Exploring digital libraries
A highly readable and in-depth treatment of the digital library arena that provides an up-to-date overview of the progress, nature and future impact of digital libraries, from their collections and technology-centred foundations over two decades ago to their emergent, community-centred engagement...
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E-books in libraries
Providing a practical appraisal of e-books, this book addresses the key questions: Where do e-books come from and what are the key business models that support them? What needs to change before e-books become universally and easily used? What will the e-book landscape look like in ten years' time...
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Mastering digital librarianship
This edited collection examines the changing roles of the librarian and how working within a rich digital environment has impacted on the ability of professionals to develop the appropriate 'know how', skills, knowledge and behaviours required in order to operate effectively.
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Introduction to digital libraries
Designed to present a holistic view of the digital library scene, this text is based on evidence from examples of major digital library research projects around the globe. It is intended for students of digital librarianship and related courses and for practitioners and researchers.
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A handbook for corporate information professionals
This edited collection provides a cutting edge overview of issues of key concern for information professionals providing information services in corporate environments.
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Making the most of rfid in libraries
The advantage of radio frequency identification (RFID) over other technologies used in libraries is usually seen to be its ability to combine the functions of the barcode and the security tag, but with the added advantage of not needing line of sight. This book considers the benefits of installin...
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Preserving archives
A brand new and fully updated edition of this seminal work on archival preservation. This book considers the causes of threats to the basic material, outlines the preservation options available and offers flexible solutions applicable in a variety of situations. It offers a wide range of case stu...
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Sustainability of scholarly information
This is the first book to discuss the sustainable development of digital scholarly information in three key aspects: economic, social and environmental sustainability.
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The scholarly communication handbook
Guided by the question, ‘Where to publish?’ The Scholarly Communication Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the process of research dissemination and societal impact.
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Information science in transition
Are we at a turning point in digital information? The expansion of the internet is unprecedented. Will information science become part of computer science and does rise of the term informatics demonstrate convergence of information science and information technology - a convergence that must sure...
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Metaliteracy
This new book presents a comprehensive structure for information literacy theory that will help your students grasp an understanding of the critical thinking and reflection required to engage in technology spaces as savvy producers, collaborators, and sharers.
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Systematic searching
In resource poor, cost saving times, this book advises information professionals on how to search more efficiently.
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Changing roles and contexts for health library and information professionals
Examines the evolving role of health professionals and explores the role they play in the context of where they work. This title aims to encourage and inspire health information professionals worldwide to take on new opportunities and ensure their continued development and recognition as valuable...
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The no-nonsense guide to archives and recordkeeping
This practical how-to-do-it guide is ideal for professionals involved in the management of archives and records, especially if they are just starting out or without formal training.
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Library improvement through data analytics
Designed to be useful for novices as well as those with a background in data, this book introduces the basics of the Six Sigma framework as a model that can be applied to a variety of library settings.
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Practical digital preservation
A practical guide to the development and operation of digital preservation services for organizations of any size. This offers an overview of best practice and provides guidance as to how to implement strategies with minimal time and resources. It is intended at the non-specialist, assuming only ...
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Digital literacy, inclusivity and sustainable development in africa
This important book features contributions from libraries across Africa outlining how they are addressing the need for better and more widespread digital literacy in their regions.
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Research, evaluation and audit
This handbook provides library and information professionals with the information they need to undertake research projects in the workplace in order to inform their own practice and improve service delivery.
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Practical ontologies for information professionals
Practical Ontologies for Information Professionals provides an introduction to ontologies and their development, an essential tool for fighting back against information overload.
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The social future of academic libraries
The Social Future of Academic Libraries addresses the urgent need for libraries to shift their focus from managing collections and delivering services to building networks, cultivating relationships and developing communities. Case studies from forward-looking libraries illustrate how social capi...
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Read to succeed
Covers various aspects of promoting reading to and with children and young people from birth right through to teenage years. This title is suitable for practitioners and students of librarianship in both the public and school sectors, and for teachers, consultants and educators concerned with lit...
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Narrative expansions
Libraries across all sectors are responding to the call to decolonise, critically examining their own historic legacies and practices and supporting institutional change. This book brings together current thinking and emerging practices around decolonising the library, providing conceptual framew...
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Information literacy and the digitalisation of the workplace
This book examines the role of Information literacy in the digital workplace context. It discusses a set of information handling skills and competencies that employees and managers must need to excel at a workplace undergoing digital transformation.
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A practical guide to privacy in libraries
This groundbreaking book considers how privacy issues can arise in a library context and what library and information professionals can do to protect the privacy of their users.
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Library camps and unconferences
More and more libraries are working to organize their own library camps or unconferences - open, friendly and refreshingly informal gatherings for librarians to unite, exchange ideas, and share knowledge. This book provides you with the practical, step-by-step guidance you need to bring your visi...
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Leading libraries
Leading Libraries provides guidance on how to apply the values of service leadership to both public and academic libraries. Through the use of examples, exercises, and tools for development, this book walks readers through the steps needed to create a sustainable, service-oriented model.
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Supporting people to live well with dementia
Dementia care has been recognised as a priority by governments, healthcare systems and organisations around the world. This book identifies ways libraries can support people with dementia and their carers to live well and continue to engage positively in community life.
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Linked data for cultural heritage
This book gathers a stellar list of contributors to help readers understand linked data concepts by examining practice and projects based in familiar concepts like authority control.
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Museum collections management
A guide to collections management. It addresses the key principles and strategies for looking after culturally significant objects and their associated information as well as the relevant laws and codes of ethics. It covers the information a collections manager needs to know, whatever the size an...
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Exploring research data management
Exploring Research Data Management provides an introduction to RDM for librarians and other support professionals.
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Community archives
How do archives and other cultural institutions such as museums determine the boundaries of a particular community, and of their own institutional reach, in constructing effective strategies and methodologies for selecting and maintaining appropriate material evidence? This book offers guidance o...
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Being evidence based in library and information practice
This book builds a research-grounded, theoretical foundation for evidence based library and information practice and illustrates how librarians can incorporate the principles to make more informed decisions in the workplace.
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Library management in disruptive times
This book identifies the key skills and attitudes needed by the library leaders of today and tomorrow and delivers a balanced view of the future of the profession.
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Introduction to modern information retrieval
An information retrieval (IR) system is designed to analyse, process and store sources of information and retrieve those that match a particular user's requirements. This book covers topics in information storage and retrieval, including: users of IR and IR options; database technology; bibliogra...
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Engaging with records and archives
This new book provides an authoritative and inspiring response to today’s growing fascination with the idea of the archive and contains cutting-edge research articles on the history and theory of archives and records, written by internationally renowned and emerging scholars.
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Information policies and strategies
The big issues crowd our minds but the process of decision making is the same at every level and in every context, whether we are concerned with government secrets or our children's reading and viewing habits. This book examines the issues from varying standpoints, including the human rights appr...
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Essential library of congress subject headings
LCSH are increasingly seen as 'the' English language controlled vocabulary, despite their lack of a theoretical foundation, and their evident US bias. This title features topics including, background and history of LCSH; subject heading lists; structure and display in LCSH; form of entry; applica...
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The network reshapes the library
This collection of papers from library technology guru Lorcan Dempsey offers readers valuable perspective and insight as well as a visionary approach to libraries’ future.
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Catalogue 2.0
Brings together some of the foremost international cataloguing practitioners and thought leaders, including Lorcan Dempsey, Emmanuelle Bermès, Marshall Breeding and Karen Calhoun, to provide an overview of the current state of the art of the library catalogue and look ahead to see what the librar...
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Information 2.0
This textbook provides an overview of the digital information landscape and explains the implications of the technological changes for the information industry, from publishers and broadcasters to the information professionals who manage information in all its forms.
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Rda glossary
The RDA Glossary features the complete terminology for RDA as it was constituted for the 15 December 2020 release to the RDA Toolkit.
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M-libraries 3
This title draws together international authorities to explore the variety of work that libraries are doing across the world to deliver resources to users, via mobile and hand-held devices.
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Foundations of information policy
Foreword by Alan S. Inouye; Afterword by Nancy KranichThis important new text provides a much-needed introduction to the myriad information policy issues that impact information professionals, information institutions, and the users and communities served by those institutions. In this key textbo...
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The no-nonsense guide to research support and scholarly communication
This accessible and highly practical book provides an introductory guide to the world of research support in the academic library.
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The kind librarian
This pioneering guide explores kindness and wellbeing in library workplaces. It is a must-read for anyone looking to create a supportive and empathetic workplace culture, providing library-specific insights and showing how positive workplace cultures benefit both staff and the wider community.
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