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A-z common reference questions for academic librarians
A-Z Common Reference Questions for Academic Librarians is a survival guide for frontline library staff to help them find appropriate information quickly, whether they are answering questions at a physical help desk or remotely by telephone, email or instant messaging service.
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Understanding healthcare information
Analyses the domain of healthcare information, its organizational structures and history, and the nature of its resources and the drivers for change affecting them. This title looks at examples of healthcare information resources from the perspective of different user groups, including healthcare...
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The academic teaching librarian's handbook
The Academic Teaching Librarian’s Handbook is a comprehensive resource on teaching and professional development for information professionals and instructors at all career stages. It explores the current landscape of teaching librarianship, and highlights and discusses the important developments,...
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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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Developing the new learning environment
Discussing the librarian's changing learning support role in an educational context, this work challenges thinking in this area as well as offers practice-based advice. It is suitable for practitioners in the higher education and education sectors, including information specialists, learning supp...
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A handbook for media librarians
Media librarians - information workers employed by media organizations such as broadcasters and publishers of newspapers, magazines and websites - often seem to have a low profile in both the information profession and among their employers. This book explores the issues of central importance fac...
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Libraries without walls 5
The delivery of library services to users based at a distance from the physical library is a topic of growing interest around the world. To address the issue, this book brings together the papers from the fifth Libraries Without Walls Conference.
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How to give your users the lis services they want
With the challenges of a constantly changing job market, shifting information-seeking behaviour and a vast array of resources continually being produced, library and information services need to constantly keep one step, or more, ahead of their users. This text helps in understanding users of the...
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The public library
Examines the role and services of the UK public library in the 21st century context. This book discusses the nature and functions of the modern public library service, from its beginnings as the street-corner university, through its delivery of various services and beyond. It is of interest to st...
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Libraries without walls 7
From their beginnings in 1995, the Libraries Without Walls conferences have mapped a major change in the practice of librarianship. This collection is drawn from the seventh Libraries Without Walls Conference, held in 2007.
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Collaboration in libraries and learning environments
This cutting-edge collection explores evolving approaches to the provision of support services in higher education including outsourced shared services, the convergence of student-facing services and the development of active collaborative networks.
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Know it all, find it fast
Answering queries from users is one of the most important services undertaken by library and information staff. Yet it is also one of the most difficult, least understood subjects. This guide offers useful tips, warns of potential pitfalls, and spotlights typical queries and how to tackle them.
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Envisioning future academic library services
There are huge challenges facing the library and information science profession. Librarians need to be 'blended professionals' who can take their professional skills and experience, and adapt them to different business models and strategic challenges. This work intends to stimulate strategic and ...
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The academic library
This authoritative textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the changing functions of higher education libraries & the organizational cultures in which they operate. This new edition has more extensive coverage of: performance measurement; accessibility; information literacy; digital lib...
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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 data librarian’s handbook
This books provides an insider’s guide to data librarianship packed full of practical examples and advice for any library and information professional learning to deal with data.
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Delivering research data management services
This groundbreaking guide will lead researchers, institutions and policy makers through the processes needed to set up and run effective institutional research data management services to support their researchers and networks.
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Dynamic research support for academic libraries
This inspiring book will enable academic librarians to develop excellent research and instructional services and create a library culture that encompasses exploration, learning and collaboration.
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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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Blended learning
Offers a holistic blended learning approach, combining the best of traditional approaches to learning and teaching to make best use of the advantages of each while minimizing the disadvantages. It provides information professionals with a practical guide to the design and delivery of such trainin...
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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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Roll for adventure
Become the ultimate Game Master and deliver tabletop role-playing games with confidence!For librarians, teachers, school staff and parents who want to run a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) but don’t know where to begin, this practical guide includes five tabletop role-playing adventures writte...
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Improving students' web use and information literacy
The web is now an integral part of students' lives in school and in society, and they need to be ever more web alert in order to gain the most from their education. This is a practical guide to using the web effectively in order to enhance learning and teaching in schools.
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A guide to teaching information literacy
A sourcebook to support library staff in the delivery of information literacy teaching. It provides practical guidance on tried and tested ideas and techniques for sessions.
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Reference and information services
Keeping pace with the rapidly shifting environment for all information services workers, in this book provides readers with the knowledge and tools needed to manage the ebb and flow of reference services in today's libraries.
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Privileged spaces
Drawing on the knowledge and experience of library leaders, estates directors, space managers and researchers, Privileged Spaces provides an insight into changing demands in academic library estates strategy.
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Essential law for information professionals
The new fourth edition, provides up-to-date and easy-to-follow practical guidance on the law as it affects information management and the principles underlying practice
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Cilip: the chartered institute of library and information professionals yearbook 2014-15
CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals represents the largest professional body of librarians and information professionals in the UK. Designed to complement the CILIP website, this book puts vital data on the key organization for information professionals.
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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 qualitative landscape of information literacy research
This book describes the qualitative research landscape in information literacy, identifying the core approaches and less used or innovative applications.
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Information literacy through theory
Information Literacy Through Theory introduces and critically examines theory development and use within information literacy research to interrogate and reflect on the applicability of theories within this area of research.
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Research methods in information
The long-awaited 2nd edition of this best-selling research methods handbook is fully updated and includes brand new coverage of online research methods and techniques, mixed methodology and qualitative analysis.
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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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Libraries and information services in the united kingdom and the republic of ireland 2015
A directory that lists over 2000 libraries and other services in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland, with contact names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and URLs.
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User experience (ux) design for libraries
Provides advice and best practices for UX design principles, practices and tools to engage with library users online and build a library's best Web presence. User experience (UX) characterizes how a person feels about using a product, system or service.
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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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Developing strategic marketing plans that really work
Many government and other reports stress the need to get public libraries back into the lives of potential users, and this requires significant marketing effort on the part of the libraries. This book de-mystifies the marketing planning process and sets it in the context of modern public library ...
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Introduction to information behaviour
This landmark textbook is an essential primer for students and practitioners interested in information seeking, needs and behaviour, user studies and information literacy.
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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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Library and information science
This unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library and information science, covering recent books, monographs, periodicals and websites, and selected works of historical importance.
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Studies in english printing and libraries
This volume compiles John Oates' research on English printing and Cambridge University Library's collection. It includes 15 studies on English printing (15th-18th centuries), 11 on the library's collection, and 3 on his interest in Sterne.
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The modern greek resources project
Greek bibliographic resources have generally been difficult to access in North America. This volume presents revised versions of papers first given at a meeting held in December 2006 that explored the possibility of effective transnational cooperation between libraries in Greece and in North Amer...
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Championing your school library
This book is a comprehensive guide to practical strategies for advocating, marketing, and promoting your library by targeting diverse and specific stakeholder groups. It is becoming an essential read as libraries increasingly need to demonstrate their value and impact.
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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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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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M-libraries 2
Interest in m-library services has grown in years, as libraries are recognizing the potential of ubiquitous and sophisticated mobile devices. Building on the M-Libraries: libraries on the move to provide virtual access, this book brings together research and case studies on the development and de...
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Making search work
Designed to help organizations to understand, specify and implement desktop, website, intranet and enterprise search applications. This book covers: how search works; the search business; making a business case for search; specifying and selecting a search engine; optimizing search performance; s...
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Access, delivery, performance
Celebrates and acknowledges the contribution Professor Peter Brophy has made over a career spanning 37 years to the field of library and information studies. Reflecting on his work, this title offers strategies for the future direction of library and information services in the virtual era.
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Rethinking information literacy
Based on groundbreaking research, undertaken by the authors as part of the prestigious Arcadia Programme at Cambridge University, this presents a new and dynamic information literacy curriculum developed for the 21st century information professional.
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Digital information
In an information environment shaped by an ever-growing and persistent demand for more and more digital content from every direction, it has become increasingly important that publishers, libraries and information professionals understand the challenges and opportunities of the Google environment...
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M-libraries 5
An up-to-date showcase of the innovative and inspiring work that libraries are doing across the world to interact with their users and deliver resources via mobile devices.
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Libraries without walls 6
From their beginnings in 1995, the Libraries Without Walls conferences have made a major change in the practice of librarianship. Drawn from the sixth Libraries Without Walls Conference, this book aims at assisting educational specialists and course developers in increasing their understanding of...
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Portals
First applied to internet gateways such as Yahoo, the concept of the "portal" has evolved in a number of directions. How can information services best take advantage of internet portals to improve access to resources? This collection seeks answers to such questions, providing an overview of how p...
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Technology disaster response and recovery planning
This book provides the step-by-step process of creating a library technology disaster response and recovery plan, including sample checklists and templates, tools and solutions for promoting collaborative services to enable digital library continuity and case studies and lessons learned from succ...
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Web accessibility
Offers an introduction to web accessibility and usability for information professionals, offering advice on the concerns relevant to library and information organizations. This book can be used as a resource for developing staff training and awareness activities. It will also be of value to websi...
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Expert internet searching
This book provides library and information professionals with in-depth practical guidance on how to search the internet quickly and effectively to obtain accurate information in a timely fashion.
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Going beyond google again
This builds on the authors’ previous book, Going Beyond Google, which placed teaching the Invisible Web into information literacy programmes. Going Beyond Google Again expands on the teaching foundation laid in the first book and continues to document the Invisible Web’s existence and evolution, ...
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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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Semantic web technologies and social searching for librarians
Provides the knowledge and skills necessary to implement semantic Web technology, helping readers learn how to start and track trends using social media, find hidden content online and search for reusable online content, crucial skills for those looking to be better searchers.
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Information needs analysis
If you want to provide an information service that truly fulfils your users' needs, this book is essential reading. The book supports practitioners in developing an information needs analysis strategy and offers the necessary professional skills and techniques to do so.
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Interactive information seeking, behaviour and retrieval
Information retrieval (IR) is a complex human activity supported by sophisticated systems. This book covers the whole spectrum of information retrieval, including: history and background information; behaviour and seeking task-based information; searching and retrieval approaches to investigating...
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Innovations in information retrieval
The advent of various information retrieval (IR) technologies and approaches to storage and retrieval provide communities with opportunities for mass documentation, digitization, and the recording of information in different forms. This book introduces and contextualizes these developments and lo...
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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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