With the rapid increase in the use of electronic resources in libraries, managing access to online information is an area lots of librarians struggle with. This practical book explains the principles behind access management, the available technologies and how they work.
In this fully updated revision, expert instructor and librarian Peggy Johnson addresses the art in controlling and updating your library's collection. Each chapter offers complete coverage of one aspect of collection development, including suggestions for further reading and a n…
In plain, uncomplicated language, and using detailed examples to explain the key concepts, models, and algorithms in vertical search ranking, this book teaches readers how to manipulate ranking algorithms to achieve better results in real-world applications.
"Cultural heritage professionals have high levels of training in metadata. However, the institutions in which they practice often depend on support staff, volunteers, and students in order to function. With limited time and funding for training in metadata creation for digital c…
Cultural heritage professionals have high levels of training in metadata. However, the institutions in which they practice often depend on support staff, volunteers, and students in order to function. With limited time and funding for training in metadata creation for digital co…
Pt.1 What we know about visitor attention1. Introduction2. Early Studies3. Theories and Models4. Outcomes of Engaged Attention5. Overview of the Attention-Value ModelPt.2 Understanding value and motivation6. Value as a Combination of Quality and Duration7. How Value Influences C…
Data expert Byron Ellis teaches data analysts new technologies to build an effective real-time analytics platform. The book leverages open source and modern commercial tools to show readers how to construct robust, efficient systems that provide real-time analysis in a cost effe…
An international team of contributors addresses some of the challenges facing the library and information science profession. Topics covered include: e-learning; virtual learning spaces; new models for services and funding; and dealing with information that is not traditionally …
Suitable for practitioners and researchers in the library community, this title contains papers that address the tension between what researchers can deliver, what they define as reputable knowledge, and what library practitioners need to know 'to get the job done'.
Organizing is such a common activity that we often do it without thinking much about it. In our daily lives we organize physical things -- books on shelves, cutlery in kitchen drawers -- and digital things -- Web pages, MP3 files, scientific datasets. Millions of people create a…
Should you finish every book you start? How has your family influenced the way you read? What is literary style? How is the Nobel Prize like the World Cup? Why do you hate the book your friend likes? Is writing really just like any other job? What happens to your brain when you …
This practical guide offers coverage of every element of library marketing and branding for all sectors, including archives and academic, public and special libraries.
"The Digital Humanities is a comprehensive introduction and practical guide to how humanists use the digital to conduct research, organize materials, analyze, and publish findings. It summarizes the turn toward the digital that is reinventing every aspect of the humanities among…
Discusses the rise of e-readers and how their popularity is affecting the way people read books, the way people write books, and what might be lost if reading goes entirely digital.-- Publisher's description. Overview: People have been reading on computer screens for several de…
Discusses the rise of e-readers and how their popularity is affecting the way people read books, the way people write books, and what might be lost if reading goes entirely digital.-- Publisher's description. Overview: People have been reading on computer screens for several de…
Introduction : challenging history in the museum / Jenny Kidd -- The emotional museum : the case of National Museums Liverpool / David Fleming -- Telling hard truths and the process of decolonising indigenous representations in Canadian museums / Bryony Onciul -- Ripples in the …
Along with other areas of 'culture for development,' the relationship between museums, heritage and international development has been underexamined from a critical and comparative perspective. This edited volume fills this lacuna and inaugurates a new, important debate across t…
This easy-to-use book is an invaluable source of inspiration for any librarian involved in teaching information literacy, whether they are new to teaching or experienced but in search of fresh ideas.
The emerging generation of research and academic library users expect the delivery of user-centered information services. 'Apomediation' refers to the supporting role librarians can give users by stepping in when users need help. 'Library 3.0' explores the ongoing debates on the…
