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The Academic Teaching Librarian'sHandbook is a comprehensiveresource on teaching and professional development for information professionalsand instructors at all career stages. It explores the current landscape ofteaching librarianship, and highlights and discusses the importantdevelopments, issues, and trends that are shaping current and future practice.

Written by two practicing Chief Data Officers, this book offers a practical, direct and engaging discussion of the role, its place and importance within organisations.

Completely revised and expanded to reflect the rapidly changing sphere of information services, this comprehensive introduction to the management of libraries builds the basic skills good library managers must exercise.

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.

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.

This book provides students, researchers and practitioners with real examples of applied qualitative research from research design to dissemination. It combines theory and practice to provide readers with the theoretical underpinnings of different approaches to qualitative research whilst also providing a clear example of how and why it was used.

This 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.

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.

Recordkeeping Cultures explores how an understanding of organisational information culture provides the insight necessary for the development and promotion of sound recordkeeping practices.

Information Literacy Research describes this research landscape, identifying the core qualitative approaches applied in the research of information literacy and less used or innovative applications

Offering practical advice on the law as it affects information management and the fundamental principles underlying practice, this title uses individual cases to illustrate underlying principles and contextualize regulations. It gives you the tools to quickly assess legal hazards and identify solutions.

TheKM Cookbook servesup a menu of success stories and strategies for organizations wanting to knowmore about Knowledge Management Standard ISO30401 - whether they intend to pursuecertification, or simply seek to use it as a framework to review their existingprogramme and strategy.

"e;Cornish's Copyright"e;, which has become a standard work in its field, explains the provisions of the UK Copyright Act and supporting legislation in quick and easy question-and-answer form. This latest edition is revised and expanded in the light of new legislation and some decisions by the courts which have changed our understanding of what the law means. There is also increased coverage of moral rights and the text has been expanded by the use of practical examples to illustrate complex points. Areas such as originality, databases, and the use of broadcast material in education all receive additional attention. And of course Wikipedia, Flickr, MySpace, Yahoo, Creative Commons and Open Archives are considered in a copyright context. All types of material that may attract copyright are considered, including: literary, dramatic and musical works; artistic works; sound recordings; films and videos; broadcasts; databases; and, computer programs and websites. The text is complemented by a detailed index that enables the enquirer to pinpoint topics and proposed action quickly and accurately. The appendices lay out the statutory declaration forms, and provide helpful lists of addresses and selected further sources of information.

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.

This book provides a straight forward and pragmatic guide to leadership, management and team working in contemporary library and information services.

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.

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.

This book provides a comprehensive, strategic approach to the creation, management, and disposition of information and records in organisations and is the first to analyse the impact that cloud computing and emerging technologies such as social networks and microblogging has on records management programmes.

This book examines the creation and development of participatory archives, its impact on archival theory, and present case studies of its real world application

This book combines current research in open data practices in the heritage sector with technical step-by-step guides on how to work with heritage data for visualisation, mapping, and mining.

As discussions about the roles played by information in economic, political, and social arenas continue to evolve, the need for an intellectual primer on information ethics that also functions as a solid working casebook for LIS students and professionals has never been more urgent.

The Directory is the only publication to bring together rare book and special collections from all kinds of libraries across the British Isles and is an essential research tool for researchers and librarians throughout the world. Fully updated since the second edition was published in 1997, this comprehensive and up-to-date guide encompasses collections held in national libraries, academic libraries, public libraries, subscription libraries, clergy libraries, libraries for other professions, school libraries, companies, London clubs, museums and archives, and libraries in stately homes. Consulting the Directory is an essential first step in a research project and it can answer question such as, "e;Where can I best research the reception of Jane Austen's novels?"e;; "e;Can I find Civil War tracts in a library near me?"e;; "e;Is Thomas Carlyle's library intact and in the public sphere?"e;; "e;Does Britain have the resources to study Nazi school textbooks?"e;; "e;How do I arrange my research trip to study Tauchnitz publications?"e; The Directory: Provides a national, cross-sectoral overview of rare book and special collections Provides a quick and easy summary of individual libraries' holdings Directs researchers to the libraries most relevant for them Assists libraries to evaluate their special collections according to a 'unique and distinctive' model Enables libraries to make informed decisions about special collections acquisition and collaboration Helps booksellers and donors to target offers Entries in the Directory provide full contact details, and descriptions of rare book and named special collections including quantities, particular subject and language strengths, and information about salient features such as provenance. Readership: Researchers, book historians, book collectors, special collections librarians, reference librarians, academic liaison librarians, library managers, booksellers, and other heritage professionals.

This accessible and highly practical book provides an introductory guide to the world of research support in the academic library.

This edited collection provides a timely account of the social, institutional and user impacts of e-legal deposit.

This is the first book to study how the political content of information literacy arises from the way it has become defined and is taught. It introduces new methods for research into the development of IL in learners and explores the implications of this research for the design of IL teaching, both in formal educational settings and in workplaces.