Books tagged with library
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Book DescriptionYou loved the blog now read the book! Whether you regularly follow entertainment and gossip news, or wondered Corbin Who? when you saw the recent ALA READ poster, Pop Goes the Library will help you connect with your users and energize your staff. Pop culture blogger-librarians Sophie Brookover and Elizabeth Burns define what pop culture is (and isn t) and share insights, tips, techniques, and success stories from all types of libraries. You ll discover practical strategies and ideas for incorporating the pop culture passions of your users into collections, programs, and services, plus a ran... |
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Book DescriptionThrough the use of case examples and careful examination, this book presents the first interdisciplinary essay collection on the study of art crime, and its effect on all aspects of the art world. Contributors discuss art crime subcategories, including vandalism, iconoclasm, forgery, fraud, peace-time theft, war looting, archaeological looting, smuggling, submarine looting, and ransom. The contributors offer insightful analyses coupled with specific practical suggestions to implement in the future to prevent and address art crime. This work is of critical importance to anyone involved in th... |
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Book DescriptionTomorrow's LIS professionals will have to be conversant with all the tools and techniques for organizing information in different domains - from the traditional library shelf to full-scale digital libraries. This core text covers the organization of the entire spectrum of information, and the principles, tools and techniques needed to do this effectively. The most up-to-date textbook yet available on this subject, this comprehensive book covers everything from traditional cataloguing and classification through to metadata, information architecture and the semantic web. Written by experience... |
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Book DescriptionA great source of library and information concepts! This brand new text provides an introduction to librarianship for students and newcomers to the profession. It offers you an up-to-date, authoritative analysis of modern libraries and librarianship. Key areas covered are: Libraries and information services: evolution or revolution?; Information resources and services; Information organization and access ;Library and information users and society; Library technologies; Library and information management; LIS education and training. |
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Book DescriptionFor over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, paper shortages, radio, TV, computer games, and fluctuating literacy rates, the bound stack of printed paper has, somewhat bizarrely, remained the more robust and culturally relevant way to communicate ideas. Now, for the first time since the Middle Ages, all that is about to change. Newspapers are struggling for readers and relevance; downloadable music has consigned the album to the format scrap heap, and the digital revolution is now about to leave books on the high shelf of history. I... |
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Book DescriptionThinking of setting up a blog for your school, academic, or public library? This book is for you! Learn all about the blogosphere and its place in your library. Learn the nitty gritty of setting up and hosting your library blog. Find out just what you need in hardware and software to make your blog work like a charm. See examples of groundbreaking uses for your library blog! Library Blogging is an overview of the world of blogs in libraries, including both use and technological discussions. These technology gurus bring you the "why's" of using a blog in a library context, the strengths... |
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Book DescriptionHow much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for an abandoned kitten to transform a small library, save a classic American town, and eventually become famous around the world? You can't even begin to answer those questions until you hear the charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa.Dewey's story starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the returned book slot at the Spencer Public Library. He was found the next morning by library direc... |
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Book DescriptionHere is a book that will help public, school, and academic librarians take advantage of Web 2.0 technologies. Using an easy-to-understand writing style, author Ellyssa Kroski provides librarians and information professionals with a detailed look at the latest and hottest technologies. She provides innovative, realworld examples of libraries which are using these technologies to enhance their online presence, showcase services and increase patronage as well as helpful, illustrative screenshots. Whether to create a book review blog, social bookmark collection, subject specific RSS feed, or a ... |
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