Library Statistics for the Twenty-First Century World
Library Statistics for the Twenty-First Century World

Author: Michael Heaney

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2009-05-08

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 3598441673

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An international collaboration between IFLA, the UNESCO Institute of Statistics and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has developed standards for new library indicators for the twenty-first century. The existing international library statistics were developed nearly 40 years ago. This book presents the first results using the new statistics, and look forward to the next steps. It also contains other initiatives and developments in the fields of library statistics, benchmarking and indicators.

Library Journals
Library Journals

Author: Dietrich Hans Borchardt

Publisher: Hague : IFLA Headquarters

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13:

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Developed as the direct result of the August 1982, International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Seminar on Better Journals for the Library Profession held in Montreal, Canada, this report is designed to provide broad guidelines for the editors of library journals through an examination of the fundamental problems of editing journals for the library profession, with particular attention to the situations encountered by editors in the Third World. Following an introductory discussion of the background of the publication, the following topics are discussed: (1) Goals and Motivation; (2) Character and Contents of Journals; (3) Editing--Skill or Profession?; (4) Editors and Authors; (5) Printing and Other Means of Reproduction; (6) Administration and Management; (7) Recurrent and Special Features; and (8) Bibliographic Control and Copyright. The text is supplemented with four figures, 26 references are listed, and an index is provided. A description of the growth of an Australian library journal from its beginning as a newsletter, and a bibliography of 13 IFLA Professional Reports are appended. (KM)

Surviving the Future
Surviving the Future

Author: Gail Munde

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2009-02-28

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1780630034

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Every academic library strives to make improvements - in its services, its effectiveness, and its contributions to overall university success. Every librarian wants to improve library quality, but few are knowledgeable or enthusiastic about the means and mechanisms of quality improvement. This book assists librarians to make sense of data collection, assessment, and comparative evaluation as stepping stones to transformative quality improvement. Creating value lies in a library's ability to understand, communicate and measure what matters to users, and what can be measured can be managed to successful outcomes. - Complex and fragmented subject matter is synthesized into clear and logical presentation - Focuses on current research and best practices - International in scope

A Study of the Life and Works of Athanasius Kircher, ‘Germanus Incredibilis’
A Study of the Life and Works of Athanasius Kircher, ‘Germanus Incredibilis’

Author: John Edward Fletcher

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-08-26

Total Pages: 654

ISBN-13: 9004216324

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Athanasius Kircher, a German Jesuit in 17th-century Rome, was an enigma. Intensely pious and a prolific author, he was also a polymath fascinated with everything from Egyptian hieroglyphs to the tiny creatures in his microscope. His correspondence with popes, princes and priests was a window into the restless energy of the period. It showed first-hand the seventeenth-century’s struggle for knowledge in astronomy, microscopy, geology, chemistry, musicology, Egyptology, horology... The list goes on. Kircher’s books reflect the mind-set of 17th-century scholars - endless curiosity and a substantial larding of naiveté: Kircher scorned alchemy as the wishful thinking of charlatans, yet believed in dragons. His life and correspondence provide a key to the transition from the Middle Ages to a new scientific age. This book, though unpublished, has been long quoted and referred to. Awaited by scholars and specialists of Kircher, it is finally available with this edition.

2009 Writer's Market Listings
2009 Writer's Market Listings

Author: Robert Brewer

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-06-01

Total Pages: 1521

ISBN-13: 1582976783

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For 88 years, Writer's Market has given fiction and nonfiction writers the information they need to sell their work–from completely up-to-date listings to exclusive interviews with successful writers. The 2009 edition provides all this and more with over 3,500 listings for book publishers, magazines and literary agents, in addition to a completely updated freelance rate chart. In addition to the thousands of market listings, you'll find up-to-date information on becoming a successful freelancer covering everything from writing query letters to launching a freelance business, and more.