Library & Information Science Abstracts
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 434
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Digital Library Futures
Author: Ingeborg Verheul
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2010-12-23
Total Pages: 151
ISBN-13: 3110232197
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInitiatives at a cross-cultural level, where libraries, museums and archives work together in creating digital libraries, and making their cultural heritage collections available online, are emerging. Leading academic researchers from the cultural heritage and the publishers sectors approach this issue: Digital library user experience: a focus on current user research; Digital library content: what users want and how they use it; Strategies for institutions: how cultural institutions and publishers respond to the digital challenge.
Dimensions and Use of the Scholarly Information Environment
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Publisher: Digital Library Federation
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 900
ISBN-13: 1933645202
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsers' expectations of libraries are changing as they find and obtain more information directly from the Web. To better understand how usage patterns are changing, the Digital Library Federation (DLF) and Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) commissioned Outsell, Inc., to conduct a large-scale study of undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members from a wide range of academic institutions. This report includes 158 of the 659 data tables, a few summary observations, and a brief discussion of some possible implications of the findings. To view all 659 tables, click here. CLIR will deposit the raw data tapes with the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).
Serials Collection Management in Recessionary Times
Author: Karen Lawson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-04-08
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 1317983300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStrategic planning, collaboration, continual stewardship, best practices, and re-engineering can provide librarians with a toolkit of innovative strategies that meets the worst of economic times with bold, persistent experimentation. This book covers the implications for libraries of a broad range of technological and economic challenges. These challenges include the fallout from the global economic crisis, the positioning of usage statistics, the advent of open access scholarship, database management, responding to budgetary constrictions and general access to serials. Taken as a whole, this collection provides practitioners in the library sector and in higher education with a wide variety of insights on the strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities involved with serials collection management in recessionary times, written by academic librarians, vendors, publishers, fundraisers, and higher education professionals. This book was published as a special issue of The Serials Librarian.
Usability Testing
Author: Rebecca Blakiston
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2014-09-29
Total Pages: 149
ISBN-13: 1442229004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDo you want to improve the usability of your library website, but feel that it is too difficult, time-consuming, or expensive? In this book, you will learn that in-house usability testing on a budget is not only feasible, but it is practical, sustainable, and has the potential to lead to remarkable improvements of the content, design, and layout of your website. Usability Testing: A Practical Guide for Librarians will teach you how to: Make the case for usability testing Define your audience and their goals Select a usability testing method appropriate for your particular context Plan for an in-house usability test Conduct an effective in-house usability test Analyze usability test results and make decisions based on those results Create and implement a plan for ongoing, systematic usability testing Step-by-step instructions, along with a myriad of examples, allow you to use this book as a practical guide, and adapt the techniques for your own context. Techniques are appropriate for libraries of all types, including academic, public, and special libraries.
Internet Librarian 2003
Author: Information Today, Inc
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 340
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Proceedings from the seventh annual Internet Librarian Conference contain a mixture of leading-edge ideas as well as exciting new services-all focused on information professionals and Internet related technologies. This conference is designed for information professionals who are using, developing, and embraching Net and Web-based strategies in their roles as information searchers, guides, Webmasters and Web managers, content evaluators and organizers, product developers, and more. Internet Librarian topics include Navigating the Net, E-Content and E-Skills, Intranet and Portal Applications, Web World, and more.
Coming of Age in America
Author: Mary C. Waters
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2011-09-20
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 0520270932
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Much hand-wringing has occurred over the so-called failure of young people to grow up today. This volume persuasively shows the range of forces that shape the protracted transition to adulthood. An excellent and enjoyable read." --Deborah Carr, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University, and editor of the Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. "The essays in this volume are written with great verve and intelligence, grounded in extensive fieldwork and careful data analysis." --Frank Furstenberg, Professor of Sociology in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania
Evaluation of Digital Libraries
Author: Giannis Tsakonas
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2009-07-20
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1780630131
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvaluation of Digital Libraries summarizes research and practice on both sides of the Atlantic and aims to answer the potential questions that both the theoretical and practical areas of digital library evaluation have posed during recent years. The book systematically presents aspects of participating communities, reasons and aims of evaluation, methodologies and metrics, and application paradigms. - The book deals with practical and theoretical issues on digital libraries development and evaluation - It will be multi-disciplinary due to its nature incorporating views and perspectives of various contributing fields - Distinguished digital library researchers and practitioners present systematically methods, techniques and practices. The list of contributors include Maristella Agosti, David Bainbridge, Ann Blandford, Colleen Cook, Nicola Ferro, Brinley Franklin, Manolis Garoufallou, Sarah Giersch, Richard Hartley, Judy Jeng, Michael Khoo, Martha Kyrillidou, Yvonna Lincoln, David McArthur, Maria Monopoli, David Nicholas, Christos Papatheodorou, Terry Plum, Tefko Saracevic, Rania Siatri, Yin Leng Theng, Giannis Tsakonas and Lee Zia
Exploring Digital Libraries
Author: Karen Calhoun
Publisher: Facet Publishing
Published: 2014-01-01
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1856048209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA landmark textbook on digital libraries for LIS students, educators and practising information professionals throughout the world. Exploring Digital Libraries is a highly readable, thought-provoking authorative and in-depth treatment of the digital library arena that provides an up-to-date overview of the progress, nature and future impact of digital libraries, from their collections and technology-centred foundations over two decades ago to their emergent, community-centred engagement with the social web. This essential textbook: • Brings students and working librarians up to date on the progress, nature and impact of digital libraries, bridging the gap since the publication of the best-known digital library texts • Frames digital library research and practice in the context of the social web and makes the case for moving beyond collections to a new emphasis on libraries’ value to their communities • Introduces several new frameworks and novel syntheses that elucidate digital library themes, suggest strategic directions, and break new ground in the digital library literature. • Calls a good deal of attention to digital library research, but is written from the perspective of strategy and in-depth experience • Provides a global perspective and integrates material from many sources in one place - the chapters on open repositories and hybrid libraries draw together past, present and prospective work in a way that is unique in the literature. Readership: Exploring Digital Libraries suits the needs of a range of readers, from working librarians and library leaders to LIS students and educators, or anyone who wants a highly readable and thought-provoking overview of the field and its importance to the future of libraries.
