Advancing Library Education
Advancing Library Education

Author: Ari Sigal

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-03-31

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1466636890

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As learning moves into a more innovative and technologically savvy environment, it becomes increasingly important that library education continues to adapt and understand the resources that are available. Advancing Library Education: Technological Innovation and Instructional Design aims to provide relevant theoretical frameworks, empirical research, and new understandings for those interested in Library and Information Science and the impact new techniques and technologies are having in this area. Librarians, academics, and researchers will benefit from this careful look into current advancements in their field.

Revolutionizing the Development of Library and Information Professionals: Planning for the Future
Revolutionizing the Development of Library and Information Professionals: Planning for the Future

Author: Hines, Samantha Schmehl

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-10-31

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1466646764

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As more associations struggle with limited professional development funding, the opportunities for library and information experts to advance their skills are being examined in a more effective and cost-efficient manner. Revolutionizing the Development of Library and Information Professionals: Planning for the Future examines the future of library professional development by investigating the aspects that make these development events worthwhile. This book is essential for library association personnel, educational institutions, and management personnel in large library systems to aid in determining future trends in professional development opportunities for their staff.

Advanced Technologies and Standards for Interactive Educational Television: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Advanced Technologies and Standards for Interactive Educational Television: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Author: Politis, Dionysios

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2019-10-25

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1799802558

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Educational TV in the post-war years was a cornerstone for delivering high-quality knowledge over a geographically-dispersed and culturally-segregated public. As de facto massive learning, virtual environments have been shaped by both open university initiatives and corporate courseware activities. The educational technology institutes seek a new paradigm for delivering instruction and simultaneously expanding higher education. Advanced Technologies and Standards for Interactive Educational Television: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical scholarly publication that examines the concept of promoting learning through mass communication through the use of extended augmentation and visualization interaction methodologies and the deployment of wide-area collaborative practices. Featuring a range of topics such as gamification, mobile technology, and digital pedagogy, this book is ideal for communications specialists, media producers, audiovisual engineers, broadcasters, computer programmers, legal experts, STEM educators, professors, teachers, academicians, researchers, policymakers, and students.

Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technologies in Libraries
Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technologies in Libraries

Author: Dhamdhere, Sangeeta N.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-10-31

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1466646322

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The emergence of open access, web technology, and e-publishing has slowly transformed modern libraries into digital libraries. With this variety of technologies utilized, cloud computing and virtual technology has become an advantage for libraries to provide a single efficient system that saves money and time. Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technologies in Libraries highlights the concerns and limitations that need addressed in order to optimize the benefits of cloud computing to the virtualization of libraries. Focusing on the latest innovations and technological advancements, this book is essential for professionals, students, and researchers interested in cloud library management and development in different types of information environments.

Rural Community Libraries in Africa: Challenges and Impacts
Rural Community Libraries in Africa: Challenges and Impacts

Author: Dent, Valeda F.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-01-31

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1466650443

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"This book investigates the relationship between local libraries and community development, from the historical roots of rural libraries to their influence on the literacy, economy, and culture of the surrounding region"--Provided by publisher.