Taking Our Pulse
Taking Our Pulse

Author: Jackie M. Dooley

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 9781556533877

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A report of an OCLC Research survey of library special collections holdings and practices at selected institutions in the United States and Canada. Numerous charts and tables summarizing responses are included. Recommendations for best practices are also provided.

E-books in Academic Libraries
E-books in Academic Libraries

Author: Ksenija Mincic-Obradovic

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2010-12-08

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1780630506

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Written from the perspective of a librarian, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of e-books on academic libraries. The author discusses advantages to both researchers and librarians and provides current examples of innovative uses of e-books in academic contexts. This book reviews the current situation in e-book publishing, and describes problems in managing e-books in libraries caused by the variety of purchase models and varying formats available, and the lack of standardisation. It discusses solutions for providing access and maintaining bibliographic control, looks at various initiatives to publicise and promote e-books, and compares e-book usage surveys to track changes in user preferences and behaviour over the last decade. E-books have already had a huge impact on academic libraries, and major advances in technology will bring further changes. There is a need for collaboration between libraries and publishers. The book concludes with reflections on the future of e-books in academic libraries. - Describes how e-books have changed library services and how they have enabled academic libraries to align with the e-learning initiatives of their universities - Discusses problems with e-book collection development and management and lists examples of solutions - Examines trends in user behaviour and acceptance of e-books

Introduction to Oil Company Financial Analysis
Introduction to Oil Company Financial Analysis

Author: David Johnston

Publisher: Pennwell Books

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781593700447

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Offering a clear explanation of financial statements with a practical approach to the analysis of an oil company, this introduction contains tables, figures, and worksheets, and examples of analysis of virtually every aspect of an oil company are provided in detail. Financial quick-look techniques, rules of thumb, commentary, and a glossary are included.

Circulation of Power
Circulation of Power

Author: Michael M. Widdersheim

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2023-05-22

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 3111014142

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What is the public sphere, how is it best described, and what role does it play in modern life? These questions have attracted considerable attention within library and information science circles over several decades, especially regarding public libraries. Circulation of Power contributes to this discussion by proposing a new research framework and new methods for analyzing public sphere communication. Using extensive data gathered from an urban public library infrastructure, this historical case study demonstrates how public sphere communication shaped the infrastructure’s development over time, producing both changes and continuities across the case’s nine periods. Two new conceptual tools—circuits and decisions cycles—form the study’s research framework, and a new explanatory theory—RLCr, or "Releaser," theory—accounts for why the infrastructure developed as it did. Consideration of competing theories reveals that public sphere communication remains the best explanation for infrastructural development. This book’s meticulous historical narrative of the greater Pittsburgh case, supplemented by its groundbreaking theory and innovative mixed methods design, is of interest to practitioners, academics, and general readers alike.