Library & Information Science

In this important book Peter Brophy introduces and explains the concept of story-telling or narrative-based practice in teaching, research, professional practice and organizations. This book will be essential reading for professionals, scholars and students in the many disciplines currently using ev..

This book explores the new and varied artistic and performative projects that have developed since the onset of the smart phone. The author examines how mobile devices are used in performative and video artworks for participatory, or interactive, visual works and performances. She discusses the key ..

The fourth edition of this standard student text, Organizing Knowledge, incorporates extensive revisions reflecting the increasing shift towards a networked and digital information environment, and its impact on documents, information, knowledge, users and managers. This is a key introductory text ..

Offering a broad-based overview of the approaches and tools used in the structuring and dissemination of knowledge, this book discusses the nature, structuring and description of knowledge. It explores different types of knowledge organization systems and considers some of the management issues asso..

Patient Safety: Perspectives on Evidence, Information and Knowledge Transfer provides background on the patient safety movement, systems safety, human error and other key philosophies that support change and innovation in the reduction of medical error. The book draws from multidisciplinary areas wi..

Patient Safety: Perspectives on Evidence, Information and Knowledge Transfer provides background on the patient safety movement, systems safety, human error and other key philosophies that support change and innovation in the reduction of medical error. The book draws from multidisciplinary areas wi..

This book explores many libraries’ innovative programs that are aimed at building collections based on patron requests and demonstrates that, in general, the material is subsequently used more heavily than librarian-selected titles._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Collection Man..

This book explores many libraries’ innovative programs that are aimed at building collections based on patron requests and demonstrates that, in general, the material is subsequently used more heavily than librarian-selected titles._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Collecti..

There has been an exponential explosion in the production and consumption of video online and yet there is a scarcity of knowledge and cases about video and the digital archive. This book seeks to address that through the lens of the project Circus Oz Living Archive. This project provides the case ..

As students' financial commitment increases, so they demand better library services. When budget cuts and centralisation are seen as the answer to financial restraints, the provision of a personalised library service may seem extravagant, but inventive, customer-facing staff can successfully achieve..

This book examines the entire gamut of challenges confronting the planning and development of contemporary public libraries; their mission, their roles, and key issues such as lifelong learning, social inclusion, community and cultural needs, regeneration and funding. The helpful presentation and re..

This book examines the entire gamut of challenges confronting the planning and development of contemporary public libraries; their mission, their roles, and key issues such as lifelong learning, social inclusion, community and cultural needs, regeneration and funding. The helpful presentation and re..