Librarianship

This guide sets out the key considerations and provides some practical guidelines to assist in developing and operating an effective knowledge management function...

Leveraging Library Resources offers a variety of solutions in response to the fiscal challenges that have enveloped academic libraries in recent years._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of College & Undergraduate Libraries...

Leveraging Library Resources offers a variety of solutions in response to the fiscal challenges that have enveloped academic libraries in recent years._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of College & Undergraduate Libraries...

The first comprehensive theoretical treatise on Library of Congress subject headings, this important book provides an analysis of the Library of Congress subject heading system and its application. Library of Congress Subject Headings aims to help improve the clarity of the system, increase consiste..

Examines the essential elements of planning a move, and offers practical guidance to ensure minimum disruption to service...

Examines the essential elements of planning a move, and offers practical guidance to ensure minimum disruption to service...

This work discusses the choice of information to be included, the style in which it is presented and the way in which the completed guide is distributed and publicized. It looks at presentation variables, from print to computer format, and focuses on objective-oriented preparation...

Discusses the choice of information that can be included as well as the different styles in which it can be presented.Covers not just the physical preparation but also distribution and publicity.Selected examples of interesting features...

Preservation and Archiving covers the many issues involved in preserving historical documents and archiving important materials. The book addresses digitization, storage and retrieval systems, collection security issues, preservation of printed materials, salvaging damaged and jeopardized materials,..

Since the 1950s there has been a persistent shortage of sci-tech librarians, and as more librarians retire or change positions, the prospect looms that the profession will only depopulate further. Tackling this difficult challenge, Recruiting, Training, and Retention of Science and Technology Librar..

Reserves, Electronic Reserves, and Copyright: The Past and the Future provides you with a comprehensive understanding of how the traditional role of reserve collections in education has evolved to reflect changes in technologies, copyright laws, and perhaps more important, perceptions of copyright l..

Retrospective Conversion is an essential guide for library catalogers and technical services managers in the process of converting manual catalog records to machine readable form. It clearly illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of the three conversion methods--converting in-house, contractin..