Information Science

This book offers legal researchers an easy-to-use guide that provides thorough overviews of I&R (initiative and referendum) laws within twenty-three states...

Explore reprints of selected articles by Charles Bunge, bibliographies of his published work, and original articles that draw on Bunge's values and ideas in assessing the present and shaping the future of reference service. As a reference librarian you will explore four categories of Bunge's work, m..

In 1998, Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) was a conceptual model promoted by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) as being the recommended new advancement in cataloging. Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR): Hype or Cure-All? explore..

In 1998, Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) was a conceptual model promoted by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) as being the recommended new advancement in cataloging. Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR): Hype or Cure-All? explore..

This important book explores the many questions challenging librarians who work with gifts and exchanges as part of their daily responsibilities...

Going Digital: Strategies for Access, Preservation, and Conversion of Collections to a Digital Format is a collection of articles orginally presented at a series of five symposiums sponsored by the Research Libraries Group. It offers you succinct and analytic views of the problems and benefits of di..

This book discusses how libraries can go beyond Google's basic search and Scholar functions to expand services for their patrons. Respected authorities reveal the expanding variety of new Google applications developed in the past few years, many of which have not received wide attention and are as y..

Introducing a comprehensive hands-on guide to international, national, and state publications that accept articles on a broad range of librarianship topics. Today's librarians are more interested in publishing than ever before, as evidenced by the number of library and information science publicatio..

This insightful book shows you how to deal with an issue as old as the library profession: dealing with problem patrons. It looks at this fact of life that affects almost every facet of library work and provides practical solutions—some developed within the field and some borrowed from other p..

This guidebook is designed to help the reader become aware of the information and information services that are available for at-risk and HIV-infected individuals. HIV/AIDS Community Information Services examines the relationship between HIV/AIDS and the body of information concerning them; discusse..

This essential book examines how digital formats are changing libraries today. With chapters from leading academic deans and directors, directors of national organizations of library professionals, and book/serials vendors, this book explores digital books and what they mean to libraries; digital re..

This essential book examines how digital formats are changing libraries today. With chapters from leading academic deans and directors, directors of national organizations of library professionals, and book/serials vendors, this book explores digital books and what they mean to libraries; digital re..