Library & Information Services
"Information Access Through Search Engines and Digital Libraries"
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"Information Retrieval Series" series; With 39 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white tables, 14 black & white halftones, 25 black & whit. Hardback, 214 pages. Size: 235 x 155 mm. Weight: 480g.
Author: (Agosti, Maristella, ed.)
ISBN: 3540751335
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
Date: 2007 (Germany)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Library & Information Services
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"Libraries in the Ancient World"
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"Yale Nota Bene" series; The story of Ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when books were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Lionel Casson explores the royal libraries of the Ancient Near East, the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, and the first Christian monastic libraries. With 30 illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 197 x 127 mm. Weight: 148g.
Author: Casson, Lionel
ISBN: 0300097212
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2002 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Library & Information Services
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"The Elements of Library Research"What Every Student Needs to Know
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Introduces various components of information-seeking process. This book focuses on basic concepts, strategies, tools, and tactics for research - in both electronic and print formats. It shows how to avoid plagiarism. With 6 line illus. 24 tables.. Paperback, 216 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 270g.
Author: George, Mary W.
ISBN: 0691138575
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Library & Information Services
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"Cures and Curiosities"Inside the Wellcome Library
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The Wellcome Library is one of the most extraordinary libraries in the world. This book is an introduction to the Library's special collections. It includes self-contained chapters, which offer snapshots of their quality and variety, guiding the reader through some of the Library's wonders. With 150 full colour photographs. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 230 x 180 mm. Weight: 79g.
Author: Gould, Tony
ISBN: 1846680336
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Library & Information Services
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"Hot, Hotter, Hottest"The Best of the Ya Hotline
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"Dalhousie University of Library & Information Studies" series; The YA Hotline is a newsletter written by graduate students in the Young Adult Literature and Media Interests class in the School of Library and Information Studies at Dalhousie University. Hot, Hotter, Hottest: The Best of the YA Hotline consists of selected articles from issues 44 to 64. With bibliography, index, 66 illustrations. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 280 x 216 mm. Weight: 522g.
Author: Howard, Vivian
ISBN: 0810842408
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Date: 2002 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Library & Information Services
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"Apartheid in South African Libraries"The Transvaal Experience
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This is a study of the effect of apartheid on public, provincial and community library services in South Africa. Dr Kalley documents the past record and experiences of black libraries. She integrates historical, legal and resource concerns. With 5 photographs, bibliography, index. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 431g.
Author: Kalley, Jacqueline A.
ISBN: 081083605X
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Date: 2000 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Library & Information Services
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"International Network of Public Libraries Organization, Performance and Cost Accounting System of the Paderborn City Library"
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Aiming to help increase the effectiveness and efficiency of libraries, the authors of this text explain the roles of organization accounting, performance accounting and cost accouting in the management of public libraries. With 30 illustrations. Paperback, 112 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 136g.
Author: Kranstedt, Dieter Wiemers, Jorj
ISBN: 0810835797
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Date: 1999 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Library & Information Services (V. 4)
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"The Anglo-Saxon Library"
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This invaluable study sets out the evidence for the nature and holdings of libraries in Anglo-Saxon England. It is furnished with appendices that include editions of all surviving Anglo-Saxon book inventories and a catalogue of all classical and patristic works cited by Anglo-Saxon authors. Paperback, 432 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 543g.
Author: Lapidge, Michael
ISBN: 019923969X
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Library & Information Services
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"The Bottom Line"Determining and Communicating the Value of the Special Library
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Illustrates how to evaluate library services and successfully communicate the library's value to upper management. With illustrations. Paperback, 175 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 357g.
Author: Matthews
ISBN: 1591580048
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Date: 2002 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Library & Information Services
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"Crash Course in Young Adult Services"
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"Crash Course" series; Teaches about the world of teenagers and how to communicate with this segment of your library's audience. This title provides ideas for enlisting help from teachers and school librarians in planning programming to bring teens to the library. It covers services for the teen years with emphasis on how to talk with teens. Paperback, 150 pages. Size: 279 x 216 mm. Weight: 406g.
Author: Miller, Donna P.
ISBN: 1591585651
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Library & Information Services
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"Crash Course in Web Design for Libraries"
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"Crash Course" series; Part of the Crash Course series, this book for librarians helps them learn how to create and maintain Web sites, choose and organize the content, create content, and prepare content using available software programs. It uses cut and paste templates to place the content developed to be published on the Web. With illustrations. Paperback, 125 pages. Size: 276 x 215 mm. Weight: 615g.
Author: Rubenstein, Charles P.
ISBN: 1591583667
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Library & Information Services
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"Digital Images for the Information Professional"
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Offers an overview of the place of images in the changing information environment, and the use, function, and appropriation of digital images in both institutional and personal settings. This book covers the history, technical underpinnings, sustainability, application, and management of digital images. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 648g.
Author: Terras, Melissa M.
ISBN: 0754648605
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Group
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Library & Information Services
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"The Access Principle"The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship
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"Digital Libraries & Electronic Publishing" series; Discusses online open access publishing by scholarly journals, and makes a case for open access as public good. With illustrations. Hardback, 272 pages. Size: 234 x 181 mm. Weight: 536g.
Author: Willinsky, John
ISBN: 0262232421
Publisher: Mit Press Ltd
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Library & Information Services
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"Advertising to Children"Concepts and Controversies
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This book explores the debate on the ethics and effectiveness of marketing to children. The research tackles issues including smoking and alcohol consumption. Paperback, 336 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 454g.
Author: (Macklin, M.Carole, ed.)
ISBN: 0761912851
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 1999 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Media Studies
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"The Al Jazeera Phenomenon"Critical Perspectives on New Arab Media
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The book sheds light on various aspects of the network, including its politics, its agenda, its programs, its coverage of regional crises, and its treatment of the West, in an attempt to gauge its impact on ordinary Arab viewers, understand its effect on an increasingly pronounced Arab public sphere, and map out the role it plays in. With 2 figures. Paperback, 224 pages. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Zayani, Mohamed, ed.)
ISBN: 0745323332
Publisher: Pluto Press
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Media Studies
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