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Perspectives in Medical Geography: Theory and Applications for Librarians by Amy J. Blatt 9781138061415
RRP: £33.99Booksplease Price: £31.98Medical geography is a fascinating area of rapidly evolving study that aims to analyse and improve worldwide health issues based on the geographical factors which have an impact on them. Perspectives in Medical Geography will appeal to both novice and... -
Library Marketing and Communications: Strategies to Increase Relevance and Results by Cordelia Anderson 9780838947999
Booksplease Price: £45.72Effectively marketing libraries by persuasively communicating their relevance is key to ensuring their future. Speaking directly to those in senior leadership positions, Anderson lays out the structural and organizational changes needed to help libraries... -
Managing the Twenty-First Century Reference Department: Challenges and Prospects by Linda S. Katz 9780789023322
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £22.40Learn the skills needed to update and manage a reference department that efficiently meets the needs of clients todayand tomorrow! Managing the Twenty-First Century Reference Department: Challenges and Prospects provides librarians with the knowledge... -
Biomedical Organizations: A Worldwide Guide to Position Documents by Dale Stirling 9780789022981
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £38.94Determine what organizations have issued position statements on a specific subject!A position document establishes the view of an organization based on its knowledge on the subject at that specific time. Biomedical Organizations: A Worldwide Guide to... -
Managing Digital Resources in Libraries by Linda S. Katz 9780789024039
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £36.33Advice from the expertson collecting and managing the digital resources that are an increasingly vital part of librarianship! Managing Digital Resources in Libraries is a practical guide to managing library materials in digital formats. Working... -
Electronic Resources and Services in Sci-Tech Libraries by Mary C. Schlembach 9780789019349
RRP: £91.99Booksplease Price: £90.71"Advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." --Arthur C. ClarkeThis well-researched book makes sense of the new advances in electronic services and resources available to science and technology libraries. It will familiarize you with the latest... -
Evolution in Reference and Information Services: The Impact of the Internet by Linda S. Katz 9780789017239
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £36.33Explore ways to bring and keep your library's electronic services up to date!From editor Di Su: "Some years ago, if you were told that a library's catalog would be available on a 24/7/365 basis, you'd think it was just another fiction. Perhaps as... -
Diversity Now: People, Collections, and Services in Academic Libraries by Kuang-Hwei Lee-Smeltzer 9780789016973
RRP: £34.99Booksplease Price: £32.86A comprehensive perspective on multiculturalism in libraries!Diversity Now: People, Collections, and Services in Academic Libraries delivers a comprehensive look at diversity issues for librarians. It examines partnerships between academic research... -
Selecting Materials for Library Collections by Linda S. Katz 9780789015204
Booksplease Price: £41.09Strategies and tools to help you plan, build, and maintain your library collection! Selecting Materials for Library Collections takes you step-by-step through the process of planning, building, and maintaining a quality library collection. This... -
Harrod's Librarians' Glossary and Reference Book: A Directory of Over 10,200 Terms, Organizations, Projects and Acronyms in the Areas of Information Management, Library Science, Publishing and Archive Management by Ray Prytherch 9780815399636
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £37.93Listing over 10,000 entries, Harrod's Librarians' Glossary and Reference Book spans everything from traditional printing terms to search engines and from book formats to URLs. Revisions for this tenth edition have centred in particular on the Information... -
Equity and Excellence in the Public Library: Why Ignorance is Not our Heritage Bob Usherwood 9780815399599
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £36.33This important volume by one of the leading scholars in the field examines and discusses how library professionals can meet the demands of policy makers to open up the public library system without destroying its values. Based on a critical literature... -
Developing Community-Led Public Libraries: Evidence from the UK and Canada by John Pateman 9780815399438
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £36.33This important book examines the potential for a new community led service model in public libraries. Using theoretical approaches to working with socially excluded community members, with a direct application of those approaches in Canadian public... -
The Age Demographics of Academic Librarians: A Profession Apart by Stanley Wilder 9780789009517
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £26.76The Age Demographics of Academic Librarians: A Profession Apart discusses the current demographics of librarianship in North America and examines how a huge retiree rate will affect the profession. With the average age of librarians increasing... -
The Age Demographics of Academic Librarians: A Profession Apart by Stanley Wilder 9780789008404
RRP: £91.99Booksplease Price: £90.71The Age Demographics of Academic Librarians: A Profession Apart discusses the current demographics of librarianship in North America and examines how a huge retiree rate will affect the profession. With the average age of librarians increasing... -
Medical Library Downsizing: Administrative, Professional, and Personal Strategies for Coping with Change by Michael Schott 9780789004130
RRP: £91.99Booksplease Price: £90.71Learn how to stay ahead of the game when budgets and staff are cutMedical Library Downsizing: Administrative, Professional, and Personal Strategies for Coping with Change explores corporate downsizing and other company-wide events as they relate to... -
Serials Cataloging at the Turn of the Century by James W. Williams 9780789003737
RRP: £89.99Booksplease Price: £80.72An overview of the research topics and trends that have appeared over the last five years, Serials Cataloging at the Turn of the Century doesn't just tell you that there has been a lot of change--that the information environment is something of a... -
The Twelfth Off-Campus Library Services Conference Proceedings by Julie A. Garrison 9780789034779
RRP: £115.00Booksplease Price: £102.79An essential tool for digital services for every campus libraryThe Twelfth Off-Campus Library Services Proceedings is a selection of superb presentations from the twelfth annual conference on library services held in Savannah, Georgia in April 2006... -
Library/Vendor Relationships by Sam Brooks 9780789033512
RRP: £91.99Booksplease Price: £90.71A view of the mutual dependence between libraries and vendorsAs technology advances, libraries are forced to reach beyond their own resources to find effective ways to maintain accuracy and superior service levels. Vendors provide databases and... -
New Directions in Reference by Bryon D. Anderson 9780789030894
RRP: £31.99Booksplease Price: £30.25Design and deliver traditional reference services in new and innovative waysLibrarians work in an environment of constant change created by new technology, budget restraints, inflationary costs, and rising user expectations. New Directions in Reference... -
Collection Development Issues in the Online Environment by Di Su 9780789030870
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £36.33Expand your knowledge of problems and possibilities with e-material acquisitions around the world to aid in making your own decisions The demand for electronic material in academic libraries is growing and shows no sign of abating. Collection Development... -
Collection Management and Strategic Access to Digital Resources: The New Challenges for Research Libraries by Sul H. Lee 9780789029362
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £26.76Learn to better control costs for print and digital resourcesfrom recognized leaders in library administration!Academic libraries have been using electronic resources for several years, yet library administrators still find that the evolution from print... -
Integrating Print and Digital Resources in Library Collections by Linda S. Katz 9780789028334
RRP: £89.99Booksplease Price: £88.79Get informed answers to your questions and concerns about integrating the materials in your library's collectionLibrary collections have always included materials in many formatshandling a mix of material types is an accepted part of library work. And in... -
Emerging Issues in the Electronic Environment: Challenges for Librarians and Researchers in the Sciences by Jeannie P. Miller 9780789025777
Booksplease Price: £39.17Explore the issues that are changing user/librarian interactions in today's evolving electronic librariesThis book examines the rapid advances in technology and scientific discovery that have changed the way sci/tech library users seek informationchanges... -
Serials in the Park by Patricia S. French 9780789025647
RRP: £91.99Booksplease Price: £91.01Discover new methods for simplifying the serials management process in today's electronic era The dawn of the new millennium changed the field of information sciences forever as librarians and researchers alike were barraged with many new concepts and... -
Legal Solutions in Electronic Reserves and the Electronic Delivery of Interlibrary Loan by Janet Brennan Croft 9780789025586
Booksplease Price: £25.43Avoid legal consequences in your library by knowing copyright law! Legal Solutions in Electronic Reserves and the Electronic Delivery of Interlibrary Loan guides you through the process of developing policies to protect you, your library, and your... -
Planning, Renovating, Expanding, and Constructing Library Facilities in Hospitals, Academic Medical by M. Sandra Wood 9780789025401
RRP: £91.99Booksplease Price: £90.71Get the tools to meet the challenge of building or renovating a library!The challenge of renovating or constructing a library requires organizational skill, resourcefulness, creativity, and willingness to compromise. Planning, Renovating, Expanding, and... -
Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States: Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Bakhmeteff Archive of Russia by Tanya Chebotarev 9780789024053
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £36.33Gain a better understanding of the past and cultures of Slavic and East European peoples with American archival collections! Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States, the first collection of its kind, offers perspectives from... -
Emerging Solutions in Reference Services: Implications for Libraries in the New Millennium by John D. Edwards 9780789013590
RRP: £91.99Booksplease Price: £90.71How can you enhance reference services without adding staff?Modern law librarians are under growing pressure to keep up with new technologies, deal instantly with the demands of patrons, keep the library safe and user-friendly, and generally offer the... -
Information And The Professional Scientist And Engineer by Julie Hallmark 9780789021625
Booksplease Price: £57.10Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in sci-tech librarianship! Information and the Professional Scientist and Engineer examines how electronic resources have affected the ways engineers and scientists seek, use, and communicate information vital... -
Research Collections and Digital Information by Sul H Lee 9780789013484
RRP: £37.99Booksplease Price: £35.47Learn how electronic texts can save you money!The new technologies that have revolutionized information storage and retrieval demand commensurate changes in librarianship. Research Collections and Digital Information explores the practical and... -
Digital Libraries: Philosophies, Technical Design Considerations, and Example Scenarios by David Stern 9780789013347
RRP: £29.99Booksplease Price: £28.50An unparalleled overview of current design considerations for your digital library! Digital Libraries: Philosophies, Technical Design Considerations, and Example Scenarios is a balanced overview of public services, collection development, administration,... -
Law Librarians Abroad by Janet Sinder 9780789013163
RRP: £91.99Booksplease Price: £90.71Gain an international perspective on law library practices and precedents!Because law librarianship is an increasingly international field, working and learning abroad can enrich you culturally and professionally. Whether you visit for a few weeks or... -
Electronic Collection Management by Suzan D. Mcginnis 9780789013088
RRP: £91.99Booksplease Price: £90.71Build and manage your collection of digital resources with these successful strategies! This comprehensive volume is a practical guide to the art and science of acquiring and organizing electronic resources. The collections discussed here range in size... -
Ariel: Internet Transmission Software for Document Delivery by Leslie R. Morris 9780789010414
Booksplease Price: £57.10Supplement traditional interlibrary loan programs with this speedy document delivery system! Since its introduction in 1991, the Ariel system has transformed the interlibrary loan of documents. Compared to standard interlibrary loan, Ariel is often... -
Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery and Customer Satisfaction: Strategies for Redesigning Services by Pat L. Weaver-Meyers 9780789003041
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £36.33This book contains the results of the first and only multi-institution study of interlibrary loan and document delivery customer satisfaction among academic library patrons. By examining customer perceptions and ILL/DD activities, Interlibrary... -
Public Libraries and Social Justice John Pateman 9780754677147
RRP: £145.00Booksplease Price: £130.60The need for public libraries to tackle social exclusion and engage in social justice becomes ever more urgent as the gap between rich and poor continues to widen, and the very survival of public libraries in the heart of the community is open to debate... -
The Library Tree: How a Canadian Woman Brought the Joy of Reading to a Generation of African Children by Deborah Cowley 9781926531830
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.64This is the inspiring story of a Canadian woman who transformed a simple afternoon of reading to a group of children in her backyard in Ghana, Africa, into seven large community libraries in poor areas of the country's capital, support for more than 200... -
Working Remotely: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Molly Virello 9781538156117
RRP: £53.00Booksplease Price: £48.86This practical how-to guide that will helps librarians who work remotely set up a home office space; choose a routine; and adapt, plan, create, implement, manage, & evaluate their services order to unleash their library's potential to engage and wow... -
Media Smart: Lessons, Tips and Strategies for Librarians, Classroom Instructors and other Information Professionals by Joanna M. Burkhardt 9781783305094
RRP: £110.00Booksplease Price: £92.20Information has become one of the most crucial commodities in today's world. From multinational corporations to single individuals, we all make critical decisions based on the information available to us. However, modern ease of access to information... -
Libraries and Sanctuary: Supporting Refugees and Other New Arrivals by John Vincent 9781783305018
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £66.72Libraries and Sanctuary is a practical guide to how libraries and their staff can support 'new arrivals' - people who have crossed borders to reach a country. The book looks at the different drivers behind an individual's move, their need for...