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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788172730673Author Krishnam GopalFormat HardbackPage Count 340Imprint Authors PressPublisher Authors Press

This book, first published in 1982, focuses on providing information about the policies and practices surrounding the preparation and submitting of articles to the major journals in library and information science. This guide includes all the major...

This book, first published in 1948, lays out the basic precepts for the useful cataloguing of a library’s collection. With catalogues being first compiled to serve as records of stock – a practice dating back to ancient Egypt – modern developments have...

This book, first published in 1991, is an invaluable guide to biographies of scientists from a wide variety of scientific fields. The books selected for this highly descriptive bibliography help librarians shatter readers' stereotypes of scientists as...

This book, first published in 1992, is a comprehensive guide to publishing articles and research on the family in social science journals. It includes listings for over two hundred social science journals whose editors have expressed an interest in...

This book, first published in 1995, helps librarians develop skills and strategies to cope effectively with the myriad changes affecting their profession due to the rapid evolution of technology. Informative chapters address the impact of technology on...

This book, first published in 1990, examines in detail 12 serials departments, both large and small, that experts have selected as representative examples of notable serials departments. The departments have in common a general reputation in the serials...

This book, first published in 1990, analyses the variety of ways in which libraries extend their resources to users beyond the physical walls of their organization. Librarians discuss the concept of the library as more than just a place - since its...

In response to the general lack of information about zoo libraries, this book, first published in 1988, compiles a collection of descriptions of the libraries serving six American zoos. The accounts of zoo libraries include the National Zoological Park...

This book, first published in 1991, examines the actual costs of operating an acquisitions department. Acquisitions and business librarians have written eight highly practical chapters that will allow you to see beyond the obvious materials budget to the...

This book, first published in 1949, grew out of a series of talks to young librarians preparing for the entrance exam of the Library Association, and the syllabus for this exam was used to provide section and chapter headings. The different types of...

New digital technologies have transformed how scientific information is created, disseminated-and discovered. The emergence of new forms of scientific publishing based on open science and open access have caused a major shift in scientific communication...

An essential resource for any library where research on aging is conducted--a guide to important and unique holdings in the field.Book InformationISBN 9780917724534Author Lee AshFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis...

In this book, first published in 1983, experts in US national, state, and regional network associations provide stimulating discussions of their experiences, problems, and successes. This volume is based on the symposium, 'Networking: Where From Here?'...

This book, first published in 1987, expertly addresses the impact of automation on the profession of librarianship in terms of its practitioners, standards, and underlying philosophy. In clear and understandable language, it focuses - with practical...

This book, first published in 1931, first examines the many processes that go to the making of a book - paper, printing, illustration and binding - then lists with running commentary 300 or so important works of reference, and an account of the...

This book, first published in 1992, equips library managers in all types of libraries to make the administrative changes necessary to deal with new information technologies. Despite financial difficulties due to inflation and declining budgets,...

This book, first published in 1986, analyses women's collections in institutional and private establishments in the United States. It focuses on the development of the collections as a result of feminist advances in activism and scholarship, and the need...

This book, first published in 1982, is specifically devoted to the analysis of problems, innovative practices, and advances relating to the control and servicing of technical reports.Book InformationISBN 9780367418755Author Ellis MountFormat...

This book, first published in 1996, explores the role of libraries in acquiring, storing, and disseminating information in different formats to make better use of technology in sharing scarce resources and connecting library users with collections. With...

In this book, first published in 1992, science librarians analyse the life and times of small liberal arts college science libraries and the workday life of librarians serving scientists from a main campus library. They describe their efforts to defend...

This book, first published in 1983, is a practical resource for standardized union catalogues of serials that gives useful guidance on the components in the preparation and production of a union catalogue of serials, the administrative machinery required...

This book, first published in 1989, introduces readers to expert systems applications in many areas of library and information science, and presents design and implementation issues encountered by librarians who have developed early systems to address...

This book, first published in 1998, examines formal cooperative collection development programs as well as nonformal agreements. It analyses the most effective mechanisms for establishing a cooperative collection agenda, including making the most...

In this book, first published in 1998, world-renowned experts on the subject of contemporary librarianship analyse the problems associated with coping with an ever-expanding knowledge base, given their current economic constraints and budgets. It...

In this book, first published in 1989, practicing librarians share their hands-on experience with implementing various types of acquisitions systems and address planning considerations, the blurring of roles between acquisitions and cataloguing, staffing...

This book, first published in 1951, looks at the position of library classification with the object of finding out what it achieves, where it fails, and what steps are needed to increase its value. It details patterns that enable a classifier to...

This book, first published in 1983, presents some useful guidelines for librarians contemplating planning sci-tech library facilities, along with a number of reports on actual examples of such projects, representing a variety of sci-tech library types...

Mapping Information Landscapes presents the first in-depth study of the educational implications of the idea of information literacy as 'the capacity to map and navigate an information landscape'. Written by a leading researcher in the field, it...

This unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library and information science. Far from just compiling a simple list of sources, author Michael Bemis digs deeper, examining the strengths and weaknesses...

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...

Blockbuster exhibitions are ubiquitous fixtures in the cultural calendars of major museums and galleries worldwide. The Rise of the Must-See Exhibition charts their ascent across a diverse array of museums and galleries. The book positions these exhibits...

This book, first published in 1939, looks at the collecting, conserving and use of the materials of local history, collected in local libraries. It examines the methods of arranging, cataloguing and displaying such materials as prints, photographs and...

Become better informed about Greek academic librarianship at a time of great potential for changes and advances in academic libraries in Greece! Rapid changes are occurring in these libraries as more professionally and technically trained Greek...

In recent years, cultural institutions and commercial providers have created extensive digitised newspaper collections. This book asks the timely question: what can the large-scale digitisation of newspapers tell us about the wider cultural phenomenon of...

A practical guide to the basic structure of STM information, describing in simple terms, with examples, how to locate what you need. Coverage includes: * How information is communicated * Beginning a search * Using bibliographic databases * Using the web...

This guide sets out the key considerations and provides some practical guidelines to assist in developing and operating an effective knowledge management function. Case studies demonstrate the ways in which different organisations have set about putting...

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.Book...

Public Value speaks to our time - to the role that museums can play in creating civil societies, to the challenges involved in using limited assets strategically, to the demand for results that make a difference and to the imperative that we build the...

Explore a compilation of reference service works by Charles A. Bunge, a leader in the field!This informative and delightful book highlights the contributions of Charles A. Bunge to the literature on reference service. From Past-Present to Future-Perfect:...