Authors:Terry Reese, Kyle Banerjee,
Publisher: Neal Schuman Publisher
Keywords: manual, libraries, digital, building
Number of Pages: 277
Published: 2007-12-27
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 1555706177
ISBN-13: 9781555706173

Librarians embarking on the challenge of building a digital collection have their work cut out for them and here is the book to help launch and complete the mission! Easy to understand, this guide demonstrates how resources are created, distributed, and accessed and how librarians can keep up with the latest technologies for successfully completing these tasks. Chapters walk you step-by-step through all of the stages. This how-to offers detailed advice for: planning for and assessing the purpose of your digital repository; acquiring, processing, classifying, and describing digital content; sto

Authors:Catherine Sheldrick Ross, Kirsti Nilsen, Marie L.
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publisher
Keywords: librarians, second, manuals, manual, reference, interview, conducting
Number of Pages: 290
Published: 2009-06-30
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 155570655X
ISBN-13: 9781555706555

Find your bearings in this rapidly evolving hybrid reference environment through proven strategies, advice, exercises and research from three experts in the field. The revised second edition of this practical how-to for all types of librarians will teach you to understand the needs of public, academic and special library users across any virtual setting - email, text messaging, social networking websites - as well as in traditional and face-to-face models of communication. Based on the latest research in communication theory, the book includes new exercises and examples to help you practice ef

Author: Ernie Gross
Publisher: Neal Schuman Pub
Keywords: history, american, day
Number of Pages: 450
Published: 1991-03
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1555700462
ISBN-13: 9781555700461

Unique access to significant people and events is provided in this daily record of U.S. history. The 11,000 entries, organized in chapters by month, form a complete timeline of America’s development--from colonial declarations to labor strikes to spaceship launches. Name and event indexes make this an especially valuable tool for students, writers, or history buffs.

Author: Michael P. Sauer
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: searching
Number of Pages: 337
Published: 2009-02-28
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 155570607X
ISBN-13: 9781555706074

Here master trainer Michael Sauers applies the super-search strategies he is known for to the latest generation of Web tools. Blogs, RSS, wikis, Flickr, podcasting, mashups, the read/write Web, kartoo, BitTorrent, Google Book Search, the WayBack Machine, visual search engines, folksonomies, Firefox Search Plugins, Del.icio.us.... if you aren t intimately familiar with these tools and how to fully exploit them in your daily reference work, then this book is for you. Irreverent and fun to read, with a wealth of screen shots, this is a comprehensive guide to searches that make the most of the Web

Author: Patrick Lambe
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers
Keywords: knowledge, chandos, management, effectiveness, organisational, taxonomies, organising
Number of Pages: 275
Published: 2007-02-01
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 1843342278
ISBN-13: 9781843342274

Taxonomies are often thought to play a niche role in content-oriented knowledge management projects, as many consider them nice to have but not essential. In this groundbreaking book, Patrick Lambe illustrates how taxonomies play an integral role in helping organizations coordinate and communicate effectively. Through a series of real-world case studies, decision-making frameworks, and example questionnaires, Lambe demonstrates the wide range of ways in which taxonomies help organizations leverage and articulate their knowledge, and offers a clear description of how taxonomies relate to techno

Author: Michael P. Sauers
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers
Keywords: web, design, library, essentials, css, xhtml
Number of Pages: 349
Published: 2005-12-01
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 1555705049
ISBN-13: 9781555705046

Keeping your library Web page up-to-date with the latest in Web technology requires understanding XHTML (eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Sauers has written this how-to specifically for librarians and explains: • Web design standards • XHTML coding • Metadata • XHTML and CSS validation • CSS classes and IDs • Conversion from HTML to XHTML Sauers utilizes library Web pages to illustrate his points. Sample codes and tags are placed alongside computer screen images and quick reference guides to XHTML and CSS code are included.

Authors:G. Edward Evans, Patricia Layzell Ward,
Publisher: Neal Schuman Publishers
Keywords: second, professionals, information, basics, management
Number of Pages: 567
Published: 2007-08-01
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 1555705863
ISBN-13: 9781555705862

Completely revised and expanded to reflect the rapidly changing sphere of information services, this comprehensive introduction to the management of libraries builds the basic skills good library managers must exercise. The authors offer an authoritative approach on the fundamental concepts of management while recognizing the diverse needs of different operating environments. This edition features two new chapters - Managing Diversity and Career Development - and is kept up to current by material housed on the Web. Drawing from examples of successful leadership techniques from a variety of ser