Download or read book Community College Libraries written by Rosanne Kalick and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on library organization, bibliographic instruction, the relationship between librarians and teaching faculty, the structures of learning resource centers, and the future of community college libraries. ...a strong collection...anyone interested...should not only enjoy most chapters, but should find a great deal of useful, practical information... --COLLECTION MANAGEMENT
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Redesigning the College Library Building 2013 Edition written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2012 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report looks closely at college plans to restructure or alter space use in college libraries. The 190+ page study gives detailed data on college library plans to increase or decrease space for various departments and purposes, how they plan to develop and deploy their capital budgets, which types of projects and purposes are favored for the near future. The report helps librarians to answer questions such as: How many workstations will libraries deploy? Will the number increase or decrease? What about space allocated to information commons? Or to classroom space? What about office space? Collection space? Space for special collections? The report helps its end users to stay on the cutting edge, to find out what library planners are hoping to achieve in the near future. The study also looks at budgets for repairs, and for major renovations and gives data for overall budgets and on a per student enrolled basis. Data in the study is broken out by size and type of college, with separate data for community colleges, research universities, 4-year colleges and those non-research universities that grant MA/PhD degrees.
Download or read book Library Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An index to library and information science".
Download or read book Collection Management Basics written by Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the heart of the library is its collection, this textbook provides the keys to the heart of your library. Alongside standards of basic principles and processes, you'll find practical guidance on everything from acquisitions to preservation. Managing collections in today's libraries is more complicated and challenging than ever. Electronic formats, new options for collaboration and sharing, and the drive to use data for evaluation purposes are just a few of the changes now driving collection management. This updated edition of a classic text addresses changes in the field and provides a thorough overview of what collection development specialists now need to know to effectively and efficiently manage processes that range from selection and assessment to sharing resources, handling challenges, weeding, and preservation. Readers will find increased coverage of technical services, intellectual freedom and censorship, and collection policy development, as well as budget development and tracking, joint purchasing, and negotiating with vendors. Updates on e-resources, user needs assessment (including data visualization), and disaster management, along with suggestions for further reading, are also included. Engagingly written and easy to understand, this is a valuable text for students preparing for careers in public, academic, school, and special libraries. It will additionally serve as a training resource and professional refresher for practitioners.
Download or read book Survey of Policies to Assure Mobile Device Access to the Library Website written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2014 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 100+ page study looks closely at the measures taken by academic, public, and special libraries to assure that mobile devices–iPads, iPhones, Android devices, Kindles and many others–can access the library website easily and fluently. The report looks at the development of new versions of websites specifically designed for mobile access, at use of various paid and open source services and product for mobile device access, and at general library policies designed to ease the experience of mobile device users. The report presents highly detailed data on the extent of library website traffic accounted for by mobile devices, the impact on library resource use of the deployment of mobile friendly information products from vendors, and much more. More than 60 libraries contributed comprehensive data and insights to the report, and data is broken out by size and type of library and other useful criteria
Download or read book Meeting Health Information Needs Outside Of Healthcare written by Catherine Arnott Smith and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meeting Health Information Needs Outside of Healthcare addresses the challenges and ethical dilemmas concerning the delivery of health information to the general public in a variety of non-clinical settings, both in-person and via information technology, in settings from public and academic libraries to online communities and traditional and social media channels. Professionals working in a range of fields, including librarianship, computer science and health information technology, journalism, and health communication can be involved in providing consumer health information, or health information targeting laypeople. This volume clearly examines the properties of health information that make it particularly challenging information to provide in diverse settings. - Addresses professional challenges and ethical problems of communicating health information to lay people in non-clinical settings - Focuses on health information as a challenge for different professionals providing health information in different settings - Emphasizes the shared challenges of information practice across different settings as well as those facing professionals in different roles
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Download or read book Academic Libraries in the US and China written by Hanrong Wang and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-06-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic libraries have a long history both in the USA and China, with institutions developing along different trajectories, and responding to the rapidly changing library environment globally. Academic Libraries in the US and China compares current practices within Library and Information Science (LIS) in the USA and China, giving an historical overview of instruction, government documents, and outreach in academic libraries, as well as discussion and comparative analysis.An introduction leads to chapters on instruction, government publications, and outreach. Each topic is covered both for American and Chinese academic libraries. A conclusion then gives comparative analysis of US and Chinese academic libraries. - Provides a clear examination of the historical foundations of three key areas within the academic library - Includes examples of easy-to-implement current practices - Anticipates future trends
Download or read book The 2 year Community College written by Duncan Grant Morrison and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Real Life Marketing and Promotion Strategies in College Libraries written by Barbara W Petruzzelli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical advice on how to promote your library and how to better understand and serve library users Real-Life Marketing and Promotion Strategies in College Libraries is a “how-to” guide to marketing and promotional activities that will raise your library’s visibility in the face of increased competition from other information providers. Academic librarians draw on their own experiences with real-life examples of what works (and what doesn’t) when developing, implementing, and evaluating on-campus marketing initiatives. You’ll learn how to use surveys, focus groups, advertising, target audiences, community outreach, and public relations to learn more about the needs of your library’s users, how to make improvements to meet those needs, and how to communicate those improvements to students and faculty. Academic librarians just getting started or well into their careers will benefit from the book’s practical approach to using marketing and promotional techniques that are effective and affordable. Each article of Real-Life Marketing and Promotion Strategies in College Libraries includes tables, figures, and appendices that provide tangible examples of marketing and promotional activities that really work. The book also includes a bibliography of effective marketing resources that’s kept up-to-date through an accompanying Web site. Real-Life Marketing and Promotion Strategies in College Libraries shows you how to: incorporate the results of LibQUAL+ and student focus groups into your short- and long-range planning use posters, displays, brochures, newspaper ads, and giveaways in your public relations campaigns get the word out to the community about your library and its services use the right media to match your message with your audience increase awareness of your library’s virtual reference services use postcards to promote your services collaborate with students to develop an advertising campaign implement a marketing action plan stage large-scale special events and programs and a whole lot more! Real-Life Marketing and Promotion Strategies in College Libraries is an essential professional resource for practicing academic librarians and library directors at colleges and universities.
Download or read book Resources in education written by and published by . This book was released on 1986-10 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Introduction to Instructional Services in Academic Libraries written by Elizabeth Connor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique in its expansive breadth and in-depth approach, An Introduction to Instructional Services in Academic Libraries explores the latest methods and ideas for fostering the academic success of students through planning, delivering, and evaluating effective instructional sessions€for developing€information literacy.
Download or read book Redesigning the College Library Building 2014 Edition written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2013 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 220+ page report looks closely at the capital spending plans and building renovation/construction policies of academic libraries, predominantly in the USA and Canada. The study covers capital spending and space allocation plans with highly detailed data on recent library spending and future plans for the construction or renovation of library cafes, seating space, lighting, atriums, classroom space, information commons and other technology-oriented spaces, group study space, storage space, collection space, rooftop space, offices, meeting spaces and auditoriums, entrances and exits, restrooms, gardens and other outdoor spaces, artwork, windows, space and facilities for special collections, performance space, space intended for library applications for specific academic departments and other forms of library space and special features. In addition, the report looks at other forms of capital spending such as plans for library furniture, workstations,information technology and more. The study also presents extensive data on sources of funding for renovations and new construction as well as data on how renovations have been received by the target audience. Redesigning the College Library Building, 2014 Edition also examines special purpose investments in energy saving technology, enhancements to natural light and soundproofing, among others. Data is broken out for public and private colleges, by size and type of college, and by college tuition level.
Download or read book Serving the Handicapped in School Public and College Libraries written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act Title II college libraries Title VI international education Title VIII cooperative education Title X F I P S E Title XI urban grant universities written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
