"This book explores how information literacy skills are used by the library and information science professionals on the job the ability to find, evaluate, use and share information is an essential sk
"This book explores the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) concept with its potential in library and information science domain. It focuses on exploring how library and information science professional
Library and information scientists describe the new resources and concepts that their professions are making available to educators and researchers in bioinformatics, as libraries become informatio
Earth and environmental scientist describe the current uses of remote sensing and geographical information systems in their fields. The topics include a remote sensing perspective on estimating lan
Chinese library and information scientists describe representative projects and academic research in Chinese academic libraries since the 1990s, particularly looking at significant foundational infras
A vital component of any academic institution, libraries are held to and expected to maintain certain standards. In order to meet these standards and better accommodate the student and faculty body th
Sharfrir and Etkind explore those parts of a universal digital library containing documents that communicate knowledge with controlled vocabularies of sub-languages mostly in the various disciplin
Scholars in library and information science, computer science, engineering, and other fields explore the processes for developing metadata application profiles in an increasingly complex world of
Scholars of library science, information science, and other disciplines explain that, with the Internet and other electronic media, researchers must publicize their finding rather than just get th
This large reference volume on digital library research is aimed at developers and librarians who need to implement database designs that are both user-friendly and comprehensive. Editors Theng, Foo,
"This book reports cases of library instructions developed in different contexts. The book captures the large canvas of theoretical frames used from teaching, learning, instructional design, technolog
Eight papers discuss new technologies that enable agility and speed in the library purchasing process, culminating in the editor’s paper sharing his experience finding funding to purchase a MakerSp
