"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
"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
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
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
Chinese library and information scientists describe representative projects and academic research in Chinese academic libraries since the 1990s, particularly looking at significant foundational infras
"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
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
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
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
Gunjal presents readers with a collection of professional and scholarly articles and essays devoted to various aspects of knowledge management (KM) in academic libraries. The editor has organized
"This book explores the emotional dimensions of academic librarianship. It presents concepts that provide some psychological and emotional context to help academic librarians understand their experien
Scholars of architecture, history, art, information, and other fields survey emerging technologies for the digital preservation and analysis of architectural-archaeological heritage. Their topics are
"This book explores the ethics of research and innovation and examines the importance of the protection of human subjects involved in medical and social research and the ethical standards for the publ
"This book provides modern research on research methods currently facing educational technology and learners. While highlighting the innovative trends and methods, readers will learn valuable ways to
"This book examines how consistent and compatible are the usage reports librarians receive from various e-books vendors by analyzing three vendor cases. It focuses on what types of usage data are deli
In this book, authors Mabe and Ashley present readers with a comprehensive examination of the current and emerging role of public libraries in the United States to engage in the coordination of re
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
