IT, Internet & Electronic Resources in Libraries

An incisive history of the controversial Google Books project and the ongoing quest for a universal digital libraryLibraries have long talked about...

This practical guide offers innovative tips and reliable best practice to enable new and experienced library and information professionals to evalu...

As libraries deliver an increasing proportion of their services through the web, the need to accurately and comprehensively track the use of librar...

Library Technology Reports v.47 no.1 January 2011

An up-to-date showcase of the innovative and inspiring work that libraries are doing across the world to interact with their users and deliver reso...

Implementing web scale discovery systems such as Summon, EBSCO EDS and Primo Discovery require huge shifts in the way we operate as information pro...

Most commentaries to date on library use of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter have focused on a handful of well-funded public libraries ...

Libraries are increasingly demanding the ability to exploit their library systems (LIS) using application programming interfaces (APIs), Web servic...

This fully updated edition of the bestselling textbook shows librarians how to empower their library users and teach information skills. Informed...

The emergence of a decentralized, fragmented, and low-cost Internet opened up possibilities for persons with disabilities to lead an independent an...

In resource poor, cost saving times, this book provides practical advice on new methods and technologies involved in systematic searching and explo...

In resource poor, cost saving times, this book provides practical advice on new methods and technologies involved in systematic searching and explo...

In an environment where increasing amounts of information (and fake news) flood the internet on websites and social media, the information professi...

Social Media for Creative Libraries explains how librarians and information professionals can use online tools to communicate more effectively, tea...

Practical guidance to ensuring that your users can access and personalise the online resources they are entitled to use with the minimum of fuss. ...

This book explores the landscape of information literacy (IL) theory and practice, providing an up-to-date guidebook for anyone wishing to develop ...

This important new foundational textbook covers the theory, practice, research issues and contexts of information organization and interactive info...

Libraries have a long tradition of taking extraordinary measures to ensure the privacy of those who use their facilities and access their materials...

This book explores the analysis and interpretation, discovery and retrieval of a variety of non-textual objects, including image, music and moving ...

Maintaining a library website is as important as its initial development. In this issue of Library Technology Reports King draws from his teams fou...

This book explores the analysis and interpretation, discovery and retrieval of a variety of non-textual objects, including image, music and moving ...