Library, Archive & Information Management

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...

The flood of information brought to us by advancing technology is often accompanied by a distressing sense of information overload, yet this experi...

Library Technology Reports August/September 2011 vol. 47 / no.6 This issue of Library Technology Reports, conceived and coordinated by the American...

The Big Deal looked like a good deal, a true win-win. But while the Big Deal has lowered the rate of serial price inflation, for many libraries t...

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...

This textbook provides an overview of the digital information landscape and explains the implications of the technological changes for the informat...

Information Architecture provides a comprehensive look at the fundamental rules and axioms required to help transform a 21st century profession int...

Imagine receiving a subpoena requiring patron records or Internet use history. What is your library's policy? Do you know? Does your library have a...

Libraries, like many cultural institutions-such as museums, art councils, and theater groups-are looking for answers to the pressing problem of fin...

This book introduces the range of management skills employed by records managers and archivists, and shows how they may be applied, adding value bo...

Recordkeeping Cultures explores how an understanding of organisational information culture provides the insight necessary for the development and p...

Information has become one of the most crucial commodities in todays world. From multinational corporations to single individuals, we all make crit...

Privacy is a core value of librarianship and yet as a concept, it is difficult to define and in practice, a challenge to uphold. This groundbreakin...

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

Investigating the relationship between archives and information in the early modern world, this latest collection of essays edited by Kate Peters, ...

Globally, libraries are the backbones of the institutions in which they exist, irrespective of whether they are in a developed country or a develop...