Library & Information Sciences

This book provides a snapshot of the implementation in various countries around the world of the international cataloging standard RDA: resource de...

This new edition of Digital Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums is the most current, complete guide to digital preservation available ...

The ever expanding usage of mobile technologies has dramatically changed how we access information and how we as a society expect to access informa...

A guide to the establishment of the library which covers materials acquisition, the organization and usage of the library's collection to provide a...

Using an interdisciplinary and transhistorical framework this book examines the cultural, material, and symbolic articulations of Irish migration r...

Creative Library Marketing and Publicity: Best Practices shares the success of libraries of various sizes and types—small to large public, academic...

Creative Library Marketing and Publicity: Best Practices shares the success of libraries of various sizes and types—small to large public, academic...

The ever expanding usage of mobile technologies has dramatically changed how we access information and how we as a society expect to access informa...

Educational Programs: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores how archivists and special collections librarians in organ...

Here, acclaimed technology author and speaker Robin Hastings brings both her own experience as a library’s IT manager with outsourcing technical fu...

Innovative LibGuides Applications: Real World Examples shows both new and experienced users methods to utilize the platform in ways that they may n...

The Common Core in Grades K–3 is the second in a series of comprehensive tools to tap into the vast flow of recently published books for children a...

Students come to the school library every day with questions ranging from “How many people live in China?” to “I need to find out how the Sun began...

The Common Core in Grades K–3 is the second in a series of comprehensive tools to tap into the vast flow of recently published books for children a...

This revolutionary introduction to library management is the first conceived in and written for a digital age. Julie Todaro, one of America’s leadi...

Galileo Galilei’s Sidereus Nuncius or "Sidereal Messenger" published in Venice in 1610, is one of those books that rewrote history, as did Copernic...

A Day No Pigs Would Die, Speak, Thirteen Reasons Why These are some of the most beloved, and most challenged, books. Leaving controversial titles s...

This revolutionary introduction to library management is the first conceived in and written for a digital age. Julie Todaro, one of America’s leadi...

Library Roles in Achieving Financial Literacy among its Patrons is a collection of articles from 25 librarians in different parts of the U.S. and C...

What if you were a public librarian and then you wanted to become an academic librarian? How different are those worlds and how would you know what...

Here is a comprehensive, authoritative introduction to the elements of day-to-day operations of local government archives, with special emphasis on...

Creating and Promoting Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries: Tools and Tips For Practitioners is the sequel to Lifelong Learning in Public Librari...

Snapchat, a new photo and video sharing mobile app logs over 400 million messages every day. Instagram, a similar mobile app boasts over 130 milli...

While there are many cataloging texts, very few are written specifically for library support staff. This is the one and only book purposefully alig...

Ethics and Values in Librarianship: A History addresses the processes of development of library and information sciences, largely but not exclusive...

Despite the proliferation of cyber-this and digital-that, many people prefer to learn by face to face communication, and to acquire job-related ski...

This book is a practical, how-to guide for those interested in writing, procuring, and implementing grants. The second edition has also been expand...

Today's library patrons are browsing the Web on a variety of devices including tablets, e-readers, mobile phones, and desktops. Responsive web des...

Records management has undergone significant change in recent years, owing to the introduction of freedom of information legislation as well as the...

Drawing on two decades of original research conducted by the authors, as well as existing research about the intersection of public policy, politic...

Written by three experienced LIS professionals, Latinos in Libraries, Museums, and Archives demonstrates the meaning of cultural competence in the ...

Jump Start Your Career in Library and Information Science is designed to help new librarians begin to manage a successful and satisfying career in ...

With “triggered” as Google’s most searched word of 2016, trigger warnings have become a prevalent yet controversial concept in American higher educ...

What does the future hold for cataloging education? Written by some of the best-known authors and most innovative thinkers in the field, including...

Written by three experienced LIS professionals, Latinos in Libraries, Museums, and Archives demonstrates the meaning of cultural competence in the ...

The university subject librarians' role is at the centre of new models of teaching and learning, yet further debate and published contributions are...

Intended for use by both librarians and students in LIS programs, Academic Librarianship Today is the most current, comprehensive overview of the f...

This is "ALAO"'s first nation specific volume. It represents part of an effort to further internationalize the journal's contents and interests. Th...

In this book, first published in 1989, educators, library administrators, and human resources managers will find helpful insights into the vital ro...

Research libraries face many challenges in today’s declining economy. The essays in this book explore these challenges and were originally delivere...

Innovative LibGuides Applications: Real World Examples shows both new and experienced users methods to utilize the platform in ways that they may n...

In this comprehensive volume on the reference process in archives, first published in 1986, experts offer a wealth of ideas on making both the refe...

The chapters included in this book were developed from papers presented at "The Emerging Research Library: Our Role in the Digital Future" Conferen...

In this book, first published in 1986, experts from the various specialties describe the weeding process in corporate, academic, and university lib...

Young Adult Resources Today: Connecting Teens with Books, Music, Games, Movies, and More is the first comprehensive young adult library services te...

This book, first published in 1987, is a stimulating and informative appraisal of the international librarianship scene and the reference service f...

This book, first published in 1983, is devoted to a consideration of the contributions monographs make to all types of sci-tech libraries as well a...