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  • The Information Literacy Handbook

    Charting the Discipline

    This comprehensive and subject-defining handbook draws together the work of an international group of researchers and educators to collectively recognize information literacy (IL) as a maturing soft applied discipline.Showcasing current and historical scholarly research and including contributions from the world’s leading researchers and practitioners in the field of IL, this handbook provides a ... Read more

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  • IMPACT Learning

    Librarians at the Forefront of Change in Higher Education

    Series series Chandos Information Professional Series
    IMPACT Learning: Librarians at the Forefront of Change in Higher Education describes how academic libraries can enable the success of higher education students by creating or partnering with teaching and learning initiatives that support meaningful learning through engagement with information. Since the 1970s, the academic library community has been advocating and developing programming for ... Read more

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  • Domain Analysis for Knowledge Organization

    Tools for Ontology Extraction

    Domain analysis is the process of studying the actions, knowledge production, knowledge dissemination, and knowledge-base of a community of commonality, such as an academic discipline or a professional community. The products of domain analysis range from controlled vocabularies and other knowledge organization systems, to scientific evidence about the growth and sharing of knowledge and the ... Read more

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  • Data Clean-Up and Management

    A Practical Guide for Librarians

    Series series Chandos Information Professional Series
    Data use in the library has specific characteristics and common problems. Data Clean-up and Management addresses these, and provides methods to clean up frequently-occurring data problems using readily-available applications. The authors highlight the importance and methods of data analysis and presentation, and offer guidelines and recommendations for a data quality policy. The book gives step-by ... Read more

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  • Shaping Knowledge

    Complex Socio-Spatial Modelling for Adaptive Organizations

    by Jamie O'Brien ...
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    Organizations in ever-changing environments depend upon their knowledge, as their survival depends upon effective thinking and agile actions. Any organization's knowledge is its prime asset yet its true value requires the activations of structure, query, search and decision. Shaping Knowledge provides an introduction to the key tools for thinking required by decision-making professionals in today ... Read more

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  • Classification in Theory and Practice

    by Susan Batley ...
    Series series Chandos Information Professional Series
    Following on from the first edition of this book, the second edition fills the gap between more complex theoretical texts and those books with a purely practical approach. The book looks at major library classification schemes in use in Europe, UK and the USA, and includes practical exercises to demonstrate their application. Importantly, classifying electronic resources is also discussed. ... Read more

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  • Digital Futures

    Expert Briefings on Digital Technologies for Education and Research

    A co-branded book project with Jisc (formerly the Joint Information Systems Commitee), off the back of DigiFest 2014, a digital festival run by Jisc for the first time in 2014. The aim of the book is to bring cutting-edge discussion as heard at DigiFest to the information professional/academic librarian readership. Digital Futures will provide expert briefings to information professionals on the ... Read more

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  • Building a Better Chinese Collection for the Library of Congress

    Selected Writings

    by Chi Wang ...
    In this collection of essays written by the former head of the Library of Congress Chinese Collection, Chi Wang chronicles the modest beginnings of the Chinese Collection at the Library of Congress and his crusade to transform it into the largest collection and Chinese cultural presence outside Asia.For anyone who has ever wondered what goes on inside the marble walls of one of the country’s ... Read more

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  • Visionary Leaders for Information

    This book examines the theory, behaviour, connections and issues of modern information organizations. Asking leading professionals where we may be in the near future, it challenges both our perceptions and preconceptions. Posing perhaps the most vital question of all… Are we prepared? Do we have a vision? ... Read more

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  • Digital Participation through Social Living Labs

    Valuing Local Knowledge, Enhancing Engagement

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    Digital Participation through Social Living Labs connects two largely separate debates: On the one hand, high speed internet access and associated technologies are often heralded as a means to bring about not only connectivity, but also innovation, economic development, new jobs, and regional prosperity. On the other hand, community development research has established that access by itself is ... Read more

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  • Engaging First-Year Students in Meaningful Library Research

    A Practical Guide for Teaching Faculty

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    Aimed at teaching professionals working with first-year students at institutions of higher learning, this book provides practical advice and specific strategies for integrating contemporary information literacy competencies into courses intended for novice researchers. The book has two main goals - to discuss the necessity and value of incorporating information literacy into first-year curricula; ... Read more

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