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Download or read book Fool's Gold written by Mark Y. Herring and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work skeptically explores the notion that the internet will soon obviate any need for traditional print-based academic libraries. It makes a case for the library's staying power in the face of technological advancements (television, microfilm, and CD-ROM's were all once predicted as the contemporary library's heir-apparent), and devotes individual chapters to the pitfalls and prevarications of popular search engines, e-books, and the mass digitization of traditional print material.
Book Synopsis Emerging Trends and Impacts of the Internet of Things in Libraries by : Holland, Barbara
Download or read book Emerging Trends and Impacts of the Internet of Things in Libraries written by Holland, Barbara and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-06-26 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the years, new IT approaches have manifested, including digital transformation, cloud computing, and the internet of things (IoT). They have had a profound impact on the population, including libraries. Many organizations can save on their IT budget by adopting these new approaches because they provide technology in easier ways, often at lower costs and to the benefit of users. Emerging Trends and Impacts of the Internet of Things in Libraries is a critical research publication that explores advancing technologies, specifically the internet of things, and their applications within library settings. Moreover, the book will provide insights and explore case studies on smart libraries. Featuring a wide range of topics such as smart technology, automation, and robotics, this book is ideal for librarians, professionals, academicians, computer scientists, researchers, and students working in the fields of library science, information and communication sciences, and information technology.
Book Synopsis Traces of the Old, Uses of the New by : Amy E. Earhart
Download or read book Traces of the Old, Uses of the New written by Amy E. Earhart and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital Humanities remains a contested, umbrella term covering many types of work in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, linguistics, classics, theater, performance studies, film, media studies, computer science, and information science. In Traces of the Old, Uses of the New: The Emergence of Digital Literary Studies, Amy Earhart stakes a claim for discipline-specific history of digital study as a necessary prelude to true progress in defining Digital Humanities as a shared set of interdisciplinary practices and interests. Traces of the Old, Uses of the New focuses on twenty-five years of developments, including digital editions, digital archives, e-texts, text mining, and visualization, to situate emergent products and processes in relation to historical trends of disciplinary interest in literary study. By reexamining the roil of theoretical debates and applied practices from the last generation of work in juxtaposition with applied digital work of the same period, Earhart also seeks to expose limitations in need of alternative methods—methods that might begin to deliver on the early (but thus far unfulfilled) promise that digitizing texts allows literature scholars to ask and answer questions in new and compelling ways. In mapping the history of digital literary scholarship, Earhart also seeks to chart viable paths to its future, and in doing this work in one discipline, this book aims to inspire similar work in others.
Book Synopsis Public Libraries and Internet Service Roles by : Charles R. McClure
Download or read book Public Libraries and Internet Service Roles written by Charles R. McClure and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2009 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles McClure and Paul T. Jaeger speak to the ways in which the Internet has had more impact on public libraries than any other technology since the creation of the book. The issues presented are vital to library service, planning, evaluation, research and educationand most significantly how effectively libraries service the general public.
Book Synopsis Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion by : Kim M. Thompson
Download or read book Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion written by Kim M. Thompson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion: Information Policy and the Public Library examines the interrelationships between digital literacy, digital inclusion, and public policy, emphasizing the impacts of these policy decisions on the ability of individuals and communities to successfully participate in the information society. This book is the first detailed consideration of digital literacy and digital inclusion as policy problems and as core issues in information policy and libraries. The unique features of this book include drawing together the key themes and findings from the discourse on digital literacy and digital inclusion widely spread among many fields; analyzing digital literacy and digital inclusion as policy issues, both being driven and regulated by policy; building on a wealth of original research conducted by the authors using different quantitative and qualitative data collection approaches on four different continents when analyzing these issues, providing unique examples, case studies, and perspectives; using information behavior theory to provide important insights about these issues at individual, community, and political levels; providing recommendations to inform practice in libraries and help libraries to frame their advocacy for public policies that support literacy and inclusion; and providing policy recommendations to improve the creation and implementation of policy instruments that promote digital literacy and digital inclusion. The authors of this book have been involved in this research for many years, and their experience provides a broad view across the literature, inherent problems, and national perspectives. This breadth allows this book to offer comprehensive policy recommendations, solutions, and best practices for an area that is fragmented in discourse, practice, and policy.
Book Synopsis Public Libraries and the Internet by : Charles R. McClure
Download or read book Public Libraries and the Internet written by Charles R. McClure and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1994-12 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publicly-supported community libraries are a critical component of the National information infrastructure (NII) initiative. This survey provides data about Internet connectivity for public libraries. 79 tables.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Digital Devices for Inclusivity and Engagement in Libraries by : Adeyinka Tella
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Digital Devices for Inclusivity and Engagement in Libraries written by Adeyinka Tella and published by Information Science Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book examines the development and transforming effects of information and communication technology on the use of interactive digital devices in libraries. It also explores how digital devices can be used for inclusivity and engagement in libraries"--
Book Synopsis Building Sustainable Collections of Free Third-party Web Resources by : Louis A. Pitschmann
Download or read book Building Sustainable Collections of Free Third-party Web Resources written by Louis A. Pitschmann and published by Digital Library Federation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Public Libraries in the 21st Century by : Dr Anne Goulding
Download or read book Public Libraries in the 21st Century written by Dr Anne Goulding and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Libraries in the 21st Century presents a comprehensive analysis of the impact of recent policy initiatives directly targeted at public libraries along with broader developments in the public sector environment within which they operate. Key features include: • An exploration of the context within which public libraries are operating and analysis of their role in local and national life; • Examples of best practice in service delivery; • Evaluation of the challenges and opportunities confronting public library managers; • Wide ranging coverage, including information from published and unpublished sources, supplemented by interviews with key stakeholders in the public library sector. The book provides a unique and thorough guide to the contemporary discourses surrounding issues of identity, social purpose, value and strategy facing the public library service.
Book Synopsis A Literary Tour de France by : Robert Darnton
Download or read book A Literary Tour de France written by Robert Darnton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publishing industry in France in the years before the Revolution was a lively and sometimes rough-and-tumble affair, as publishers and printers scrambled to deal with (and if possible evade) shifting censorship laws and tax regulations, in order to cater to a reading public's appetite for books of all kinds, from the famous Encyclop die, repository of reason and knowledge, to scandal-mongering libel and pornography. Historian and librarian Robert Darnton uses his exclusive access to a trove of documents-letters and documents from authors, publishers, printers, paper millers, type founders, ink manufacturers, smugglers, wagon drivers, warehousemen, and accountants-involving a publishing house in the Swiss town of Neuchatel to bring this world to life. Like other places on the periphery of France, Switzerland was a hotbed of piracy, carefully monitoring the demand for certain kinds of books and finding ways of fulfilling it. Focusing in particular on the diary of Jean-Fran ois Favarger, a traveling sales rep for a Swiss firm whose 1778 voyage, on horseback and on foot, around France to visit bookstores and renew accounts forms the spine of this story, Darnton reveals not only how the industry worked and which titles were in greatest demand, but the human scale of its operations. A Literary Tour de France is literally that. Darnton captures the hustle, picaresque comedy, and occasional risk of Favarger's travels in the service of books, and in the process offers an engaging, immersive, and unforgettable narrative of book culture at a critical moment in France's history.
Download or read book BiblioTech written by John Palfrey and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information. In BiblioTech, educator and technology expert John Palfrey argues that anyone seeking to participate in the 21st century needs to understand how to find and use the vast stores of information available online. And libraries, which play a crucial role in making these skills and information available, are at risk. In order to survive our rapidly modernizing world and dwindling government funding, libraries must make the transition to a digital future as soon as possible -- by digitizing print material and ensuring that born-digital material is publicly available online. Not all of these changes will be easy for libraries to implement. But as Palfrey boldly argues, these modifications are vital if we hope to save libraries and, through them, the American democratic ideal.
Book Synopsis Are Libraries Obsolete? by : Mark Y. Herring
Download or read book Are Libraries Obsolete? written by Mark Y. Herring and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The digital age has transformed information access in ways that few ever dreamed. But the afterclap of our digital wonders has left libraries reeling as they are no longer the chief contender in information delivery. The author gives both sides--the web aficionados, some of them unhinged, and the traditional librarians, some blinkered--a fair hearing but misconceptions abound. Internet be-all and end-all enthusiasts are no more useful than librarians who urge fellow professionals to be all things to all people. The American Library Association, wildly democratic at its best and worst, appears schizophrenic on the issue, unhelpfully. "My effort here," says the author, "is to talk about the elephant in the room." Are libraries obsolete? No! concludes the author (also). The book explores how libraries and librarians must and certainly can continue to be relevant, vibrant and enduring.
Author :Public Library Association. New Standards Task Force Publisher :Chicago : American Library Association ISBN 13 : Total Pages :146 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Planning and Role Setting for Public Libraries by : Public Library Association. New Standards Task Force
Download or read book Planning and Role Setting for Public Libraries written by Public Library Association. New Standards Task Force and published by Chicago : American Library Association. This book was released on 1987 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text offers a planning programme to improve public library management and evaluative processes. It is devoted to defining missions, setting appropriate goals and writing the planning document.
Book Synopsis Libraries and Google by : William Miller
Download or read book Libraries and Google written by William Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It seems certain that Google is here to stay. Libraries and Google comprehensively examines this 'disruptive technology' that is seen as both a threat and an opportunity by both librarians and publishers. Both perspectives are explored in depth, along with practical applications of this and other Google technology that may be new to librarians. Google products and other more familiar research tools are compared for effectiveness and ease of use. The various unique needs of users and scholars are detailed and considered as a springboard for insightful discussion of the future role of librarians in today's world. Potential problems are closely examined, such as copyright issues of digitization, and privacy concerns sparked by its collection of personal information about its users. The book comprehensively explores the path libraries need to travel to benefit from the search tool, rather than being overwhelmed and destroyed by it. Topics in Libraries and Google include: the viewpoint that Google may make libraries obsolete ; new opportunities for libraries through using Google products ; technical aspects of purchasing and implementing Google search products with proprietary vendor databases ; testing the performance of Google Scholar and Print ; practical use of Google's products ; personal privacy issues ; making digitized library resources more accessible ; digitization of copyrighted materials ; much, much more!
Book Synopsis Public Libraries and the Internet by : John Carlo Bertot Ph.D.
Download or read book Public Libraries and the Internet written by John Carlo Bertot Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-11-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a timely and detailed exploration of the impact and issues of the Internet in public libraries and their implications for society, policy, and professional practice. Public Libraries and the Internet: Roles, Perspectives, and Implications explores the impact of the Internet and the expansion of the networked environment on U.S. public libraries through more than a dozen essays written by leading scholars and administrators. Notwithstanding the far-reaching changes wrought by the Internet, this is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive exploration of the subject over time and across areas of practice. This wide-ranging volume, edited by the authors of several national studies tracking the use and involvement of public libraries with the Internet since 1994, offers both description and assessment. It discusses the ways in which the roles and services of public libraries have changed as a result of the Internet and offers a perspective on the meaning and impact of these changes. Perhaps most critically, it also suggests possible futures and opportunities as public libraries continue to evolve in this networked environment.
Download or read book Without a Net written by Jessamyn C. West and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching novice computer users, including seniors and individuals with disabilities such as low vision or motor skills, how to do what they want and need to do online is a formidable challenge for library staff. Part inspirational, part practical Without a/the Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide is a summary of techniques, approaches, and skills that will help librarians meet this challenge.||Jessamyn C. West's experience as a librarian is deeply immersed in technology culture, yet living in rural America makes her uniquely qualified to write this book. Taking a big-picture approach to the subject, she demystifies and simplifies tech training for the busy librarian, providing an easy-to-use handbook full of techniques that can be used with all of a library's many populations. As an added bonus, she also examines the players in the library technology arena to offer firsthand reports on what works, what doesn't, and what's next.
Author :International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Section of Public Libraries Publisher :NBD Biblion Publishers ISBN 13 :9783598218279 Total Pages :178 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (182 download)
Book Synopsis The Public Library Service by : International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Section of Public Libraries
Download or read book The Public Library Service written by International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Section of Public Libraries and published by NBD Biblion Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems.
