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This landmark textbook takes a whole subject approach to Information Science as a discipline and is designed to be the standard text for students worldwide.

Taxonomies is a curated anthology of case studies of taxonomy projects that showcases the incredible breadth and depth of work being done by taxonomists across many different types of sectors and organisations. The book aims to inspire and educate anyone who needs to organise information and data.

Taxonomies is a curated anthology of case studies of taxonomy projects that showcases the incredible breadth and depth of work being done by taxonomists across many different types of sectors and organisations. The book aims to inspire and educate anyone who needs to organise information and data.

This book provides a practical introduction to metadata for the digital library, describing in detail how to implement a strategic approach which will enable complex digital objects to be discovered, delivered and preserved in the short- and long-term.

The most important thing today's students can learn is how to find and evaluate information. This book provides in-depth discussion of aspects of media literacy and how they can be used to manipulate information. Classroom exercises are provided to help instructors teach vital media literacy skills to their students.

Facilitating Effective Sixth Form Independent Learning is a stage-by-stage guide for educators who areinterested in setting up a teaching programme to facilitate the independentlearning of Sixth Form students.

This comprehensive and no-nonsense guide to working with special collections and rare books is an essential day-to-day companion. Working with special collections can vary dramatically from preserving a single rare book to managing and digitising vast mixed-media archives yet the role of the information professional is always critical in tapping into the potential of these collections, protecting their legacy and bringing them to the attention of the wider public. Whether you are working alone or in a team of 20 this handbook can guide you through the essential skills and processes and highlight common problems, solutions and best practice. International case studies in each chapter drawn from a variety of sectors offer an insight into how real people have dealt with challenges in practice. Each chapter tackles a different aspect of your work, helping you to: understand the surrounding law and ethics, including copyright issues; develop effective preservation standards and practice; use the relevant cataloguing systems and standards; reach your audience, market your collection, and use social media to improve access; develop effective fundraising and advocacy efforts; manage acquisitions and donors in line with collection development strategy; rethink and develop effective spaces and user services; and, manage your staff, train paraprofessionals and improve your skills and training. This is the essential practical guide for anyone working with special collections or rare books in libraries, archives, museums, galleries and other heritage organisations. It is also a useful introduction to special collections work for academics and students taking library and information courses.

Drawing on recent research, this book explores the connection between libraries, literacy, reading engagement and wellbeing, providing powerful advocacy support for school library professionals seeking to illustrate the role they play in supporting students' literacy learning and wellbeing.

The book will explore the use of games-based learning and gamification in school libraries. It illustrates how game play can be developed by school librarians through blended theory and practice, exemplified by case studies taken from a variety of international contexts.

This book guides readers from the very start of their journey in discovering data and all its uses to implementing data collection, analysis and review for decision making and service development. It's a practical, no nonsense guide to demystify and equip any information professional with the tools to start their own data driven decision practice.

The RDA Glossary features the complete terminology for RDA as it was constituted for the 15 December 2020 release to the RDA Toolkit.

Home-School Learning Resources is a practical guide that will help teachers, parents, home educators and librarians to locate useful, quality-tested websites that offer resources for enhanced curriculum learning and related fun activities for children and young people aged 4-16. The book allows users to locate resources quickly and easily, with cross references made between subjects and handy tips for further exploration & discovery. It offers the opportunity for a holistic approach to educating children and enhancing their development. The book presents a range of UK resources as well as relevant international ones listed by subject, covering all areas of the UK curriculum as well as general knowledge, interests and leisure time.

Dirty data is a problem that costs businesses thousands, if not millions, every year. In organisations large and small across the globe you will hear talk of data quality issues. What you will rarely hear about is the consequences or how to fix it.Between the Spreadsheets: Classifying and Fixing Dirty Data draws on classification expert Susan Walsh's decade of experience in data classification to present a fool-proof method for cleaning and classifying your data. The book covers everything from the very basics of data classification to normalisation and taxonomies, and presents the author's proven COAT methodology, helping ensure an organisation's data is Consistent, Organised, Accurate and Trustworthy. A series of data horror stories outlines what can go wrong in managing data, and if it does, how it can be fixed. After reading this book, regardless of your level of experience, not only will you be able to work with your data more efficiently, but you will also understand the impact the work you do with it has, and how it affects the rest of the organisation.Written in an engaging and highly practical manner, Between the Spreadsheets gives readers of all levels a deep understanding of the dangers of dirty data and the confidence and skills to work more efficiently and effectively with it.

Libraries across all sectors are responding to the call to decolonise,critically examining their own historic legacies and practices and supportinginstitutional change. This book brings together current thinking and emergingpractices around decolonising the library, providing conceptual frameworks, anddescribing emerging practices and their impact.

Libraries across all sectors are responding to the call to decolonise,critically examining their own historic legacies and practices and supportinginstitutional change. This book brings together current thinking and emergingpractices around decolonising the library, providing conceptual frameworks, anddescribing emerging practices and their impact.

This book explores the rapid expansion of datasources, visualizations, and analytics created in the last decade and exploresthe strategies, tools, and approaches that educators and informationspecialists are employing to train a new generation of data professionals.

The fourth edition of the classic textbook offers a firm foundation of knowledge and guidance for library and information science (LIS) students and professionals alike.

The Academic Teaching Librarian'sHandbook is a comprehensiveresource on teaching and professional development for information professionalsand instructors at all career stages. It explores the current landscape ofteaching librarianship, and highlights and discusses the importantdevelopments, issues, and trends that are shaping current and future practice.

Written by two practicing Chief Data Officers, this book offers a practical, direct and engaging discussion of the role, its place and importance within organisations.

Completely revised and expanded to reflect the rapidly changing sphere of information services, this comprehensive introduction to the management of libraries builds the basic skills good library managers must exercise.

This groundbreaking book considers how privacy issues can arise in a library context and what library and information professionals can do to protect the privacy of their users.

Goodman's invaluable resource includes 72 time-saving guides that will streamline your processes. Addressing myriad marketing, publicity, and promotion activities, this book is packed with tried and true best practices and useful tips for organizations of all sizes.

This book provides students, researchers and practitioners with real examples of applied qualitative research from research design to dissemination. It combines theory and practice to provide readers with the theoretical underpinnings of different approaches to qualitative research whilst also providing a clear example of how and why it was used.