Böcker utgivna av Facet Publishing

This is the first book to discuss the sustainable development of digital scholarly information in three key aspects: economic, social and environmental sustainability.

This edited collection provides a cutting edge overview of issues of key concern for information professionals providing information services in corporate environments.

This book will enable libraries to make informed decisions, develop new services and improve user experience by collecting, analysing and utilising data.

Practical guidance on setting up and running pre-school library services and understanding about early language and literacy development.

As an archivist or records manager it is essential to keep up to date with the complexities of copyright legislation, and "e;Copyright for Archivists and Records Managers"e; will prove an invaluable tool in enabling you to do so. What is copyright? Who owns it and for how long? What rights does it confer, and what are the limitations and exceptions? This comprehensive manual uniquely outlines copyright law in the UK with special reference to materials relevant to archive and records collections such as maps, legal records, records of local authorities, records of churches and faiths, most notably unpublished works. It also offers advice on rights in the electronic environment and the problems associated with rights clearance; and covers related areas such as moral rights and rights in databases. The fourth edition of this respected work has been extensively revised and updated to include: advice to take account of recent decisions of courts in the UK and of the European Court of Justice, for instance on the nature of a 'substantial part' of a copyright work; a list of key points about copyright that frequently raise questions, such as the duration of copyright in works whose copyright is owned by companies and other bodies; details of the duration of copyright elsewhere in the British Isles and in Gibraltar; details of the duration of copyright in a selection of overseas countries - Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA; changes to the licensing of Crown copyright material; advice on liability; and, a discussion of the legitimacy of the electronic supply of copies by archives. Readable and accessible for people without legal training, this approachable guide is essential reading for archivists and records managers. It will also be of substantial value to LIS professionals in libraries, museums and galleries, to students, researchers and genealogists, and to anyone who wishes to understand the implications of copying without recourse to legal texts.

By drawing on examples of the impact of other new and emerging technologies on the information sciences in the past, the book emphasises that information systems have always been shaped by available technologies that have transformed the creation, capture, preservation and discovery of content.

This book identifies the key skills and attitudes needed by the library leaders of today and tomorrow and delivers a balanced view of the future of the profession.

This book draws on the contributions of a range of international experts to consider the current archival landscape and imagine the archive of the future.

This collection contains four books from Facet Publishing in the filed of data librarianship. Authors included Robin Rice, John Southall, Marcia Lei Zeng, Jian Qin and Graham Pryor.

Putting Library Assessment Data to Work brings together key library assessment methodologies detailing how they can be used to improve an academic library.

A groundbreaking text designed to simplify and demystify archival and recordkeeping theory and its role in modern day practice.

This groundbreaking guide will lead researchers, institutions and policy makers through the processes needed to set up and run effective institutional research data management services to support their researchers and networks.

This important new foundational textbook covers the theory, practice, research issues and contexts of information organization and interactive information retrieval.

A comprehensive, entry-level guide that focuses explicitly on how to collect and manage born-digital content for `boots on the ground' practitioners.

This landmark edited collection offers a wide-ranging overview of how rapid technological changes and the push for providing wide access to digitized cultural heritage holdings are changing the landscape of archives.

This book investigates how digital values affect our lives provides practical guidance for delivering and sustaining value and impact from digital content.

Provides the tools and guidance needed to create, organize and manage digital assets effectively. This book provides a systematic overview of the ways in which information resources are being described so as to facilitate their access across a wide range of contexts. The focus is on metadata used in contemporary systems and environments.

This inspiring book will enable academic librarians to develop excellent research and instructional services and create a library culture that encompasses exploration, learning and collaboration.

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 resources via mobile devices.

Providing in-depth coverage of both theory and practice, this manual is essential for archivists at all levels of experience and of all backgrounds.

This book provides a `no-nonsense' guide to project management which will enable library and information professionals to lead or take part in a wide range of projects from large-scale multi-organisation complex projects through to relatively simple local ones.

This book addresses the issues around valuing objects in cultural collections, ranging from high-value to low or no-value, including practical advice on how to assign values and examples from museums, libraries and archives.

The highly anticipated new edition of Phil Bradley's essential guide to internet search (formerly titled The Advanced Internet Searcher's Handbook) is here. This no-nonsense handbook will give you the tools to find the information that you need more quickly and effectively than ever before. Since the last edition was published internet search has changed dramatically, with both the amount of information to be found online and the diversity of tools to unlock it expanding exponentially. This new edition, rewritten from scratch, gives readers the information and guidance they need to choose the right search tools and strategies for each information need. From searching social media effectively to tracking down an expert or a news story, and from searching by image to searching multimedia, Bradley introduces the best search engines and tools and explains how to get the most out of them. Whether you are a casual searcher or an expert information retriever, you will find information on a wide variety of search engines that you've never tried before and lists of tools and resources that will make you an even better searcher than you already are. Key topics include: an introduction to the internet; an introduction to search engines; the Google experience; other free-text search engines; directory- and category-based search engines; multi- and meta-search engines; social media search engines; visual searching; finding people; people-based resources; academic and other specialized search engines; news-based search engines; multimedia search engines; sample searches with hints and tips on better searching; search utilities and resources to make life easier; the future of search. This book will be an invaluable guide for anyone searching the internet for information, whether you are taking your first steps or are becoming more expert. Those teaching others how to search the internet efficiently will find suggestions and strategies and an eloquent rebuttal of the claim that "e;it's all on Google"e;.

This book provides a wide range of international guidance and perspectives on the complexity of issues surrounding the preservation of local cultural heritage, ranging from formal cultural heritage institutions to individual community members in the associated processes of creation, organization, access, use and preservation.

This practical and explanatory guide for library and cultural heritage professionals introduces and explains the use of open licences for content, data and metadata in libraries and other cultural heritage organisations.

The handbook examines methods of innovative librarianship in academic and art school libraries. Serving as a field guide to academic art libraries in the twenty-first century, it integrates theory and practice as demonstrated by creative professionals working in the field of art librarianship.

Fusing theory with practice, this handbook is a valuable resource to help every librarian connect with learners more effectively.

This book adopts a holistic interpretation of information architecture, to offer a variety of methods, tools, and techniques that may be used when designing websites and information systems that support workflows and what people require when 'managing information'.

This book adopts a holistic interpretation of information architecture, to offer a variety of methods, tools, and techniques that may be used when designing websites and information systems that support workflows and what people require when 'managing information'.

This book focuses on the importance of reading for pleasure and the difference that it can make to a person's life chances, with a focus upon how libraries and librarians help reluctant and struggling readers.