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Teaching Library
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 126.00This book describes the transformation of university and college libraries into teaching libraries which offer space and services for academic learning and promote information literacy in particular. It discusses changes in young people's information behaviour, handling the growing amount of digital information, important skills for searching, selecting,... more...
Youth-Serving Libraries in Japan, Russia, and the United States
Scarecrow Press 2011; US$ 64.99In recent years, interest in International Librarianship has grown rapidly and will continue to grow as globalization influences education and librarianship. In countries around the world, public and school libraries have unique roles and their staffs collaborate across types of libraries to varying degrees. The essays in Youth-Serving Libraries... more...
Informationskompetenz in der Schule
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 112.00In a knowledge-based society, it is essential that every individual be able to effectively gather, manage, and assess information. This book illustrates the necessity of courses in ?information literacy? in German primary and secondary education in order to prepare students for the demands of private and working life in a knowledge-based society. The... more...
Reorganisation einer Bibliothek
De Gruyter 2014; US$ 70.00This manual for librarians provides a comprehensive, up-to-date presentation of the methods and approaches used to reorganise a library. It spans everything from strategy development to a SWOT analysis and the formulation of objectives, from the rough idea to the detailed concept with an analysis of the processes and products, plus the development... more...
Indexing and Retrieval of Non-Text Information
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 98.00The scope of this volume will encompass a collection of research papers related to indexing and retrieval of online non-text information. In recent years, the Internet has seen an exponential increase in the number of documents placed online that are not in textual format. These documents appear in a variety of contexts, such as user-generated content... more...
Neue Formen der Erwerbung
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 84.00This volume provides a comprehensive review of all forms of modern acquisition management in libraries in the German speaking world. In over thirty contributions, absolute specialists cover the entire spectrum of acquisition: the needs of users; acquisition in library management; libraries and the trade; local, regional and supra-regional acquisition... more...
Informationskompetenz professionell fördern
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 70.00This book was designed as a basic guide for imparting librarians with professional skills in the area of pedagogy and instructional design, thus addressing the growing importance of libraries as places for the teaching of various competencies, particularly information literacy. At the same time, the book serves as a practical reference work, featuring... more...
Guidelines for Subject Access in National Bibliographies
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 84.00In a networked and globalized world of information the form of national bibliographies may have changed, however their major function remains unchanged: to inform about a country?s publication landscape, its cultural and intellectual heritage. Subject access offers a major route into this landscape providing information about the dispersion of publications... more...
Folksonomies und Social Tagging im praktischen Einsatz
De Gruyter 2014; US$ 70.00This book is directed at practitioners and decision-makers in libraries as well as information specialists who wish to familiarize themselves with folksonomies and social tagging or who must decide whether to implement this type of user-generated content annotation at their organization. The book explains the use of folksonomies and social tagging... more...
International and comparative librarianship
De Gruyter 2014; US$ 98.00Based on his extensive experience in international librarianship, Peter Johan Lor, South Africa's first National Librarian and a former Secretary General of the IFLA, has written the first comprehensive and systematic overview of international and comparative librarianship. His book provides a conceptual framework and methodological guidelines for... more...









