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Data Protection for Library and Information Servicesby Paul Ticher
Europa Publications 2001; US$ 38.00This practical guide explains the legal requirements of the 1998 Data Protection Act and illustrates issues raised by this with dozens of relevant and informative case-studies. more...
Intranets and Push Technologyby Paul Pedley
Europa Publications 2000; US$ 38.00This guide examines the use of technology for sharing information, both within an organisation, and between companies and their clients and customers. more...
Web Dragonsby Ian H. Witten; Marco Gori; Teresa Numerico
Elsevier 2006; US$ 37.95In the eye-blink that has elapsed since the turn of the millennium, the lives of those of us who work with information have been utterly transformed. Pretty well all we need to know is on the web; if not today, then tomorrow. It?s where we learn and play, shop and do business, keep up with old friends and meet new ones. What makes it possible for us to find the stuff we need to know? Search engines. Search engines??web dragons??are the portals through which we access society?s treasure trove of information. How do they stack up against librarians, the gatekeepers over centuries past? What role will libraries play in a world whose information is ruled by the web? How is the web organized? Who controls its contents, and how do they do it? How... more...
The people's networkby Andrew Cox
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2003; US$ 199.00The theme of this issue is the People's Network (PN): Lottery-funded by the New Opportunities Fund and managed by Resource, the People's Network project is part of the Government's commitment to give everyone in the UK the opportunity to use computers and access the Internet (www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/).: learn;.; find work;.; keep in touch;.; build local culture and community;.; reduce social exclusion; and.; encourage creativity. more...
Digital Convergenceby Rae A. Earnshaw; John A. Vince
Springer 2007; US$ 189.00The convergence of IT, telecommunications, and media is bringing about a revolution in the way information is collected, stored and accessed. There are 3 reasons why this is happening - reducing cost, increasing quality, and increasing bandwidth. This volume presents key aspects in this field in the areas of technology and information sciences. more...
Selected Papers from the IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning (MTEL)by Gerald Friedland; Lars Knipping; Nadine Ludwig
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 199.00New technologies and trends such as mobile and semantic computing open up new and exciting opportunities for teaching with multimedia and the creation of multimedia learning material. The papers in this e-book investigate how can these new trends in multimedia research be used to improve multimedia education or education in general? more...
The Library and the Internetby Boria Sax
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008; US$ 199.00This e-book of On the Horizon, edited by Boria Sax, is devoted to new concepts and innovations in higher education, especially online, that may provide impetus for a paradigm shift. In his introduction entitled The Library and the Internet, Boria Sax analyzes the ways in which digital technologies may impact the traditional tension between the realm of books and reality. In The Café University, Cornel Reinhart argues that cutting-edge technologies from podcasts to virtual reality do not fit harmoniously with the hierarchic structures of a traditional university. In Can we Talk? Carla Payne and Cornel Reinhart argue that Blackboard, the popular Learning Management System, supports a behaviorist rather... more...
Implementing Semantic Web Servicesby Dieter Fensel; Mick Kerrigan; Michal Zaremba
Springer 2008; US$ 89.95Service-oriented computing has become one of the predominant factors in IT research and development efforts over the last few years. In spite of several standardization efforts that advanced from research labs into industrial-strength technologies and tools, there is still much human effort required in the process of finding and executing Web services. Here, Dieter Fensel and his team lay the foundation for understanding the Semantic Web Services infrastructure, aimed at eliminating human intervention and thus allowing for seamless integration of information systems. They focus on the currently most advanced SWS infrastructure, namely SESA and related work such as the Web Services Execution Environment (WSMX) activities and the Semantic Execution... more...
Digital Librariesby Lucy A. Tedd; J. Andrew Large
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2005; US$ 158.00The goal of Digital Libraries. Principles and Practice in a Global Environment is to introduce readers to the principles underlying digital libraries, as well as to illustrate these principles by reference to a wide range of digital library practices throughout the world. Individual chapters deal with digital library users and the services that are offered them, information sources typically found in digital libraries, the standards and protocols with which digital libraries must cope in the context of interoperability, the software that can be used in the development of digital libraries, interface design, searching and browsing digital library collections, and managing digital libraries, including discussion of intellectual property rights... more...
IT-Projektrechtby Frank Koch
Springer 2007; US$ 19.95IT-Projekte müssen durch Projektverträge auf allen Stufen gezielt gesteuert und kontrolliert werden, um erfolgreich zu sein. Der Autor geht auf die Verantwortlichkeit des Managements für die Projektführung ein und erläutert die aktuellen Normvorgaben für IT-Projekte aus ISO 20.000 und ITIL. Behandelt werden auch Outsourcing und ASP sowie IT-Security, gewissermaßen Dauerprojekte, ebenso die Sanierung von Projekten und die Anwenderrechte bei Anbieterinsolvenz. Ausführliche Checklisten für CIOs und Geschäftsleitungen sollen schließlich aus deren Blickwinkel die Projektkontrolle erleichtern. In dieser Themenkombination gibt es am Buchmarkt gegenwärtig keine gleichartige Darstellung. more...









