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A History of the World in 100 Objects
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 19.99From the renowned director of the British Museum, a kaleidoscopic history of humanity told through things we have made. When did people first start to wear jewelry or play music? When were cows domesticated and why do we feed their milk to our children? Where were the first cities and what made them succeed? Who invented math-or came up... more...
50 Prosperity Classics
Nicholas Brealey Publishing 2008; US$ 19.9550 Prosperity Classics examines the great works of entrepreneurship, personal finance, investing, economics and philanthropy. Applying the 50 Classics formula, it highlights the key titles in the literature of prosperity, giving concise summaries of each book's main points, how they came into being and what each offers the reader on their path toward... more...
The Economics of Cultural Policy
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 30.00Non-technical analysis of how cultural industries contribute to economic growth and the policies required to ensure cultural industries will flourish. more...
Internationalization and the North American University Library
Scarecrow Press 2013; US$ 74.99This book investigates the role of the North American university library in internationalization from the perspectives of both librarians and international users. It also explores how librarians and international users personally experience the phenomenon of internationalization in higher education in the United States and Canada. more...
Albert Schweitzer als "homo politicus"
BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag 2012; US$ 59.43Hauptbeschreibung In der Öffentlichkeit wird ALBERT SCHWEITZER (1875-1965) vor allem als Arzt, Theologe oder Philosoph wahrgenommen. Hingegen ist die politische Seite des Friedensnobelpreisträgers weitgehend unbeachtet geblieben. Häufig gerät in Vergessenheit, wie sehr SCHWEITZER als politische Figur gerade in den beiden Jahrzehnten nach dem Zweiten... more...
Museums
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 27.99Museums: A Visual Anthropology provides a clear and concise summary of the key ideas, debates and texts of the most important approaches to the study of museums from around the world. The book examines ways to address the social relations of museums, embedded in their sites, collections, and exhibitions, as an integral part of the visual and material... more...
A Place Not a Place
AltaMira Press 2006; US$ 32.95Museums and libraries inspire us to cross the limits of routine thought, into experiences of reflection and possibility. Each of the essays in A Place Not a Place examines the ways these and other cultural institutions influence us and proposes ways to strengthen their roles as advocates for critical thinking and inquiry. more...
Selected Papers from the IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning (MTEL)
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...
Change Management in Academic Libraries - 2
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 199.00Papers in this e-book are selected from the excellent conference held in Hong Kong titled Academic Librarian; dinosaur or Phoenix? The conference was organized by and held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in April 2007. The title of the conference was drawn from a paper written some years earlier by Colin Steele who was, at that time,... more...
Irish Library and Information Schools
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009; US$ 199.00The articles in this e-book of Aslib Proceedings reflect some current research concentrations in the School of Information and Library Studies (SILS) in University College Dublin (UCD). This is the only school or department of its type in Ireland, and currently the only such school in the island of Ireland. more...









