Providing a clear and comprehensive introduction to network applications and concepts, this practical text covers the Internet, IP addresses, network operating systems, routing, domain names, servers, file formats, and more. It also includes information about the economics of the Internet, privacy, intellectual property, and legal issues.
A cumulative index to the reviews of books, Web sites, and CD-ROMs featured in volumes 31-35 of American Reference Books Annual (2000-2004). Indexed by author/title and by subject.
Essential for reference work and indispensable for collection development, this book helps you quickly identify the best, most affordable, and most appropriate new reference titles in any given field. The approximately 500 books reviewed in this 23rd annual edition have been selected from "American Reference Books Annual" (Libraries Unlimited, 2003) as the best works for smaller libraries. A must if your budget precludes "ARBA, " this time-sav...
The book analyzes the 21st-century challenges of managing information resources and data-including books, eBooks, audio files, video files, computer files, and Web resources-for access within the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model.
Find the best read-alikes for patrons and build a fiction collection that appeals to the broad spectrum of readers that you serve with this thorough guide. Covering nearly 6, 000 titles in such popular genres as crime, adventure, romance, western, science fiction, fantasy, and horror, Herald's indispensable reference defines each, describes its characteristics and subgenres, and groups authors and books according to type or subject. You'll fin...
This is the classic readers' advisory tool and text, updated and improved for today's users. Genres and reading trends are demystified as more than 5, 000 titles are classified, with two new chapters on Christian fiction and emerging genres. You'll also find essays by genre experts and the foremost proponents of readers' advisory today.
Children will delight in the adventures and mishaps of wacky gerbil brothers Melvil and Dewey, who live in an elementary school library. The witty, fast-paced chapter book, illustrated with drawings of the lovable pets, will captivate your students, and as Melvil and Dewey learn important lessons, so will they! Available in a classroom pack of 5 storybooks.
Presenting a comprehensive view of the field, this award-winning overview of educational technology discusses such topics as instructional design and systems, computer applications in education and training, research and evaluation in instructional technology, future prospects for instructional technology, and professional development.
This author's A-to-Z approach covers the entire realm of a librarian's responsibilities -- from shelf arrangement, classification systems, and reference services to collection development, staff management, and self-evaluation. A treasury of information for beginners.
Offers a critical assessment of the need for HIV-AIDS information and education and considers how librarians can best respond to those needs. The book discusses co-operative approaches that libraries can undertake with other organizations and suggests models for HIV-AIDS services and programmes.
The Charleston Conference Proceedings 2004, document what is arguably the most influential and highly thought of conferences in the U.S. library world. Always well attended and managed, the Conference attracts the leading figures of both the library world and the businesses that service libraries, including publishers--both paper and electronic-- jobbers and aggregators. Its focus is collection management, but the topic is misleading now that ...
An essential resource for LIS master's and doctoral students, new LIS faculty, and academic librarians, this book provides expert guidance and practical examples based on current research about quantitative and qualitative research methods and design.Conducting research and successfully publishing the findings is a goal of many professionals and students in library and information science (LIS). Using the best methodology maximizes the likelih...
Created for the beginning library technician working in the cataloging department, this work is written on a basic level that assumes the user has very little knowledge of libraries and cataloging activities. The author explains cataloging terminology in simple terms and briefly discusses bibliographic utilities. The MARC record is fully explained, and there is a suggested plan for teaching new employees how to use the OCLC system. Concentrati...