Chinese Librarianship in the Digital Era

• Author : Conghui Fang
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2013-06-30
• Total pages : 214
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : The library in China has been transformed by rapid socioeconomic development, and the proliferation of the Internet. The issues faced by Chinese libraries andlibrarians are those faced by library practitioners more globally, however, China also has its own unique set of issues in the digital era, including developmental imbalance between ...

• Author : Anke Hertling,Peter Carrier
• Publisher : Berghahn Books
• Release Date : 2022-04-08
• Total pages : 242
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : Over the last two centuries, collectors from around the world have historicized, politicized, and digitized media in the pursuit of knowledge and education. This collected volume explores collections of educational media and their bearing on the ways in which people learn in both the present and future, how and why ...

• Author : John Hickok
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release Date : 2019-06-12
• Total pages : 752
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : Asian populations are among some of the fastest growing cultural groups in the US. This book is a comprehensive guide to serving library users from 24 specific Asian countries. It begins with a broad overview of how libraries can better serve Asian communities and then devotes a chapter to each country, ...

• Author : Masenya, Tlou Maggie
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release Date : 2022-06-24
• Total pages : 317
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : An increasing number of academic libraries worldwide are adopting innovative technologies in creating, organizing, storing, managing, disseminating, preserving, and enhancing access to their vital knowledge in order to adapt to the changing library environment and to stay relevant in the digital world. This transition necessitates a need for best practices ...

• Author : Thanuskodi, S.
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release Date : 2013-05-31
• Total pages : 348
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : Academic libraries cater to the diverse needs of scholars, scientists, technocrats, researchers, students, and others personally and professionally invested in higher education. Due to advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT), the vision and mission of academic libraries are changing in developing countries. Challenges of Academic Library Management in Developing ...

• Author : Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release Date : 2013-04-30
• Total pages : 1531
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : Through the use of ICT tools, such as the internet, portals, and telecommunication devices, the quality of healthcare has improved in local and global health; aiding in the development of a sustainable economy. Handbook of Research on ICTs and Management Systems for Improving Efficiency in Healthcare and Social Care brings ...

• Author : James L. Mullins
• Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
• Release Date : 2007-01-01
• Total pages : 382
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : The papers collected in this volume were presented at the conference entitled "Library Management and Marketing in a Multicultural World" in Shanghai, China from August 16-17, 2006, held under the auspices of the Marketing and Management Section of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). This book addresses some of the ...

• Author : Yan Quan Liu,Xiaojun Cheng
• Publisher : Scarecrow Press
• Release Date : 2007-11-13
• Total pages : 396
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : Comparative studies in information and library science published in the past ten years have reflected a broad spectrum of backgrounds, interests, and issues. But until now, services between different countries have never been gathered or organized into a single source. As demand from researchers, students, directors, and practitioners for literature ...

• Author : IFLA Working Group on Guidelines for Subject Access by National Bibliographic Agencies
• Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
• Release Date : 2012-04-26
• Total pages : 117
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : In 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 ...

• Author : Michael Minges,Kaoru Kimura,Natasha Beschorner,Robert Davies,Guanqing Zhang
• Publisher : World Bank Publications
• Release Date : 2014-05-06
• Total pages : 96
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : The report first summarizes the key findings from the following three studies in three provinces (Guizhou, Jilin, Shandong): (a) a demand survey to assess rural ICT access and attitudes; (b) a library study including scoping the status of ICT use in rural libraries; and (c) a limited impact evaluation to ...

• Author : Peter Johan Lor
• Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
• Release Date : 2019-06-17
• Total pages : 949
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : Based 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 the field and ...

• Author : Yang Yang
• Publisher : Ohio University Press
• Release Date : 2016-05-02
• Total pages : 320
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : The biography of Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, who was awarded the highly prestigious Melvil Dewey Medal by the American Library Association in 2015, will be welcomed by readers interested in knowing not only more about Lee’s personal achievements and contributions in librarianship but also about the rapid changes in the library ...

• Author : Delmus E. Williams,Janine Golden,Jennifer K. Sweeney
• Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
• Release Date : 2015-06-16
• Total pages : 216
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : Volume 33 of Advances in Library Administration and Organization brings together a range of diverse and reflective essays to provide strategies that will be of value in addressing challenges faced by current and future library managers....

• Author : Ruan, Lian,Zhu, Qiang,Ye, Ying
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release Date : 2016-09-12
• Total pages : 391
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : As the Chinese economy develops, academic libraries continue to evolve and provide indispensable services for their users. Throughout this growth, the scientific and cultural dialogue between China and the United States has made it necessary for each country’s libraries to understand each other. Academic libraries often act as catalysts ...

• Author : Jia Wang
• Publisher : Springer
• Release Date : 2018-03-01
• Total pages : 257
• ISBN : 1780633734

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Summary : This book critically evaluates the current copyright law system in a digital environment from a comparative perspective. Since many developing countries modelled their copyright laws on more advanced jurisdictions, they have not benefitted from such a law as much as intended due to their inherently embedded social economic conditions. Moreover, ...