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Informationsressourcen: ein Handbuch für Bibliothekare und Informationsspezialisten
Berlin; Boston:
De Gruyter Saur
(2023) 3., vollständig aktual. und erw. Aufl., xiv, 718 pp., illustr.
ISBN 978-3-11-067321-0 (print); 978-3-11-067327-2 (pdf)
CC BY
"Die vollständig aktualisierte und erweiterte Neuauflage des etablierten Werks bietet Informationsspezialistinnen und -spezialisten aus allen Sparten einen umfassenden Überblick über die Entwicklungen und die Typologie wissenschaftlicher Informationsressourcen. Darauf aufbauend werden rund 430 In...
Navigating copyright for libraries: purpose and scope
Berlin; Boston:
De Gruyter Saur
(2022), vii, 547 pp., illustr.
ISBN 978-3-11-073715-8 (print); 978-3-11-073200-9 (pdf)
CC BY
"This book, produced on behalf of the IFLA Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM) Advisory Committee, provides basic and advanced information about copyright, outlines limitations and exceptions, discusses communicating with users and highlights emerging copyright issues. The chapters note the sign...
Diversität in Bibliotheken: Theorien, Strategien und Praxisbeispiele
Berlin; Boston:
De Gruyter Saur
(2022), xvi, 305 pp., illustr.
ISBN 978-3-11-072665-7 (hbk); 978-3-11-072621-3 (pdf)
CC BY
Archives, access and artificial intelligence: working with born-digital and digitised archival collections
Bielefeld:
Bielefeld University Press; transcript
(2021), 330 pp., 20 illustr.
ISBN 978-3-8376-5584-1 (print); 978-3-8394-5584-5 (pdf)
CC BY-NC
"Cultural heritage organizations face at least three main challenges. First, the volume of digital archives makes it extremely difficult for archivists to assess records. Applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to archives is still at an experimental stage, but AI/ ML could b...
Checklist for the development of portals for international development
Knowledge management for development journal, volume 14, issue 1 (2019), pp. 83-94
"This guideline has been developed by the authors in a collaborative manner over the period May 2018-May 2019 in consultation with the Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) community. It is designed to provide guidance for development organizations who are setting up portals –also known as...
Access to online resources: a guide for the modern librarian
Springer
(2018), 42 pp.
ISBN 978-3-319-73990-8
CC BY
"According to Gartner IT Glossary (2012), "identity and access management (lAM) is the security discipline that enabled the right individuals to access the right resources at the right times for the right reasons." Simply put, it is making sure your users are who they say they are and only have acce...
Remote capture: digitising documentary heritage in challenging locations
Open Book Publishers
(2018), 181 pp., 48 illustr., 4 tables, glossary p.176-177, index
ISBN 978-1-78374-473-2 (pbk); 978-1-78374-474-9 (hbk); 978-1-78374-475-6 (pdf)
CC BY
"This is a must-read how-to guide if you are planning to embark on a scholarly digitisation project. Tailored to the specifications of the British Library’s EAP (Endangered Archives Programme) projects, it is full of sound, practical advice about planning and carrying out a successful digitisation...
Basiswissen RDA: eine Einführung für deutschsprachige Anwender
Berlin; Boston:
De Gruyter Saur
(2017) 2., überarb. und erw. Aufl., xxii, 326 pp., 62 illustr., index
ISBN 978-3-11-053868-7 (pbk); 978-3-11-054472-5 (pdf)
Other Editions: 1st ed. 2015
"Mit der ersten Auflage von Basiswissen RDA lag erstmals ein deutschsprachiges Lehrbuch für das neue, internationale Katalogisierungsregelwerk RDA (Resource Description and Access) vor. Seither wurde nicht nur das Regelwerk selbst an vielen Stellen verändert, sondern auch die deutschsprachigen Anw...
Praktisches Management in One Person Libraries
Berlin; Boston, Mass.:
De Gruyter Saur
(2015), ix, 138 pp., bibliogr. p.134-8
ISBN 978-3-11-033872-0 (pbk); 978-3-11-033883-6 (pdf); 978-3-11-039627-0 (epub)
"One Person Librarians sind Allrounder. Mit Fachwissen und Pragmatismus sorgen Sie dafür, dass "die Bibliothek läuft". Dieser handlungsorientierte Leitfaden soll zukünftige und erfahrene OPLs aus allen Bereichen unterstützen, das Potential ihrer Bibliothek zu erkennen und weiterzuentwickeln." (V...
Bibliotecas indígenas en Oceanía: revisión bibliográfica y estado actual de la cuestión
Córdoba:
Wayrachaki
(2008), 61 pp.
"A través de experiencias, protocolos, estrategias y bibliografía (especialmente accesos web) este libro permite echar un vistazo a la realidad de las bibliotecas destinadas a las poblaciones aborígenes de las islas de Oceanía, las cuales poseen algunos de los estándares más avanzados en esta ...
Textbooks and school library provision in secondary education in sub-Saharan Africa
Washington, DC:
Africa Region Human Development Department Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA) World Bank
(2008), xxxii, 98 pp., 12 tables, abbrev. p.xi-xv, bibliogr. p.97-98
ISBN 978-0-8213-7344-6 (print); 978-0-8213-7345-3 (ebook)
CC BY
"This World Bank study discusses secondary textbook and school library availability in Africa, its cost and financing, and its distribution and publishing. The study’s objective was to analyze the issues and provide some options and strategies for improvement. Reforms are urgently required in the ...
Public libraries in Africa: a report and annotated bibliography
Oxford:
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)
(2000), vi, 199 pp.
ISBN 1-902928-00-8
"The synthesis of literature quoted in the bibliography and the country reports portrays the public library movement in Africa as being very weak, with numerous problems regarding financial constraints, lack of human resources, outdated materials and poor use. The only sector of the African populati...
