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El futuro es hoy: Hacia la renovación de las bibliotecas, las prácticas y los espacios de lectura

Bogotá: Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2023), 124 pp.

Grüne Bibliothek. Ökologische, wirtschaftliche und soziale Nachhaltigkeit in der Praxis

Kommission für One-Person Libraries des Berufsverbands Information Bibliothek (BIB) (2023), 27 pp.

Espacios para leer, crear y crecer: Orientaciones para la puesta en marcha de salas de lectura y expresión artística para la primera infancia

Bogotá: Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2023), 52 pp.
"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 ... more
"Der Vielfalt der Gesellschaft gerecht zu werden, stellt öffentliche Bibliotheken vor Herausforderungen. Der Band gibt einen Überblick zur strategischen und diskriminierungskritischen Organisationsentwicklung sowie zur Veranstaltungs- und Bestandsarbeit für diversitätssensible Öffnung. Eine Vie ... more
"Offers up-to-date insights into the state of library and information science (LIS) in the Middle East and North Africa. Covered topics include information literacy, intellectual property, LIS education and research, publishing and more. This timely contribution thus presents vital areas of research ... more

Bibliothekarisches Grundwissen

Berlin; Boston, Mass.: De Gruyter Saur, 9., vollst. neu bearb. u. erw. Aufl. (2016), x, 493 pp.

Connecting People for Development: Why Public Access ICTs Matter

Seattle: University of Washington Information School, Technology & Social Change Group (2013), 240 pp.
"Libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés play a critical role in extending the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to a diverse range of people worldwide. However, their ability to contribute to development agendas has come into question in recent times. The Global Impact S ... more
"Seit jeher unverzichtbare Quellen der Forschung, übernehmen Bibliotheken heute vielfältige neue Aufgaben. Beispielsweise sind sie an der Entstehung von Semantic-Web-Strukturen und an der digitalen Langzeitarchivierung beteiligt. Das Handbuch bietet einen fundierten Einblick in Geschichte, Theorie ... more

Buch und Lesen in der DDR: Ein literatursoziologischer Rückblick

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2011), 440 pp.
"The objectives of this field survey are as follows: to attempt a critical study of the readership of people from different social strata of five specific localities of Kolkata Metropolitan City; to attempt a study of the influence and to measure the encroachment of different media on people’s rea ... more

Retratos da leitura no Brasil

São Paulo: Instituto Pró-Livro;Imprensa Oficial do Estado de São Paulo (2008), 227 pp.
"Obwohl sich Kolumbien inzwischen zu einem der wichtigsten Buchexporteure Lateinamerikas entwickelt hat, ist die rasante Entwicklung der kolumbianischen Buchproduktion und Buchkultur bisher im Verborgenen verlaufen. Inka Ihmels bietet eine vor Ort recherchierte Darstellung der vier wichtigsten Einfl ... more

The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources

Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing, 4th ed. (2006), xxx, 833 pp.

Book Donations for Development

Gwyneth Evans (ed.)
Paris; Ottawa: UNESCO;CODE Canada (2005), 72 pp.
"As a component of international cultural cooperation, the donation of second-hand books is a current practice that is both common and controversial. The practice arose from the realization that bibliographic and documentary resources were unevenly distributed in the world. Book donation programmes ... more

Libraries for the Blind in the Information Age: Guidelines for Development

The Hague: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) (2005), 87 pp.
"Developing an efficient library service for print-disabled people is extremely important, because there are significantly fewer books available commercially in accessible formats compared to what is published in print for the general public. The need to build collections in alternative formats and ... more

The Quiet Struggle: Libraries and Information for Africa

London: Mansell Publishing, 2nd ed. (2004), 238 pp.
"This new electronic edition reproduces the thoroughly revised second edition which contained much new material including two completely new chapters – on information needs and existing responses in African communities, and on ideas and experiments for new information services to the whole communi ... more