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This book, first published in 1988, is a guide to understand and implement the USMARC Format for Holdings and Locations with the goal of making resource sharing of serials easier. Innovative librari……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1991, is an invaluable guide to biographies of scientists from a wide variety of scientific fields. The books selected for this highly descriptive bibliography help lib……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1985, examines issues such as the discussion of goals and rationales for charging for online searches, conflicts between reference and other library departments, how to……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1989, discusses the maintenance of a quality collection within a budget while still making necessary cuts and savings. As the purchasing power of the materials budget d……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1989, covers all aspects of sci-tech collection management. It analyses the planning, careful use of budgets and wise selections required to build a suitable collection. 続きを見る

This book, first published in 1990, provides analysis - applicable to any library, regardless of size - for the training and development of library personnel. Contributors from varying types of libr……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1991, deals with the demanding problems of smaller acquisitions budgets. In recent years librarians have seen their finances diminishing while the prices of serials and……続きを見る

In this book, first published in 1989, practicing librarians share their hands-on experience with implementing various types of acquisitions systems and address planning considerations, the blurring……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1985, examines the professional librarians’ needs for cataloging computer software. Examples of software labels, title screens, and catalog cards are used to illustrate……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1996, explores the role of libraries in acquiring, storing, and disseminating information in different formats to make better use of technology in sharing scarce resour……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1983, examines the key role that serials play in sci-tech libraries, serials being a source of prime importance for scientists and engineers. The problems and costs ass……続きを見る

British university libraries face major financial, technological, and organizational challenges. Cuts in funding, the spread of new technology, and changes to the provision of university education a……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1997, gives an overview of how the Internet is used in academic libraries, with a focus on the dual role librarians serve as instructors and researchers. It includes co……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1989, examines the problems and benefits of installing a ready-made computer system in a sci-tech library. These systems, usually known as turnkey systems, provide a me……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1999, reveals emerging trends in selecting, acquiring, and accessing electronic journals. This book stresses the need for librarians to understand copyright and contrac……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1986, contains a collection of remarkable essays analysing such topics as the nature of reading, the power of books, literary creation, libraries and technology, and th……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1988, looks at the relationship between public policy and information and reports ways in which libraries respond to the need for public policy information. Chapters pr……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1981, is a crucial overview of the current and future issues in the training of science and engineering librarians as well as instruction for users of these libraries. 続きを見る

This book, first published in 1993, features the perspectives of library practitioners as well as other higher education professionals on using innovative management techniques. The book includes pr……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1988, discusses the use and handling of newspapers in libraries and information centres. Although newspapers are recognized as an important source of information about ……続きを見る

This full-length scholarly study, first published in 1981, is devoted to a specific consideration of the sex magazine in the library and the inherent problems and issues attending its controversial ……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1986, contains the invaluable and enlightening perspectives of an international roster of experts on the state-of-the-art of serials librarianship and the indications f……続きを見る

In this comprehensive volume on the reference process in archives, first published in 1986, experts offer a wealth of ideas on making both the reference archivist's and the user's tasks more excitin……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1984, analyses the provision of more effective library service by relying more heavily on collaboration between reference and technical services librarians. 続きを見る

This book, first published in 1982, offers an examination of the special nature of biochemistry collections. It focuses on the production, control, and use of the literature – diverse in nature, and……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1992, examines the reference librarian's role as a connecting link between information seekers and the resources they need. It provides the best approaches to providing……続きを見る

As automation and competitiveness between companies and countries grows, the need for the speedy research and delivery of information is becoming greater than ever before. Defining technology transf……続きを見る

Humans at Work in the Digital Age explores the roots of twenty-first-century cultures of digital textual labor, mapping the diverse physical and cognitive acts involved, and recovering the invisible……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1984, examines the process of building suitable collections for sci-tech libraries. Sci-tech collections are not the easiest to develop successfully in view of the comp……続きを見る

Most librarians working with sci-tech collections are fully aware of the importance of conference papers and proceedings, which has long played a major role in keeping professionals informed of the ……続きを見る