Information Science Books

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31. Innovation in China

    The Chinese Software Industry

    By Shang-Ling Jui

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    A key question for China, which has for some time been a leading global manufacturing base, is whether China can progress from being a traditional centre of manufacturing to becoming a centre for innovation. In this book, Shang-Ling Jui focuses on China’s software industry and examines the complete...

    Published January 20th 2010 by Routledge
32. Serials Binding

    A Simple and Complete Guidebook to Processes

    By Irma Nicola

    Serials Binding: A Simple and Complete Guidebook to Processes presents all the step-by-step information needed to begin a journal binding project. This essential handbook provides novice faculty and staff beginning bindery programs at any school or library with a useful history of binding, work...

    Published December 16th 2009 by Routledge
33. The Research Library in the 21st Century

    Edited by Douglas Barnett, Fred M. Heath

    The essays presented in this book reflect revised papers delivered at the Research Library in the 21st Century Symposium, held at The University of Texas at Austin, September 2006. Internationally known library, museum, information agency, and higher education administrators have contributed their...

    Published December 9th 2009 by Routledge
34. Decoding Liberation

    The Promise of Free and Open Source Software

    By Samir Chopra, Scott D. Dexter

    Series: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

    Choice Outstanding Academic Title Software is more than a set of instructions for computers: it enables (and disables) political imperatives and policies. Nowhere is the potential for radical social and political change more apparent than in the practice and movement known as "free software." Free...

    Published November 8th 2009 by Routledge
35. The Emerging Research Library

    Edited by Sul H. Lee

    The chapters included in this book were developed from papers presented at "The Emerging Research Library: Our Role in the Digital Future" Conference sponsored by the University of Oklahoma Libraries. These chapters explore the emergence of a new form of academic library and the challenging issues...

    Published November 1st 2009 by Routledge
36. Bridging the Gap

    Connecting Users to Digital Contents

    Edited by Sul H. Lee

    The amount of digital information that libraries need to manage effectively for the benefit of users is constantly increasing. This book discusses in detail how library administrators can better handle this growing abundance of information, as well as effective ways to allow library users easy...

    Published August 18th 2009 by Routledge
37. E-Research

    Transformation in Scholarly Practice

    Edited by Nicholas W. Jankowski

    Series: Routledge Advances in Research Methods

    No less than a revolutionary transformation of the research enterprise is underway. This transformation extends beyond the natural sciences, where 'e-research' has become the modus operandi, and is penetrating the social sciences and humanities, sometimes with differences in accent and label. Many...

    Published June 25th 2009 by Routledge
38. Freedom of Information

    Open Access, Empty Archives?

    Edited by Andrew Flinn, Harriet Jones

    The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act has been broadly welcomed by contemporary British historians as a means of increasing access to public records within the thirty-year rule. But the benefits of this formal commitment to open government are untested, and experiences in other countries with FOI or...

    Published April 26th 2009 by Routledge
39. Career Paths and Career Development of Business Librarians

    Edited by Diane Zabel

    Contributors provide insights about business librarianship in various types of institutions, explore traditional and non-traditional career paths in business librarianship, and discuss numerous strategies for professional growth (from earning an MBA degree to working abroad). Among the topics...

    Published April 14th 2009 by Routledge
40. An Introduction To Staff Development In Academic Libraries

    Edited by Elizabeth Connor

    An indispensable resource for librarians of all roles, the case studies in An Introduction to Staff Development in Academic Libraries demonstrate the necessity and value of integrating the library's mission statement and strategic plan with bold approaches to staff orientation, training, mentoring,...

    Published February 22nd 2009 by Routledge