Digital Information Strategies
From Applications and Content to Libraries and People
Published on 10. December 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-0-08-100251-3 (ISBN)
Description
Digital Information Strategies: From Applications and Content to Libraries and People provides a summary and summation of key themes, advances, and trends in all aspects of digital information at the present time.
This helpful resource explores the impact of developing technologies on the information world. Written from an international perspective, the book emphasizes key current topics and future developments. The publication is based on a dynamic set of contents that respond to, and anticipate, what is happening-and what may well happen-in the field of digital information.
This helpful resource explores the impact of developing technologies on the information world. Written from an international perspective, the book emphasizes key current topics and future developments. The publication is based on a dynamic set of contents that respond to, and anticipate, what is happening-and what may well happen-in the field of digital information.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
OXford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-08-100251-3 (9780081002513)
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Additional editions
David Baker | Wendy Evans
Digital Information Strategies
From Applications and Content to Libraries and People
E-Book
01/2016
Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
€56.95
Available for download
Persons
David Baker has published widely in the field of Library and Information Studies, with 19 monographs and over 100 articles to his credit. He has spoken worldwide at numerous conferences and led workshops and seminars. His other key professional interest and expertise has been in the field of human resources, where he has also been active in major national projects. He has held senior positions at several institutions, including as Principal and Chief Executive of Plymouth Marjon University, and Emeritus Professor of Strategic Information Management. He has also been Deputy Chair of the Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc). Until recently he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Universities of Northampton and South Wales. He is Chair of the Board of the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. He is a leader in the field of library and information science. Wendy Evans is the Head of Library at the University of St. Mark and St John, UK. She has published and lectured in the field of electronic journal and database usage, access versus ownership of journals, and has already co-edited and co-authored four books with David Baker.
Content
Stephen Akintunde - People's technology: where is the line?
Chris Batt - Strategic futures for digital information services
Caroline Brazier - Great librarian? Good libraries? Digital collection development and what it means for our great research collections
Geoff Browell - From linked open data to linked open knowledge
Diana Chan & Edward Spodick - Virtual libraries
Neil Jacobs - Research information management
Carl Gustav Johannsen - From clients to participants - how information technology impacts relationships between professionals and users
Tibor Koltay - Digital research data - where are we now?
Bruce Massis - Strategic futures: partnering for student success
Katarina Michnik - Swedish local politicians' views on public library digital services
Angharad Roberts - Conceptualising the library collection for the digital world
Charlie Smith - Presence, permeability and playfulness - future library architecture in the digital era
Daniella Smith - Thriving in the digital age: conquests, challenges and thoughts on school libraries
Conor Smyth - 'Where' matters: keeping pace with geo-ubiquity in a digital world
Lars Svensson - Semantic web/linked data technologies in libraries
John Van de Pas, G.J van Bussel and M Veenstra - Digital data and the city: an exploration of the buildings of a Smart City Architecture
Evgenia Vasilakaki - Knowing your users, discovering your library: an overview of the characteristics of user generations
Chris Batt - Strategic futures for digital information services
Caroline Brazier - Great librarian? Good libraries? Digital collection development and what it means for our great research collections
Geoff Browell - From linked open data to linked open knowledge
Diana Chan & Edward Spodick - Virtual libraries
Neil Jacobs - Research information management
Carl Gustav Johannsen - From clients to participants - how information technology impacts relationships between professionals and users
Tibor Koltay - Digital research data - where are we now?
Bruce Massis - Strategic futures: partnering for student success
Katarina Michnik - Swedish local politicians' views on public library digital services
Angharad Roberts - Conceptualising the library collection for the digital world
Charlie Smith - Presence, permeability and playfulness - future library architecture in the digital era
Daniella Smith - Thriving in the digital age: conquests, challenges and thoughts on school libraries
Conor Smyth - 'Where' matters: keeping pace with geo-ubiquity in a digital world
Lars Svensson - Semantic web/linked data technologies in libraries
John Van de Pas, G.J van Bussel and M Veenstra - Digital data and the city: an exploration of the buildings of a Smart City Architecture
Evgenia Vasilakaki - Knowing your users, discovering your library: an overview of the characteristics of user generations