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Author : Michael Lascarides
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781555708368
This concise guide will help you choose and implement the techniques and best practices used by today's forward-thinking libraries to create the best possible patron experiences.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Libraries
ISBN : 1785690329
Author : Greg R. Notess
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781555707866
No.17 in The Tech Set. Create engaging library training with instructional videos that demonstrate how to use software, databases, search engines or even your OPAC.
Author : Marshall Breeding
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781555708207
"Provides the practical information and 'real world' advice required to take full advantage of what cloud computing can provide." --Midwest Book Review
Author : Jason Clark
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781555708238
A complete guide to the process of planning, developing, and launching mobile library applications.
Author : Aaron Schmidt,Amanda Etches
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781555707811
User experience (UX) characterizes how a person feels about using a product, system or service. UX design incorporates the practical aspects of utility, ease of use and efficiency to make your web design and functionality decisions with patrons in mind. This results in a better design, a more intuitive interface, and a more enjoyable experience. This book shows you how to get there by providing hands-on steps and best practices for UX design principles, practices, and tools to engage with patrons online and build the best web presence for your library. You ll find out how to conduct a usability test, perform a card sort, make decisions on how to build the architecture of your site, create personas as a cornerstone of your website planning process, create a content strategy, and perform an experience-based evaluation of your site.
Author : Sarah K. Steiner
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781555707798
As we come to appreciate the opportunities that social media opens up, this practical guide provides a scalable, step-by-step plan for creating and maintaining a successful library social media strategic plan. You'll find detailed tips and advice on strategizing for social media services in a way that guides employee decision-making, maximizes efficiency, creates positive patron outcomes, protects against legal repercussions, and builds opportunities for flexibility, change, and new social media platform testing. Author Sarah Steiner guides you through the key steps to build your strategic plan, including how to segment your audience, select a target audience, use focus groups and poll patrons, conduct a SWOT analysis to provide internal strength and support to your plan, and create a mission and vision plan for using social media.
Author : Kenneth J. Varnum
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781555707781
Drupal is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) that many libraries use to create well-designed, easy-to-use and manage websites. Ken Varnum guides you step by step through the decisions and tasks needed to develop and launch a Drupal-powered site and learn the advantages of the open source approach. The book offers hints and suggestions to work with your IT department, colleagues, and management as you develop your technical specifications. The implementation chapter guides you through installing Drupal, adding modules, developing your own themes (page layouts), and describes librarian created modules that have been shared with the community and can be downloaded and installed on anyone's site. You also get advice on marketing your site, best practices for project management and development, and measuring the success and impact of the site once it launches.
Author : Joseph H. Murphy
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781555708269
The go-to resource for straightforward instruction on using Foursquare, Facebook Places, Gowalla, Bizzy, Google Wallet, augmented reality programs, and QR codes in your library! The book guides you through each step in the implementation process, giving you the information you need to successfully use location aware technologies in library environments. It covers how to create a Foursquare campaign and use it to enhance staff training, use Facebook Places to connect with patrons, create an augmented reality program, create a QR code campaign, create a Gowalla marketing initiative, implement a mobile payment service with Google Wallet and Near Field communication. Once you learn these location-based services and applications, you can meet your mobile user's digital-age needs successfully.
Author : Amanda Bielskas,Kathleen M. Dreyer
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781555707828
This manual offers insightful information on the technological aspects of providing an SMS and IM service, as well as how to create a training programme for librarians and how to build an internship programme to expand the service.
Author : Robin M. Fay,Michael Sauers
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781555707804
There are trillions of bytes of information within the web, all of it driven by behind-the-scenes data. Vast quantities of information make it hard to find what?s really important. Here?s a practical guide to the future of web-based technology, especially search. It provides the knowledge and skills necessary to implement semantic web technology. You?ll learn how to start and track trends using social media, find hidden content online, and search for reusable online content, crucial skills for those looking to be better searchers. The authors explain how to explore data and statistics through WolframAlpha, create searchable metadata in Flickr, and give meaning to data and information on the web with Google?s Rich Snippets. Let Robin M. Fay and Michael P. Sauers show you how to use tools that will awe your users with your new searching skills.
Author : Donna L. Gilton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781442269538
Creating and Promoting Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries describes specific ways that public librarians and other professionals can promote lifelong learning by planning and implementing Information Literacy Instruction (ILI). This book includes chapters on planning for instruction, using teaching methods, teaching with and about technology, and combining elements of ILI with more traditional public library programs, services, and activities. It is the sequel to Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries: Principles, Programs, and People.
Author : Michael F. Bemis
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838911853
This unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library science, covering recent books, monographs, periodicals and websites, and selected works of historical importance. In addition to compiling an invaluable list of sources, Bemis digs deeper, examining the strengths and weaknesses of key works. A boon to researchers and practitioners alike, this bibliography Includes coverage of subjects as diverse and vital as the history of librarianship, its development as a profession, the ethics of information science, cataloging, reference work, and library architecture Encompasses encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, photographic surveys, statistical publications, and numerous electronic sources, all categorized by subject Offers appendixes detailing leading professional organizations and publishers of library and information science literature This comprehensive bibliography of English-language resources on librarianship, the only one of its kind, will prove invaluable to scholars, students, and anyone working in the field.
Author : Bonnand, Sheila
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781466683938
The library has always been an essential part of the collegiate experience, providing students with access to knowledge and literature. However, as virtual services and online learning become more prominent within collegiate environments, the ways students conduct research and access resources has been altered. Innovative Solutions for Building Community in Academic Libraries examines new methods librarians use to engage both on-campus and online users in library services, taking into account the significant impacts of online learning on students’ interaction with library resources. Focusing on various outreach practices, techniques of literacy instruction, and the utilization of library spaces, this research-supported book is a pivotal reference source for distance educators, program planners, academics, and library professionals interested in new ways to attract users to library services.
Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1735 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781522539155
Effective administration of libraries is a crucial part of delivering library services to the public. To develop and implement best practices, librarians must be aware and informed of the recent advances in library administration. Library Science and Administration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly material on trends, techniques, and management of libraries and examines the benefits and challenges of library administration. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as digital libraries, information sciences, and academic libraries, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, practitioners, and librarians seeking current research on library science and administration.