Books from Facet Publishing
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Museum Collections Management
By Freda MatassaThe book describes all collections management procedures in a simple step-by-step process and is clear and easy to use with all procedures based on international museum practice.
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Research, Evaluation and Audit: Key Steps in Demonstrating Your Value
By Maria J. Grant, Barbara Sen, Hannah SpringThis handbook provides library and information professionals with the information they need to undertake research projects in the workplace in order to inform their own practice and improve service delivery.
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Developing Digital Scholarship: Emerging practices in academic libraries
By Alison Mackenzie, Lindsey MartinThis book provides strategic insights drawn from librarians who are meeting the challenge of digital scholarship, utilizing the latest technologies and creating new knowledge in partnership with researchers, scholars, colleagues and ...
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Evaluating the Impact of Your Library
By Sharon Markless, David StreatfieldHinchliffe, J. and Oakleaf, M. (2010) Sustainable Progress Through Impact: the Value of Academic Libraries project, World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA ... Values in Evaluation and Social Research, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage.
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Digital Literacy Unpacked
By Jo Parker, Katharine ReedyDigital Literacy Unpacked not only offers a snapshot of innovative approaches to digital literacy, but also intends to provoke discussion, encourage collaboration and inspire – whatever the role or context.
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A Guide to Teaching Information Literacy: 101 Practical Tips
By Helen Blanchett, Chris Powis, Jo WebbThis book is a much-needed sourcebook to support library staff in the delivery of information literacy teaching, by providing practical guidance on tried and tested ideas and techniques for sessions.
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Better Library and Learning Space: Projects, trends, ideas
By Les WatsonOpen plan vs enclosed space Many of the case studies in Part 1 of this book include large open spaces that we describe as 'open plan technology rich' in Chapter 1. In that chapter Jan Howden and I argue that such open plan space has the ...
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Information at Work: Information Management in the Workplace
By Ian Ruthven, Katriina Byström, Jannica HeinströmThis book will be useful reading for researchers in Information Science and Information Management and students on related courses.
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An Introduction to Library and Information Work
By Anne Totterdell, Jane Gill, Alan HornseyYou will not have your press release used if you say that you have an excellent health information section; you will if you say that Joe Bloggs had his life changed by the information he was given, and a quote from Joe is even better.
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Rethinking Information Literacy: A practical framework for supporting learning
By Emma Coonan, Jane SeckerBased on groundbreaking research, undertaken by the authors as part of the prestigious Arcadia Programme at Cambridge University, this book presents a new and dynamic information literacy curriculum developed for the 21st century ...
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Copyright: Interpreting the law for libraries, archives and information services
By Graham P CornishReadership: This book will be invaluable for all librarians, information professionals and students who are looking for solutions to their copyright problems.
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Information Science in Transition
By Alan Gilchrist[9] HistCite Compilation for Journal of Information Science (with Citing Papers). ... Reprinted in Essays of an Information Scientist, Volume 2 (1974–76) 250–51; and in Current Contents 15 (1975) 7–8.
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Read to Succeed: Strategies to Engage Children and Young People in Reading for Pleasure
By Joy CourtConcern about children's reading is an international issue highlighted by continuing OECD research. Government actions such as the priority given to reading in the review of the National Curriculum reflect current UK concern.
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Trusting Records in the Cloud
By Luciana Duranti, Corinne RogersIn coding against this framework, attention came to rest on the following ideas against which to conduct the analysis: • Self: The terms in which people expressed themselves when explaining their judgements on the degree to which the ...
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Managing Records in Global Financial Markets: Ensuring Compliance and Mitigating Risk
By Lynn ColemanIntroduction Business disputes in the form of litigation can be small or large, from individual client challenges to major class action suits about particular business activities. Litigation is not new to the financial sector.
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Informed Societies
By Stéphane GoldsteinMuch of this is useful, valuable or enriching. But a lot of it is of dubious quality and provenance, if not downright dangerous. Misinformation forms part of the mix.
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Managing Research Data
By Graham PryorThis edited collection, bringing together leading figures in the field from the UK and around the world, provides an introduction to all the key data issues facing the HE and information management communities.
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Delivering Research Data Management Services: Fundamentals of Good Practice
By Sarah Jones, Graham Pryor, Angus WhyteThis ‘how to’ guide provides a step-by-step explanation of the components for an institutional service. Case studies from the newly emerging service infrastructures in the UK, USA and Australia draw out the lessons learnt.
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The Data Librarian’s Handbook
By Robin Rice, John SouthallThe Data Librarian’s Handbook, written by two data librarians with over 30 years’ combined experience, unpicks the everyday role of the data librarian and offers practical guidance on how to collect, curate and crunch data for economic, ...
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The Chief Data Officer's Playbook
By Peter Jackson, Caroline CarruthersThis book will offer key insight for CDOs looking to understand their position better, for aspiring CDOs and data officers looking at career progression, for those recruiting CDOs, and offers essential knowledge for anyone else operating in ...