Libraries and Society

• Author : Wendy Evans,David Baker
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2011-04-30
• ISBN : 9781780632636

This book reviews both the historical and future roles that public, private, academic and special libraries have in supporting and shaping society at local, regional, national and international levels. Globalisation, economic turmoil, political and ethnic tensions, rapid technology development, global warming and other key environmental factors are all combining in myriad and complex ways to affect everyone, both individually and collectively. Fundamental questions are being asked about the future of society and the bedrock organisations that underpin it. Libraries and

• Author : Barbara Dewey
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2010-09-01
• ISBN : 9781780630380

Transforming Research Libraries for the Global Knowledge Society explores critical aspects of research library transformation needed for successful transition into the 21st century multicultural environment. The book is written by leaders in the field who have real world experience with transformational change and thought-provoking ideas for the future of research libraries, academic librarianship, research collections, and the changing nature of global scholarship within a higher education context. Authors are leaders in the research libraries field from a variety of countries

• Author : Philip Hider,Ross Harvey
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2008-06-01
• ISBN : 9781780634111

Organising Knowledge in a Global Society updates the successful first edition, which has been widely used as an introduction to the field of information organisation, both in Australia and overseas. The work reflects current practice and trends, paying particular attention to how libraries and other information services provide intellectual access to digital information resources through metadata. In this revision, the various information organisation components of the Web 2.0 phenomenon are discussed, including social tagging and folksonomies. The new edition also covers

• Author : Heather Lyons
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2015-02-17
• ISBN : 0990843637

Sometimes, the rabbit hole is deeper than expected . . . Alice Reeve and Finn Van Brunt have tumbled into a life of secrets. Some secrets they share, such as their employment by the clandestine organization known as The Collectors' Society. Other secrets they carry within them, fighting to keep buried the things that could change everything they think they know. On the hunt for an elusive villain who is hell-bent on destroying legacies, Alice, Finn, and the rest of the Society are

• Author : Jive Lubbungu
• Publisher : GRIN Verlag
• Release Date : 2020-12-07
• ISBN : 9783346309594

Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject African Studies - Literature, grade: 1, Kwame Nkrumah University, language: English, abstract: The study examines the role of five public libraries in Kabwe whether they have lived up to their expected roles. The study is a case study using a qualitative paradigm and data was collected through physical visitation to the libraries. Data collection instruments used were observation guide and a semi-structured interview guide. 5 library staff were interviewed, one from each library while 3

• Author : Thanuskodi, S.
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release Date : 2020-06-26
• ISBN : 9781799835615

Education is a fundamental human right, yet much of the world's population lives with poor literacy. Due to rapidly growing technology and internet usage, open educational resources (OER) are increasingly being used to help transcend barriers to literacy while also aiding in educational attainment. With tremendous developments in ICTs, the education system of today has been enriched by various OERs. The optimal utilization of opportunities provided by the technological developments presents a profound challenge for education systems and has serious

• Author : Alistair Black,Dave Muddiman
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2016-03-23
• ISBN : 9781317034988

Whether termed the 'network society', the 'knowledge society' or the 'information society', it is widely accepted that a new age has dawned, unveiled by powerful computer and communication technologies. Yet for millennia humans have been recording knowledge and culture, engaging in the dissemination and preservation of information. In `The Early Information Society', the authors argue for an earlier incarnation of the information age, focusing upon the period 1900-1960. In support of this they examine the history and traditions in Britain

• Author : Taher, Mohamed
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release Date : 2021-11-12
• ISBN : 9781799883654

In achieving civic engagement and social justice in smart cities, literacy programs are offered in the society by three essential information service providers: libraries, archives, and museums. Although the library and museum services are documented in literature, there is little evidence of community-led library or museum services that make a full circle in understanding community-library, community-archive, and community-museum relationships. The Handbook of Research on the Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart

• Author : Anil Kumar Dhiman,Yashoda Rani
• Publisher : Ess Ess Publication
• Release Date : 2005-08-01
• ISBN : 8170004470

"Learning Library Science Series was planned to give the students of LIS a complete and comprehensive study material so as to familiarize them with all there is to learn about basics of library science. This series has been divided into six parts, each of which is dedicated to one basic aspect of library and information science. The present series consists of six books in all. Its first part deals with Library and Society, second is Learn Library Management, third is

• Author : Eric Klinenberg
• Publisher : Broadway Books
• Release Date : 2018
• ISBN : 9781524761172

An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding a fractured society. "Comprehensive, entertaining, and compellingÉ"--Jon Stewart. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice.s' Choice.

• Author : Kiene Brillenburg Wurth,Kári Driscoll,Jessica Pressman
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• Release Date : 2018-06-28
• ISBN : 9781501321191

Contrary to the apocalyptic pronouncements of paper media's imminent demise in the digital age, there has been a veritable surge of creative reimaginings of books as bearers of the literary. From typographic experiments (Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves, Steven Hall's The Raw Shark Texts) to accordion books (Anne Carson's Nox), from cut ups (Jonathan Safran Foer's Tree of Codes) to collages (Graham Rawle's Woman's World), from erasures (Mary Ruefle's A Little White Shadow) to mixups (Simon Morris's The Interpretations

• Author : Egbertus Van Gulik
• Publisher : University of Toronto Press
• Release Date : 2016-06-26
• ISBN : 9781487516192

What became of Erasmus’ books? The most famous scholar of his day died in peaceful prosperity and in the company of celebrated and responsible friends. His zeal for useful books was insatiable. Indeed, he had taken care to insure that after his death they would pass to an appreciative noble owner, yet after his death their fate was unknown. Erasmus and His Books provides the most comprehensive evidence available about the books of Erasmus of Rotterdam – the books he owned

• Author : Eric Klinenberg
• Publisher : Random House
• Release Date : 2018-09-20
• ISBN : 9781473549746

How can we bring people together? Sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg introduces a transformative and powerfully uplifting new idea for health, happiness, safety and healing our divided, unequal society. 'This wonderful book shows us how democracies thrive' Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt, authors of How Democracies Die Too often we take for granted and neglect our libraries, parks, markets, schools, playgrounds, gardens and communal spaces, but decades of research now shows that these places can have an extraordinary effect on

• Author : Vilfredo Pareto
• Publisher : Alpha Edition
• Release Date : 2019-02-13
• ISBN : 9353299039

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

• Author : Mitchel Resnick
• Publisher : MIT Press
• Release Date : 2018-08-28
• ISBN : 9780262536134

How lessons from kindergarten can help everyone develop the creative thinking skills needed to thrive in today's society. In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In Lifelong Kindergarten, learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the opposite: the rest of school (even the rest of life) should be more like kindergarten. To thrive in today's fast-changing world, people