The Role of the Library in an Electronic Society

The Role of the Library in an Electronic Society
Author: Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1980
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780878450534

Conference report on the future of information processing in context with library automation and technological changes in publishing and related human communication - contains contributons on teleconferencing, the impact of computerization and telecommunications on the press, future directions for machine-readable data bases and information exchange (e-mail), and includes a forecast of computer technology to 1985. Diagrams, flow charts, graphs, references and statistical tables. Conference held in urbana 1979 April 22 to 25.

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science
Author: Allen Kent
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1986-09-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780824720414

"The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes. This thorough reference set--written by 1300 eminent, international experts--offers librarians, information/computer scientists, bibliographers, documentalists, systems analysts, and students, convenient access to the techniques and tools of both library and information science. Impeccably researched, cross referenced, alphabetized by subject, and generously illustrated, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science integrates the essential theoretical and practical information accumulating in this rapidly growing field."

Intelligent Technologies in Library and Information Service Applications

Intelligent Technologies in Library and Information Service Applications
Author: Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster
Publisher: Information Today, Inc.
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2001
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781573871037

Limiting the scope of the study to currently operating artificial intelligence (AI) systems, Lancaster (library and information science, U. of Illinois) and Warner (Thesaurus Design Specialist, Argus Associates, Inc.) offer advice on what AI services can be applied to library and information services and speculate on what may become applicable in the near future. Among the applications discussed are cataloging, subject indexing, reference services, intelligent text processing, data mining, help desks, critiquing systems, speech technology, and computer vision. c. Book News Inc.

Personnel Administration in an Automated Environment

Personnel Administration in an Automated Environment
Author: Philip E Leinbach
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2014-01-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317765745

Here is what the experts have to say about the effects of computer applications on selected facets of personnel administration in libraries. Senior library managers, systems librarians, and library educators with a special interest in automation analyze the changes in the workplace that have already occurred and discuss those that will confront library professionals in the future. Personnel Administration in an Automated Environment covers the latest issues and research on the topic. Among the subjects dealt with are education and compensation of automation librarians, the nature of jobs in an automated library, the opportunities for innovation and change in technical library jobs, new personnel issues as a result of automating users’services, changing staff requirements in mid-sized academic libraries, the intersection of library and computer center tasks, and the impact of computerization on job satisfaction and performance evaluation. Administrators, personnel officers, and department heads in mid-sized to large libraries with computer-based operations will find both research-based results and reasonable speculation on everyday problems. A bibliography of the most recent books and articles will be useful to scholars of the subject.

Library Data

Library Data
Author: Darby Orcutt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2009-11-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1591588278

Numerical evidence is everywhere and how best to handle and leverage it is a growing concern in the academic world in general and the academic library world in particular. Libraries are not only storehouses and key contacts for library patrons in accessing numbers, but are also collectors and users of their own data, which is integral to the functioning of the library itself. The essays in Library Data: Empowering Practice and Persuasion focus on interpreting and using library-generated and outside data in support of data-driven practice and data-strengthened persuasion. The collection includes such topics as how to make data presentations appealing and effective; applying capital-budgeting models to libraries; and using data for evaluation and improvement of collections and services. Articles also cover specialized scenarios, including reference, collection development, serial acquisitions, institutional repositories, web site design, interlibrary loan, and bibliographic instruction.