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Information services today : an introduction
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"This book demonstrates the ever-changing landscape of information services today and the need to re-evaluate curriculum, competency training, professional development, and lifelong learning in ord...
"This book demonstrates the ever-changing landscape of information services today and the need to re-evaluate curriculum, competency training, professional development, and lifelong learning in order to stay abreast of current trends and issues, and more significantly, remain competent to address the changing user needs of the information community"--
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- Creator
- edited by Sandra Hirsh
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Third edition
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]
- Physical Details
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- xxxvi, 636 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781538156698, 1538156695, 9781538156704, 1538156709, 9781538156711, 9781538156711
- OCLC
- on1281786366
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- What it means to be an information professional today -- History of libraries, information, and communities -- The transformative information landscape -- Information communities -- Information needs -- Equity of access, diversity, and inclusion -- Social justice -- Literacy and media centers: school libraries -- Learning and research institutions: academic libraries -- Community anchors for lifelong learning: public libraries -- Different information environments: special libraries and information centers -- virtual resources and services -- Information intermediation and reference services -- Metadata, cataloging, linked data, and the evolving ILS -- Curation and preservation -- User experience -- Accessing information anywhere and anytime: access services -- Teaching users: information and technology literacy instruction -- Hyperlinked libraries -- Creation culture and makerspaces -- Strategic planning -- Change management -- Community resilience -- Managing budgets -- Managing human resources -- The design thinking process -- Managing collections -- Managing technology -- Data management, analysis, and visualization -- Communication, marketing, and outreach strategies -- Advocacy -- Information policy -- Information ethics -- Copyright and creative commons -- Information licensing -- Open access -- Information privacy and cybersecurity -- Intellectual freedom -- Career management strategies for lifelong success -- Leadership skills for today's global information landscape
Subjects
- Libraries -- Aims and objectives.
- Library administration.
- Public services (Libraries)
- Library users.
- Libraries -- Information technology.
- Libraries and electronic publishing.
- Library science -- Vocational guidance.
- Librarians -- Effect of technological innovations on.
- Information services.
- Information resources.
- Library Administration
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- Information Services
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