Countries around the globe are grappling with issues of archive legislation -- both in established societies where old laws no longer respond to modern realities and in the growing number of new states seeking to establish their own legal framework.…
Defining the progression toward inquiry learning, this book provides an extensive overview of the past five decades and the evolution of inquiry in science, history, language arts, and information literacy studies.Information inquiry is a basic skil…
Many changes are occuring in the U.S printing ink industry. Digital printing is having an impact on traditional ink products, and ink jet is making inroads in applications now held by lithography, screen and other inks. Further trends are occuring i…
Dieses Lehrbuch richtet sich vorrangig an Studenten mit Chemie als Nebenfach, ist jedoch aufgrund seines klaren didaktischen Konzepts auch bereits fur die Sekundarstufe II geeignet. Esenthalt theoretische Grundlagen, eine knappe Stoffchemie und beha…
Librarians have long used data to describe their collections. Traditional measures have simply been inputs and outputs: volumes acquired, processed, owned, or circulated. With the growth since the 1990s of cultures of assessment, librarians have sou…
Sustainability is part of a brand new series providing must-read practical guidance to running efficient and successful projects using the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013. Each guide takes a core project task - in this case those associated with achievin…
Excerpt from Deutsche Sudpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903, im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern, Vol. 8 Dieser in Europa und Nordamerika, ferner in Sudafrika, Agypten, Australien, Ceylon, beeren-eiland usw. Verbreitete Pilz liegt in verschiedenen Entwi…
The International Directory of Government is the definitive guide to people in power in every part of the world. All the top decision-makers are included in this one-volume publication, which brings together government institutions, agencies and per…
American Book Publishing Record Annual provides immediate access to the 73,000 cataloging records for the entire year of 2013, for books published or distributed in the US.
Agile development practices have been widely adopted in a variety of organizations, yet only a few tools are available to help make the practical process of managing agile teams less painful and more successful. HP Agile Manager is a purpose-built S…
The five volume set CCIS 224-228 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International conference on Applied Informatics and Communication, ICAIC 2011, held in Xi'an, China in August 2011. The 446 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed…
This book presents an overview of the most fundamental aspects of the theory that underlies the Relational Database Model. As such it is self-contained though experience with formal models and abstract data manipulating on the one hand and with the…
The Europa Directory of International Organizations 2016 serves as an unequalled one-volume guide to the contemporary international system.Within a clear, unique framework the recent activities of all major international organizations are described…
This is a perfect companion to stand ahead above the rest in todays competitive job market. Rather than going through comprehensive, textbook-sized reference guides, this book includes only the information required immediately for job search to buil…
Building on the success of its storefront and fulfillment services, Amazon now allows businesses to 'rent' computing power, data storage and bandwidth on its vast network platform. This book demonstrates how developers working with small- to mid-siz…
This book provides a comprehensive overview of e-learning (online learning) systems in the context of system delivery for Higher Education Information Services. The book considers practical issues in choosing a virtual learning environment and discu…
Die "Historische Kommission zu Berlin" betreibt die Erforschung der Landesgeschichte und der Historischen Landeskunde Berlin-Brandenburgs bzw. Brandenburg-Preu ens in Form von wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen, Vortr gen, Tagungen und Ver ffentlichu…
Today's library and information service managers need to be multi-skilled practitioners, demonstrating knowledge and understanding of multiple professional disciplines while working in operational and strategic managerial and leadership capacities.…
This text shows teacher librarians how to become leaders in their schools and apply their unique skills and insight to develop a timely and meaningful vision for the school's library.It can be very difficult to break the habit of addressing time-con…
Technology is a crucial part of libraries today. But when it comes to figuring out the most effective technologies for their library or to planning for future technology needs, many librarians don't know where to begin. Library Technology Planning f…
Libraries of all types have undergone significant developments in the last few decades. The rate of change in the academic library, a presence for decades now, has been increasing in the first decade of this century. It is no exaggeration to claim t…
Overcome the challenges of organizing nonprint and electronic resources while adhering to the latest RDA (Resource Description and Access) standards with these proven strategies for media such as cataloging sound recordings, films, video games, maps…
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The…
This comprehensive, up-to-date directory provides detailed profiles of nearly 1,500 Federal & State Organizations & Agencies and over 3,000 Officials and Key Executives involved with Homeland Security.
Creative Library Marketing and Publicity: Best Practices shares the success of libraries of various sizes and types-small to large public, academic, and school libraries, systems, and organizations. Each best-practice scenario describes a library's…
This book is the first study to survey, over a ten-year period, innovations and the industrial formation process of online game business, and global strategies of major Korean online game companies. It focuses on the innovative factors which made th…
This is the second part of Edition Synapse's series of collections of early English writings on children. It consists of facsimile reprints of rare educational and religious books and pamphlets, including conduct books and advice for parents in the…
In print for more than seven decades as Broadcasting Yearbook and more recently, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook, this directory has been the go-to source for station data and industry contacts in the US and Canadian television, radio and cable market…
