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1. Serials Collection Management in Recessionary Times

   Edited by Karen Lawson

   Strategic planning, collaboration, continual stewardship, best practices, and re-engineering can provide librarians with a toolkit of innovative strategies that meets the worst of economic times with bold, persistent experimentation. This collection is devoted to the topic of "Serials Collection...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-58961-1 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   ASLIB Directory of Information Sources in the United Kingdom, 16th Edition

   First published in 1928, the Aslib Directory is the leading information sources reference work on organizations of all kinds. Now published in its sixteenth edition, the title's diversity is reflected by the wide spectrum of entries. The Directory is widely regarded as the best publication of...

   November 2010 | 978-1-85743-576-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Emerging Practices in Science and Technology Librarianship

   Edited by Amy Besnoy

   This book investigates the emerging practices of science and technology librarians specific to maintaining collections, providing access to resources, and ensuring that informed decisions are made regarding limited financial resources. Issues discussed include librarians becoming embedded in...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-60432-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Teaching Legal Research

   Edited by Barbara Bintliff, Duncan Alford

   Legal research is a fundamental skill for all law students and attorneys. Regardless of practice area or work venue, knowledge of the sources and processes of legal research underpins the legal professional’s work. Academic law librarians, as research experts, are uniquely qualified to teach legal...

   July 2010 | 978-0-415-58087-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Weaving Libraries into the Web: OCLC 1998-2008

   Edited by Jay Jordan

   The year 1997 found the members of the OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) cooperative in an expansive mood. More than 1,000 library leaders attended the OCLC President’s Luncheon in San Francisco, where they celebrated OCLC’s 30th anniversary. There were more than 25,000 libraries participating...

   July 2010 | 978-0-415-57690-1 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Assessing Information Needs in the Age of the Digital Consumer, 3rd Edition

   By David Nicholas, Eti Herman

   Aiming at ensuring that everyone obtains the rich rewards available in today's information-centred society, this book seeks to provide a systematic method for the understanding, appreciation and evaluation of information needs, which alone can guarantee the value of information to the consumer....

   December 2009 | 978-1-85743-487-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Freedom of Information: Open Access, Empty Archives?

   Edited by Andrew Flinn, Harriet Jones

   The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act has been broadly welcomed by contemporary British historians as a means of increasing access to public records within the thirty-year rule. But the benefits of this formal commitment to open government are untested, and experiences in other countries with FOI or...

   April 2009 | 978-1-85743-420-0 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   The Military Balance 2009

   Edited by IISS

   The Military Balance is The International Institute for Strategic Studies’ annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 170 countries worldwide. It is an essential resource for those involved in security policymaking, analysis and research. The book is a region-by-region...

   January 2009 | 978-0-415-49846-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Thesaurus Construction and Use: A Practical Manual, 4th Edition

   By Jean Aitchison, David Bawden, Alan Gilchrist

   A practical guide to the construction of thesauri for use in information retrieval, written by leading experts in the field. Includes: planning and design; vocabulary control; specificity and compound terms; structure and relationships; auxiliary retrieval devices; multilingual thesauri; AAT...

   2000 | 978-0-85142-446-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    Assessing Information Needs: Tools, Techniques and Concepts for the Internet Age

    By David Nicholas

    Provides a systematic method of identifying, evaluating and comparing information needs, as well as a framework to enable information services to gather information from users to aid information system design, and monitor the effectiveness of an information service. Examines the role of the...

    2000 | 978-0-85142-433-0 | Paperback (Routledge)