Category Archives: Library & Information Science

Building and Running a Successful Research Business: A Guide for the Independent Information Professional, Second Edition

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

This is the handbook every aspiring independent information professional needs in order to launch, manage, and build a research business. Organized into four sections, Getting Started, Running the Business, Marketing, and Researching, the book walks you through every step of … Continue reading →

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Interacting with Information (Synthesis Lectures on Human-Cenered Informatics)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

In order to design technologies that better support information work, it is necessary to better understand the details of that work. In this lecture, we review the situations (physical, social and temporal) in which people interact with information. We also … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

During its brief existence Wikipedia has proved astonishingly successful. Its 2.8 million articles (in English alone) are available freely to all with access to the internet. The on-line encyclopaedia can be seen as the 21st century’s version of earlier historical … Continue reading →

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Modern Methods for Musicology (Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities)

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

Written by leading experts, this volume provides both a picture of the realities of how ICT is currently being used in musicology as well as prospects and proposals for how it could be fruitfully used in the future. Through its … Continue reading →

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Solving Word Problems for Life, Grades 6-8 (Teacher Ideas Press Books)

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

Solving Word Problems for Life, Grades 6-8 offers students who struggle with math a daily opportunity to improve their skills. The book offers 180 math word problems. The first 30 focus on 6th-grade math standards, the second 30 on 7th-grade … Continue reading →

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Context-Aware Mobile Computing: Affordances of Space, Social Awareness, and Social Influence (Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

The integration of ubiquitous mobile computing resources into physical spaces can potentially affect the development, maintenance, and transformation of communities and social interactions and relations within a particular context or location. Ubiquitous mobile computing allows users to engage in activities … Continue reading →

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Licensing Digital Content: A Practical Guide for Librarians

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

The revised second edition of this popular one-stop resource covers the basics of digital licensing for librarians in a plain-language approach that demystifies the process. Written from the librarian perspective, this second edition updates licensing terminology and changes in technology, … Continue reading →

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XML Retrieval (Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

Documents usually have a content and a structure. The content refers to the text of the document, whereas the structure refers to how a document is logically organized. An increasingly common way to encode the structure is through the use … Continue reading →

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Human Information Retrieval (History and Foundation of Information Science)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

Information retrieval in the age of Internet search engines has become part of ordinary discourse and everyday practice: “Google” is a verb in common usage. Thus far, more attention has been given to practical understanding of information retrieval than to … Continue reading →

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Computer-Mediated Communication for Linguistics and Literacy: Technology and Natural Language Education (Premier Reference Source)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

Due to the complex diversity and multi-disciplinary nature of computer-mediated communication, a reference source solely dedicated to the subjects direct influence on literacy and language becomes imperative among educators. Computer-Mediated Communication for Linguistics and Literacy: Technology and Natural Language Education … Continue reading →

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