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This accessible and innovative book examines to what extent copyright protects a range of subjects which are engaged in the creation and management of literary and artistic works, and how such subjects use copyright to protect their interests. Offering a complementary analysis, The Subjects of Literary and Artistic Copyright explores how copyright regulates the production and management of literature and art. The book examines the creators of literature and art, as well as market operators such as publishers and "managers" including museums, galleries, and universities. The perspectives offered cover a diverse range of subjects, and confront the regular contradictions and conflicts that occur within literary and artistic copyright interests. The chapters illustrate, via historical and empirical analysis, that established practices and traditional approaches to the management of copyright need to be revisited, in order to be more aligned with current social and technological frameworks. Providing a starting point for future research paths on copyright practices in art and literature, this insightful book will be of interest to legal academics looking to expand their knowledge of literary and artistic copyright. Law professionals with interests in intellectual property and art law will also benefit from its novel approach.
The increasing shift towards digital publishing has provoked much debate concerning the issues surrounding ?'Open Access?' (OA), including its economic implications. This timely book considers how the future of academic publishing might look in a purely digital environment and utilises unique empirical data in order to analyze the experiences of researchers with, as well as attitudes towards, OA publishing. Presenting findings from a novel, in-depth survey with more than 10,000 respondents from 25 countries, this book shows that the research culture of scientific research differs considerably between disciplines and countries. These differences significantly determine the role of both '?gold?' and '?green?' forms of OA and foster both opportunity and risk. Discussing their findings in the light of recent policy attempts to foster OA, Thomas Eger and Marc Scheufen reveal considerable shortcomings and lack of knowledge on fundamental features of the academic publishing market and conclude by highlighting a policy agenda for its future development. Well-timed and far-reaching, this book will be of particular interest to students and scholars interested in the economic analysis of copyright law. Academic librarians and research sponsors will also benefit from the insights offered.
1. This is the first book to examine cross-device search behavior. 2. This book will discuss a comprehensive range of behaviors in the context of cross-device search, which includes querying, gazing, clicking and touching. 3. The book will be of great interest to academics and students situated in the fields of library and information science, computer science, and management science. The book should also provide fascinating insights to practitioners, including those working for internet service providers.
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 in the cooperative, including nearly 3,000 libraries in 62 countries outside the U.S., and the WorldCat database contained more than 37 million bibliographic records. Over the next ten years, the global digital library would indeed emerge, but in a form that few could have predicted. Against a backdrop of continuous technological change and the rapid growth of the Internet, the OCLC cooperative's WorldCat database continued to grow and was a central theme of the past decade. As the chapters in this book show, OCLC's chartered objectives of furthering access to the world's information and reducing the rate of rising library costs continue to resonate among libraries and librarians, as the OCLC cooperative enters its fifth decade. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Library Administration.
Mobile devices are the 'it' technology, and everyone wants to know how to apply them to their environments. This book brings together the best examples and insights for implementing mobile technology in libraries. Chapters cover a wide variety of the most important tools and procedures from developing applications to marketing and augmented reality. Readers of this volume will get complete and timely knowledge of library applications for handheld devices. The Handheld Librarian conferences have been a centrepiece of learning about how to apply mobile technologies to library services and collections as well as a forum for sharing examples and lessons learned. The conferences have brought our profession forward into the trend and kept us up to date with ongoing advances. This volume brings together the best from that rich story and presents librarians with the basic information they need to successfully make the case for and implement programs leveraging mobile devices in their libraries. Authors of the diverse practical and well researched pieces originate in all types of libraries and segments of the profession. This wide representation ensures that front line librarians, library administrators, systems staff, even library professors will find this volume perfectly geared for their needs. This book was published as a special issue of The Reference Librarian.
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 in the cooperative, including nearly 3,000 libraries in 62 countries outside the U.S., and the WorldCat database contained more than 37 million bibliographic records. Over the next ten years, the global digital library would indeed emerge, but in a form that few could have predicted. Against a backdrop of continuous technological change and the rapid growth of the Internet, the OCLC cooperative's WorldCat database continued to grow and was a central theme of the past decade. As the chapters in this book show, OCLC's chartered objectives of furthering access to the world's information and reducing the rate of rising library costs continue to resonate among libraries and librarians, as the OCLC cooperative enters its fifth decade. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Library Administration.
Advice from the expertson collecting and managing the digital resources that are an increasingly vital part of librarianship! Managing Digital Resources in Libraries is a practical guide to managing library materials in digital formats. Working librarians share their expertise in the acquisition and management of digital resources, addressing questions of licensing, funding, and providing access. The contributors also examine innovative projects and systems, such as the integration of PDA-accessible resources into a library collection and the development of all-digital libraries. You'll also find supplementary reading lists and bibliographies of additional resources, including relevant Web sites. Addressing the challenges of and barriers to the preservation and dissemination of electronic information, Managing Digital Resources in Libraries explores vital questions, such as: How are librarians coping with digital resources? How do they compare and select titles and formats to purchase? How do they allocate limited fundsto lease or to purchase high-priced electronic titles? Does consortium membership provide the answer to funding problems, or does it force librarians to pay for content their users neither want nor need? Is MARC still an appropriate format for cataloging? How can librarians make themselves familiar with the multitude of available resources? Managing Digital Resources in Libraries will update your working knowledge of: online resources open archivestheir uses and their history the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the First Sale Doctrine, and the Fair Use Doctrineand their implications for librarians e-journal cataloging and e-journal management software electronic collection development and management personal digital assistants digital licensing agreements electronic searching systems, including ELIN@, Electronic Journal Finder, Pirate Source, OPAC, and cold fusion databases
Explore the issues that are changing user/librarian interactions in today's evolving electronic libraries This book examines the rapid advances in technology and scientific discovery that have changed the way sci/tech library users seek informationchanges which have also necessitated increasingly high levels of skill in information technology and advanced subject knowledge from librarians. From negotiating the intricacies of working with e-journals to simplifying the data collection process, anyone involved in allocating library resources or prioritizing research agendas will find relevant, useful information here, as will those involved in library education. Emerging Issues in the Electronic Environment: Challenges for Librarians and Researchers in the Sciences begins with Scientific Communication: New Roles and New Players, a detailed examination of the evolution of the information-seeking behavior of scientists, from the days of print-based resources to today's electronic media. Next, you'll find techniques designed to maximize the ability of scientists to make lucky connections in their electronic search for information in Too Important to be Left to Chance: Serendipity and the Digital Library. Four chapters in Emerging Issues in the Electronic Environment bring you up-to-date information on various aspects of working with e-journals: For Better or Worse: The Joys and Woes of E-Journals, investigates the impact of electronic-only journal holdings on collection development decisions and the accompanying issues of archiving, economics, content, and research use Scan It and They Will Come . . . But Will They Cite It? provides citation data on the usefulness and impact of retrospective digitization projects for journal contents The Use of Online Supplementary Material in High-Impact Scientific Journals raises vital questions as to whether the print or electronic article should be regarded as the primary archival resource Challenges and Opportunities for Bibliometrics in the Electronic Environment: The Case of the Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science investigates how issues of access, copyright, and fair use, as well as differences among online file formats may impact bibliometric analysis Two chapters in Emerging Issues in the Electronic Environment are designed to help simplify the data collection process. Information Overload: Keeping Current Without Being Overwhelmed will show you how to identify needed sources by using current awareness services and e-mail filtering technologies The Impact of Electronic Bibliographic Databases and Electronic Journal Articles on the Scholar's Information Seeking Behavior and Personal Collection of Reprints reviews organizational methods for managing large collections of electronic articles. In addition, this forward-thinking book contains four chapters that point out possible avenues for increased librarian-facilitated service to users: Biology Databases for the New Life Sciences discusses the new sequence, microarray, and protein structure databases, the emergence of bioinformatics, and the opportunities available to librarians in this developing area Map and Spatial Data Acquisitions in the Electronic Age shows how the traditionally complicated and time-consuming process of acquiring cartographic information can be simplified by efficient use of the Internet Webinar Technology: Applications in Libraries reviews the operation, application, and features of Webinars and compares this technology with Web tutorials, virtual reference, and courseware management systems, videoconferencing, and Webcasting Preserving Digital Librari
Keep up-to-date with the latest in innovative electronic information services! The Changing Landscape for Electronic Resources: Content, Access, Delivery, and Legal Issues focuses on the effects and challenges of providing electronic resources for libraries. The authors are librarians and other professionals with practical experience in current issues and developing trends. With this book, you will learn about technical, legal, and resource sharing developments that will contribute to the future distribution of global information in libraries. This book shows how libraries using electronic resources can reduce costs and save transaction time for large and small public libraries as well as academic libraries. It also reveals recent initiatives related to open source software and core standards for resource sharing and interlibrary loal, such as the Bath profile and the NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP). Special features of this timely book include figures, diagrams, references, and Web sites. This book contains the wisdom and experience of professionals applying electronic resources to: interlibrary loan systems copyright and licensing open source software international data standards scholarly publishing The Changing Landscape for Electronic Resources will help you avoid many of the potential pitfalls of managing electronic content in the evolving modern library. This book will help you prepare for a future in which electronic access improves the range, speed, and quantity of cost-effective information services for patrons and resource-sharing partners.
Explore the ARL's initiatives for identifying, formulating, and testing new criteria for evaluating academic libraries in the digital age! The proliferation of electronic information resources in the past decade has changed the ways in which research libraries evaluate their service and holdings. This collection of articles (thirteen of which previously appeared in ARL's bimonthly newsletter/report on research issues and actions) examines new measures for library evaluation that are being developed by the Association of Research Libraries. It presents an overview of how the Association of Research Libraries' "new measures" initiative developed, plus insightful reports on the details of the SERVQUAL, LibQUAL+, and E-metrics projects. Handy flow charts and tables make the information easily accessible and understandable. From the editor: "The profound changes in library management and collection development brought about by digital technology in the closing decade of the twentieth century have changed the way we think about libraries. If we were to ask librarians who have been in the profession for more than a decade how they evaluated a library, we probably would hear statistics about the number of volumes held and added annually, the number of serial subscriptions, how much money a library has to spend, and how many professionals are on staff. These are the traditional criteria by which libraries have been judged throughout much of the twentieth century. Newer librarians, however, especially those who entered the profession in the late 1980s and 1990s, use a different yardstick and frequently recite different statistics that include terms such as user satisfaction, spending on electronic resources and services, document delivery services, numbers of databases and electronic journals available, and services provided to distance learners." In Evaluating the Twenty-First Century Library, you'll find valuable information on: current performance measures for academic libraries the continuing search for accurate new performance measures the uses of learning outcomes assessment SERVQUAL, LibQUAL+, and the ARL LibQUAL+ Pilot Project the results of the 2000 Symposium on Measuring Library Service Quality the uses of E-metrics in assessing the academic networked environment and accurately measuring use, users, services, resources, and other factors an insightful discussion of the rise in spending on electronic information by research libraries
Retrospective Conversion is an essential guide for library catalogers and technical services managers in the process of converting manual catalog records to machine readable form. It clearly illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of the three conversion methods--converting in-house, contracting to a vendor, and a combination of the two--and covers the areas of cost, staff, time, and record quality for each. Catalogers will learn how to make a bigger investment in advance planning to achieve better end results. Helpful chapters emphasize the need for planning, quality control, and authority control in the creation of a complete catalog in a machine readable form. Also included are case studies that illustrate specific methods in action and provide a wealth of general, usable information.This unique reference covers a variety of valuable topics for catalogers involved in converting manual catalog records. It includes an in-depth bibliography and review of the retrospective conversion literature, including over 200 items addressing general considerations, special formats, and international issues. Specific examples of retrospective conversion are analyzed including projects in medium and large size institutions, non-serials and serials cataloging, music scores, and the Library of Congress's conversion of the PREMARC file. Specific techniques are explained such as the development of a PC workstation interface to facilitate the conversion process, the use of sampling techniques in project cost analysis, how to determine what quality standards are needed and at what cost, and authority control in both manual and online catalogs.
Digital asset management is undergoing a fundamental
transformation. Near universal availability of high-quality
web-based assets makes it important to pay attention to the new
world of digital ecosystems and what it means for managing, using
and publishing digital assets. The Ecosystem of Digital Assets
reflects on these developments and what the emerging web of things
could mean for digital assets. The book is structured into three
parts, each covering an important aspect of digital assets. Part
one introduces the emerging ecosystems of digital assets. Part two
examines digital asset management in a networked environment. The
third part covers media ecosystems.
The digital is the new milieu in which academic libraries must
serve their patrons; but how best to utilize the slew of digital
devices and their surrounding trends? Optimizing Academic Library
Services in the Digital Milieu identifies best practices and
strategies for using digital devices (such as tablets, e-readers,
and smartphones) and copyrighted materials in academic libraries.
Special consideration is given to e-books, iBooks, e-journals, and
digital textbooks. This title describes how academic libraries can
remain current, nimbly addressing user needs. An introduction gives
an overview of technology in academic libraries, including the
foundations of copyright law and user behavior in relation to
digital content. Three parts then cover: digital rights management
(DRM); practical approaches to e-content for librarians; and
emerging pedagogy and technology. Finally, the book concludes by
telling libraries how to remain agile and adaptable as they
navigate the digital milieu.
Research institutions are under pressure to make their outputs more
accessible in order to meet funding requirements and policy
guidelines. Libraries have traditionally played an important role
by exposing research output through a predominantly
institution-based digital repository, with an emphasis on storing
published works. New publishing paradigms are emerging that include
research data, huge volumes of which are being generated globally.
Repositories are the natural home for managing, storing and
describing institutional research content. New Content in Digital
Repositories explores the diversity of content types being stored
in digital repositories with a focus on research data, creative
works, and the interesting challenges they pose. Chapters in this
title cover: new content types in repositories; developing and
training repository teams; metadata schemas and standards for
diverse resources; persistent identifiers for research data and
authors; research data: the new gold; exposing and sharing
repository content; selecting repository software; repository
statistics and altmetrics.
Aimed at academic library practitioners, this book describes how
e-reserve services can evolve and adapt to the changing virtual
learning environment of higher education. New approaches discussed
include: the integration of subscribed, free, and copyrighted
resources within course management systems; innovative employment
of open URL link resolvers to connect e-reserve with library
e-resources and services; video streaming within course documents;
and the creative use of bibliographic software to produce
customized reading lists. New Approaches to E-Reserve includes
detailed descriptions and extensive step-by-step illustrations in
order to provide readers with the tools needed to implement the
techniques covered within. These combine to offer practical insight
into common issues faced by academic institutions worldwide. In
addition to an overview of practices and an update on new
developments in e-reserve, a discussion of strategy, policy and
organizational change extends this book s relevance to a much
broader theme: the strategic management of current and future
technological changes in tertiary education.
Many modern technologies give the impression that they somehow work
by magic, particularly when they operate automatically and their
mechanisms are invisible. A technology called RFID (Radio Frequency
Identification), which is relatively new, has exactly this
characteristic. Librarians everywhere are closely watching RFID
technology. Advances over using bar codes on library materials,
RFID tags are being touted as a way to radically redesign how
library materials are handled. But it is expensive. The tags are
vulnerable to wear and tear and the technology is not fully
developed. It's unclear what sort of return on investment (ROI) it
provides. While it is common for libraries to now have information
technology expertise within their organizations, RFID may appear
unfamiliar. RFID for Libraries: A practical guide examines what
RFID technology is and how it works. The book reviews the
development of computer technology and its effects on library
operations over the last couple of decades. Further examination
features the applications of RFID technology in libraries. An
assessment of current implementations in libraries and the lessons
learnt provides suggestions to overcome the issues faced.
Concluding chapters look into the future to see what developments
might be possible with RFID in libraries. Benefiting from the rich
experience the author has gained during recent implementation of
RFID based system for his library and the important title aids the
library and information community in understanding RFID technology
from a library perspective.
Almost every organization seeks a simple means of managing,
publishing and/or providing searchable web access to information.
Written by a knowledgeable web developer, this book demonstrates
the simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and versatility of designing
database driven web applications with Open Source resources. Case
studies of real world implementations address both theoretical
aspects and practical considerations of developing applications
with the easy-to-use PHP scripting language and powerful MySQL
relational database. Project organization and design issues are
considered along with basic coding examples, accessibility
standards and implementation advice.
This book focuses on practical, standards-based approaches to
planning, executing and managing projects in which libraries and
other cultural institutions digitize material and make it available
on the web (or make collections of born-digital material
available). Topics include evaluating material for digitization,
intellectual property issues, metadata standards, digital library
content management systems, search and retrieval considerations,
project management, project operations, proposal writing, and
libraries emerging role as publishers.
Digital Information Culture is an introduction to the cultural,
social and political impact of digital information and digital
resources. The book is organised around themes, rather than
theories and is arranged into three sections: culture, society and
the individual. Each explores key elements of the social, cultural
and political impact of digital information. The culture section
outlines the origins of cyber culture in fifties pulp-fiction
through to the modern day. It explores the issues of information
overload, the threat of a digital dark age, and the criminal
underbelly of digital culture. Section two, society, explores the
economic and social impact of digital information, outlining key
theories of the Information Age. Section three explores the impact
of digital information and digital resources on the individual,
exploring the changing nature of identity in a digital world.
Low cost Internet technology has transformed library services by
allowing libraries to play a creative and dynamic role in the
delivery of information to their users. This book helps managers,
systems personnel, and graduate students understand the challenges
of providing digital library services with a number disparate
content providers and software systems. It also helps readers
understand what libraries must do to deliver a user experience
customized to the needs of individual institutions.
1. This is the first book to examine cross-device search behavior. 2. This book will discuss a comprehensive range of behaviors in the context of cross-device search, which includes querying, gazing, clicking and touching. 3. The book will be of great interest to academics and students situated in the fields of library and information science, computer science, and management science. The book should also provide fascinating insights to practitioners, including those working for internet service providers.
One of the major challenges facing librarians and curators of
digital repositories are the innovative born digital documents
created by scholars in the humanities. These documents range from
the parsed corpora created by linguists to traditional reference
information presented in electronic databases, to rich, multi-media
hypertexts combining audio, still and moving video and text, and
many other sorts of material. Too often, librarians think of
electronic resources solely as providing access to subscription
databases. This book encourages librarians to think holistically of
the life cycle of electronic resources from new items being created
at their institution, to end-user access, to long term preservation
of digital resources.
This book, first published in 2002, gathers some of America's top subject expert librarians to determine the most influential journals in their respective fields. 32 contributing authors reviewed journals from over twenty countries that have successfully shaped the evolution of their individual specialties worldwide. Their choices reflect the history of each discipline or profession, taking into account rivalries between universities, professional societies, for-profit and not-for-profit publishers, and even nation-states and international ideologies, in each journal's quest for reputational dominance. Each journal was judged using criteria such as longevity of publication, foresight in carving out its niche, ability to attract & sustain professional or academic affiliations, opinion leadership or agenda-setting power, and ongoing criticality to the study or practice of their field. The book presents wholly independent reviewers; none are in the employ of any publisher, but each is fully credentialed and well published, and many are award-winners. The authors guide college and professional school librarians on limited budgets via an exposition of their analytical and critical winnowing process in determining the classic resources for their faculty, students, and working professional clientele.
There are many data communications titles covering design,
installation, etc, but almost none that specifically focus on
industrial networks, which are an essential part of the day-to-day
work of industrial control systems engineers, and the main focus of
an increasingly large group of network specialists.
This book, first published in 1989, examines the problems and benefits of installing a ready-made computer system in a sci-tech library. These systems, usually known as turnkey systems, provide a means for obtaining the network for a lower cost than a new system designed by a consultant. These papers analyse the benefits and problems with turnkey systems in a variety of different situations. |
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