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There have been five different settings that at one time or another
have contained the dead body of Mustafa Kemal AtatA1/4rk, organizer
of the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923) and first president
of the Republic of Turkey. Narrating the story of these different
architectural constructions - the bedroom in DolmabahAe Palace,
Istanbul, where he died; a temporary catafalque in this same
palace; his funeral stage in Turkey's new capital Ankara; a
temporary tomb in the Ankara Ethnographic Museum; and his permanent
and monumental mausoleum in Ankara, known in Turkish as 'Anitkabir'
(Memorial Tomb) - this book also describes and interprets the
movement of AtatA1/4rk's body through the cities of Istanbul and
Ankara and also the nation of Turkey to reach these destinations.
It examines how each one of these locations - accidental, designed,
temporary, permanent - has contributed in its own way to the
construction of a Turkish national memory about AtatA1/4rk. Lastly,
the two permanent constructions - the DolmabahAe Palace bedroom and
Anitkabir - have changed in many ways since their first appearance
in order to maintain this national memory. These changes are
exposed to reveal a dynamic, rather than dull, impression of
funerary architecture.
Generational Use of New Media examines and contrasts how younger
and older people, representing different generations, engage with
the new media that they increasingly encounter in everyday life.
Exploring the various assumptions about the degrees to which
younger and older people are more or less willing to use, or are
capable of using, new media, the social circumstances under which
they do so and the very design of those media, this book critically
examines the gap that is assumed to exist between younger users of
new media and older non-users. Thematically organised and offering
comparative analyses of the generational use of new media and
technology, this timely volume presents the latest research and
rich new empirical material gathered in the EU, USA and Hong Kong,
to reflect on societal practices and the practical implications of
building a more inclusive information society.
The ASLIB Directory of Information Sources in the United Kingdom
provides instant access to listings of 6,700 associations, clubs,
societies, companies, educational establishments, institutes,
commissions, government bodies, and other organizations which
provide information freely or on a fee-paying basis. Entries in the
17th edition include: Macular Disease Society Costume Society of
Scotland Parentline Plus Centre for Global Energy Studies Surrey
Performing Arts Library. Each entry is listed alphabetically and
includes the organization's name and contact details, type and
purpose, and lists publications and collections where appropriate.
The Directory also contains a comprehensive index of acronyms and
abbreviations and a substantial subject index.
Effective Document and Data Management illustrates the operational
and strategic significance of how documents and data are captured,
managed and utilized. Without a coherent and consistent approach
the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization may be
undermined by less poor management and use of its information. The
third edition of the book is restructured to take this broader view
and to establish an organizational context in which information is
management. Along the way Bob Wiggins clarifies the distinction
between information management, data management and knowledge
management; helps make sense of the concept of an information life
cycle to present and describe the processes and techniques of
information and data management, storage and retrieval; uses worked
examples to illustrate the coordinated application of data and
process analysis; and provides guidance on the application of
appropriate project management techniques for document and records
management projects. The book will benefit a range of organizations
and people, from those senior managers who need to develop coherent
and consistent business and IT strategies; to information
professionals, such as records managers and librarians who will
gain an appreciation of the impact of the technology and of how
their particular areas of expertise can best be applied; to system
designers, developers and implementers and finally to users. The
author can be contacted at [email protected] for further
information.
The contributions to the conference held in Geneva in 2003, focus
on the very latest approaches to 'e-Learning'. The power and
enormous diversity of this medium, becomes apparent as experts from
all over the world compare notes and raise a whole new range of
issues. The reader can examine the presentations of the various
practitioners, or go straight to the discussions at the end, for
insights into what the future holds for teachers and students
alike.
This twentienth volume of ABHB (Annual bibliography oj the history
oj the printed book and libraries) contains 3899 records, selected
from some 2000 periodicals, the list of which follows this
introduction. They have been compiled by the National Committees of
the following countries: Latin America Arab countries Luxembourg
Australia The Netherlands Austria Norway Belgium Poland Bulgaria
Portugal Canada Rumania Denmark South Africa Finland Spain France
Sweden German Democratic Republic Switzerland German Federal
Republic USA Great Britain USSR Hungary Yugoslavia Ireland
(Republic of) Italy Latin America and the Arab countries are being
covered through the good offices of American and British
colleagues. Owing to unforeseen circumstances the major part of the
Belgian contri bution will be included in volume 21. Benevolent
readers are requested to signal the names of bibliographers and
historians from countries not mentioned above, who would be willing
to co-operate to this scheme of international bibliographic
collaboration. The editor will greatly appreciate any communication
on this matter. Subject As has been said in the introduction to the
previous volumes, this bibliography aims at recording all books and
articles of scholarly value which relate to the history of the
printed book, to the history of the arts, VIII INTRODUCTION crafts,
techniques and equipment, and of the economic, social and cultural
environment, involved in its production, distribution,
conservation, and description. Of course, the ideal of a complete
coverage is nearly impossible to attain."
As digital devices play a more critical role in daily life than
ever, more opportunities arise for innovative learning
technologies-a trend on full display in the Educational Media and
Technology Yearbook for 2012. This latest edition, volume 37, from
the Association for Education, Communication, and Technology (AECT)
notes the most current trends in the field of learning design and
technology, taking into account the implications for both formal
and informal learning. The majority of articles train their focus
on graduate and professional goals, including an analysis of
doctoral programs in educational technology and new collaborative
learning platforms. Library science is a featured component of this
analysis and Library Science programs are featured prominently in
this analysis. Mediagraphy and profiles of leaders in the field are
also included.
The importance of technology transfer for the competitive advantage
of companies and the economic success of nations cannot be
overstated. Technology is a determining element for firms and
nations to increase productivity, to compete, and to prosper. In
The Competitive Advantage of Regions and Nations, the authors
stress that companies, investment promotion agencies, and
government bodies cannot simply sit and wait until new technologies
arrive in their domain. Rather, they need to manage the
identification, assessment, attraction, absorption and application
of new technologies. In this comprehensive book, Boris Ricken and
George Malcotsis explain how technology transfer in Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) projects can be systematically managed. Using some
40 case studies as illustration, they give step-by-step guidance
for managers. The explanation of theory in this book, together with
the frameworks and cases delivering solutions to the various
challenges of technology transfer will be highly appreciated by
managers of companies, investment promotion agencies, and
government bodies alike. It also offers students confronted with
the topic an understandable study guide.
It has long been apparent to academic library administrators that
the current technical services operations within libraries need to
be redirected and refocused in terms of both format priorities and
human resources. A number of developments and directions have made
this reorganization imperative, many of which have been accelerated
by the current economic crisis. All of the chapters detail some
aspect of technical services reorganization due to downsizing
and/or reallocation of human resources, retooling professional and
support staff in higher level duties and/or non-MARC metadata,
"value-added" metadata opportunities, outsourcing redundant
activities, and shifting resources from analog to digital object
organization and description. This book will assist both catalogers
and library administrators with concrete examples of moving
technical services operations and personnel from the analog to the
digital environment. This book was published as a special double
issue of Cataloging & Classification Quarterly.
Enhance your historical fiction collection - and its popularity
with readers and value in the classroom - with this wide-ranging
guide. After discussion of various aspects of the genre (its
importance, history, criteria for evaluation, and methods of
presentation), the author takes an in-depth look at 80 of the best
historical fiction novels published for this age group in the last
10 to 15 years. For each title there is a brief introduction
discussing setting, historical background, and point of view; a
list of characters; a detailed plot summary; and ways to introduce
the book to students, including important passages for reading or
retelling. This versatile tool, written by a recognized expert in
children's literature, can be used for readers' advisory,
curricular support, title selection, and collection development.
Grades 4-8.
Hybrid Intelligent Systems for Information Retrieval covers three
areas along with the introduction to Intelligent IR, i.e., Optimal
Information Retrieval Using Evolutionary Approaches, Semantic
Search for Web Information Retrieval, and Natural Language
Processing for Information Retrieval. * Talks about the design,
implementation, and performance issues of the hybrid intelligent
information retrieval system in one book * Gives a clear insight
into challenges and issues in designing a hybrid information
retrieval system * Includes case studies on structured and
unstructured data for hybrid intelligent information retrieval *
Provides research directions for the design and development of
intelligent search engines This book is aimed primarily at
graduates and researchers in the information retrieval domain.
This book outlines the consequences of digitization for
peer-reviewed research articles published in electronic journals.
It has often been argued that digitization will revolutionize
scientific communication. However, this study shows that this is
not the case as far as scientific journals are concerned. Authors
make little or no use of the possibilities offered by the digital
medium, new procedures for electronic peer review have not replaced
traditional peer review, and users do not seem to accept new forms
of interaction offered by some electronic journals. The main
innovations are to be found at the level of the infrastructures
developed by publishers. Scientists themselves appear to be
reluctant to change their established patterns of behaviour in
formal scientific communication.
Twenty-eight contributed papers provide an overview of LIS
research, offering recommendations and strategies for resolving
issues related to this research and for improving the quality,
quantity, and impact of research. Paper edition (unseen), $32.50.
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By the time readers encounter academic history in the form of books
and articles, all that tends to be left of an author's direct
experience with archives is pages of endnotes. Whether
intentionally or not, archives have until recently been largely
thought of as discrete collections of documents, perhaps not
neutral but rarely considered to be historical actors. This book
brings together top media scholars to rethink the role of the
archive and historical record from the perspective of writing media
history. Exploring the concept of the archive forces a
reconsideration of what counts as historical evidence. In this
analysis the archive becomes a concept that allows the authors to
think about the acts of classifying, collecting, storing, and
interpreting the sources used in historical research. The essays
included in this volume, from Susan Douglas, Lisa Gitelman, John
Nerone, Jeremy Packer, Paddy Scannell, Lynn Spigel, and Jonathan
Sterne, focus on both the theoretical and practical ways in which
the archive has affected how media is thought about as an object
for historical analysis. This book was published as a special issue
of The Communication Review.
Is the paperless society really possible? What is the future of
paper in the Digital Age? Based on extensive statistics and six
separate surveys, Paper to Digital explores the evolution and
changing characteristics of documents in the Information Age.
Resultant implications are studied through the examination of
emerging issues in the digital environment. Examples include:
BLtrends in transforming scholarly communications BLtrust in the
preservation of digital information BLchanges in reading behavior
in the digital environment BLperceptions of the credibility of
scholarly information on the Web BLuser preferences for and use of
print and electronic resources BLthe future of paper in the digital
age. This timely book represents a useful and scholarly exploration
of a major concern in our society.
-A comprehensive text for students and professionals on an
essential and emerging area of knowledge and skills for today's
technical communication professions -Covers a growing area of focus
for the field of technical communication, with relevance to digital
marketing, social media publishing, and other professional fields
-The first core textbook in this area designed to cover a full
range of content strategy skills and practices
Creating Digital Exhibits for Cultural Institutions will show you
how to create digital exhibits and experiences for your users that
will be informative, accessible and engaging. Illustrated with
real-world examples of digital exhibits from a range of GLAMs, the
book addresses the many analytical aspects and practical
considerations involved in the creation of such exhibits. It will
support you as you go about: analyzing content to find hidden
themes, applying principles from the museum exhibit literature,
placing your content within internal and external information
ecosystems, selecting exhibit software, and finding ways to
recognize and use your own creativity. Demonstrating that an
exhibit provides a useful and creative connecting point where your
content, your organization, and your audience can meet, the book
also demonstrates that such exhibits can provide a way to revisit
difficult and painful material in a way that includes frank and
enlightened analyses of issues such as racism, colonialism, sexism,
class, and LGBTQI+ issues. Creating Digital Exhibits for Cultural
Institutions is an essential resource for librarians, archivists,
and other cultural heritage professionals who want to promote their
institution's digital content to the widest possible audience.
Academics and students working in the fields of library and
information science, museum studies and digital humanities will
also find much to interest them within the pages of this book.
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