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This third edition of Information Services Today: An Introduction
demonstrates the ever-changing landscape of information services
today and the need to re-evaluate curriculum, competency training,
professional development, and lifelong learning in order to stay
abreast of current trends and issues, and more significantly,
remain competent to address the changing user needs of information
communities. Specifically, the Information Services Today: An
Introduction: provides a thorough introduction, history, and
overall state of the field, explores different types of information
communities, the varying information needs within those
communities, and the role of equity of access, diversity,
inclusion, and social justice in those communities, addresses why
information organizations and information and technological
literacy are more important today than ever before, discusses how
technology has influenced the ways that information professionals
provide information resources and services in today's digital
environment, highlights current issues and trends and provides
expert insight into emerging challenges, innovations, and
opportunities for the future, and identifies career management
strategies and leadership opportunities in the information
professions. The new edition features chapter updates to address
changes in information services, introducing new/updated topics
such as emergency/crisis management/community resilience,
sustainability, data analysis and visualization, social justice,
and equity of access, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). Information
Services Today: An Introduction begins with an overview of
libraries and their transformation as information and technological
hubs within their local and digital communities, as well as trends
impacting the information field. Information Services Today: An
Introduction covers the various specializations within the field -
emphasizing the exciting yet complex roles and opportunities for
information professionals in a variety of information environments.
With that foundation in place, it presents the fundamentals of
information services, delves into management skills needed by
information professionals today, and explores emerging issues
related to the rapid development of new technologies. Information
Services Today: An Introduction addresses how libraries and
information centers serve different kinds of communities,
highlighting the unique needs of increasingly diverse users.
Information Services Today: An Introduction provokes discussion,
critical thinking, and interaction to facilitate the learning
process. The content and supplemental materials - discussion
questions, rich sets of online accessible materials, multimedia
webcast interviews featuring authors from this book discussing the
trends and issues in their respective areas, and chapter
presentation slides for use by instructors - give readers the
opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of and engagement
with the topics.
This third edition of Information Services Today: An Introduction
demonstrates the ever-changing landscape of information services
today and the need to re-evaluate curriculum, competency training,
professional development, and lifelong learning in order to stay
abreast of current trends and issues, and more significantly,
remain competent to address the changing user needs of information
communities. Specifically, the Information Services Today: An
Introduction: provides a thorough introduction, history, and
overall state of the field, explores different types of information
communities, the varying information needs within those
communities, and the role of equity of access, diversity,
inclusion, and social justice in those communities, addresses why
information organizations and information and technological
literacy are more important today than ever before, discusses how
technology has influenced the ways that information professionals
provide information resources and services in today's digital
environment, highlights current issues and trends and provides
expert insight into emerging challenges, innovations, and
opportunities for the future, and identifies career management
strategies and leadership opportunities in the information
professions. The new edition features chapter updates to address
changes in information services, introducing new/updated topics
such as emergency/crisis management/community resilience,
sustainability, data analysis and visualization, social justice,
and equity of access, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). Information
Services Today: An Introduction begins with an overview of
libraries and their transformation as information and technological
hubs within their local and digital communities, as well as trends
impacting the information field. Information Services Today: An
Introduction covers the various specializations within the field -
emphasizing the exciting yet complex roles and opportunities for
information professionals in a variety of information environments.
With that foundation in place, it presents the fundamentals of
information services, delves into management skills needed by
information professionals today, and explores emerging issues
related to the rapid development of new technologies. Information
Services Today: An Introduction addresses how libraries and
information centers serve different kinds of communities,
highlighting the unique needs of increasingly diverse users.
Information Services Today: An Introduction provokes discussion,
critical thinking, and interaction to facilitate the learning
process. The content and supplemental materials - discussion
questions, rich sets of online accessible materials, multimedia
webcast interviews featuring authors from this book discussing the
trends and issues in their respective areas, and chapter
presentation slides for use by instructors - give readers the
opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of and engagement
with the topics.
This book in the Library Futures Series examines blockchain
technology, a concept with far-reaching implications for the future
of record keeping. Blockchain uses a distributed database (multiple
devices not connected to a common processor) that organises data
into records (blocks) that have cryptographic validation. The data
are timestamped and linked to previous records so that they can
only be changed by those who own the encryption keys to write to
the files. Firms like Microsoft and IBM are already exploring ways
that blockchain can more securely handle valuable transaction data.
And Sony is harnessing blockchain to store educational information
(registration documents, attendance, grades, and even the lesson
plans that previous teachers have used) that can easily be
transferred between schools as students move or graduate. In this
book, technology experts and editors Alman and Hirsh build on their
ongoing research to discuss how blockchain’s potential use as a
convenient system for record keeping could lead to more government
documents, historical records, and other pieces of information
migrating to such a system. They and their contributors also
examine its possible consequences for academic, public, school, and
special libraries, as well as the information professionals who
sustain those institutions, making this book a valuable primer for
everyone interested in the future of librarianship.
This second edition of Information Services Today: An Introduction
demonstrates the ever-changing landscape of information services
today and the need to re-evaluate curriculum, competency training,
and one's personal learning network in order to stay abreast of
current trends and issues, and more significantly, remain competent
to address the changing user needs of the information community.
Specifically, the book * provides a thorough introduction, history,
and overall state of the field, * gives a diverse and global
perspective of what it means to be a library and information
professional today, * addresses why information organizations and
information and technological literacy are more important today
than ever before, * discusses how technology has influenced the
ways that information professionals provide information resources
and services in today's digital environment, * highlights current
issues and trends and provides expert insight into emerging
challenges, innovations, and opportunities for the future, and, *
identifies career management strategies and leadership
opportunities in the information profession. The new edition
features chapter updates to address changes in information
services, introducing new topics such as strategic planning, change
management, design thinking, advocacy, and data management and
analysis, and includes new contributing authors. The book begins
with an overview of libraries and their transformation as
information and technological hubs within their local and digital
communities. It covers the various specializations within the field
- emphasizing the exciting yet complex roles and opportunities for
information professionals in a variety of information environments.
With that foundation in place, it presents the fundamentals of
information services, delves into management skills needed by
information professionals today, and explores emerging issues
related to the rapid development of new technologies. The book
addresses how libraries and information centers serve different
kinds of communities, highlighting the unique needs of increasingly
diverse users and how information organizations and information
professional's work to fulfill those needs. This book provokes
discussion, critical thinking, and interaction to facilitate the
learning process. The content and supplemental materials -
discussion questions, rich sets of online accessible materials,
multimedia webcast interviews featuring authors from this book
discussing the trends and issues in their respective areas, and
chapter presentation slides for use by instructors - give readers
the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of and engagement
with the topics. Additionally, this book recognizes the broad range
of environments that people with Master of Library and Information
Science (MLIS) degrees work in, which include both libraries and
other information environments. Thus, this book does not only focus
on libraries, but instead encompasses ALL kinds of information
organizations.
Useful to school librarians, teachers, and faculty, this book
explains the range of possibilities for creating immersive learning
experiences through the use of virtual worlds, virtual simulations,
virtual collections, exhibits by libraries and museums, and
archives. There is a renaissance occurring in education with
immersive learning via virtual applications and environments, even
at the elementary school level. This widespread new movement is
happening over more platforms than before—Second Life, Open Sim,
Unity3D, Curio, and others. Teaching and Learning in Virtual
Environments: Archives, Museums, and Libraries presents readers
with the scope of possibilities for education in virtual
environments today. Written from the perspective of the
practitioner, it provides a wealth of teaching tips for virtual
environments and for combining virtual environments with other
emerging technologies for libraries and education. Chapters
describe how recent developments in technology have made web-based
virtual worlds more accessible for teaching and learning and
discuss the unique benefits and affordances of educating in virtual
environments as well as their applications to different subjects.
The teaching applications cover the primary and secondary school
levels, higher education and graduate-level environments, and even
beyond formal education into building immersive "information
experiences" for professional training applications, library users,
and the general public. The text provides an up-to-date overview
for educators, academic and public librarians, and archives and
museum staff on recent developments with immersive learning;
presents innovative programs and teaching ideas; covers
administrative issues; and addresses the student's perspective as
well.
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