...Michael Sharrocks Library management Librarianship Indexing Library systems This book is the third and latest in a series designed to offer advice from practising indexers to their professional colleagues on special aspects of indexing and new developments in the field...

...Mike Sharrocks Electronic books Library management E-book readers Information access Edited by Sue Polanka No Shelf Required, 2: Use and Management of Electronic Books London Facet Publishing 2012 254 pp. 978-1-85604-830-9 £49.95 © Emerald Group Publishing...

.... Design/methodology/approach The paper explains different steps of the data migration from one ILM (integrated library management system) to a new ILM in six libraries over the course of three months. Qualitative research methods, i.e. direct observation and interviews, were adopted for finding...

... that the suggestions made by the participants will be considered and implemented, based on the digital library (DL) developments in academic libraries in different countries. Practical implications It is expected that with improved library management, and the solving of the problems highlighted, through suitable...

... of the serials control modules of the library management systems (LMSs) in use in the central libraries of the IITs are thoroughly studied by logging into the respective systems. Findings The paper finds that five IITs are using LibSys and two use Virtua and Troodon for their LMS. Virtua covers most...

..., as certain concerns are uncritical, idiosyncratic, or mere hobby‐horses. Lynne Brindley's foreword recommends the book to “library managers, leaders and future leaders” (p. x). She is correct in identifying the target audience, for the book both sets out ways of thinking we must adopt, and ways of thinking...

...‐Taiwan serves Koha Chinese users around the world. A successful Koha‐Taiwan could be a model around the world. Originality/value In recent years, the concept of implementing an open‐source library management system has been coming to the fore. In Taiwan, the local‐based commercial library system...

...Gerhard Bissels; Andrea Chandler Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the further development of the Koha 3.0 library management system (LMS) and the involvement of external software consultants at the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Library and Information Service (CAMLIS...

...A.M. Cox Peter M.   Webster . Managing Electronic Resources: New and Changing Roles for Libraries . Oxford : Chandos   2008 . 236 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐84334‐368‐4   £39.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Library management Electronic media...

... Library management Product identification This innovation guide and case study is presented extremely clearly. Unusually for a library management tome, it does not sport or require a subtitle. Martin Palmer has a mastery of the key topic for public libraries of radio frequency identification (RFID...

... strategy of an organisation. Library management Digital libraries National libraries Europe Portals Virtual organizations The meeting ended with the conclusion that the critical factors for the future of library portals are in meeting user needs, finding a sustainable business model...

... of the library management system, and enables catalogue card updates without recompilation of the source code. Findings The outcome of the work is a software package, implemented in a Java environment, that generates and displays catalogue cards based on bibliographic records in the UNIMARC format...

... characters nor for databases to store Chinese characters. Although there is a variety of issues with localisation, our focus is on the following four major issues: interface localisation; indexing; searching; and sorting in the Chinese localisation of Evergreen version 1.2.0. Library management...

...Gerhard Bissels Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the selection process and criteria that led to the implementation of the Koha 3.0 library management system (LMS) at the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Library and Information Service (CAMLIS), Royal London Homoeopathic...

... to the professional literature, offering an enthusiastic, readable guide to the strategies and projects used by a wide variety of public libraries in the United States. To the author, mere “survival” is not enough – the goal of every library manager should be to develop and sustain a “thriving” library service...

... years and it should be noted that the contents have been totally revised as a result. Library management Digital libraries © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Peter   Brophy . The Library in the Twenty‐first Century (2nd ed.) . London : Facet   2007 . 248...

... and development, research what else was available and make recommendations as to other collections to go for, how best to promote them and so forth. The group (still extant) consists of our Talis library management system (LMS) manager to provide the technical know‐how, myself as acquisitions manager, and three...

... the functionality of their products. Online catalogues Worldwide web Academic libraries Library management Library systems India An Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) is the key to a library's collection as it allows users to find out about what books, journals, conference proceedings, reports...

... libraries, students, and individual practitioners. Collections management Collections Library management This collection of articles is another in the established series of “monograph separates” published by Haworth Press, with each article simultaneously co‐published in The Acquisitions...

... . 427 pp. , ISBN: 1‐57387‐241‐5   US$39.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Libraries Library management Information facilities In her preface to the 3rd edition of what has deservedly become known as the “One Person Library (OPL) Bible” Judith Siess notes some...