...Weiwei Guo Purpose Knowledge has become the basis of enhancing the core competitiveness of enterprises in this era of knowledge-driven economies. Collaborative knowledge management not only realizes the real-time exchange and communication of knowledge among different enterprises, but also...

...Alireza Isfandyari-Moghaddam © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only --> Libraries Innovation Social media Networking Information centers Management Affected by digital revolution, globalization, and economic changes...

... libraries Management In the week when I started reviewing this book I became very aware, through the catalogue of books recently (or about to be) published by Chandos that I was sent, and by the news that a book by one of our Editorial Board members was to be launched by Chandos at the London School...

.... Overall, though not as practical as might be possible in its approach (this is not a “how to” manual), nonetheless the volume provides a useful overview of key issues faced by health sciences library managers. It also brings together several useful facts and is peppered throughout with helpful incidental...

...Andrew Cox © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Serials Management Electronic journals This book is a sound, concise (160 page), well‐written overview of the functions of serials management from the perspective of the UK Serials Group (UKSG) of librarians, publishers and subscription...

...Robin Yeates With a bibliography, adequate glossary and index, this is a useful and readable introduction, management overview or textbook on digital libraries. It is not a guide to the future, however, although it does prepare the reader well. It suggests that we have the power to create...

...Simon Francis An account is given of the implications for management of the introduction of the VTLS automation system in Tomsk State University Library in Siberia, as part of a library modernisation project funded under the EU TEMPUS‐TACIS programme. The case study describes the changes brought...

...Barbara Allan Lyn Pullen’s chapter on the management perspective provides a thoughtful and readable introduction to topics such as the role of the library, social inclusion, business planning, finding out what users want, best value, finance and resources, promoting the service, reader...

... makes it difficult to distinguish one system from another. The article describes the long and bumpy road from the first generation VTLS classic library management system to the third generation VTLS Virtua at Lund University Libraries in Sweden. Within the university there are 150 libraries of varying...

...Sheila Cannell; Fred Guy This paper discusses cross‐sectoral collaboration in procuring and implementing a new library management system. After a historical review of collaboration in this area in the UK and other countries, it focuses on the joint purchase of the Voyager system (supplied...

...Peter King In common with many other UK academic libraries using the LIBERTAS library management system, Bristol University Library set out in 1998 to acquire a replacement. This paper describes the background to the Bristol project to choose a new system, and some of its distinctive features...

... Access Network (SCRAN) to review some of the issues that should be addressed in this area. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Copyright Rights issues Management Program, Vol 34 No 2, 2000 © Aslib, The Association for Information Management. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted under...

...Ruth Salisbury Reading University Library installed a Sirsi Unicorn library management system in 1997. This paper provides a discussion of the impact of implementing such a client/server system and describes some of the new features offered: Electronic Data Interchange, automatic e‐mailing...

... Limited 1999 Public Libraries Management Information technology Program, Vol 33 No 1, 1999 © Aslib, The Association for Information Management. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, no part of this publication may be reproduced...

... are also described. The paper concludes with the main conclusions arising from the workshop addressing the areas of formats, authority control, character sets and electronic publications. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Bibliographies Information Management Program, Vol 31 No 3, 1997 © Aslib...