... Libraries Lending Collections Circulation Lending services Collections management The reputation of libraries for their flexibility, agility and willingness to partner with other organizations and go the extra mile for their patrons has always been evident in the abundant programs and services...

... services Statistics Software implementation Organizational development Academic libraries Collections management Libraries have been collecting statistics on the questions they answer for more than a century, yet most of the literature on this topic does not focus on how statistics collection...

... is based at the Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She can be contacted at: axs23@case.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Conferences Acquisitions and mergers Collections management Electronic books The Charleston Conference...

... in print thus necessitating the need for traditional shelf space so that searching the physical collection and browsing can occur. Balancing the two issues is a challenge to each and every institution in its forward planning cycle. Libraries Collections management Forward planning...

... Publishing. Edited by Alan   Gilchrist . Information Science In Transition . London : Facet Publishing   2009 . 401 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐693‐0   £49.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Information science Electronic publishing Collections management...

.... History Libraries Librarians Collections management Bibliographies Norway © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 This is entrusted to the subjective assessment of the administrator who vets the contributions, firstly if they are in accordance with the guidelines, the copyright...

... they are found. Information literacy Library networks Academic libraries Collections management United States of America © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 One obstacle to library instruction, one of the core components of liaison offerings, is time. Some faculty who are interested...

... offers new data on the old dilemma of how to best determine the value of a journal in the context of a library collection relative to the type of library and the needs of its users. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Electronic journals Collections management Function evaluation...

... for the future. Design/methodology/approach This case study reports on the collections presented to WIT Library Service and the approach taken to their conservation and display. It also discusses the ongoing issues involved in special collections management in a modern academic library setting. Findings...

... highlights the value of international collection development and networking, especially the Sister Library program. Elisa F. Topper -->Elisa F. Topper --> can be contacted at: etopper@nsls.info © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Public libraries Collections management...

... library's permanent collection”. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Libraries Academic libraries Collections management Popular culture Multimedia In 2001 the Dean of the River Campus Libraries at the University of Rochester, Ronald Dow, was approached by two enterprising...

... --> Collections management Fiction What an interesting, helpful and unusual book! A well‐written and readable guide for librarians on creating and running a mystery/crime collection. Mystery aficionados, editors and writers would find this book of value too. Wide ranging and comprehensive, the book covers...

... as the primary constituents: “In the mind's eye, libraries and their collections are almost synonymous. One tends to visualize libraries as collections … ” © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Libraries Librarianship Collections management Until recently, a perfectly understandable...

... Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Statistics Collections management Strategic evaluation Electronics industry According to Disraeli, there are “lies, damn lies, and statistics” and there are many current journal articles and web sites that quote, and agree with, him. So I...

... as Journal of Internet Cataloguing, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2004 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Museums Collections management Online cataloguing Internet Whilst hardly the zippiest title on the block, this collection of articles on virtual museums and collaborative activities...

... --> Libraries Collections management “Only connect” as the poet said and we in the LIS world know well how connection and collaboration between the various components of an education or library environment are so important. No library exists in a vacuum, and this well written collection of papers sets out...

... Information Resources, Vol. 5, Nos 3/4) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Collections management Eastern Europe Although seeming somewhat arcane to British readers, given the diaspora of the Slav peoples in the twentieth century, particularly to North America, this well...

... assistance to libraries to find a way to explain to prospective donors how the library handles donations and gifts. Libraries United States of America Collections management Charitable donations Libraries everywhere struggle with the issue of gift books, also called donations. Some gifts can...

... while streamlining workflows: it should provide a central “control tower” for librarians from which they can manage the e‐resource environment. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Libraries Digital libraries Resource management Licensing Collections management A European...

..., NY : Haworth Information Press   2004 . 271 pp. , ISBN: 0789015208   $29.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Collections management Academic libraries Public libraries This collection of articles, edited by Audrey Fenner, is co‐published simultaneously...