Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.

 

A must-have preparedness handbook for every library and information center, this nontechnical guide offers you comprehensive strategy for protecting your library's technology assets against the growing array of threats--from viruses and worms to hackers, system failures, and natural disasters. Here is a step-by-step, easy-to-implement guide for securing servers, systems, and networks against both internal and external threats. Beginning with the fundamentals, the authors will guide you through the steps necessary to build a comprehensive security plan. You will learn how to take a detailed inventory of your library's many technology platforms and identify the threats specific to each. Next is a detailed how-to for performing a thorough needs assessment leading to clear and detailed written policies, and finally, an appropriate recovery action plan. The authors explain the relevant technologies, security measures, and available software and hardware tools in simple terms, allowing you to see the big picture and create an effective security plan without getting bogged down in the technical details that are the province of the IT department. A carefully chosen collection of model plans and a glossary of technical terms round out this invaluable guide.

 "This non-technical guide offers a comprehensive strategy for protecting library technology assets against a growing array of threats--from viruses and worms to hackers, system failures, and natural disasters. It provides a step-by-step, easy-to-implement guide for securing servers, systems, and networks against both internal and external threats...This manual is recommended for its soung practical guidance in an easy-to-use source that is well within the budget of most libraries."
-- Journal of Web Leadership, Vol.3, No.3, July-Sept. 2009
 
"...the authors are well qualified to write this book... Securing Library Technology is written in an easy-to-read style...a very helpful resource."
-- Journal of the Medical Library Association 98(2) April 2010
 
Highly recommended.
-- Catholic Library World, Vol. 80 No.2, December 2009
 
"...simple to understand....I highly recommend this book for those whose duties involve the implementation, maintenance, supervision, and management of security and technology within their library."
-- Public Services Quarterly, 5:3
 
"Once the reader finishes the manual, he or she should be able to develop a detailed, technology security plan for a library...Recommended."
-- Library Media Connection, August/September 2009
 
"Well-organized...will be of interest to librarians in most small and medium-sized libraries as well as to first time library IT managers in any type and size library."
-- Legal Information ALERT, February 2009
 
"Books to Check Out"
-- Infotoday, February 2009
 

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