Archive for December, 2009

NEW BOOK HELPS LIS PROFESSIONALS ANALYZE USER BEHAVIOR TO ENSURE THEIR SERVICES MEET USERS’ CURRENT NEEDS

Monday, December 14th, 2009

November 26, 2009 (New York, NY) –Librarians can improve strategic planning, programming, budgeting, and marketing by researching and anticipating what their users need. Above all, they can increase the number of satisfied users. And as rapidly changing technologies continue to cause new and noticeable shifts in information-seeking behavior, it is ...

EXPERTS OFFER GUIDANCE ON PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE

Monday, December 14th, 2009

November 26, 2009 (New York, NY) – Records - through their formation, collection, maintenance, and use - are pivotal pieces in constructing a community and shaping collective memory. Community Archives: The Shaping of Memory, to be released in North America by Neal-Schuman Publishers on January 15, 2010, guides archives and ...

NEW BOOK EXPLAINS AND ASSESSES THE IMPACT OF ‘THE GOOGLE GENERATION’ ON COMMUNICATION, EDUCATION, AND SCHOLARSHIP

Monday, December 14th, 2009

December 9, 2009 (New York, NY)- The proliferation of information and communication technologies has produced a distinctive new group of users and scholars dubbed ‘The Google Generation’: those users born after the advent of the Internet and unaccustomed to a world without its ubiquitous information dissemination. The Google Generation: Are ...

NEW BOOK REVEALS THE INTERNET’S STRUCTURE EXPLAINS IMMINENT TRENDS

Monday, December 14th, 2009

The Internet is a critical part of everyday life and has sparked revolutionary change in information content, dissemination, and access. Understanding the Internet: A Glimpse Into the Building Blocks, Applications, Security and Hidden Secrets of the Web, to be released by Neal-Schuman in North America on January 10, 2010, provides ...

WITH EIGHT ORIGINAL MODELS, NEW BOOK SHOWS HOW FACULTY-LIBRARIAN PARTNERSHIPS CAN CREATE ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES THAT IMPROVE STUDENTS’ INFORMATION LITERACY

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Collaboration is more than just a nice idea; it is essential to developing a comprehensive strategy for measuring student learning outcomes and for assessing and improving information literacy efforts. Framed in a highly practical context, Collaborative Information Literacy Assessments, to be published by Neal-Schuman on January 15, 2010, explores proven, ...

NEW BOOK DEMONSTRATES HOW WEB 2.0 CAN EXPAND ACCESS TO ARCHIVES AND BETTER SERVE USERS

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Expert author offers tips and techniques for expanding reach through key social media strategies! In order to remain relevant and serve the growing generation of native Web 2.0 users, archives and local history organizations must take advantage of the ever-growing range of low-cost Web 2.0 tools that allow their users to ...