(Apologies for cross posting)
New book for April 2005 from Facet Publishing
Managing Suppliers and Partners for the Academic Library
David Ball
The modern academic library stands at the centre of a complex network of
relationships, commercial, academic and professional, with external
institutions. These relationships are essential to its operation, but can
pose major challenges to assuring quality of service. This new book
examines these relationships in detail and offers tools, techniques and
strategies for their successful management and for achieving and
maintaining quality.
April 2005; 192pp; hardback; 1-85604-547-1; £39.95 (£31.96 to CILIP Members)
Published in February 2005
Guidelines for Colleges
Recommendations for learning resources
Edited by Andrew Eynon
In order for learning resource services to meet the ever-changing
requirements of governmental agencies (social inclusion, accessibility for
all, lifelong learning and ‘empowering the learning community’) there is a
need for relevant, up-to-date and robust guidelines for such provision.
These much-awaited new Guidelines are the recommendations of CILIP for the
effective management of learning resource services in colleges.
February 2005; 96pp; paperback; 1-85604-551-X; £19.95 (£15.96 to CILIP
Members)
Supporting E-learning
A guide for library and information managers
Edited by Maxine Melling
This management guide takes a practical and strategic approach to providing
quality services in an e-learning environment. It will help managers
understand e-learning and, more importantly, help them exploit the full
potential of this new area for their service. Contributions from leading
managers and practitioners address the range of operational issues that
managers should consider in supporting e-learning, and provide case studies
in order to demonstrate how the theory can be translated into practice.
February 2005; 192pp; hardback; 1-85604-535-8; £39.95 (£31.96 to CILIP
Members)
Managing Digital Rights
A practitioner’s guide
Edited by Paul Pedley
This book is a practical guide to the use of digital content. It deals with
the question of how electronic information can be used legitimately, and
suggests practical ways in which copyright clearance can be obtained whilst
keeping the administration to a manageable level.
February 2005; 152pp; hardback; 1-85604-544-7; £39.95
E-Journals
A how-to-do-it manual for building, managing, and supporting electronic
journal collections
Donnelyn Curtis, with contributions by Virginia M. Scheschy
This practical manual, written by one of the leading US experts in the
field, suggests innovative ideas for helping library and information staff
to optimize online experiences for their users. The book opens by
evaluating the information-seeking behaviour of users, and goes on to
explore practical ways of building and managing an e-collection that will
address rapidly evolving service expectations.
February 2005; 256pp; paperback; 1-85604-541-2; £39.95 (£31.96 to CILIP
Members)
Published in January 2005
The Content Management Handbook
Martin White
This essential new book provides step-by-step guidance on the
specification, selection and implementation of content management system
software (CMS) for websites and intranets. It covers every aspect of the
process, from making the initial business case, writing a Statement of
Requirements, assessing the relative merits of open-source, proprietary and
internally built software, managing the vendor selection, and ensuring that
the implementation achieves the original objectives within an agreed Total
Cost of Implementation.
January 2005; 176pp; hardback; 1-85604-533-1; £39.95 (£31.96 to CILIP
Members)
The Academic Library
2nd edition
Peter Brophy
This authoritative and wide-ranging textbook provides a comprehensive
overview of the changing functions of higher education libraries and the
organizational cultures in which they operate. It offers an assessment of
the impact of such changes on service delivery from both provider and user
perspectives, and considers the future role of the academic library. The
new edition has been completely updated, with a new chapter on performance
measurement and more extensive coverage of: accessibility; information
literacy; portals; digital libraries; copyright; institutional
repositories; virtual and managed learning environments; and management of
change.
January 2005; 248pp; paperback; 1-85604-527-7; £32.95 (£26.36 to CILIP
Members)
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