Dear Colleagues,
I have a number of books to hand which may be of interest to would-be
reviewers. I would welcome expressions of interest from members of this
list. The summary below gives the bare details. A longer description
of each book appears below my signature*.
If you are interested in reviewing one of these items for Ariadne,
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/ , would you kindly contact me on
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The anticipated submission date for reviews will be
20 April 2010.
Please contact me if you have any queries.
Summary of titles:
1]
Library Mashups:
Exploring new ways to deliver library data
Nicole C Engard, editor
Facet Publishing
September 2009; 312pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-703-6;
Price: £29.95
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2]
The Art of Community:
Building the New Age of Participation
Jono Bacon
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Released: August 2009
Pages: 400
Print ISBN: 978-0-596-15671-8
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-596-80575-3
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3]
Digital Information:
Order or anarchy?
Hazel Woodward and Lorraine Estelle, editors
Facet Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-85604-680-0
December 2009; 224pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-680-0;
Price: £44.95
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4]
Supporting Research Students
Barbara Allan
Facet Publishing
December 2009
Price: £44.95
ISBN: 978-1-85604-685-5
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5]
The Public Library
David McMenemy
Facet Publishing
December 2008; 240pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-616-9; £39.95
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1]
Library Mashups:
Exploring new ways to deliver library data
Nicole C Engard, editor
Facet Publishing
September 2009; 312pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-703-6;
Price: £29.95
As web users become more savvy and demanding, libraries are looking for
new ways to allow user participation. This unique book is geared to help
any library keep its website dynamically and collaboratively up-to-date,
increase user participation, and provide exemplary web-based service
through the power of mashups. Mashups – web applications that combine
freely available data from various sources to create something new – can
be one very powerful way to meet expectations and provide exemplary
web-based service.
This forward-thinking book, with contributions from a team of
international experts in the field, brings together definitions,
summaries, tools, techniques and real life applications of mashups in
libraries. Examples range from ways to allow those without programming
skills to make simple website updates to modifying the library OPAC, to
using popular sites like Flickr, Yahoo!, LibraryThing, Google Maps and
Delicious to share and combine digital content.
Key areas covered include:
* what are mashups?
* mashing up library websites
* mashing up catalogue data
* maps, pictures, and videos
* adding value to your services.
A companion website at www.mashups.web2learning.net features an A-Z
listing of websites with definitions and examples of mashups, which will
be constantly maintained to keep this text completely up to date.
This timely and valuable guide is essential reading for all libraries
and librarians seeking a dynamic, interactive web presence. Whether you
are a ‘newbie’ beginner or a veteran programmer, this book is sure to
include something that will inspire you and make you think differently
about the services your library currently offers.
September 2009; 312pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-703-6; £29.95
Contributors
Derik A. Badman, Bonaria Biancu, John Blyberg, Thomas Brevik, Jason A.
Clark, Karen A. Coombs, Mark Dahl, Joshua Ferraro, Darlene Fichter,
Joseph Gilbert, Robin Hastings, Stephen Hedges, Brian Herzog, Karl
Jendretzky, Stuart Lewis, Jeremy McWilliams, Matt Mitchell, Lichen
Rancourt, Bess Sadler, Wolfram Schneider, Ross Singer, Laura Solomon,
Tim Spalding, Corey Wallis, Michael C. Witt
2]
The Art of Community:
Building the New Age of Participation
Jono Bacon
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Released: August 2009
Pages: 400
Print ISBN: 978-0-596-15671-8
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-596-80575-3
Online communities offer a wide range of opportunities today, whether
you're supporting a cause, marketing a product or service, or developing
open source software. In The Art of Community, you'll learn about the
broad range of talents required to recruit, motivate, and manage
community members. The book takes you through the stages of community,
and covers topics ranging from software tools to conflict resolution skills.
Jono Bacon is an award-winning leading community manager, author and
consultant. Currently the community manager for the worldwide Ubuntu
community, Bacon is a regular keynote speaker, has also authored four
books and acted as a consultant to a range of technology companies.
Bacon's weblog (http://www.jonobacon.org/) is one of the widest read
Open Source weblogs and he writes regularly about community management.
3]
Digital Information:
Order or anarchy?
Hazel Woodward and Lorraine Estelle, editors
Facet Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-85604-680-0
December 2009; 224pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-680-0;
Price: £44.95
If the vision for the future of digital information is order, ease of
access, discoverable resources and sustainable business models, how
might this be achieved?
In an information environment shaped by an ever growing and persistent
demand for more and more digital content from every direction, it has
become increasingly important that publishers, libraries and information
professionals understand the challenges and opportunities of the Google
environment.
This book addresses these issues and carves out a strategy for the
future of digital information. Put together by an international,
cross-sectoral team of contributors, each authored chapter provides a
snapshot of where we are now and considers how the barriers to success
might be overcome and what the digital information environment might
look like if these issues are – or indeed are not – addressed. They
include:
* digital information: an overview of the landscape
* scholarly communications: the view from the library
* scholarly communications: the publisher’s view
* e-books and scholarly communication futures
* digitizing the past: next steps for public sector digitization
* resource discovery
* who owns the content in the digital environment?
This book is essential reading for all library and information
professionals as well as for researchers and library students. The book
will also be of interest to publishers wishing to reconcile their own
digital strategies with those of both information consumers and providers.
December 2009; 224pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-680-0; £44.95
Contributors:
Rick Anderson, Alastair Dunning, Ian Russell, Wilma Mossink, Colin
Steele, Graham Stone.
4]
Supporting Research Students
Barbara Allan
Facet Publishing
December 2009
Price: £44.95
ISBN: 978-1-85604-685-5
The importance of supporting the needs of research students has recently
risen higher up the academic agenda around the world. Numbers of
postgraduate students have expanded, and the traditional PhD has now
been joined by a new range of doctoral qualifications including
professional doctorates such as the Doctor in Business Administration
(DBA). These developments have led to a more diverse student body which
now includes senior professional practitioners.
This shift has seen an acknowledgement that support services within
universities must cater more for the needs of research students. While
the library and information profession is a graduate one, a relatively
small number of LIS professionals have a research degree. This means
that, though they are likely to have experience of carrying out smaller
scale research projects, they will not have experienced and internalized
the distinct learning processes involved in gaining a doctorate.
This timely book offers guidance to enable them to support the
specialist needs of research students effectively. Individual chapters
are designed to be read and worked through in any order. The key areas
covered are:
* research and the research process
* the research student’s experience
* research skills training
* supporting research students in academic libraries and
information services
* virtual graduate schools
* introduction to research communities
* professional development.
This is an essential text for all library and information professionals
in higher education institutions globally that cater for the needs of
research students. It will also be valuable reading for LIS students.
December 2009; 208pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-685-5; £44.95
5]
The Public Library
David McMenemy
Facet Publishing
December 2008; 240pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-616-9; £39.95
Public libraries have changed beyond anyone’s predictions in the past
ten years and are at a vital stage in their historical development. This
timely book is the first standalone text to examine the role and
services of the UK public library in the 21st century context.
The book discusses the nature and functions of the modern public library
service, from its beginnings as the street-corner university, through
its delivery of state-of-the-art services and beyond. At the heart of
the book is a passionate argument for the professional and public
significance of the public library service.
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