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Facet Publishing has recently published the following books:
Libraries and Information Services in the UK and Republic of Ireland 2010-2011, 37th edition
This annually updated directory lists over 2,000 libraries in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland, with contact names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and URLs where appropriate
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=708-1
Improving Students' Web Use and Information Literacy
A guide for teachers and teacher librarians
James E Herring
This book provides a practical guide to using the web effectively in order to enhance learning and teaching in schools. It does this by focusing on the knowledge and skills needed by teachers and teacher librarians to be information literate web users and to develop these abilities in their students.
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=743-2
Preparing Collections for Digitization
Anna E Bülow and Jess Ahmon
This practical guide covers the end-to-end process of digitizing collections, from selecting records for digitization to choosing suppliers and equipment and dealing with documents that present individual problems.
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=711-1
Being an Information Innovator
Jennifer Rowley
This groundbreaking book is the first to discuss and apply the rhetoric and theories of innovation and entrepreneurship in information organizations. It both celebrates existing examples of good practice, and promotes the development of innovative and entrepreneurial behaviour at all organizational levels.
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=671-8
The Future of Archives and Recordkeeping
A reader
Jennie Hill, editor
This book addresses the challenges archives face in the 21st Century. The chapters are contributed by leaders in the field, and are grouped around the following four core themes:
• defining archives
• shaping a discipline
• Archives 2.0: archives in society
• archives in the information age: is there still a role for the archivist?
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=666-4
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