The 2015 Facet Publishing catalogue is out now. You can download a PDF of the catalogue here: http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Facet%20Publishing%20Catalogue%202015.pdf or email [log in to unmask] to request a paper copy.
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Social Media for Creative Libraries
PHIL BRADLEY
"...impressively instructive and 'user friendly', making it a highly prized and recommended addition to personal, professional, community, corporate, and academic library 'Library Science' reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists."
- Midwest Book Review
Each chapter is complemented by an instructional video by Phil Bradley. The videos are being released weekly on the Facet YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc1ZlLxvm_sjnGKs4neYbFC5sF1gysg1L&feature=c4-feed-u
More info: http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=047135#about-tab
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Information Needs Analysis
Principles and practice in information organizations
DANIEL G. DORNER, G. E. GORMAN and PHILIP J. CALVERT
Analysing and assessing the information needs of clients is key to the provision of effective service and appropriate collections in both face-to-face and virtual library services. This textbook adopts a hands-on, jargon-free approach, and includes relevant examples, case studies, reader activities and sources of further reading. Key areas covered include:
• what is information needs analysis?
• how is needs analysis conducted?
• what are the varieties of needs analysis?
• how are analyses evaluated and reported?
More info: http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=044844#.VOSldPmsUew
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A Handbook for Corporate Information Professionals
Edited by KATHARINE SCHOPFLIN
This edited collection provides a cutting edge overview of issues of key concern for information professionals providing information services in corporate environments.
Corporate information professionals serving the workplace rather than learning communities or the general public face specific challenges and demands, from providing competitive intelligence to managing information in a global environment. International contributors working across a variety of sectors pinpoint the key topics facing the corporate information professionals today and share their experiences and expertise.
More info: http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=049689#.VOSp4vmsUew
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Library Services from Birth to Five
Delivering the best start
Edited by CAROLYNN RANKIN and AVRIL BROCK
Following on from their groundbreaking 2008 book Delivering the Best Start, Rankin and Brock return to the subject of pre-school and early years library provision with contributions and case studies from innovators and experts around the world.
Find out more: http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=300082#.VOSuMPmsUew
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Preserving Our Heritage
Perspectives from antiquity to the digital age
Edited by MICHELE V. CLOONAN
Drawing on historical texts, this all-encompassing, accessible volume provides a comprehensive understanding of preservation for librarians, archivists and museum specialists. By grounding key readings in context, Michèle V. Cloonan offers students and professionals an overview of longevity, reversibility, enduring value and authenticity of information preservation. In considering the history and context of preservation, she provides significant insight into conservation, historic preservation, moving images, and other cultural heritage institutions.
More info: http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=049467#.VOSe4PmsUew
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