Resource Sharing in Libraries: Concepts, Products, Technologies, and Trends (Library Technology Reports) - Softcover

Breeding, Marshall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 083895880X ISBN 13: 9780838958803

Publisher: ALA Editions, 2013

Synopsis

Library Technology Reports (vol. 49, no. 1) "Resource Sharing in Libraries: Concepts, Products, Technologies, and Trends" provides information on the resource-sharing alternatives available today, explores some of the relevant technology trends underway, and looks at the evolving strategies emerging as libraries continue to seek innovative ways to provide more resources to their patrons despite the realities of reduced staff and collection budgets. It reviews the major products that provide interlibrary loan and resource-sharing services and automate interlibrary loan operations.

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About the Author

Marshall Breeding is the editor of Smart Libraries Newsletter for ALA TechSource, as well as the creator and editor of Library Technology Guides and a columnist for Computers in Libraries. He has authored the annual “Automation Marketplace” feature published by Library Journal since 2002. He has edited or authored several books, including Cloud Computing for Libraries, published in 2012. Former Director for Innovative Technology and Research at the Vanderbilt University Library, USA, he regularly teaches workshops and gives presentations internationally at library conferences.

Edition details

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 083895880X
• ISBN 13: 9780838958803
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 35