This all-in-one volume will guide you on how to successfully conceptualize, purchase, implement, and maintain your library's invaluable "tech" assests: computers and networks, software adn systems, storage devices, electronic resource references, and online searches, and it provides expanded coverage of increasingly popular tools, including blogs, wikis, MP3s, open source software, and distance learning. Burke also addresses increasingly prominent topics like social networking, mashups, Second Life and Skype, digital cameras, video cameras, and podcasts. An extensive glossary of terms, figures, and screen shots are provided to help reinforce concepts and aid with practical application.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In its new fifth edition, which has been completely updated and reorganized, this one-stop overview of all technologies used in libraries today is more comprehensive and compelling than ever. The perfect primer for LIS students, Burke's guide should also be at the top of the list for any current or future library professional looking to stay at the forefront of technological advancement. It gives readers a sound and sensible way to consider, access, and use library technologies to better meet the needs of library users. Its incisive coverage includes complete analysis of the librarian's technological toolbox for teaching, security, databases, and more; expert advice on how to compare and evaluate competing technology solutions; mobile devices and technology, social media, streaming media, and privacy; makerspaces and other technology programing; updated content on open source catalog systems, discovery layers, and related elements of library management systems; a new section on learning management systems (LMS); websites, web-based services, and free information resources; improved guidance on usability; new technology predictions for the future, with tips on how to stay up to date with the latest developments; and a glossary of useful terms. Informed by a large-scale survey of librarians across the spectrum of institution types, this guide will be a true technology companion to novices and seasoned LIS professionals alike. Seller Inventory # CIN1555706762VG
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