Library and information sciences / Museology Books

True pyramids are the oldest, the largest, and yet mathematically and geometrically the most advanced structures ever built on Earth. They have stood the test of time throughout the whole written history of humankind remaining their original shape and...

A library is an essential part of every civilized community. Their history, organization and their scope, the possibilities of using them and the extent of expansion in these possibilities. Not only is it essential for library students to study all of...

Die `Kleine Studienhilfe zum Verfassen wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten` gibt einen einführenden Überblick zu den Prinzipien wissenschaftlicher Praxis und vermittelt grundlegendes Wissen zur Planung und Durchführung eines Forschungsprojektes. Die Studienhilfe...

Science is when someone scientifically creates new knowledge! Therefore, this textbook and reference book is not only about techniques, but about a consistently investigative attitude and approach.Those who follow the approach of this book will no longer...

Wahlumfragen und die daraus resultierenden Vorhersagen genießen in Deutschland bei Medien, Politikern und Wählern einen hohen Stellenwert. In diesem Buch wird daher im Sinne einer Qualitätskontrolle eine der umfangreichsten, empirischen Analysen über die...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Buchwissenschaft, Note: 1,7, Universität Leipzig (Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Springer Verlag ist heutzutage ein führender Wissenschaftsverlag, der vor allem von...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Buchwissenschaft, Note: 1,0, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Institut für Buchwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Oberseminar Bibliotheken als Institutionen der Buchkultur, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im...

Dieses Buch enthält insgesamt 730 Biographien der zwischen 1803 und 1932 an der Universität Heidelberg lehrenden Ordinarien, außerordentlichen Professoren und Honorarprofessoren. Es ist die zweite Auflage des 1986 erstmals erschienenen „Heidelberger...

to Digital Libraries and Semantic Web.- Digital Libraries and Knowledge Organization.- Semantic Web and Ontologies.- Social Semantic Information Spaces.- A Vision of Semantic Digital Libraries.- Goals of Semantic Digital Libraries.- Architecture of...

Part I: Digital Preservation - Why Do We Need it ? 1) State of the Art - 2) Economic Trends and Social Issues Part II: Information Object Structure 3) Introduction to Knowledge Theory - 4) Lessons from Scientific Philosophy - 5) Truth and Authenticity -...

Table of Contents (new sections and chapters w.r.t. the German version of this book are printed in bold face) Part I: Approaches to Long-Term Preservation (approx. 155 pages) 1 Long-term Preservation of Digital Documents (approx. 23 pages) 1.1 Blessing...

This second volume consists of the sections: technologies for knowledge management, outcomes of KM, knowledge management in action, and the KM horizon.

This book frames the undeniably copious 21st-century performances of stupidity that occur within social media as echoes of rhetorical experiments conducted by humanist writers of the Renaissance. Any historical overview of humanism will associate it with...

In this book, Meenakshi Gigi Durham outlines and advances a progressive feminist framework for digital ethics in the technosexual landscape,exploring the complex and evolving interrelationships between sex and tech.Today we live in a "sexscape," a...

There is increasing use of AI technologies in many aspects of library operations and types of libraries. This ranges across public, national, research, academic and special libraries and includes public and reference services, automated classification,...

This book examines German media representations of Ireland from 1946 to 2010, from the post-war period to the years of the so-called Celtic Tiger and Ireland's subsequent economic downturn. It charts both the patterns and the inconsistencies in...

From climate catastrophes to sudden wars, the world faces conflicts of unprecedented scale. Yet around the globe, Indigenous leaders continue to move forward with determination and hope. Leaders demand change, resisting the destruction of the environment...

This book proposes a new theorisation when studying cyber dissidents in an African digital sphere. It argues that social media dissidents are a recent development in a long lineage of dissidents in African societies. Using Zimbabwe as a case study, the...

This book examines the use and re-use of digital archives in a unique manner, by combining theoretical and practical approaches to the contemporary digital archive. The book brings together a range of writers - specialising in media and cultural studies,...

This book provides general information about what is on the Internet and how to access it. It shows how o get environmental information off of the Internet. The book covers the database services that are available on the Internet that charge fees.

The true pioneers in electronic publishing put their bibliographic databases on tape and online in the 1960s. Nearly all of them had long experience with compiling information for distribution in printed form and a strong market connection. As a result...

The inter-relationship between digital humanities and digital games is surprisingly seldom investigated. This book explains how games and virtual environments can be used in teaching and research to critique issues and topics in virtual heritage and...

This book looks at the ways in which the museum could use its collections, its cultural authority, its auratic space and resources to give voice to the underprivileged, and to take an active part in contemporary and at times controversial issues. ...

A comprehensive look at contemporary trends and practices in public librariesCurrent Practices in Public Libraries combines research, surveys, and practical experience to examine a variety of trends, issues, and practices in public library administration...

Emotional Heritage brings the issues of affect and power in the theorisation of heritage to the fore, whilst also highlighting the affective and political consequences of heritage-making.

Analysing Museum Display is the first comprehensive book to bring together approaches to studying museum display. Drawing on global examples, it reviews different theoretical frameworks & methods, charting major contributions to the field &...

The book introduces Technology Adoption and Gratification (TAG) Model and its application in higher education, technical and vocational education, postsecondary education and cross-culture.

Future Stories in the Global Heritage Industry explores what happens to the heritage and memory of communities that find themselves in contact with the rest of the world when they become UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Continuing pressure on the funding of arts and culture in Europe is forcing cultural organizations to rethink their traditional ways of working. This book examines how an entrepreneurial arts organisation can leverage cultural philanthropy as alternative...

Changing Heritage presents the most comprehensive analysis of heritage issues available today. Critically analysing the complexity of the current and forthcoming issues faced by heritage, it presents insightful directions for the future.

Cultural Heritage and Mobility from a Multisensory Perspective bridges the gap between cultural heritage and mobility studies through the

This book investigates Euro-African cultural relations, considering their connected histories through material and immaterial forms of representation, commemoration, and memorialization. The book will be an important resource for researchers across the...

This edited collection provides an alternative discourse on cities evolving with physically and virtually networked communities-the 'digital polis'-and offers a variety of perspectives from the humanities, media studies, geography, architecture, and...

 This volume reshapes a contemporary understanding of research in theatre and performance arts. Bringing together distinguished scholars from all over the world, the book serves as an arena for international scholars to introduce innovative research...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the theory and praxis of Big Data Analytics and how these are used to extract cognition-related information from social media and literary texts. It presents analytics that transcends the borders of...

This book focuses on information literacy for the younger generation of learners and library readers. It is divided into four sections: 1. Information Literacy for Life; 2. Searching Strategies, Disciplines and Special Topics; 3. Information Literacy...

This volume includes a variety of first-hand case studies, critical analyses, action research and reflective practice in the digital humanities which ranges from digital literature, library science, online games, museum studies, information literacy to...

Human Language Technology (HLT) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems have typically focused on the "factual" aspect of content analysis. Other aspects, including pragmatics, opinion, and style, have received much less attention. However, to...

IT ALL STARTED with the American Library Association (ALA) which wanted to celebrate its centenary in 1976 at its headquarters in Chicago. With five American librarians and non-librarians I was invited to give a centennial...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World, IMCW 2013, held in Limerick, Ireland, in September 2013. The 12 revised full papers presented together with three keynotes...

Social, Cultural, and Philosophical Perspectives.- Through the Google Goggles: Sociopolitical Bias in Search Engine Design.- Reconsidering the Rhizome: A Textual Analysis of Web Search Engines as Gatekeepers of the Internet.- Exploring Gendered Notions:...

Information Access using the Guide of User Requirements.- From Linking Text to Linking Crimes: Information Retrieval, But Not As You Know It.- Modeling Retrieval and Navigation in Context.- Two Algorithms for Probabilistic Stemming.- Automated Text...

This book readdresses fundamental issues in knowledge management, leading to a new area of study: knowledge processes. McInerney's and Day's superb authors from various disciplines offer new and exciting views on knowledge...