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ISBN: 9781780526362 - Web Search Engine Research Web Search Engine Research
Dirk Lewandowski

ISBN10: 1780526369  ISBN13: 9781780526362
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 19 Apr 2012
Provides an understanding of Web search engines from the unique perspective of Library and Information Science. This book explores a range of topics including retrieval effectiveness, user satisfaction, the evaluation of search interfaces... More

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ISBN: 9780262017008 - Human Information Interaction Human Information Interaction
Raya Fidel

ISBN10: 0262017008  ISBN13: 9780262017008
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 17 Apr 2012
Human information interaction (HII) is an emerging area of study that investigates how people interact with information; its subfield human information behavior (HIB) is a flourishing, active discipline. Yet despite their obvious relevance to the... More

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ISBN: 9781780526140 - Facets of Knowledge Organization Facets of Knowledge Organization
Alan Gilchrist, Judi Vernau

ISBN10: 1780526148  ISBN13: 9781780526140
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 21 Mar 2012
The ISKO UK Biennial Conference, 4th - 5th July, 2011, London honoured the life and achievements of Brian C Vickery. This book celebrates his influence on the development of the information profession, with contributions from over 50 authors to... More

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ISBN: 9780007225743 - The Information Bestseller The Information
James Gleick

ISBN10: 0007225741  ISBN13: 9780007225743
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Fourth Estate Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Mar 2012
James Gleick, the author of the bestsellers Chaos and Genius, brings us his crowning work: a revelatory chronicle that shows how information has become the modern era's defining quality--the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world. More

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ISBN: 9781856048309 - No Shelf Required 2 No Shelf Required 2
Sue Polanka

ISBN10: 1856048306  ISBN13: 9781856048309
Publisher: Facet Publishing
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 23 Feb 2012
In this sequel to her best-selling book of the same title, expert Polanka dives even deeper into the world of digital distribution. With their explosive sales and widespread availability, the past few years have definitively proven that e... More

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ISBN: 9781781250051 - The Library Book Bestseller The Library Book
Alan Bennett, Julian Barnes, Stephen Fry, Lionel Shriver, Caitlin Moran, Seth Godin, Michael Brooks, Julie Myerson, Ann Cleeves, Anita Anand

ISBN10: 1781250057  ISBN13: 9781781250051
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 02 Feb 2012
Famous writers on libraries real or imagined, past and future; why libraries matter and to whom. From Alan Bennett's Baffled at a Bookcase, to Lucy Mangan's Ten Library Rules, famous writers tell us all about how libraries are used and why they're... More

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ISBN: 9781780524702 - Library and Information Science Trends and Research Library and Information Science Trends and Research
Amanda Spink, Diljit Singh

ISBN10: 1780524706  ISBN13: 9781780524702
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 Jan 2012
This book draws out and examines the trends in education and research in the field of library and information science (LIS) in the vast Asia-Oceania region. Information is an important part of the human condition and critical to the development of... More

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ISBN: 9781856047579 - The Special Collections Handbook The Special Collections Handbook
Alison Cullingford

ISBN10: 1856047571  ISBN13: 9781856047579
Publisher: Facet Publishing
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Dec 2011
Whether you are working alone or in a team of 20, this book can guide you through the essential skills and processes and highlight common problems, solutions and best practice. It also includes International case studies in each chapter drawn from... More

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ISBN: 9780262016490 - Cybernetic Revolutionaries Cybernetic Revolutionaries
Eden Medina

ISBN10: 0262016494  ISBN13: 9780262016490
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 22 Nov 2011
In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The first was Chile's experiment with peaceful socialist change under Salvador Allende; the second was the... More

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ISBN: 9781856047616 - Know it All, Find it Fast for Youth Librarians and Teachers Know it All, Find it Fast for Youth Librarians and Teachers
Christinea Donnelly

ISBN10: 185604761X  ISBN13: 9781856047616
Publisher: Facet Publishing
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 Nov 2011
Suitable for those working with children and young people in schools, public libraries and at home, this title includes a general introduction covering useful information about education and the curriculum, and topics covering school subjects from... More