Information technology and collection management for library user environments
By: Joseph Walker
Series: Advances in Library and Information Science (ALIS) book series
Publisher: Information Science Reference
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Hershey, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781466647398; 9781466647404; 9781466647411
Subjects: Collection management (Libraries); Libraries; Space utilization; Information technology; Special collections; Electronic information resources
Description: "This book brings into focus the new responsibility libraries have in meeting patron needs, specifically with the use of emerging technologies, highlighting the concepts of collection management, library space planning, and information technologies"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-296) and index.
Table of contents: title: Information technology and collection management for library user environments; title: Collection spaces and management, virtual and physical, in the library user environment; title: Survey of information technologies in the library user environment; title: Index for library collections, physical and virtual : information experts merging IT and collection management for real solutions in the user environment; title: Space managing system for the physical collection : information experts merging IT and collection management for real solutions in the user environment; title: Data model for the virtual collection : information experts merging IT and collection management for real solutions in the user environment; title: The information expert and the vision of future library institutions.