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INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
NEW
Keeping Up with Emerging Technologies
Best Practices for Information Professionals
NICOLE HENNIG
Today’s librarians and information specialists know it’s imperative that they keep up with
new technologies. But not all technologies are equally important, either within the library
setting or to library patrons. So how does one decide which ones to pursue and integrate
into services? In the uphill battle to stay current with new and emerging technologies,
deciding which ones to pursue and integrate into services is a major challenge. A secondary
problem is simply finding the time to consider the question. Readers of Keeping Up with
June 2017, 177pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
Print: 978-1-4408-5440-8 Emerging Technologies will learn all of the best practices and skills to keep up with new
$50.00, £39.00, €46.00 technologies and to analyze the ability of specific technologies to meet recognized user
eBook: 978-1-4408-5441-5 needs—all in this single source.
FEATURES
• Helps information specialists create a strategy for keeping up with new technologies and
for making informed judgments on which technologies to test and integrate into library
services
• Provides ideas for designing curriculum for an education technology specialist career
track in library school
• Gives those who are preparing to interview for a technology specialist position a reliable
guide for professional growth
Librarian’s Guide to Online Searching
Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction
Fourth Edition | SUZANNE S. BELL
“ addition to professional and university library instructional reference
An ideal Library Science curriculum textbook and a critically important
”
collections.
—Midwest Book Review, April 17, 2015
Experienced librarian and instructor Suzanne S. Bell presents methods for effectively
searching across disciplines and interfaces in this updated guide, the first edition of which
was a pioneer in the field of online research and methodology. Extensively revised and
February 2015, 320pp, 7x10 updated throughout with additional features, fresh content, and the latest in web-based
Print: 978-1-61069-998-3 resources, the book focuses on two broad themes: effective searching of library databases
$55.00, £43.00, €50.00 and mentoring your library patrons to do the same.
eBook: 978-1-61069-999-0
FEATURES
• Features discussions of databases by discipline, including social science, science,
medicine, and humanities, covering both bibliographic and numerical databases
• Provides readers with a toolkit of fundamental search skills to increase research
effectiveness
• Presents advice and techniques for both virtual and in-person teaching
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