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As remote work has become routine, cloud-based technology tools have become increasingly necessary to communicate with other library staff and with faculty and staff to continue providing seamless and uninterrupted access to library resources and collections for our campus community. Cloud-based technology tools such as Google Forms and Google Sheets are used to gather faculty requests for collection development, tools such as Tableau are used to illustrate material budget balances, and platforms such as Trello have been adopted to track subscription renewal cycles and manage other projects.This guide discusses the benefits of using these powerful cloud-based and little to no additional cost technology tools through the lens of a particular area in librarianship such as documentation, data and project management, communication, data storage, and data visualization. While the real-world examples provided throughout focus on technical services staff operations, specifically acquisitions and electronic collection management, each tool's features and use cases are transferable among all areas of librarianship. This guide provides insights into how collaborative, dynamic, and accessible these cloud-based solutions are for a technologically shifting workplace as well as considers the challenges to adopting cloud-based solutions such as administrative buy-in, aversion to change, and steeper learning curves as well.Readers will gain practical experiential examples that have been instrumental in creating efficiencies in collection management workflows for technical services staff. The use cases illustrated exemplify enhancements that librarians can incorporate into their own collection management practices to further engage with their colleagues, their patrons, and their larger communities more effectively and efficiently.

Richard E. Rubin's book has served as the authoritative introductory text for generations of library and information science practitioners, with each new edition taking in its stride the myriad societal, technological, political, and economic changes affecting our users and institutions and transforming our discipline. Rubin teams up with his daughter, Rachel G. Rubin, a rising star in the library field in her own right, for the fifth edition. Spanning all types of libraries, from public to academic, school, and special, it illuminates the major facets of LIS for students as well as current professionals. Continuing its tradition of excellence, this text addresses the history and mission of libraries from past to present, including the history of service to African Americans; critical contemporary social issues such as services to marginalized communities, tribal libraries, and immigrants; the rise of e-government and the crucial role of political advocacy; digital devices, social networking, digital publishing, e-books, virtual reality, and other technology; forces shaping the future of libraries, including Future Ready libraries, and sustainability as a core value of librarianship; the values and ethics of the profession, with new coverage of civic engagement, combatting fake news, the importance of social justice, and the role of critical librarianship; knowledge infrastructure and organization, including Resource Description and Access (RDA), linked data, and the Library Research Model; the significance of the digital divide and policy issues related to broadband access and net neutrality; intellectual freedom, legal issues, and copyright-related topics; contemporary issues in LIS education such as the ongoing tensions between information science and library science; and the changing character of collections and services including the role of digital libraries, preservation, and the digital humanities. In its newest edition, Foundations of Library and Information Science remains the field's essential resource.

Technology has revolutionized the ways in which libraries store, share, and access information, as well as librarian roles as knowledge managers. As digital resources and tools continue to advance, so too do the opportunities for libraries to become more efficient and house more information. Effective administration of libraries is a crucial part of delivering library services to patrons and ensuring that information resources are disseminated efficiently. Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice addresses new methods, practices, concepts, and techniques, as well as contemporary challenges and issues for libraries and university repositories that can be accessed electronically. It also addresses the problems of usability and search optimization in digital libraries. Highlighting a range of topics such as content management, resource sharing, and library technologies, this publication is an ideal reference source for librarians, IT technicians, academicians, researchers, and students in fields that include library science, knowledge management, and information retrieval.

How to determine the usability of libraries? is a self explanatory manual that provides an insight into the various useful resources which can be utilized to evaluate a library or an information centre. The process of evaluation involves an exhaustive data collection that aids in managerial decision making. It is different from research where the goal of an evaluative study is to describe generalizable ideas and relationships. You can find many books and articles about evaluation, assessment, and outcomes measurement in general. What this book does is put in one place, in your hands, an intensely practical evaluator's kit with tools and plans. With this book that is divided in five chapters, you and your colleagues can examine individual projects and ongoing services. You can construct effective plans for keeping tabs on how your library is doing. With this book and a general-purpose suite of office software, you can gather, analyze, and report your own evaluation data. You will know what tools are best for what data, and requiring what staff time and effort. You will be able to knowledgeably solicit assistance and employ consultants, advanced training, or more powerful software..

The Edited Book Entitled'Trends In Library And Information Science'Contains 21 Papers On Various Areas Of Library And Information Science. The Contributor(S)/Author(S) Have Submitted Papers Throughout The Country. All The Papers Included In This Book Are Highlighting The Trends In Library And Information Science. The Main Keywords Of Papers Are Related To Networking Security, Paradox About ICT, Users Information Privacy, Public Libraries, Library Services, E-Resources, Academic Libraries, Web Communication Technologies, Information Seeking Behavior, E-Books, Social Medias, Mobile Technology, National Science Library, Collection Development, University Libraries, Etc. Almost All Kinds Of Trends In The Library And Information Science Have Been Explained Systematically In The Papers Included In This Edited Book. The Maximum Articles Are Related To Electronic Resources, Social Media, Web Technologies, Paradox In ICT Etc. Which Shows The Shifting From Traditional Aspects Of Library Science To Modern Technology In The Digitized Environment. The Present Day Society Lives In Information Communication Technology Arena. This Society Desires Remote Accessing Of All The Relevant Literature. This Remote Accessing May Be Through Hardware Devices Like Laptops, Mobile Phones, Etc. This Shows The Transit Of Libraries From Print To Electronic. Practically, The Libraries Are Also Shifting For The Same. If We Go Back Twenty Years Or More, We Find Only Hard/Print Collection In Various Kinds Of Libraries Whether It Is Special, Academic Or Public. But, Now-A-Days Many Of Databases Can Be Seen On Various Disciplines. The Government Organizations Are Also Involved Themselves For Collecting And Distributing Of E- Resources. These Trends Are Saving Lot Of Money Of The Individual Organizations. At The Same Time, The Leading Publishers Are Also Converting/Providing Their Collection In Electronic Format. The Happiest Thing Is That Libraries/ Libraries Professionals Are Welcoming These New Technologies In The Libraries As Well As In The Professionals. It Is Expected That All The Papers Included In This Edited Book Will Be Helpful For Library Professionals, Learners And Students As Well.

For the first time Indian librarianship in a national perspective is being presented here with several plans of action at different levels, identified its relevance and growth in different sectors and components of the topic as a whole. National Library has got a raw deal by all the stakeholders - the management, employees, central government and professional bodies; lack of political will to make it the prime library of the nation and the hub of Indian library systems and services. Proposed several specific measures that could be considered as future course of action plan for making it compatible enough with other major national libraries ofthe world. The lack of any nationwide detail study of manpower planning together with continuous stagnation in library science education, training and research without any measures for qualitative improvement are being highlighted. Justified why transformation of university libraries, public library service network, crucial future role of RRRLF, and a consortium approach in developing the National Digital Library of India required to be given the highest priorities.