This guide to library information services (LIS) focuses on understanding ever-changing user needs and expectations and then giving them what they want. With the advent of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace,
Eighteen international academics, independent scholars, consultants, and researchers specializing in information science contribute 16 chapters examining the development of information science over th
Ally (Centre for Distance Education, Athabasca U., Canada) and Needham (information management and innovation, Open U. Library and Learning Resources Centre, UK) bring together research and case studi
From 1959 to 2000, various editions and volumes of Walford's Guide to Reference Material, published by the (Brit) Library Association Publishing (now named Facet Publishing), earned the distinction of
Editor Watson, a consultant in technology-enhanced learning environments, gathers 24 librarians, architects, designers, educators, and educational technologists to explore emerging ideas and innovativ
In these papers from the May 2011 Third International M-Libraries Conference, held in Brisbane, Australia, international contributors consider the expectations of mobile users, the development of mobi
