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There is increasing use of AI technologies in many aspects of library operations and types of libraries. This ranges across public, national, research, academic and special libraries and includes public and reference services, automated classification, special and research collections, archives and customer service through chatbots and discovery systems.
Vendors are also adding elements of AI in new and existing library products including search and discovery and research platforms and recommender systems.
The role and impact of AI present opportunities and challenges and open future possibilities. IT plays a significant role in the development and use of AI technologies, but ethical considerations and wider organizational thinking must also play an equally significant role. AI's uses can have considerable impact and possible unintended consequences on library operations and services and wider societal implications. All of this is considered in this both pragmatic and wider philosophical text.
This publication provides an opportunity to explore developing new library AI paradigms, including present use case practical implementation and opportunities on the horizon as well as current large ethics questions and needs for transparency, scenario planning, considerations and implications of bias as library AI systems are developed and implemented presently and for our collective future.
The 48th edition of International Directory of Arts (IDA) contains about 143,000 addresses (including telephone and fax numbers, eMail and URL) from all over the world:
Within each chapter, addresses are arranged by country and within country, sections are set our alphabetically by city. Details of the specializations of museums, as well as the names of curators and senior academic museum staff are also included.
The address contents were revised and updated for this edition following a questionnaire mailing. The revision also took into account numerous national and international reference works.
Libraries on the Agenda shows how to engage in lobbying and advocating for libraries. The book analyzes political elements of power, policy making and human values. Political decision makers from local communities up to the international level need to be convinced, why libraries need their support. This title has an international approach to advocacy and shows many international examples. It presents tips and tools for successful advocating.
The 49th edition of International Directory of Arts (IDA) contains about 143,000 addresses (including telephone and fax numbers, eMail and URL) from all over the world:
Within each chapter, addresses are arranged by country and within country, sections are set our alphabetically by city. Details of the specializations of museums, as well as the names of curators and senior academic museum staff are also included.
The address contents were revised and updated for this edition following a questionnaire mailing. The revision also took into account numerous national and international reference works.
Dieses Handbuch ist mit dem Erscheinen der 9. Auflage seit 50 Jahren ein Standardwerk für den Bereich der professionellen Tonstudiotechnik. Die Neuauflage trägt allen relevanten Entwicklungen Rechnung. Zunächst werden die physikalisch-technischen Grundlagen sowie die analoge Tonstudiotechnik dargestellt, soweit sie noch von Bedeutung sind. Danach werden aktuelle Technologien der Digitaltechnik und andere moderne Entwicklungen behandelt.
Bibliometrics and altmetrics are increasingly becoming the focus of interest in the context of research evaluation. The Handbook Bibliometrics provides a comprehensive introduction to quantifying scientific output in addition to a historical derivation, individual indicators, institutions, application perspectives and data bases. Furthermore, application scenarios, training and qualification on bibliometrics and their implications are considered.
Eine Teaching Library - egal ob Stadt-, Gemeinde-, oder Schulbibliothek - braucht vielfältige Ideen und Konzepte zur Förderung der Lese-, Informations-, Medien- und Bibliothekskompetenz, die schnell und unkompliziert an die jeweiligen Gegebenheiten und Erfordernisse angepasst werden können. Das Buch bietet Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekaren, Lehrerinnen und Lehrern und anderen Interessierten konkrete und in der Praxis erprobte Projektvorschläge für Kompetenztrainings in Schule und Bibliothek ab Klassenstufe 4. Systematisch werden didaktische Voraussetzungen und die methodische Umsetzung für jedes einzelne Projekt beschrieben. Dazu liegen hilfreiche Ablaufmatrizes, passende Arbeitsblätter, Links zu fertigen Präsentationen und Online-Tools für die bibliothekspädagogische Projektarbeit vor, die fotokopiert oder online abgerufen werden können.
The publication and distribution of scientific results is of major importance for the functioning of an information society and the tackling of the complex challenges the world faces today. It is not only scholars who rely on scientific publications to advance research but also the general public which demands scientific knowledge for its forthcoming.
Major suppliers of scientific knowledge are the researchers themselves, science communicators and science journalists - each of which choose their very own approaches to selection, presentation and communication of science, often depending on the target group. Although different in their goals and approaches, digital media in particular has led to great overlaps which result in interwoven relationships equally affecting both external and internal forms of science communication.
This edited book describes, quantifies and critically discusses the interplay between publisher- and journalism-driven science communication and its effect on the scholarly communication system, especially on the measures of impact evaluation. It is of major interest to researchers from science of science, bibliometrics, science communication, and journalism studies.
Die vollständig aktualisierte und erweiterte Neuauflage des etablierten Werks bietet Informationsspezialistinnen und -spezialisten aus allen Sparten einen umfassenden Überblick über die Entwicklungen und die Typologie wissenschaftlicher Informationsressourcen. Darauf aufbauend werden rund 430 Informationsressourcen, die für die allgemeine und fachspezifische Informationsrecherche von besonderer Bedeutung sind, in ihren Inhalten und Funktionalitäten sowie ihrer Bedeutung vorgestellt. Klassische bibliothekarische Ressourcentypen wie Bibliothekskataloge, Bibliographien, Nachschlagewerke und Portale für Fachinformationen werden dabei ebenso berücksichtigt wie Forschungsdatenverzeichnisse, Patent- und Normdatenbanken, Angebote zu Statistiken, Open-Access- und Open-Educational-Resources-Publikationen sowie Datenbanken zu Zeitungen, Bildern, Filmen und Audiomaterialien. Die Verbindung von einführender Typologie und konkreter Vorstellung zentraler Ressourcen sorgt dafür, dass das hier vermittelte Grundwissen unmittelbar in der beruflichen Praxis einsetzbar ist.
Die digitale Transformation stellt wissenschaftliche Bibliothekar: innen vor neue Herausforderungen, die nicht nur den praktischen Umgang mit neuen Technologien betreffen, sondern die eine neue Art des Handelns, Kommunizierens, Kooperierens sowie ein neues professionelles Rollenverständnis hervorgebracht haben. Dies entspricht längst nicht mehr dem klassischen Selbstverständnis des höheren Dienstes, in dessen Mittelpunkt eine auf den Bestand fokussierte Fachreferatsarbeit stand und dessen Aufgabengebiete durch eine streng hierarchische Organisationsstruktur der Bibliothek geprägt und begrenzt waren. Die Digitalisierung hat diese Ordnung in Bewegung gebracht und zahlreiche neue Aufgabenbereiche sowie Service- und Funktionsstellen entstehen lassen. Heute arbeiten Bibliothekar: innen mit den Wissenschaftler: innen in Forschung und Lehre zusammen, unterstützen Forschende im Umgang mit Forschungsdaten, entwickeln digitale Lernangebote für heterogene Zielgruppen und übernehmen Aufgaben in der Datenprozessierung. Das Handbuch richtet sich an die Aus-, Fort- und Weiterbildung, soll aber auch eine Standortbestimmung bibliothekarischen Handelns in der digital geprägten Informationswelt bieten.
What is the public sphere, how is it best described, and what role does it play in modern life? These questions have attracted considerable attention within library and information science circles over several decades, especially regarding public libraries. Circulation of Power contributes to this discussion by proposing a new research framework and new methods for analyzing public sphere communication. Using extensive data gathered from an urban public library infrastructure, this historical case study demonstrates how public sphere communication shaped the infrastructure's development over time, producing both changes and continuities across the case's nine periods. Two new conceptual tools--circuits and decisions cycles--form the study's research framework, and a new explanatory theory--RLCr, or Releaser, theory--accounts for why the infrastructure developed as it did. Consideration of competing theories reveals that public sphere communication remains the best explanation for infrastructural development. This book's meticulous historical narrative of the greater Pittsburgh case, supplemented by its groundbreaking theory and innovative mixed methods design, is of interest to practitioners, academics, and general readers alike.
Libraries have quietly changed over the last 20 years. They have adapted early and consciously to the changes of digitalization, they have recognized the changed need of their users for collaborative work and derived new spatial concepts from this. Transparency and access to information, knowledge and encounters are the prerequisites for holistic social development. It is the challenge of the 21st century as the information age. This book presents the latest developments in library architecture as well as the way scientists and architects are meeting this challenge.
With essays by Achim Bonte, Catherine Lau, Max Dudler, Georg Gewers, Henning Larsen Architects, MSAO Architects, Claudia Lux, Marco Muscogiuri, Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, Sn hetta, Sauerbruch Hutton, gmp Architects followed by a conversion with Oliver Jahn and Dante Bonuccelli.
KNOWLEDGE TALK s, curated and organized by the editor Architect Ines Miersch-Sü , take place in occasion of the Book Publishing.
KNOWLEDGE TALK#1 Renaissance - KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL with Prof. Dr. Claudia Lux and Prof. Dr. Eike Schmidt on YouTube: https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKk_wRBGt1E
The new role of the Uffizi, Florence and the opening of knowledge to a wider society are subject of the first Knowledge Talk with Prof. Dr. Claudia Lux and Prof. Dr. Eike Schmidt live from the Uffizi on International Museum Day, May 18, 2021. The Knowledge Talk connects the topics from the new publication Libraries and Their Architecture in the 21st Century.
KNOWLEDGE TALK#2 Creativity: RÄUME FÜR BÜCHER fand am 5. Juli 2021 in der Zentralbibliothek Zürich statt: Max Dudler im Gespräch über seine Bibliotheken. Lassen Sie sich diesen informativen Austausch nicht entgehen:
https: //www.zb.uzh.ch/de/events/max-dudler-im-gesprach-uber-seine-bibliotheken?date=316
KNOWLEDGE TALK #3 Change Exchange - ARCHITECTURE TO (GET IN) TOUCH was on Sunday, October 10, 2021, in DOKK1, Aarhus. Eight architects from Denmark and Germany introduce themselves. On the occasion of the German-Danish Year of Friendship 2020
https: //msaofuturefoundation.com/architecture-for-this-century/knowledge-talk-3-change-exchange
KNOWLEDGE TALK #4 Engagement - ÖFFENTLICH BAUEN - DAS PERSPEKTIVEN-GESPRÄCH wird am 22. März 2022 um 18:00 Uhr im Felleshus der Nordischen Botschaften Berlin stattfinden! Alle Aktualitäten und das Programm finden Sie hier:
https: //msaofuturefoundation.com/architecture-for-this-century/
KNOWLEDGE TALK #5 Accessibility - DAS STADT-GESPRÄCH - ZUR STADTARCHITEKTUR DER ZUKUNFT: fand am 8. September 2022 um 19:00 Uhr im Lingnerschloss in Dresden statt! Im 5. und letzten Knowledge Talk der Reihe verbinden wir das Thema Zugang mit dem brennenden Fragen zur Nachhaltigkeit. Der Sächsische Staastminister Wolfram Günther, die Generaldirektorin Katrin Stump der SLUB und Jette Hopp von Sn hetta diskutierten zusammen zu den Themen Nachhaltigkeit und Open Access. Das Programm finden Sie hier: https: //msaofuturefoundation.com/architecture-for-this-century/
This book is unique in concisely addressing the impact of new and enhanced approaches to library service, encompassing topics such as Information Literacy skills acquisition, inclusive of non-Western environments, artificial intelligence in academic libraries, research data management, and confronting the concept of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) as mentioned by the Research Planning and Review Committee of ACRL (2020).
Information is a critical resource for personal, economic and social development. Libraries and archives are the primary access point to information for individuals and communities with much of the information protected by copyright or licence terms. In this complex legal environment, librarians and information professionals operate at the fulcrum of copyright's balance, ensuring understanding of and compliance with copyright legislation and enabling access to knowledge in the pursuit of research, education and innovation. This book, produced on behalf of the IFLA Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM) Advisory Committee, provides basic and advanced information about copyright, outlines limitations and exceptions, discusses communicating with users and highlights emerging copyright issues. The chapters note the significance of the topic; describe salient points of the law and legal concepts; present selected comparisons of approaches around the world; highlight opportunities for reform and advocacy; and help libraries and librarians find their way through the copyright maze.
This book focuses on inquiry-based teaching, one of the five vital aspects of the instructional work of school librarians identified in the second edition of the IFLA School Library Guidelines (2015). Effective implementation of inquiry-based teaching and learning requires a consistent instructional approach, based on a model of inquiry that is built upon foundations of research and best practice.
The book explains the importance and significance of inquiry as a process of learning; outlines the research underpinning this process of learning; describes ways in which models of inquiry have been developed; provides recommendations for implementing the use of such models; and demonstrates how the other core instructional activities of school librarians, such as literacy and reading promotion, media and information literacy instruction, technology integration and professional development of teachers, can be integrated into inquiry.
Inquiry-based learning is part of learning to be a learner, a lifelong pursuit involving finding and using information. Inquiry develops the skills and understandings that learners need in new information environments, whether that be as students in post-secondary institutions, as producers and creators in workplaces, or as citizens in communities.
Through inquiry-based teaching, school librarians help students to build the essential skills and understandings needed for dealing with complex learning challenges, including analysis, critical thinking, and problem solving. In this book, special attention is given to the development of students' metacognitive abilities, which are essential to their becoming life-long and life-wide learners.
The publication seeks to establish how information professionals are providing information services in in a sustainable society in an era of information disorder. It also provides the strategic direction to strengthen the global voice of libraries, inspiring and enhancing professional practice as well as enhancing international cooperation and collaboration among LIS educators and practitioners. The contents is divided according to the following key sub-themes that resonate with the title as outlined below:
The highlighted themes explore critical issues relating to how libraries, archives and related institutions are responding to the seismic shifts in the information landscape amidst a myriad of challenges and opportunities. The sub-themes bring together a tapestry of articles that explore the status, experiences and future prospects of the dynamic library and information science practice.
Global society needs the new fields of Knowledge Management/Knowledge Services, Organization Development, Diversity & Inclusion, and Conversational Leadership. They are remarkable tools, management methodologies, and personally rewarding techniques for working professionals, managers, and all levels of leadership. These new fields described in this book, enable the highest levels of knowledge sharing and workplace success.
Bridging the gap between research and practice communities is more pertinent than ever because of the need for evidence in developing and evaluating library services and programs. The gap between research and library practice has been discussed in the library and information science (LIS) field for almost two decades. The issues range from limited transfer of ideas from research into practice to a lack of education in research methods for library practitioners. This book introduces new voices from international research and practice communities into the discussion and contributes to the debate about the research-practice divide.
Education and continuing training in research methods from international perspectives are explored and the experiences of researcher-practitioners from several countries highlight the issues. The volume includes chapters from LIS educators, academic researchers, and researcher-practitioners from 18 countries. It features the voices of instructors who teach research methods in LIS programs and library practitioners who engage in research. The book is addressed to the global audience of LIS educators and practitioners, with the goal of deepening the understanding of LIS education and training in research methods through sharing case studies and approaches to teaching and conducting research in practice.
Recent years have seen a rise in interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the mind. However, relatively little emphasis has been placed on attention, its functions, and phenomenology. As a result, there are a multitude of definitions and explanatory frameworks that describe what attention is, what it does, and how it works. This volume proposes that one way to discuss attention is by utilizing an integrative multidisciplinary framework that takes into consideration aspects of attention as a means of accessing the world and as a mediator of experience. It brings together contributions from cognitive science, philosophy, and psychology in order to shed light on these aspects of attention. By including both theoretical and empirical approaches to attention, this volume will provide (1) an innovative framework for examining attention as something that mediates experience and (2) new perspectives on foundational and defi nitional issues of what attention is and how it contributes to our ability to access the world. By drawing together different disciplines, this volume broadens the concept of attention. It opens up a new way of looking at attention as an active process through which the world is disclosed for us.