Library technology and digital resources : an introduction for support staff
Shaw, Marie Keen
Library technology and digital resources : an introduction for support staff Marie Keen Shaw - Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] - xxi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Digital and visual literacies --
Primary sources and digital collections --
National and global collections --
State and local collections --
Subscription databases : planning, evaluation, and acquisition processes --
Subscription databases : providers and products --
E-books --
The internet : directories and search engines --
Appropriate use : policies, confidentiality, security of data, and digital copyright --
Hardware, software, and network infrastructure --
Current and future trends.
Library Technology and Digital Resources: An Introduction for Support Staff is both a text for professors who teach in library support staff programs and an introductory reference manual for support staff who work in libraries. This book will guide the LSS to be able to: distinguish key features and enhancements found among vendors and providers of digital libraries, digital collections, databases, and e-texts; Plan, budget, fund and write grants for digital resources; understand the complexity and options of licensing and usage agreements for digital resources; know copyright permissions and acceptable use guidelines for digital resources; understand the basic technologies that support library digital resources including network structures, software applications, and protocols; distinguish between directories and search engines as they relate to digital resources as well as be able to employ advance search skills effectively; explore the resources of global, national, and state digital libraries and their collections; use government databases and other digitized systems and information sources; find exemplary digital resources though other agencies such as museums, university collections and other sources that librarians can share with patrons; create local digital resources of primary and historical materials and artifacts with metadata and cataloging for searchable access; interpret meaning from library digital resources using visual literacy skills; promote library digital resources through a variety of means including social media and online options
9781442256446
Libraries -- Special collections -- Electronic information resources.
Libraries -- Information technology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Library technicians -- Training of.
025.04 / SHA
Library technology and digital resources : an introduction for support staff Marie Keen Shaw - Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] - xxi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Digital and visual literacies --
Primary sources and digital collections --
National and global collections --
State and local collections --
Subscription databases : planning, evaluation, and acquisition processes --
Subscription databases : providers and products --
E-books --
The internet : directories and search engines --
Appropriate use : policies, confidentiality, security of data, and digital copyright --
Hardware, software, and network infrastructure --
Current and future trends.
Library Technology and Digital Resources: An Introduction for Support Staff is both a text for professors who teach in library support staff programs and an introductory reference manual for support staff who work in libraries. This book will guide the LSS to be able to: distinguish key features and enhancements found among vendors and providers of digital libraries, digital collections, databases, and e-texts; Plan, budget, fund and write grants for digital resources; understand the complexity and options of licensing and usage agreements for digital resources; know copyright permissions and acceptable use guidelines for digital resources; understand the basic technologies that support library digital resources including network structures, software applications, and protocols; distinguish between directories and search engines as they relate to digital resources as well as be able to employ advance search skills effectively; explore the resources of global, national, and state digital libraries and their collections; use government databases and other digitized systems and information sources; find exemplary digital resources though other agencies such as museums, university collections and other sources that librarians can share with patrons; create local digital resources of primary and historical materials and artifacts with metadata and cataloging for searchable access; interpret meaning from library digital resources using visual literacy skills; promote library digital resources through a variety of means including social media and online options
9781442256446
Libraries -- Special collections -- Electronic information resources.
Libraries -- Information technology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Library technicians -- Training of.
025.04 / SHA