The Public Library Service


Book Description

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems.




Targeting the Powerful


Book Description

If your organisation wants to tap into the wealth and influence of the rich and powerful, you need to know as much about them as possible. Prospect research, already used by fund-raisers with considerable success in the USA to target key people, can make all the difference to the success or failure of your initial approach. Targeting the powerful: international prospect research is a highly practical guide to prospect research, written by a leading expert. It explains how to conduct in-depth research into a person, company or charitable foundation, and how to use the information to recommend a line of approach most likely to succeed. Contents:What is prospect research?; Setting up a prospect research department; Online, CD-ROM, the Internet or paper? Ethics, security and confidentiality; Day to day questions; Finding the prospects; Marketing your organisation to the prospect; People; Company information; Foundations and trusts; International comparisons; A report on a new country; General sources for a new country; Specific international resources; The United Kingdom; Western Europe and Scandinavia; Central and Eastern Europe; Asia-Pacific; The United States; Canada; The rest of the world; Addresses; Index.




Managing Acquisitions in Library and Information Services


Book Description

Covers pre-order checking, ordering procedures, special orders, budgets, check-in, invoices, returns, claims, continuations, outsourcing, and online e-services from suppliers.




Business Essentials


Book Description

A research project is frequently a compulsory requirement of a degree or diploma course. This invaluable guide takes the reader through the entire research project process, covering research philosophies and methodologies, the production of a research proposal, the literature search, data collection from primary and secondary sources, data analysis and report presentation. The book is an ideal source of reference while working on a research project.Features include summary diagrams, worked examples and illustrations, activities, discussion topics, chapter summaries and quick quizzes, all presented in a user friendly format that helps to bring the subject to life.




BIALL Handbook of Legal Information Management


Book Description

For this new handbook, BIALL (British and Irish Association of Law Librarians) has brought together an unparalleled team of respected experts to provide authoritative and up-to-date best practice guidance on the key legal information issues for every type of service, focusing particularly on the balance between electronic and printed resources, free and charged services and electronic and on-site access. Beginning with a survey of the growth of law librarianship, and an analysis of different types of services and users, the Handbook goes on to discuss research techniques for hard copy and electronic information, giving tips on how to 'know it all and find it fast'. Subsequent chapters describe how to source and organise different types of legal information; how to choose and purchase library management systems; and how to manage budgets and financial demand.







Guide to Libraries and Information Services in Government Departments and Other Organisations


Book Description

The 34th edition of this comprehensive directory enables the user to ascertain which organizations offer collections and services on a wide range of subjects, identify contacts, check opening times and facilities, and free and charged services. Librarians and information officers, students and academics, politicians and lawyers, pressure groups, local authorities and planners, journalists, companies, consultants; everyone who needs an answer to a specific question or access to information for detailed research should be able to use this resource. The work also includes an organization index and a subject index.




British librarianship and information work 2006-2010


Book Description

This is the latest in an important series of reviews going back to 1928. The book contains 26 chapters, written by experts in their field, and reviews developments in the principal aspects of British librarianship and information work in the years 2006-2010.




Guide to Libraries in Western Europe


Book Description

With increased international co-operation in business, the professions face a growing need for information on an international scale. The best sources of information are often the library and information professionals in the country concerned. To help the reader make links with experts abroad, the British Library has produced this book, a handy companion guide to the Guide to Libraries and Information Units. Coverage includes libraries in both government departments and the larger official bodies in 17 European countries. As in the UK Guide,there are full details for each library but with additional information on the languages spoken. This guide consists of entries for each library listed in A-Z order under country and in international organizations. In addition, it contains separate listings for national libraries, library associations, and British Council libraries, a detailed subject index, and a name index with cross references from acronyms and variant names. Entries throughout the guide provide: * full address and contact details, * telephone, fax, and telex details, * stock coverage, services, and opening hours, * availability of services to outside enquirers, and * publications produced by the organization.