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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.

This book publication focuses on changing information and reference services across international academic libraries in the post-pandemic era. The scope of the book aims at four main themes: addressing the user experience, tracking user journeys, marketing and outreach efforts, and user-centered learning and reference services. This includes topics such as: student reading habits, student/faculty survey results, assessment of services, the one-stop shop service model, the library website, the visibility of library services, the impact of social media and mobile technologies, the organization, education and staffing of reference and information services, changing practices, modalities, and platforms for instruction and research services, etc.

High-speed connectivity, massive growth in social media, the ubiquity of mobile devices, and the emergence of artificial intelligence have led to information confusion, chaos and complexity. The ability for everyone to create, find, evaluate, use and apply information effectively is critical to successful personal, societal and global outcomes. Libraries and librarians must adapt their services and instructional approaches to engage with digital natives, immigrants and refugees to ensure all gain the competencies required by digital citizens. What constitutes digital literacy and how can we do it better? This book explores concepts, frameworks, and practices in digital literacy to foster adoption of initiatives to extend digital literacy to all.

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.

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:

• Library and information services in the information age
• Data and records in an era of information disorder
• Archives, data curation and preservation in the digital era
• Data science, analytics and visualization
• Information ethics in the digital era
• Information deluge in the digital era
• Information and knowledge management
• Fourth Industrial revolution

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.

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.

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 difficulties and opportunities in revitalization of old, derelict or abandoned buildings into a library and investigates the transformation of buildings which originally had a different purpose. The publication shows worldwide best practice examples from different types of libraries in historic environments, both urban and rural, while maintaining a focus on sustainability concerning the architecture and interior design.

Library design in the 21st century has one common theme: collaboration is at the heart of innovation. Designing modern libraries is a complex process involving many stakeholders and participants. Libraries of all types work with an almost limitless range of constituent groups for input, buy-in and successful implementation. Securing support for new library buildings and renovations of libraries engages many people: library clients, community members, faculty, funding agencies, donors, governing authorities, librarians, architects, interior designers and planners. Telling the right story and getting to the end game demand carefully crafted approaches, wide-ranging skills, a unified vision and productive teamwork. The IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section has selected the best papers presented by award-winning architects and international thought leaders from the academic and public library sector at our recent satellite conferences and seminars: "Collaborative Strategies for Successful Library Design" (Chicago, Illinois), "What comes after the Third Place?" (Columbus, Ohio); "Key Issues for Library Space: International Perspectives" (Maynooth, Ireland); "Storage, the final frontier" (Munich, Germany) and "Telling and selling the space story" (Wrocław, Poland). The stories by the library and design professionals within this publication illustrate how powerful a role partnerships, outreach and cooperation play in a library project’s success.

This book illuminates school librarian and teacher librarian education and training in light of the 2015 IFLA School Library Guidelines, second edition. The Guidelines provide a framework for effective service delivery to ensure that students and teachers have access to quality library services delivered by qualified librarians and information professionals. The book focuses on moving professional practice forward, translating the Guidelines into actions ensuring effective education and training and improved practice.

The book highlights issues and concerns related to school librarian and teacher librarian education and training. What attitudes, skills and knowledge are required to inspire students and support teaching and learning effectively? What curriculum content is required? How are field and practical experiences integrated appropriately into face-to-face and online educational and training programmes? How are leadership skills developed effectively? Case studies and innovative educational and training programmes from around the world illustrate the diverse ways of preparing librarians for the roles identified in the Guidelines. Topics covered include: delivering school librarian credentialled programmes; improving school librarian services; providing professional development; preparing and delivering educational and/or cultural programmes and services; managing human resources; collection development of digital and print resources; innovative aspects of technology use; promotion and advocacy; and evaluation and assessment.

This publication examines aspects of reducing the ecological footprint in libraries’ workaday operations as well as the social role and responsibility of libraries as leaders in environmental sustainability. The theoretical background and practical applications of contributions made by worldwide libraries to the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are discussed.

General articles and research studies from Finland, Germany, Portugal, and Brazil illuminate libraries’ contributions to the SDGs. Case studies from Sweden, Kenya, Germany, Ukraine, China, and Serbia highlight challenges and opportunities in implementing sustainable approaches in public libraries. Examples of best practice from academic libraries in Hong Kong, Cameroon, Germany, Uganda, USA and Kenya, are presented.

All papers published in this book are selected from the best papers of the ENSULIB Satellite Meeting 2017 in Berlin, the ENSULIB/Public Libraries Section’s Open Session at the IFLA Conference 2017 in Poland, and from the IFLA Green Library Award 2017. All articles are written in English.

Major changes in public libraries throughout the world have led to an increased focus on governance issues. Forging successful futures for public libraries depends on effective governance. This book defines governance and examines its many facets in relation to public library provision internationally, differentiating governance from the policies, processes and practices of public libraries. The perspectives of leaders, practitioners, researchers, decision makers, and service users are presented, offering a variety of views from the past, the present and potential approaches in the future. Decision-making and the roles of decision makers involved in governance are explored. Prominent figures from the public library community throughout the world have contributed their knowledge and experience. Wicked problems facing the public library sector are identified and the varying approaches adopted internationally to deal with them are outlined. There are many practitioner and professional practice issues associated with provision of libraries and views on library usage and delivery vary according to user and practitioner standpoints. Globally diverse content provides directions for the future development of public libraries and for dealing with the emerging challenges facing the library world.

Traditionally, libraries have served as storage spaces offering access to diverse physical collections. Today, following numerous social and technological changes, libraries are retooling their services, rethinking storage and reimagining their spaces. The transformation in information technology has had an enormous impact on users’ research behaviour, which in turn demands new discovery environments. A conference of the IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment and the Acquisition and Collection Development Sections spotlighted libraries from around the world who are providing quality, adaptable and innovative library spaces and services meeting the changing needs of their users, their collections, their staff and their communities.

This 2nd edition of the highly successful Global Library and Information Science presents an up-to-date review of international librarianship and library science through insightful and well written chapters contributed by experts and scholars from all regions of the world. The role of public, academic, special, school libraries, as well as library and information science education are presented from the early development to the present time. Its lively, readable approach will help the reader to understand librarianship in Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and North America.
Edited by Ismail Abdullahi, Professor of Global Library and Information Science, this book is a must-read by library science students and teachers, librarians, and anyone interested in Global Librarianship.

The management of knowledge created in an organization not only enables reuse of knowledge, but also adds value to the organization itself. Preventing duplication of intellectual effort, it saves economic and human resources, leading to the creation of new information. This book gathers the wisdom of knowledge managers and researchers in the context of the library and will be a valuable reference source for all libraries.

With the advent of downloadable retail eBooks marketed to individual consumers, for the first time in their history libraries encountered an otherwise commercially available text format they were prevented from adding to their collections. Trade eBooks in Libraries examines the legal frameworks which gave rise to this phenomenon and advocacy efforts undertaken in different jurisdictions to remove barriers to library access. The principal authors provide a general historical overview and an analysis of library/eBook principles developed by a variety of library associations and government reviews. In addition, experts from twelve countries present summaries of eBook developments in their respective countries and regions.

This publication brings together a range of building projects from National, Academic and Public Libraries from different countries of the world showing how these libraries are able to continue to provide high quality library space that is affordable in times of difficult economic circumstances. We will hear about the building processes, co-operation with architects and engineers and how librarians and users have reacted to these new buildings.

Education and training for the library profession have changed over the decades, and this publication looks both at the past and the future of these developments at schools of library and information science as well as the role of IFLA's Section on Education and Training. The chapters cover regional developments in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas; special topics, such as quality assurance and case studies; and future considerations in LIS education.

Architectural realisation of a building and its opening to the public with a range of services are central components of the building and design process of libraries. Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is the final step in this process. It provides a opportunity to assess whether the construction and design of the building has indeed met the library's and users' requirements and how effectively the building functions.

The capacity to understand and communicate health information is a major international health concern. Sponsored by the Health and Biosciences Section of International Federation of Library Associations, this book highlights the contribution that librarians are making to improving health literacy and enabling citizens to be active participants in the management of their own health. Knowledge is power and the World Health Organization recognizes that health literacy, involving effective access to and understanding of health information, is essential to health and well-being in society by empowering and enabling citizens to participate in their own healthcare. The book presents inspiring studies from an international group of authors showing how libraries and librarians are partnering with diverse sectors of society including universities, hospitals, public health clinics, community-based organisations, voluntary bodies and government agencies, to help citizens understand and manage their health. It provides guidance by example to suggest how libraries can help citizens participate in their healthcare and their communities by collaborating with others to increase health literacy in society.

This book celebrates the new IFLA School Library Guidelines and shows how the Guidelines can be used in improving school library services. Each chapter describes innovative initiatives for developing, implementing and promoting school library guidelines. The book provides inspiration and guidance for the creation of national school library standards and for the development and use of standards and guidelines to change school library practice, to define the teaching role of school librarians, to guide the initial preparation of school librarians, and to advocate for school library services. Contributors to the book come from around the world: Australia, Canada, Ethiopia, France, Malaysia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United States. Their work illustrates the shared commitment of school librarians around the world to "teaching and learning for all", as envisioned in the IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto.

Tangible and intangible forms of indigenous knowledges and cultural expressions are often found in libraries, archives or museums. Often the "legal" copyright is not held by the indigenous people’s group from which the knowledge or cultural expression originates. Indigenous peoples regard unauthorized use of their cultural expressions as theft and believe that the true expression of that knowledge can only be sustained, transformed, and remain dynamic in its proper cultural context. Readers will begin to understand how to respect and preserve these ways of knowing while appreciating the cultural memory institutions’ attempts to transfer the knowledges to the next generation.

The book contains relevant subjects and topics that address the future of LIS education in the developing world of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Since last two decades the profile of LIS education, and their content are on the constant and persistent changes. LIS education is facing a fabulous task of managing and preparing future generation of library and information professionals.

The IFLA Religious Libraries in Dialogue Special Interest Group is dedicated to libraries serving as places of dialogue between cultures through a better knowledge of religions. This book based on experiences of libraries serving interreligious dialogue, presents themes like library tools serving dialogue between cultures, collections dialoguing, children and young adults dialoguing beyond borders, story telling as dialog, librarians serving interreligious dialogue.

This collection of research papers provides extensive information on deploying services, concepts, and approaches for using open linked data from libraries and other cultural heritage institutions. With a special emphasis on how libraries and other cultural heritage institutions can create effective end user interfaces using open, linked data or other datasets. These papers are essential reading for any one interesting in user interface design or the semantic web.

Fachleute zeigen in übergreifenden Beiträgen und anhand von konkreten Fallbeispielen sowohl aus Deutschland wie aus anderen Teilen Europas, Asiens, Australiens und den USA, wie der ökologische Fußabdruck im Alltag der Bibliothek verringert werden kann und was Nachhaltigkeit für die soziale Verantwortung von Bibliotheken in ihrer Rolle als gesellschaftliche Multiplikatoren bedeutet. Die Beiträge sind entweder in Deutsch oder Englisch, die Abstracts sind konsequent zweisprachig verfasst. Der Sammelband richtet sich an Bibliothekare in Öffentlichen und in Wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken sowie in Firmen- und Spezialbibliotheken, an Hochschullehrer und Studierende aus dem Bereich Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft, darüber hinaus an alle, die sich für ökologische Nachhaltigkeit interessieren - Architekten, Bibliotheksträger, Zertifizierungsstellen sowie Bibliotheksorganisationen und verbände.

What competences are needed for heritage librarians, and how can they be taught? The management of heritage collections requires a unique mix of knowledge and skills, including expertise in preservation and conservation; heritage policies; acquisitions and collection management; bibliographic description; the materiality of books and other collection objects; and the history of libraries. Librarians must also understand the need for open access, the importance of marketing, and the challenges posed by digitization.

With contributions from library and information professionals (practitioners, researchers, faculty members, consultants, and others), Marketing Library and Information Services: A Global Outlook highlights a variety of exemplary LIS marketing practices and efforts from around the globe. The following broad topics are explored: changing marketing concepts; marketing library and information services in different countries; marketing library and information services in different kind of libraries; web-based LIS marketing, etc.

The social sciences have made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the economic, political and social life of nations in the past century. Social science libraries now have an important role to play in the context of the information society as significant sources of academic and social knowledge. This work provides information on the development and use of digital resources in the social sciences emphasizing best practices; an articulation of some of the problems presented to providing these resources; and a view to the use of these resources to support sustainable development.

Information literacy has been identified as a necessary skill for life, work and citizenship - as well as for academic study - for all of us living in today's information society. This international collection brings together practitioner and research papers from all sectors of information work. It includes case studies and good practice guides, including how librarians and information workers can facilitate information literacy from pre-school children to established researchers, digital literacy and information literacy for citizens.

Rapid and intensive changes in the information landscape cause changes in social relationships and, consequently, in relations between generations. Within their social role libraries should work actively to reduce age segregation and isolation, and build cohesive society through intergenerational services and programmes. The authors speak about the intergenerational dialogue in libraries - theories, research and practice - and about reading as a link between generations, thus offering to libraries strategies for establishing social cohesion.

Published in honor of the 85th anniversary of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 85 Years IFLA: A History and Chronology of Sessions 1927–2012 presents a thorough history of the organization from its 1927 founding through 2012. Supplemented with a bibliography, appendixes, and index, 85 Years IFLA is the definitive guide to the largest international library association in the world, as well as the leading body representing the interests of library and information services and their users today.

In recent years the library community has seen a renewed interest in library architecture and design. This is due to the change of focus from content and collection development to how libraries engage with their users in a digital age. This means that librarians, architects, politicians and patrons must develop new visions, concepts and ideas for the design and building of libraries. This book brings together a number of articles based on presentations from the IFLA World Congress 2009: historical view of the development of children's libraries over the last century, a look at how children use new media, libraries of the future, innovative design projects for children's libraries from around the world.

• current theme
• historical view and new projects

This book contains a plethora of different viewpoints and research results from all over the world, bringing them together to provide a global perspective on the various issues that comprise "open access". Topics include copyright, best practices and management, open access and society, repositories, journals, publications and publishing, services and technology, quality and evaluation. The book offers a holistic focus on open access and can serve as a useful learning tool for students and professionals.

This book is a must for librarians with international interest in access to knowledge. It includes a collection of 15 chapters written by authors from all over the world and covers different approaches to the vital role of libraries driving access to knowledge. There are chapters that offer solutions and ideas to enable libraries to become the knowledge engine in society. Other chapters discuss the conceptual part of the subject and related services. The book was compiled as part of the presidential theme of Ellen Tise, IFLA President 2009-2011, with the aim of offering the reader a good portrait of the opportunities and challenges that libraries have in driving access to knowledge.

This volume comprises contributions of three conferences, on legal deposit in a digital environment, on web harvesting and archiving as well as newspapers in the geographical context of the Mediterranean. The main focus is on how to acquire, preserve and make available digital files. Issues that continue to be hot topics also in a world dominated by monographs.

The papers collected in this volume discuss descriptive methods and present conclusions relevant for the history of the book production and reception. Books printed in Europe in the 15th and 16th century still had much in common with manuscripts. They are not mere textual sources, but also material objects whose physical make-up and individual features need to be taken into account in library projects for cataloguing and digitization.

Education for all can be more effectively provided through the services, programmes and activities of the school library tailored to the needs of the school community. This inspiring book can foster the school librarian's professional development for school library enhancement. It aims at providing amazing topics, methodologies, approaches and experiences. It presents projects and practices addressing the challenges of supporting basic literacy, including contexts where many children cannot or do not access formal instruction on a regular basis. These may inspire education authorities, public librarians and other cultural professionals who work closely with schools and communities.

The public library is the prime community access point designed to respond to a multitude of ever-changing information needs. These guidelines are framed to provide assistance to library and information professionals in most situations. They assist to better develop effective services, relevant collections, and accessible formats within the context and requirements of the local community. In this exciting and complex information world it is important for professionals in search of knowledge, information and creative experience to succeed. This is the 2nd edition of The Public Library Service IFLA/UNESCO Guidelines for Development.

Initiatives at a cross-cultural level, where libraries, museums and archives work together in creating digital libraries, and making their cultural heritage collections available online, are emerging. Leading academic researchers from the cultural heritage and the publishers sectors approach this issue:

• Digital library user experience: a focus on current user research;
• Digital library content: what users want and how they use it;
• Strategies for institutions: how cultural institutions and publishers respond to the digital challenge.

Marketing the 21st century library and information organization to its new age customers using Web 2.0 tools is a hot topic. These proceedings focus on the marketing applications and (non- technical) aspects of Web 2.0 in library and information set ups. The papers in English and French are exploring and discussing the following aspects: General concepts of Web 2.0 and marketing of library and information organizations; How libraries are adopting Web 2.0 marketing strategies; Marketing libraries to clients in using Web 2.0 tools; International trends and Interesting cases of marketing through Web 2.0 tools.

This volume focuses on practical and empirical accounts of organizational change in the social sciences and impacts upon the professional skills, collections, and services within social science libraries. Section one focuses upon the question of interdisciplinary within social science libraries and the role of libraries to both react to and facilitate paradigm shifts in research and science. Section two focuses on the rise of data as a resource to be collected and shared within social science libraries. The third section focuses on the role of librarians to facilitate the development of social organizations that develop around new technologies and research communities.

• Changed role of librarians within social science libraries
• Describes new developments of social organizations
• Essential for librarians

This handbook provides thorough, up-to-date information on associations concerned with the fields of librarianship, documentation, information science and archives. The third, completely revised and expanded edition contains over 600 comprehensive and updated entries from over 130 countries. The first part lists internationally active associations in alphabetical order. In the second part, national associations are arranged by country, and listed within the countries alphabetically. The volume includes indexes of associations, official journals, officers and subjects.

In China the tradition of a book society is longer than anywhere else in the world. Chinese paper making, calligraphy and woodblock printing date from very early ages, but have for a very long time remained almost unknown to the Western world. At the IFLA satellite meeting “Chinese Written and Printed Cultural Heritage and Library Work” in Hangzhou in 2006 the richness of present day book historical research and library activities in China has been presented by more than sixty papers. This fine selection reflects the width and depth of this extremely important and immense Chinese heritage.

The scale of change in the provision of information and research services since the original edition of this guide (published 1993), in particular the development of the Internet, meant that it soon became clear that a more or less complete re-write was needed, rather than simply a revision of the existing text. However, the new edition has kept to the spirit of the original, which has been a valuable tool for many.

This volume comprises papers prepared for the 8th World Conference on Continuing Professional Development (Bologna, Italy, 18-20 August 2009). Within the broad theme of creating a positive work environment for a multi-generational workforce in library and information organizations, the conference addresses managing between and across generations, mentoring and coaching, attracting people to the profession and developing a new generation of leaders, re-skilling and transferability of skills, succession planning and passing on knowledge.

An international collaboration between IFLA, the UNESCO Institute of Statistics and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has developed standards for new library indicators for the twenty-first century. The existing international library statistics were developed nearly 40 years ago. This book presents the first results using the new statistics, and look forward to the next steps. It also contains other initiatives and developments in the fields of library statistics, benchmarking and indicators.

This book presents international librarianship and library science through insightful and well written chapters contributed by experts and scholars from six regions of the world. The role of public, academic, special, school libraries, as well as library and information science education are presented from the early development to the present time. Its lively, readable approach will help the reader to understand librarianship in Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North America.
Edited by Ismail Abdullahi, Professor of Global Library and Information Science, this book is a must-read by library science students and teachers, librarians, and anyone interested in Global Librarianship.

The papers brought together in this highly actual book are grouped around three themes. Not only the physical and digital preservation of newspapers are treated, but also the service and access models that are currently under development; examples are provided, with a focus on Southeast Asia. Moreover the dynamism of online newspapers is discussed. This volume contains cutting-edge information which is indispensable for the modern newspaper librarian. Also researchers, educators and journalists may benefit from the introduction to current aspects of the important medium.

The United Nations Millennium declarations of 2002 set eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to be achieved by 2015. The papers presented in this publication endeavour to address how libraries and information professionals in East, Central and Southern Africa seek to make themselves relevant to national development by asking themselves how libraries and information centres could contribute to the attainment of these MDGs.

Der Band enthält Beiträge aus den aktuellen Konferenzen der IFLA Newspapers Section (Santiago de Chile, May 2007 and Durban, August 2007). Auf der Santiago International Newspaper Conference, der ersten Zusammenkunft dieser Art, ging es darum, die Bestände der Zeitungssammlungen in Lateinamerika in Augenschein zu nehmen sowie derzeit laufende Prozesse, von grundlegenden Tätigkeiten in diesem Bereich bis hin zu differenzierten Digitalisierungsvorgängen und der Anwendung von Software-Technologien, zu analysieren. Ein Großteil der Beiträge ist auf Spanisch und Englisch geschrieben. Der Titel beschäftigt sich mit den zentralen Aspekten bibliothekarischer Arbeit im Bereich Zeitungen und Zeitschriften - Bestandsbewahrung und der Bereitstellung von Zugangsmöglichkeiten -, unter anderem mit dem Thema Digitalisierung als einem besonders wichtigen Gegenstand in diesem Zusammenhang.

Das Thema dieser Tagung war die Verwaltung von Technologien in Bibliotheken im Kontext der Entwicklungsländer und im Lichte der gegenwärtigen Entwicklungen, die insbesondere open source Software und deren Anwendungen betreffen. Teilnehmer aus verschiedenen Ländern debattierten auf Englisch und Französisch über die Wichtigkeit, Regeln, die sowohl Verwaltungssysteme der Bibliotheken als auch ihre entsprechenden Implikationen betreffen, zu ändern. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass open source Software unter gewissen Bedingungen eine Lösung darstellen könnte.

Dieses Buch bietet eine umfassende Bestandsaufnahme der Tätigkeiten im Bereich der Informationskompetenz auf der ganzen Welt, insbesondere jedoch in Ländern, in denen keine entsprechende Literatur in englischer Sprache publiziert wurde. In diesen gesammelten Beiträgen, die Praxis und Theorie einbeziehen, berichten sachkundige Bibliothekare über ihre Bemühungen, Programme für Informationskompetenz zu entwickeln und einzuführen. Diese Publikation ist als ein Instrument der Bewertung für alle Formen der Informationskompetenz eine Pflichtlektüre für jeden, der an diesem Gebiet interessiert ist.

Der vorliegende Band beinhaltet alle Vorträge, die auf von der Genealogy and Local History Section im Rahmen der IFLA-Jahrestagungen organisierten Konferenzen zwischen 2001 und 2005 gehalten wurden; bei vielen der abgedruckten Beiträge handelt es sich um aktualisierte Versionen. Sie decken ein breites Spektrum an wichtigen Themen und Trends auf dem Gebiet der Geschichtswissenschaft und Familienforschung ab. Die Autoren sind alle ausgewiesene Fachleute auf ihren jeweiligen Gebieten; ihre Beiträge richten sich an alle Dienstleistenden in Bibliotheken, Archiven und Museen weltweit, die sich mit Genealogie und Lokalgeschichte befassen. Darüber hinaus sprechen sie die wachsende Anzahl von Enthusiasten an, die sich mit ihrer eigenen Abstammungs- und Lokalgeschichte beschäftigen. Mehrere Beiträge weisen auf verschiedene nützliche Quellen und Materialien hin, die bei persönlichen Recherchen weiterhelfen. Dazu gehören die faszinierenden Möglichkeiten, die durch die Digitalisierung von Primärquellen und den Einsatz von leistungsstarken neuen Technologien, z. B. durch DNA-Profilierung, eröffnet werden.

Das Nachschlagewerk verzeichnet alle Ausbildungseinrichtungen weltweit, die Studiengänge und Ausbildungsprogramme für den Bereich Bibliothekswesen, Information und Dokumentation auf Hochschulniveau oder berufsbildend anbieten.

Die nach mehr als zehn Jahren vollständig aktualisierte Neuauflage enthält über 900 Universitäten und vergleichbare Institutionen sowie mehr als 1.500 wichtige Ausbildungsprogramme. Die Einträge bestehen aus den jeweiligen Kontaktdaten sowie zusätzlichen Detailinformationen wie beispielsweise Statistiken, Informationen zu Studien- bzw. Ausbildungsgebühren, Zulassungsbedingungen und den Inhalten der Studienprogramme.

The first edition of this handbook appeared in 1996 and dealt with academic libraries. It gained wide acceptance and was translated into five other languages.
After ten years the new edition widens the perspective to public libraries and adds indicators for electronic services and cost-effectiveness. The handbook has been considerably enlarged, from 17 to 40 indicators. It gives practical help by showing examples of possible results for each indicator.
The handbook is intended as practical instrument for the evaluation of library services. Although it aims specifically at academic and public libraries, most indicators will also apply to all other types of libraries.

These papers focus on the topic of leadership in the library and information professions, providing an overview of institutes, programs and activities occurring around the world. Some are described in detail, outlining learning objectives, structure, recruitment and evaluation strategies; others summarise national and international initiatives.
They will provide valuable insights to anyone interested in workforce planning strategies aimed at addressing current shortages of library leaders, as well as those who may have experienced difficulties recruiting to leadership positions and now want to explore the best ways of developing and equipping their own staff with skills to enable them to become the leaders of the future.

Die Beiträge dieses Bandes wurden auf der Konferenz "Library Management und Marketing in a Multicultural World" vorgestellt, die am 16. / 17. August 2006 unter der Schirmherrschaft der Sektion Marketing and Management der International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) in Schanghai stattfand.

Der Band spricht einige der weltweit neuesten Entwicklungen im Bibliotheksmarketing und Bibliotheksmanagement an, die die Befriedigung lokaler Bedürfnisse in einer globalen Informationsgesellschaft als Herausforderung begreifen. Die Autoren nutzten unterschiedliche Herangehensweisen, um sowohl Trends, Chancen und Bedürfnisse zu identifizieren als auch die Effektivität und die Situation in Ländern wie Australien, Belgien, China, Dänemark, Griechenland, Indien, Pakistan, Spanien, den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und in anderen Teilen der Welt einzuschätzen.

Einige Autoren beschreiben erfolgreiche Programme, die entworfen wurden, um Bibliotheken innerhalb einer Gesellschaftsgruppe, einer Nation oder einer akademischen Gemeinschaft zu fördern. Andere berichten über Trends und Veränderungen, die innerhalb der Nutzergemeinschaft stattfinden, und präsentieren Fallbeispiele von Reaktionen der Bibliotheken, diesen Herausforderungen und Chancen durch gezieltes Marketing und Management zu begegnen.

Das Bibliothekswesen als Brücke zu einer Informations- und Wissensgesellschaft in Afrika: Thema der Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL XVII) im Jahr 2006 war das Wissensmanagement. Diese Auswahl von Konferenzbeiträgen bietet eine fachübergreifende Betrachtungsweise von Wissen, Information und Entwicklung und zeigt auf, wie dies zusammen eine neue und besser informierte Gesellschaft hervorbringen kann. Die Herausforderung besteht darin, die Bibliotheken mehr an den Menschen zu orientieren und afro-zentrischer auszurichten, anstatt den Unterprivilegierten wenig Aufmerksamkeit zu widmen und lediglich den Interessen von Eliten zu dienen. Die Bibliotheken müssen einen umfassenderen Ansatz entwickeln, der den Bedürfnissen Aller dient. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes stellen provokante Fragen und geben einen Einblick in den Kampf der Informationsdienste in diesem Teil Afrikas, Teil einer entstehenden Informations- und Wissensgesellschaft zu sein.

Die Zahl der Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NGOs) wächst exponentiell. Im Jahre 1993 listete das Yearbook of International Organizations 16.000 international anerkannte NGOs auf, 2004 waren es bereits 63.000. Dieses Wachstum wird von einer erstaunlichen Zunahme der Aktivitäten und Leistungen der auf lokaler und internationaler Ebene arbeitenden NGOs begleitet. Weil sich die Aufgaben von Bibliotheken und NGOs zunehmend überschneiden, müssen beide mehr zusammenarbeiten, um unentbehrliche Dienstleistungen, die auf die Schaffung, Verbreitung und Aufbewahrung von Information ausgerichtet sind, anzubieten. Die acht Aufsätze dieses Bandes widmen sich der gemeinschaftlichen Arbeit von NGOs und Bibliotheken bei der Untersuchung von und Beschlussfassung zu globalen Themen, die von AIDS bis zur Nahrungssicherung und dem sozialen Wandel reichen.

Dieser Band enthält in erster Linie die Vorträge, die bei einer internationalen Konferenz zur Zeitungsdigitalisierung an der University of Utah, Salt Lake City, gehalten wurden. Er stellt den derzeitigen Stand der Technik vor, wobei auch Erfahrungen aus aktuellen britischen und nordamerikanischen Projekten berücksichtig werden. Dieses Material wird durch Beiträge über die Situation der Zeitungen in Ostasien ergänzt, die anlässlich des "World Library and Information Congress, Seoul" vorgetragen wurden.

Die schnellen Entwicklungen bei Informationstechnologien und Medien führen bei Lesern und Nutzern zu immer vielfältigeren Strategien der Informationsgewinnung. Die Pflicht, dieses Phänomen zu bewältigen und die Situation zu meistern, stellt eine der größten Herausforderungen dar, denen Bibliotheken derzeit gegenüberstehen. Um das Vertrauen in die Möglichkeiten von Managementwerkzeugen und strategischer Planung zu stärken, wurde im August 2005 eine 2-tägige Tagung unter Federführung der IFLA-Sektion für Management und Marketing in Bergen, Norwegen abgehalten.

Leiter verschiedener Bibliothekstypen, Forscher und Lehrende aus fünf Kontinenten teilten ihre Erfahrungen mit Forschungsmethoden, Datensammlung, Auswertung, Leistungsmessung sowie Strategien und Maßnahmen für optimale Verfahren. Dieses Buch enthält ihre Vorträge in Form vollständiger Artikel.

Bibliotheken auf der ganzen Welt müssen sich mit der schnell wachsenden Menge an zu sicherndem digitalem Material auseinandersetzen. Digitale Veröffentlichungen, online oder auf CD, digitalisierte Bilder und digital erstellte Objekte müssen aufbewahrt und verfügbar gemacht werden. Das Speichern und Sichern des digitalen Erbes ist ein wichtiges Thema, insbesondere für Nationalbibliotheken, aufgrund ihrer gesetzlichen Aufgabe, das nationale Erbe eines Landes zu erhalten.

Dieser Band beschreibt den aktuellen Stand der digitalen Speichermedien, Strategien der Datensicherung und aktuelle Projekte in den Nationalbibliotheken Australiens, Chinas, Dänemarks, Deutschlands, Frankreichs, Großbritanniens, Japans, Kanadas, Neuseelands, der Niederlande, Österreichs, Portugals, Schwedens, der Schweiz und der USA.

Dieser Band enthält Beiträge von Veranstaltungen der IFLA Newspapers Section, die zuletzt 2005 in Oslo und Canberra, 2004 in Buenos Aires und Shanghai sowie 2003 in Berlin und Kapstadt stattfanden. Er befasst sich mit der Vielfalt und dem Ausmaß des Zeitungswesens weltweit, konzentriert sich jedoch insbesondere auf regionale Aktivitäten und aktuelle Bemühungen in den Bereichen Konservieren und Digitalisierung von Zeitungen, wobei über laufende Projekte in Großbritannien und den USA berichtet wird. Ein weiteres wesentliches Thema dieses Bandes ist die sehr komplexe Frage der Urheberrechte bei Zeitungen. Diese Veröffentlichung schildert die aktuelle Situation des Zeitungsbibliothekswesens auf allen fünf Kontinenten. Sie spiegelt nicht nur die bemerkenswerten Fortschritte der letzten Jahre wider, sondern formuliert auch die Hauptziele für die Zukunft.

Seit einigen Jahren gehört das Konzept des "virtuellen Klienten" oder "virtuellen Kunden" zur Welt der Bibliotheken und Informationsdienste. Diese Publikation enthält die Tagungsberichte einer Satellitenkonferenz zu diesem Thema, die von der Management- und Marketing-Sektion der IFLA organisiert und in Sao Paulo, Brasilien im August 2004 abgehalten wurde. Die Publikation umfasst Beiträge zu allgemeineren Gesichtspunkten wie der Demokratisierung des Zugangs zu digitaler Information bis hin zu spezifischeren Themen wie virtuellen Bibliotheken und neuen Dienstleistungen, nicht zu vergessen die Beiträge zu den Themen Benutzer- und Bibliothekarsausbildung, Website-Design, spezialisierte Fachinformation usw. Die Leser dieser Tagungsberichte werden auf diesen Seiten einen sehr anregenden Inhalt finden, der sie zu besseren Dienstleistungen für virtuelle Klienten führt. Die Beiträge erscheinen in der Originalsprache ihrer Präsentation (Portugiesisch, Französisch, Spanisch und Englisch) mit Zusammenfassungen in diesen vier Sprachen.

Bibliothekare und im Informationsbereich Tätige auf der ganzen Welt stehen fortwährend der Herausforderung gegenüber, mit den aktuellen Entwicklungen auf ihren Gebieten Schritt zu halten. Rasche Veränderungen der Technologie und der Aufgaben am Arbeitsplatz drohen, ihre Fähigkeiten überflüssig zu machen, wenn sie nicht bereit sind, ständig an ihrer beruflichen Weiterbildung zu arbeiten. Diese internationale Sammlung gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die aktuelle Theorie und Praxis der beruflichen Weiterbildung für all jene, die in Bibliotheken und Informationsdiensten auf allen Ebenen arbeiten. Beiträge von Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern beschreiben zahlreiche innovative Antworten auf die immer dringlicher werdende Notwendigkeit der kontinuierlichen Aus- und Weiterbildung, einschließlich des Lernens am Arbeitsplatz, des individuellen Lernens und der entsprechenden Organisationen.

Die Beiträge der Genfer Tagung widmen sich den neuesten Entwicklungen beim "e-Learning". Hierbei wird die Leistungsfähigkeit und erstaunliche Vielfalt dieses Mediums deutlich. Experten aus der ganzen Welt tauschen Ideen und Erfahrungen aus und werfen dabei eine Vielzahl neuer Fragestellungen auf. Der Leser hat die Möglichkeit, unterschiedliche Ansätze aus der Praxis kennen zu lernen und erhält durch die Debattenbeiträge, die den Band beschließen, Einblicke in das, was die Zukunft für Lehrende und Studierende bereithält.

Das Handbuch informiert über Verbände, die in den Bereichen Bibliothekswesen, Dokumentation, Informationswissenschaft und Archivwesen wirken. Die zweite, vollständig überarbeitete und stark erweiterte Ausgabe umfasst 633 ausführliche und aktuelle Einträge aus über 130 Ländern. Mehr als 170 neue Einträge dokumentieren die neuesten Trends und Entwicklungen in diesem Bereich. Im ersten Teil werden die international tätigen Verbände in alphabetischer Reihenfolge aufgeführt, der zweite Teil listet die nationalen Verbände nach Ländern und darin alphabetisch sortiert auf. Der Band wird durch ein Namen- und ein Sachregister sowie ein Register der offiziellen Organe erschlossen.

Die Einträge enthalten folgende Angaben:

• Name, ggf. mit Abkürzung und englischer Übersetzung
• Adresse mit Telefon, Telex, Fax, E-Mail und URL
• Funktionsträger, leitende Mitarbeiter - Sprachen, Gründungsjahr
• Hauptsächliche Tätigkeitsgebiete und Ziele
• Struktur, Finanzen
• Übersicht über die Mitglieder (Anzahl, Struktur, Arten der Mitgliedschaft)
• Mitgliederversammlungen, Tagungen, Publikationen
• Aktivitäten (z.B. in Gesetzgebungsverfahren oder im Bildungsbereich)

Im Juli 2003 fand in Berlin eine Tagung statt, die den Vorkehrungen gewidmet war, die Bibliotheken zum Katastrophenschutz treffen können, sowohl Katastrophen, die von Menschenhand ausgelöst werden (Konflikte, Kriege) als auch Naturkatastrophen (Erdbeben, Überschwemmungen, Orkane). Ein Gremium internationaler Experten tauschte Erfahrungen aus und diskutierte beispielsweise Planungsmaßnahmen, Verhaltensstrategien, Schulungsanforderungen sowie institutionelle Rahmenbedingungen. Dieser Band enthält die Beiträge zu dieser Tagung.

„Dieser Sammelband ist eines der wichtigsten Werke, das die neue Rolle der Bibliotheken darstellt, und bildet daher die theoretische Basis für alle neuen Bibliotheksbauten. Es zeigt innovative Entwicklungen und Visionen auf, wie zukünftig Bibliotheksplanung und Bibliotheksbau im Dialog zwischen Architekten und Bibliothekaren aussehen kann.“
Prof. Dr. Claudia Lux, Generaldirektorin der Stiftung Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin

Anerkanntermaßen stellt das Konzept des Knowledge Management einen entscheidenden Gewinn für den Informationsprofi dar. Management-Theorien betonen immer die wichtige Rolle von Bibliotheken und Bibliothekare in der Praxis von Organisationen (Unternehmen, Städte aber auch die gesamte Gesellschaft). Die in diesem Band enthaltenen Beiträge demonstrieren dies aus der Sicht der Bibliotheken. In diesen Beiträgen werden grundlegende Implikationen des Knowledge Management als zentralem Arbeitsfeld in Bibliotheken diskutiert, Grundsatzfragen und Methoden analysiert und praktische Beispiele untersucht. Unter den Autoren finden sich beispielsweise Larry Prusak, James Matarazzo, Michael Koenig, Rafael Capurro, Susan Henczel, Irene Wormell und Rainer Kuhlen. Das Buch vereint 18 wichtige Texte zum Thema: z. B. aus IFLA-Workshops und -Konferenzen, aber auch aus anderen Quellen, wie beispielsweise der SLA (Special Libraries Association).