Overview
The complete twelve-volume set of titles in the Library Technology Essentials series! The Library Technology Essentials series helps librarians utilize today's hottest new technologies as well as ready themselves for tomorrow's. The series features titles that cover the A-Z of how to leverage the latest and most cutting-edge technologies and trends to deliver new library services. Today's forward-thinking libraries are responding to changes in information consumption, new technological advancements, and growing user expectations by devising groundbreaking ways to remain relevant in a rapidly changing digital world. This collection of primers guides libraries along the path to innovation through step-by-step instruction. Written by the field's top experts, these handbooks serve as the ultimate gateway to the newest and most promising emerging technology trends. Filled with practical advice and projects for libraries to implement right now, these books inspire readers to start leveraging these new techniques and tools today. Books included in the set: * Data Visualizations and Infographics * Digital Collections and Exhibits * Free Technology for Libraries * Game It Up!: Using Gamification to Incentivize Your Library * Knowledge Management for Libraries * Makerspaces in Libraries * Mobile Social Marketing in Libraries * MOOCs and Libraries * Responsive Web Design in Practice * Using Tablets and Apps in Libraries * Wearable Technology: Smart Watches to Google Glass for Libraries * WordPress for Libraries
Full Product Details
Author: Ellyssa Kroski
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9781442258259
ISBN 10: 144225825
Pages: 1616
Publication Date: 09 December 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Almost every librarian longs to know how they can effectively use technology in their library. The Library Technology Essentials series covers twelve subjects to make any librarian's job easier. The writing in these books is friendly and down to earth. The authors write as if they are speaking directly to the reader. * VOYA *
Author Information
Ellyssa Kroski is Director of Information Technology for the New York Law Institute. Previously Emerging Technologies and Web Services Librarian at Barnard College, Ellyssa is also an adjunct faculty member at three ALA-accredited LIS programs: Pratt Institute, San Jose State University, and Long Island University. Ellyssa's previous publications include Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals (Neal-Schuman, 2008), Law Librarianship in the Digital Age (Scarecrow, 2014), and editing two ten-book series, The Tech Set and The Tech Set II (Neal-Schuman, 2010 and 2012). In 2011, The American Library Association honored Ellyssa with its prestigious Greenwood Publishing Group Award for the Best Book in Library Literature for The Tech Set. The American Association of Law Libraries awarded her book Law Librarianship in the Digital Age with its Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award in 2014.
