Overview
Learn how to develop an information technology plan for your SLMC and effectively manage technology to achieve goals of the school. Emphasizing applications in the areas of management, services, and curriculum, Clyde discusses issues in planning, selection of hardware and applications, budget, staffing and facilities, user education, publicity/promotion, and possible developments in the future. This book offers a broad overview of the subject and addresses the full spectrum of technologies-hardware, software, and systems ranging from automated library systems, CD-ROMs, online information services, the Internet, curriculum software, local area networks/intranets, to generic software applications such as word processing, desktop publishing, database management, and project management.
Full Product Details
Author: L A. Clyde
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 17.70cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.644kg
ISBN: 9781563087240
ISBN 10: 1563087243
Pages: 290
Publication Date: 15 January 2000
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
Directors will get the big picture of what goes on in a school library, and library students will have a well-written preview of the issues involved in managing these resources. Recommended. -Library Talk Indispensable when trying to make sound decisions, grounded in the principles and guidelines of a superior library media program....Next best thing to an in-house technology expert. -Teacher Librarian Media specialists at any stage of technological expertise...will find Clyde's ambitious work clear, authoritative, and ultimately invaluable. -Booklist ?Media specialists at any stage of technological expertise...will find Clyde's ambitious work clear, authoritative, and ultimately invaluable.?-Booklist ?Indispensable when trying to make sound decisions, grounded in the principles and guidelines of a superior library media program....Next best thing to an in-house technology expert.?-Teacher Librarian ?Directors will get the big picture of what goes on in a school library, and library students will have a well-written preview of the issues involved in managing these resources. Recommended.?-Library Talk
?Directors will get the big picture of what goes on in a school library, and library students will have a well-written preview of the issues involved in managing these resources. Recommended.?-Library Talk
Author Information
LAUREL A. CLYDE is Professor, Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavik.
