Libraries in the early 21st century . Volume 1 An international perspective [[electronic resource] /] / edited on behalf of IFLA by Ravindra N. Sharma

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791967803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Saur, 2012
• ISBN: 3-11-027063-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Collana: Libraries in the early 21st century ; ; v. 1
• Classificazione: AN 57500
• Altri autori (Persone): SharmaRavindra N. <1941->
• Disciplina: 020
• Soggetti: Comparative librarianship; International librarianship; Libraries - Information technology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Part 1. International librarianship -- Let's peal the onion together : exploration of the outer limits of international librarianship / Ellen R. Tise and Reggie Raju -- ALA and its international relations programs / Beverly P. Lynch -- Technology and academic libraries in East Asia : an overview / Anchi Hoh and Peter R. Young -- Part 2. Countries A-Z -- Australia. Early adopters down under : technology in Australian libraries / Alex Byrne -- Azerbaijan. Libraries in Azerbaijan today / Liladhar R. Pendse and Altay Goyushov -- Canada. Building Canadian electronic libraries : the experience in Ontario public libraries, 1960-2010 / Lorne D. Bruce -- China. Technologies and Chinese librarianship / Ying Zhang and Xiangjin Tan -- Croatia. Technology based services in Croatian libraries : developments, challenges and prospective / Srecko Jelusic, Ivanka Stricevic and Boris Badurina -- France. Libraries in France : from one century to the next one / Anne-Marie Bertrand ; translated by Christine Deschamps -- Germany. Libraries in Germany / Claudia Lux -- Hungary. Development of libraries in Hungary / Áts József, Deák Nóra, Péter Kiszl and Klára Varga -- Japan. Libraries and librarianship in Japan / Minna Sellers and Benjamin Wakashige -- Morocco. The new era of Moroccan libraries : perceptions of a Fulbrighter / Heather Lea Moulaison -- New Zealand. New Zealand : innovation in a small country / Philip Calvert -- Nigeria. The ; development of information and communication technologies in Nigerian libraries / Martha A. Speirs -- Russia. Russian archives and libraries : their development since the introduction of technology / Kelly Ann Kolar -- Serbia. Development of libraries in Serbia in the new millennium / Stela Filipi Matutionovic and Biljana Kosanovic -- South Africa. Take the vision to the people : the development and transformation of libraries and information services in South Africa / Christine Stilwell -- Spain. Libraries and technologies in Spain : past, present and future / Joaquín Selgas Gutiérrez -- Turkey. Turkish libraries and technology in the early twenty-first century / Selma Alpay Aslan -- United Kingdom. The history of library automation in the United Kingdom / Hazel Woodward and Fytton Rowland -- Uzbekistan. Libraries in Uzbekistan : past, present and future / Marat Rahmatullaev and Akram Khabibullaev.
• Sommario/riassunto: This unique volume gives a truly international overview over the modern history and development of libraries and library technology in selected countries of the world. The careful selection of countries achieves good representation of library work on all continents, covering examples of both the developed and the developing world. A further volume with further national profiles is planned for 2012. This multivolume work represents an excellent contribution to international librarianship and allows comparative studies both at graduate and professional level. Many of the contributors are well-kn