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Record Nr.

UNINA9911087423803321

Titolo

Collection development policies : new directions for changing collections / / Daniel C. Mack, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Binghamton, N.Y. : , : Haworth Information Press, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-79695-9

0-429-23884-3

0-203-82683-3

1-283-88617-0

1-136-79696-7

9780429238840

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MackDaniel C

Disciplina

025.2/1

Soggetti

Collection development (Libraries)

Academic libraries - Collection development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Co-published simultaneously as The acquisitions librarian, number 30, 2003."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Changing collections, changing policies / Daniel C. Mack -- Pricing and acquisitions policies for electronic resources: is the market stable enough to establish local standards? / Rebecca S. Albitz -- Subject-specific policy statements: a rationale and framework for collection development / Glenn S. McGuigan, Gary W. White -- The end of an American (library) dream: the rise and decline of the collection development policy statement at Berkeley / James H. Spohrer -- Using a collection development curriculum as a model for developing policy documents in practice / Sheila S. Intner -- Collection development at SJU Libraries: compromises, missions, and transitions / Lois Cherepon, Andrew Sankowski -- Collection management statements on the world wide web / Joseph Straw -- Acquisitions policy for contemporary topics in an academic library: managing the ephemeral / Ashley Robinson -- Impact of technical services' policies on access and collection development / Magda El-Sherbini -- Nicholson Baker wasn't all wrong: a collection development policy for remote storage facilities / Elka



Tenner Shlomo -- Collection development: curriculum materials center / Justina O. Osa -- Cooperation between collection development and cataloging: a policy for proposing projects to cataloging services / Rebecca L. Mugridge.

Sommario/riassunto

Get the tools you need to build a collection development policy that will help your library run efficiently?today and in the future!  Considering the amount and variety of topics being published, effectively organizing and guiding a library in today's accelerated world is no easy task. Collection Development Policies: New Directions for Changing Collections is the contemporary librarians guide to building or revising a first-rate collection development policy. In this up-to-date book, experts in the field take you step-by-step through the publishing process from writing an initial draf

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911148287603321

Autore

Tomaszewski Brian

Titolo

Geographic information systems (GIS) for disaster management / / Brian Tomaszewski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor and Francis, 2020

ISBN

1-351-03486-3

1-351-03484-7

9781351034869

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxviii, 453 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

363.3480285

Soggetti

Disasters - Data processing

Emergency management - Data processing

Emergency management - Geographic information systems

Gestió d'emergències - Sistemes d'informació geogràfica

Llibres electrònics.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. A Survey of GIS for Disaster Management 2. Fundamentals of Geographic Information and Maps 3. Geographic Information Systems



4. Geographic Information Systems and Allied Technologies 5. Disaster Management and Geographic Information Systems 6. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Planning and Preparedness 7. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Response 8. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Recovery 9. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Mitigation 10. Special Topics, Future Technology, Professional Career Options and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Trends

Sommario/riassunto

"Now in its second edition, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Disaster Management has been completely updated to take account of new developments in the field. Using a hands-on approach grounded in relevant GIS and disaster management theory and practice, this textbook continues the tradition of the benchmark first edition, providing coverage of GIS fundamentals applied to disaster management. Real-life case studies demonstrate GIS concepts and their applicability to the full disaster management cycle. The learning-by-example approach help readers see how GIS for disaster management operates at local, state, national, and international scales through government, private sector, non-governmental organizations, and volunteer groups. New in the Second Edition: A Chapter on Allied Technologies include Remote Sending, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Indoor Navigation and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Thirteen new technical exercises that supplement theoretical and practical chapter discussions and fully reinforce concepts learned Enhanced boxed text and other pedagogical features to give readers even more practical advice Examination of new forms of world-wide disaster faced by society Discussion of new commercial and open source GIS technology and techniques such as machine learning and internet of things. New interviews with subject matter and industry experts on GIS for disaster management in the US and abroad New career advice on getting a first job in the industry. Learned yet accessible, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Disaster Management continues to be a valuable teaching tool for undergraduate and graduate instructors in the disaster management and GIS fields, as well as disaster management and humanitarian professionals"-- Provided by publisher