Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bassett, Dawn
• Scott, Brooke Ballantyne
• Fry, Jenny

Titel

Facelifts for special libraries : a practical guide to revitalising diverse physical and digital spaces

Auflage

1st edition

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, England ; : Chandos Publishing,

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Link zum Volltext

• Elsevier Books AutoHoldings

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes index.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Cover; Facelifts for Special Libraries: A practical guide to revitalising diverse physical and digital spaces; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; About the authors; Preface; Why revitalise?; Who are you?; Who are we?; 1 Prepare; Assess your strengths; Assess your surroundings; Understand the needs of your users; Further reading; Notes; 2 Build a great project team; Collaborating with other departments to meet patron needs; How project knowledge transfers within project teams; Knowledge management benchmarks for the team; The importance of tacit knowledge within the team
• Successful consultationDealing with different personalities within the team; Team learning; The architect on the team; Further reading; Notes; 3 Plan your project; Important project management techniques; Risk identification and management; Project manager competencies; Budgeting basics; Clearly define project scope, goals and objectives; Identify existing expertise; Cost savings; Further reading; Notes; 4 Develop a layout; Furnishings; Circulation and reference desk and staff work space; User work space: computer desks, study areas and spaces for collaboration; Shelving
• Further reading on floor plans and layoutsNotes; 5 Interior design basics; The relationship between elements within the space; The importance of colour; Lighting; Flooring; Finishing touches; Further reading; Notes; 6 Revitalising your digital environment; Planning your digital renovation; Renovating your web or intranet presence - simple techniques for keeping your users coming back to your website; To change or not to change - revitalising the library management system; Evaluating your current LMS or selecting a new one; Open source vs. proprietary LMSs
• Other tools and techniques for revitalising your digital spaceFurther reading; Notes; 7 Project completion and final thoughts; Index
• Libraries/information centres are continuously evolving to keep up with rapid changes in information gathering, processing, and distribution. Corporate and non-profit special libraries face special challenges in revitalizing their physical space and providing efficient access to digital content. This book provides solo-librarians or special library managers with practical advice as to revitalize their libraries both in the physical space and the digital space. The book uses case studies, surveys and literature review to provide practical, innovative and evidence-based information to help speci
• English
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 26, 2013).