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Product Description: Speaking of Information: The Library Juice Quotation Book is a compilation of quotations originally collected for the "Quotes of the Week" section of Library Juice, an e-zine published by Rory Litwin between 1998 and 2005 that dealt with philosophical and political dimensions of librarianship...read more

Product Description: Speaking of Information: The Library Juice Quotation Book is a compilation of quotations originally collected for the "Quotes of the Week" section of Library Juice, an e-zine published by Rory Litwin between 1998 and 2005 that dealt with philosophical and political dimensions of librarianship...read more

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Product Description: Manual of Business Spanish is the most comprehensive, single-volume reference handbook for students and professionals using Spanish.Designed for all users, no matter what level of language skill, it comprises five parts:* A 6000-word, two-way Glossary of the most useful business terms* A 100-page Written Communications section giving models of 50 letters, faxes and documents* An 80-page Spoken Situations section covering face-to-face and telephone situations* A short Reference Grammar outlining the major grammar features of Spanish* A short Business Facts section covering essential information of the country or countries where Spanish is usedWritten by an experienced native and non-native speaker team, this unique volume is an essential, one-stop reference for all students and professionals studying or working in business and management where Spanish is used...read more

Describes an approach to initiate change in a library system along with a collection of fifteen case studies.

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Product Description: This volume addresses the subject of categories: What are they? How are they used in speaking and thinking? What role do they play in our moral deliberations? Why are there different sorts of categories? And are categories independent of our thinking and speaking, giving objective form to the world we aim to think and speak about? These and other questions concerning categories have been part of philosophy from the very beginning, and they raise foundational issues in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and other branches of philosophy...read more

Product Description: This practical guidebook, now in its fourth edition, has been fully revised and is now in concordance with AACR2, 2002 Revision 2004 Update. Michael Gorman, co-editor of the original AACR2, explains the more generally applicable AACR2 rules for cataloging library materials in simplified terms that make the rules more accessible and practical for practitioners and students who are in less complex library and bibliographic environments...read more

Product Description: Librarians are experts at selecting, evaluating and disseminating the best content in the most appropriate format to meet the needs of library users. New technologies can be invaluable tools in these efforts. Taking advantage of these technologies does not, however, change the fundamental mission of libraries everywhere...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Describes the principles of eight core values including stewardship, services, intellectual freedom, and literarcy and learning; and discusses how libraries can adapt them in order to thrive in the twenty-first century. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This monograph is the result of thirty years' research by New Zealander Michael Gorman into the Korean influences on the little known ancient Kingdom of Kibi in Western Japan. Archaeological evidence is combined with legends and tales from the eight-century histories of Japan which, until now, have cleverly managed to obfuscate the real ethnic and cultural origins of the Japanese people...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: AACR2 is one of the most used cataloguing systems in the world, and these amendments are an update to the 1988 revision. This latest set of revisions to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules has been approved by the Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of AACR...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Gorman and a host of distinguished contributors examine the state of technical services. The book is divided into four sections-acquisitions, bibliographic control, automation, and administration. Within these sections individual chapters address such aspects as serials acquisitions, descriptive cataloging, circulation services, and more...read more

Product Description: This is the essential reference companion for all who use Spanish for business communication.Containing over 5000 words, this handy two-way A-Z glossary covers the most commonly used terms in business. It will help you to communicate with confidence in a wide variety of business situations, and is of equal value to the relative beginner or the fluent speaker...read more

Product Description: Covering a wide range of situations, this is suitable for the business user or for students learning the language.