Books published by Facet Publishing

Libraries today are faced with rapidly shifting populations of users with differing needs, who require a range of new communications links that are transforming our concept of the library space. This developing role has created a set of new and complex challenges for those delivering library services. There is no such thing as the 'perfect' library building. However, a well designed building will enable a project both to gain local acceptance more easily and to ease the process of securing planning permission. It also needs to be cost effective to run, support the organization's objectives well, offer an improved service to the user and make an impact on the community. This much needed book takes as its starting point the fact that few architects know very much about libraries, and fewer librarians know about architectural planning and design. It steers a clear path for library managers through the language and processes that they need to understand as members of a team overseeing the planning of a new library building project, major refurbishment or remodelling of an existing library. Key topics of this title include: twenty-first century libraries; developing a business case; project management; the design/project team; selecting an architect; partnership and community engagement; the design brief; design quality; space planning and access; occupancy and post-occupancy evaluation; and, building libraries for the future. Appendices offer top tips and checklists, together with a glossary of common terms used within the construction environment to help further de-mystify the design process for librarians. This practical and accessible book is an invaluable guide not only for new entrants to the library profession, but also for experienced practitioners who are approaching for the first time the important task of creating a new library or major refurbishment of existing facilities. It will also be of great relevance to architects unfamiliar with library building requirements.

This landmark textbook takes a whole subject approach to Information Science as a discipline and is designed to be the standard text for students worldwide.

Taxonomies is a curated anthology of case studies of taxonomy projects that showcases the incredible breadth and depth of work being done by taxonomists across many different types of sectors and organisations. The book aims to inspire and educate anyone who needs to organise information and data.

This book provides a practical introduction to metadata for the digital library, describing in detail how to implement a strategic approach which will enable complex digital objects to be discovered, delivered and preserved in the short- and long-term.

Drawing on recent research, this book explores the connection between libraries, literacy, reading engagement and wellbeing, providing powerful advocacy support for school library professionals seeking to illustrate the role they play in supporting students' literacy learning and wellbeing.

This comprehensive and no-nonsense guide to working with special collections and rare books is an essential day-to-day companion. Working with special collections can vary dramatically from preserving a single rare book to managing and digitising vast mixed-media archives yet the role of the information professional is always critical in tapping into the potential of these collections, protecting their legacy and bringing them to the attention of the wider public. Whether you are working alone or in a team of 20 this handbook can guide you through the essential skills and processes and highlight common problems, solutions and best practice. International case studies in each chapter drawn from a variety of sectors offer an insight into how real people have dealt with challenges in practice. Each chapter tackles a different aspect of your work, helping you to: understand the surrounding law and ethics, including copyright issues; develop effective preservation standards and practice; use the relevant cataloguing systems and standards; reach your audience, market your collection, and use social media to improve access; develop effective fundraising and advocacy efforts; manage acquisitions and donors in line with collection development strategy; rethink and develop effective spaces and user services; and, manage your staff, train paraprofessionals and improve your skills and training. This is the essential practical guide for anyone working with special collections or rare books in libraries, archives, museums, galleries and other heritage organisations. It is also a useful introduction to special collections work for academics and students taking library and information courses.

The book will explore the use of games-based learning and gamification in school libraries. It illustrates how game play can be developed by school librarians through blended theory and practice, exemplified by case studies taken from a variety of international contexts.

This book guides readers from the very start of their journey in discovering data and all its uses to implementing data collection, analysis and review for decision making and service development. It's a practical, no nonsense guide to demystify and equip any information professional with the tools to start their own data driven decision practice.

Home-School Learning Resources is a practical guide that will help teachers, parents, home educators and librarians to locate useful, quality-tested websites that offer resources for enhanced curriculum learning and related fun activities for children and young people aged 4-16. The book allows users to locate resources quickly and easily, with cross references made between subjects and handy tips for further exploration & discovery. It offers the opportunity for a holistic approach to educating children and enhancing their development. The book presents a range of UK resources as well as relevant international ones listed by subject, covering all areas of the UK curriculum as well as general knowledge, interests and leisure time.

Dirty data is a problem that costs businesses thousands, if not millions, every year. In organisations large and small across the globe you will hear talk of data quality issues. What you will rarely hear about is the consequences or how to fix it.Between the Spreadsheets: Classifying and Fixing Dirty Data draws on classification expert Susan Walsh's decade of experience in data classification to present a fool-proof method for cleaning and classifying your data. The book covers everything from the very basics of data classification to normalisation and taxonomies, and presents the author's proven COAT methodology, helping ensure an organisation's data is Consistent, Organised, Accurate and Trustworthy. A series of data horror stories outlines what can go wrong in managing data, and if it does, how it can be fixed. After reading this book, regardless of your level of experience, not only will you be able to work with your data more efficiently, but you will also understand the impact the work you do with it has, and how it affects the rest of the organisation.Written in an engaging and highly practical manner, Between the Spreadsheets gives readers of all levels a deep understanding of the dangers of dirty data and the confidence and skills to work more efficiently and effectively with it.

Libraries across all sectors are responding to the call to decolonise,critically examining their own historic legacies and practices and supportinginstitutional change. This book brings together current thinking and emergingpractices around decolonising the library, providing conceptual frameworks, anddescribing emerging practices and their impact.

Libraries across all sectors are responding to the call to decolonise,critically examining their own historic legacies and practices and supportinginstitutional change. This book brings together current thinking and emergingpractices around decolonising the library, providing conceptual frameworks, anddescribing emerging practices and their impact.

The fourth edition of the classic textbook offers a firm foundation of knowledge and guidance for library and information science (LIS) students and professionals alike.

The Academic Teaching Librarian'sHandbook is a comprehensiveresource on teaching and professional development for information professionalsand instructors at all career stages. It explores the current landscape ofteaching librarianship, and highlights and discusses the importantdevelopments, issues, and trends that are shaping current and future practice.

Written by two practicing Chief Data Officers, this book offers a practical, direct and engaging discussion of the role, its place and importance within organisations.

This important new text provides a much-needed introduction to the myriad information policy issues that impact information professionals, information institutions, and the users and communities served by those institutions.

Recordkeeping Cultures explores how an understanding of organisational information culture provides the insight necessary for the development and promotion of sound recordkeeping practices.

Information Literacy Research describes this research landscape, identifying the core qualitative approaches applied in the research of information literacy and less used or innovative applications