Books published by Facet Publishing

This edited collection examines the changing roles of the librarian and how working within a rich digital environment has impacted on the ability of professionals to develop the appropriate 'know how', skills, knowledge and behaviours required in order to operate effectively.

This essential guide to marketing libraries' e-resources shows librarians how to make sure their customers understand what is available to them online and allow them to use their e-resources fully.

This dynamic book considers whether and how the management of records (and archives) differs from the management of information (and data).

This is the first book to discuss the sustainable development of digital scholarly information in three key aspects: economic, social and environmental sustainability.

If you want to provide an information service that truly fulfils your users' needs, this book is essential reading. The book supports practitioners in developing an information needs analysis strategy and offers the necessary professional skills and techniques to do so.

This book draws on the contributions of a range of international experts to consider the current archival landscape and imagine the archive of the future.

Putting Library Assessment Data to Work brings together key library assessment methodologies detailing how they can be used to improve an academic library.

This landmark edited collection offers a wide-ranging overview of how rapid technological changes and the push for providing wide access to digitized cultural heritage holdings are changing the landscape of archives.

This book investigates how digital values affect our lives provides practical guidance for delivering and sustaining value and impact from digital content.

Provides the tools and guidance needed to create, organize and manage digital assets effectively. This book provides a systematic overview of the ways in which information resources are being described so as to facilitate their access across a wide range of contexts. The focus is on metadata used in contemporary systems and environments.

Providing in-depth coverage of both theory and practice, this manual is essential for archivists at all levels of experience and of all backgrounds.

This book provides a `no-nonsense' guide to project management which will enable library and information professionals to lead or take part in a wide range of projects from large-scale multi-organisation complex projects through to relatively simple local ones.