Overview of content related to 'data'

Stuart Hannabuss looks at an interesting Nile cruise of a book about intellectual property.

Maureen Pennock reviews a release in Facet's Digital Futures series.

John Azzolini reviews a timely collection of essays that highlights the values of institutional leadership and resourcefulness in academic librarianship's engagements with Web 2.0.

David Parkes reviews a new book, targeted at managers, which is both a tool to help evaluate your library and an analysis of Impact Evaluation methodology.

Verity Brack reviews a new practical guide for researchers wanting to improve their information skills and finds it a very useful addition.

Milena Dobreva reviews the newly published book of Martin de Saulles which looks at the new models of information production, distribution and consumption.

Brian Whalley reviews a book about a new theory of ‘information need’ that builds upon the ideas of Allen and Taylor from the 1960s to provide a basis for information searching.

Martin White reviews a collection of essays on a wide range of current topics and challenges in information retrieval.

Katrina Clifford reviews a work covering the long-heralded change in the cataloguing rule set - RDA (Resource Description and Access).

Martin White praises the work of the editors on the 32 essays covering how KM initiatives can deliver tangible outcomes and takes a practical and balanced view of their overall value.

David Parkes reviews the fifth compilation of the biennial Library Without Walls Conference. He finds how far we have come and how far we have to go in delivering services to distributed learners.

While acknowledging the genuine usefulness of much of its content, Emma Tonkin provides helpful pointers towards a second edition.

Sylvie Lafortune reviews a book which addresses the following question: From e-government to t-government. How will libraries keep up?

Marieke Guy reviews a text that could offer the blueprint for moving records management into the 21st century.

Marieke Guy takes a look at a recent introduction to metadata for the information professional.

Muhammad Rafiq takes a look at a work on the open source community and open source software.

Pete Cliff takes a look at a new book from the British Computer Society that aims to help readers understand the importance, issues and benefits of data management across an enterprise.

Pete Cliff tries to remember A-level mathematics as he dives into the fascinating world of machine learning and statistics and how to apply these techniques to Web-accessible datasets.

Stuart Hannabuss examines an interesting collection of essays and, with reservations, likes the second edition a lot more.