Overview of content related to 'research'

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.

Tim Davies reviews a spirited defence of public libraries, which tries to define their core purpose and which argues for a re-positioning of their place in society.

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

Ben Wynne reviews a collection of papers from the Third Annual Virtual Reference Desk Conference.

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

Keith Doyle reviews the 3rd edition of the primary reference book for practising in-house staff and consultants responsible for the development of institutional information architecture.

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.

Michael Day reviews an edited volume published to commemorate the founding of the Institute of Information Scientists in 1958.

Sylvie Lafortune reviews a much needed work on offering GIS services in libraries.

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.

Sally Rumsey reviews a book which describes and explains the topics of interest central to practitioners involved with research data management.

David Hook sees this edition as a useful overview but finds unfortunate omissions as well as beneficial inclusions.

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

Grant Young reviews a compilation of articles showcasing librarians' efforts to wrest control of new technologies and reassert some traditional values.

Michael Day reviews a recently published book on the selection and preparation of archive and library collections for digitisation.

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.