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Informationen zum Autor Jenny Craven MA MCLIP is a Research Associate at the Centre for Research in Library and Information Management (CERLIM), at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has worked on a number of research projects concerned with web accessibility and library services for visually impaired people (see www.cerlim.ac.uk/projects/index-accessib). Klappentext Celebrates and acknowledges the contribution Professor Peter Brophy has made over a career spanning 37 years to the field of library and information studies. Reflecting on his work! this title offers strategies for the future direction of library and information services in the virtual era. "I would recommend this book not only as a worthy tribute to a prominent figure, but also one that may serve as excellent teaching material in some modern library and information science courses and also as a useful text for professional librarians providing exemples of best practice, introducing useful technological tools for library management and work, and depicting some interesting cases from practice in public and academic libraries." - Information Research Zusammenfassung Celebrates and acknowledges the contribution Professor Peter Brophy has made over a career spanning 37 years to the field of library and information studies. Reflecting on his work, this title offers strategies for the future direction of library and information services in the virtual era. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Alan F. MacDougall 1. The Library Research Unit at the University of Lancaster, 1967–1972: a memoir - Michael Buckland THEME 1: LIBRARIES, LEARNING AND DISTANCE LEARNING 2. Alice in www.land: reflections on ten years of developing library services for distance learners - Gill Needham and Nicky Whitsed 3. Putting the ‘e’ into libraries and learning: study, pedagogy, content and services in the digital age - David Baker THEME 2: WIDENING ACCESS TO INFORMATION 4. Library services for visually impaired people: a UK perspective - Jenny Craven 5. Public libraries, an enduring freedom: widening access to learning, information and culture - John Dolan 6. Sceptic 2.0? Social networking technologies in public libraries - Juliet Eve THEME 3: CHANGING DIRECTIONS OF INFORMATION DELIVERY 7. Institutional repositories in tertiary institutions: access, delivery and performance - Rowena Cullen and Brenda Chawner 8. Folksonomies to ontologies: the changing nature of controlled vocabularies - Richard J. Hartley THEME 4: PERFORMANCE, QUALITY AND LEADERSHIP 9. An evaluation decision-making system: development and implementation of a web-based evaluation learning and instructional tool - Charles R. McClure and John T. Snead 10. Measuring the quality of academic library electronic services and resources - Jillian R. Griffiths 11. Influential leadership for academic libraries - Jennifer Rowley and Sue Roberts 12. Peter Brophy: a selected bibliography....
