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In the last decade library collections have rapidly evolved from a predominance of print books and journals to an ever growing mix of digital and print resources. Library patrons are predominately served by support staff that is expected to know how to help patrons select and use digital resources. Yet most library support staff (LSS) has not had training to become proficient in finding, using, and instructing others in the abundance of the digital resources of websites, databases, e-texts, digital libraries and their related technologies.
Library Technology and Digital Resources: An Introduction for Support Staff is both a text for professors who teach in library support staff programs and an introductory reference manual for support staff who work in libraries. This book will guide the LSS to be able to:
Distinguish key features and enhancements found among vendors and providers of digital libraries, digital collections, databases, and e-texts;
Plan, budget, fund and write grants for digital resources;
Understand the complexity and options of licensing and usage agreements for digital resources;
Know copyright permissions and acceptable use guidelines for digital resources.
Understand the basic technologies that support library digital resources including network structures, software applications, and protocols;
Distinguish between directories and search engines as they relate to digital resources as well as be able to employ advance search skills effectively;
Explore the resources of global, national, and state digital libraries and their collections;
Use government databases and other digitized systems and information sources;
Find exemplary digital resources though other agencies such as museums, university collections and other sources that librarians can share with patrons.
Create local digital resources of primary and historical materials and artifacts with metadata and cataloging for searchable access.
Interpret meaning from library digital resources using visual literacy skills.
Promote library digital resources through a variety of means including social media and online options.
List of contents
List of Figures
List of Tables and Textboxes
Preface
Editorial Advisory Board
Acknowledgments
PART I DIGITAL RESOURCES
1 Introduction
2 Digital and Visual Literacies
3 Primary Sources and Digital Collections
4 National and Global Collections
5 State and Local Collections
6 Subscription Databases: Planning, Evaluation, and Acquisition Processes
PART II TECHNOLOGIES
7 Subscription Databases: Providers and Products
8 E-Books
9 The Internet: Directories and Search Engines
10 Appropriate Use: Policies, Confidentiality, Security, Digital Copyright
11 Hardware, Software, and Network Infrastructure
PART III NEW DIRECTIONS
12 Current and Future Trends
Glossary
Index
About the Author
About the author
Marie Keen Shaw is the former Program Coordinator for the Library Technology certificate program at Connecticut State Community College, where she is also an Adjunct Professor. She teaches courses in Cataloging and Classification, Digital Information and Technology, Reference Services, and Management Strategies. She serves on the Southern Connecticut State University Graduate School of Library and Information Science Advisory Board and the Groton Public Library Board. She has served on the Advisory Board of the Connecticut Digital Library, and chaired the Board of the Connecticut Library Consortium. Marie has her Doctorate of Education from the University of Connecticut in Educational Leadership and Adult Learning, a Sixth-Year Degree from Southern Connecticut State University in Educational Leadership, and her M.S. from Purdue University in Library and Information Science and Educational Media. A retired certified high school Library Media Specialist and Curriculum Instructional Leader, she has been a speaker at state library and educational media conferences in Rhode Island, Illinois, and Connecticut. Marie is the author of the following books in the Rowman & Littlefield Library Support Staff Handbook series: Using Digital Information in the Library Workplace, Using Technology in the Library Workplace, Cataloging Library Resources; Library Technology and Digital Resources. She is the co-author of Communication and Teamwork and Supervision and Management, also in the series.
