Information Technology Books

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31. Decoding Liberation

    The Promise of Free and Open Source Software

    By Samir Chopra, Scott D. Dexter

    Series: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

    Choice Outstanding Academic Title Software is more than a set of instructions for computers: it enables (and disables) political imperatives and policies. Nowhere is the potential for radical social and political change more apparent than in the practice and movement known as "free software." Free...

    Published November 8th 2009 by Routledge
32. Freedom of Information

    Open Access, Empty Archives?

    Edited by Andrew Flinn, Harriet Jones

    The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act has been broadly welcomed by contemporary British historians as a means of increasing access to public records within the thirty-year rule. But the benefits of this formal commitment to open government are untested, and experiences in other countries with FOI or...

    Published April 26th 2009 by Routledge
33. Googlization of Libraries

    Edited by William Miller, Rita Pellen

    This book includes a variety of articles which look critically and judiciously at Google and its products, with a focus on Google Scholar and Google Book Search. It also examines their usefulness in a public service context. Its ultimate aim is to assess the use of Google as a major information...

    Published December 16th 2008 by Routledge
34. Digital Scholarship

    Edited by Marta Mestrovic Deyrup

    Series: Routledge Studies in Library and Information Science

    Collecting important original essays by librarians and archivists – all of whom are actively engaged in building digital collections – Digital Scholarship details both challenges and proven solutions in establishing, maintaining, and servicing digital scholarship in the humanities. This volume...

    Published December 11th 2008 by Routledge
35. Medical Librarian 2.0

    Use of Web 2.0 Technologies in Reference Servics

    Edited by M. Sandra Wood

    Widespread use and acceptance of the World Wide Web in the home and office has eclipsed many other technological advances. Next-generation applications like wikis, podcasting, streaming video, virtual reference, RSS feeds, and blogs sit on the cutting edge of changes that will—and have already...

    Published October 16th 2008 by Routledge
36. E-Journals Access and Management

    Edited by Wayne Jones

    Series: Routledge Studies in Library and Information Science

    The proliferation of e-journals and their impact on library collections is tremendous. E-Journals Access and Management takes a comprehensive look at how e-journals have changed the library landscape and offers librarians strategies to better manage them. This useful resource provides a broad...

    Published July 13th 2008 by Routledge
37. Economic Cooperation between Singapore and India

    An Alliance in the Making?

    By Faizal bin Yahya

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Asian interregional economic cooperation has assumed greater prominence with the rise of Asia’s two giant economies of China and India. The economic liberalization of China’s economy in 1979, followed by India in 1991, signalled the presence of business opportunities to foreign investors -...

    Published May 14th 2008 by Routledge
38. Mile-High Views

    Surveying the Serials Vista: NASIG 2006

    Edited by Carol Ann Borchert, Gary W Ives

    Discover the latest developments in serials publication Current advances in technology and research have triggered accelerating change in the state of serials, which makes keeping up-to-date on developments difficult. Mile-High Views: Surveying the Serials Vista: NASIG 2006 presents the leaders of...

    Published October 10th 2007 by Routledge
39. Digital Information and Knowledge Management

    New Opportunities for Research Libraries

    Edited by Sul H. Lee

    Digital Information and Knowledge Management examines how academic librarians can use knowledge management to provide an increasing amount of electronic information to an expanding user base. Several of the country’s leading library administrators analyze these vital issues from the perspectives of...

    Published May 29th 2007 by Routledge
40. Health Information Management

    Integrating Information and Communication Technology in Health Care Work

    By Marc Berg

    Series: Routledge Health Management

    In almost all Western countries, concerted efforts are made to stimulate the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in health care. Yet the number of success stories are few and the frustrations many. In this key textbook, readers are introduced to the challenges, the lessons learned...

    Published November 26th 2003 by Routledge