Publication

Measuring Quality : Performance Measurement in Libraries 2nd revised edition

Louis — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:07:14 +0100

The first edition of this handbook appeared in 1996 and dealt with academic libraries. It gained wide acceptance and was translated into five other languages.

After ten years this new edition widens the perspective to include public libraries and adds indicators for electronic services and cost-effectiveness. It offers a set of 40 such indicators and provides practical help by describing sampling and surveying procedures and by giving examples for each indicator. The Handbook is intended as a practical instrument for the evaluation of library services.

World Guide to Library, Archive and Information Science Education

Louis — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:59:41 +0100

The third edition of this guidebook lists education institutions world-wide where professional education and training programmes are carried out at a tertiary level of education or higher.

International Genealogy and Local History : Papers presented by the Genealogy and Local History Section

Louis — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:49:50 +0100

This book contains the papers delivered at sessions organised by the Genealogy and Local History Section at the annual conferences of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) between 2001 and 2005; many of these are updated versions of the original presentations.

A wide range of significant issues and trends in historical and family research is covered. The authors, all experts in their own fields, address those engaged in delivering genealogy and local history services in libraries, archives and museums across the world.

Genealogy and Local History Section

Information Literacy: International Perspectives

Louis — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:45:38 +0100

This book provides a comprehensive update on the status of information literacy activities around the world, particularly from countries where no related literature has been published in English.

In these collected papers, ranging from the practical to the theoretical, knowledgeable librarians report on their efforts to establish and develop information literacy programmes.

A tool for evaluating all forms of information literacy, this publication is a must-read for anyone who shares an interest in this field.

Managing Technologies and Automated Library Systems in Developing Countries: Open Source vs. Commercial Options

Louis — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:30:31 +0100

Proceedings of the IFLA Meeting at Dakar, Senegal, August 15-16, 2007
(Actes du colloque IFLA à Dakar, Sénégal, 15-16 août 2007)

Libraries and Information Services Towards the Attainment of the UN Millennium Development Goals

Louis — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:23:57 +0100

The United Nations Millennium declarations of 2002 set eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to be achieved by 2015.

The high poverty levels in most African countries make many aware that it is no longer up to the governments alone to find ways of abetting it, but that other organizations need to join the fight.

Manuel UNIMARC. Format bibliographique

Louis — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:09:05 +0100

This manual is the French translation of the second edition of UNIMARC Manual: bibliographic format published in English in 1994 and completed by 5 updates published from 1996 to 2005. This 5th French edition is composite. It reproduces identically a part of the 4th edition published in 2002 and, for the fields of the format modified in the Update 5, it offers a new more structured presentation. This is a handbook dedicated to French-speaking users of the UNIMARC format for bibliographic descriptions.

IFLA Cataloguing Principles: Steps towards an International Cataloguing Code, 5

Louis — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:51:34 +0100

IFLA Cataloguing Principles: Steps towards an International Cataloguing Code, 5. Report from the 5th IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code, Pretoria, South Africa, 2007

IFLA Principes de Catalogage: Pas vers un code international de catalogage, 5. Rapport de la 5ème réunion d'experts de l'IFLA sur un code international de catalogage, Pretoria, Afrique du Sud, 2007
UNIMARC Core Activity (UCA)

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UNIMARC Manual- Bibliographic Format

Louis — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:40:27 +0100

The third edition succeeds the fifth update of second edition. One of the main features has been the adoption of new and revised international standards, notably the International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organizations, the ISBN 13 and the linking ISSN. New fields have been added for recording the Persistent Record Identifier. Uniform Conventional Headings for Legal and Religious texts are now catered for with separate fields. A number of fields have been revised: archival materials, manuscripts and documentation produced by the ISSN International Centre.

UNIMARC Core Activity (UCA)

Full ISBD Examples

John Hostage — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:24:08 +0100

Full ISBD Examples, a collection of full bibliographic descriptions demonstrating ISBD guidelines in a variety of language, was published in October 2009.

Cataloguing Section