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  • Preserving Government Information: Past, Present, and Future

    by James A Jacobs, James R Jacobs ...
    The digital information that the U.S. federal government publishes is not being adequately preserved. Current preservation practices are built on a paper-era infrastructure that does not work in the digital age. In this textbook, the authors examine how preservation practices of the past affect digital preservation, analyze publishing and preservation data to characterize the current gaps in ... Read more

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  • Producing Open Source Software

    How to Run a Successful Free Software Project

    by Karl Fogel ...
    The corporate market is now embracing free, "open source" software like never before, as evidenced by the recent success of the technologies underlying LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP). Each is the result of a publicly collaborative process among numerous developers who volunteer their time and energy to create better software.The truth is, however, that the overwhelming majority of free ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Privacy and Data Protection based on the GDPR

    Understanding the General Data Protection Regulation

    by Leo Besemer ...
    As technology advances and our world becomes more interconnected, the significance of personal information continues to escalate, representing a considerable and increasingly valuable resource. Essential to the European common market is the free flow of data; nevertheless, this same free flow presents a significant challenge in safeguarding the fundamental rights that are guaranteed to all people ... Read more

    $60.84 CAD

  • The Microsoft Antitrust Cases

    Competition Policy for the Twenty-first Century

    by Andrew I. Gavil, Harry First ...
    A comprehensive account of the decades-long, multiple antitrust actions against Microsoft and an assessment of the effectiveness of antitrust law in the digital age.For more than two decades, the U.S. Department of Justice, various states, the European Commission, and many private litigants pursued antitrust actions against the tech giant Microsoft. In investigating and prosecuting Microsoft, ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD

  • Librarian's Guide to Online Searching

    Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction

    by Christopher C. Brown ...
    Updates the premier textbook for students and librarians needing to know the landscape of current databases and how to search them.Librarians need to know of existing databases, and they must be able to teach search capabilities and strategies to library users. This practical guide introduces librarians to a broad spectrum of fee-based and freely available databases and explains how to teach them ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • Preserving Digital Materials

    by Ross Harvey, Jaye Weatherburn ...
    The third edition of Preserving Digital Materials provides a survey of the digital preservation landscape.This book is structured around four questions:Why do we preserve digital materials?What digital materials do we preserve?How do we preserve digital materials?How do we manage digital preservation?This is a concise handbook and reference for a wide range of stakeholders who need to understand ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators

    Creative Strategies and Practical Solutions

    by Kenneth D. Crews ...
    Copyright law never sleeps, making it imperative to keep abreast of the latest developments. Declared “an exemplary text that seals the standards for such books” (Managing Information), this newly revised and updated edition by respected copyright authority Crews offers timely insights and succinct guidance for LIS students, librarians, and educators alike. Readers willlearn basic copyright ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • Digital Preservation for Libraries, Archives, and Museums

    by Edward M. Corrado, Heather Moulaison-Sandy ...
    This new edition of Digital Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums is the most current, complete guide to digital preservation available today.For administrators and practitioners alike, the information in this book is presented readably, focusing on management issues and best practices. Although this book addresses technology, it is not solely focused on technology. After all, ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Archives and the Digital Library

    Edited by William E. Landis, Robin L. Chandler ...
    Technological advances and innovative perspectives constantly evolve the notion of what makes up a digital library. Archives and the Digital Library provides an insightful snapshot of the current state of archiving in the digital realm. Respected experts in library and information science present the latest research results and illuminating case studies to provide a comprehensive glimpse at the ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

  • Digital Curation for Libraries and Archives

    by Stacy T. Kowalczyk ...
    An up-to-date examination of the evolving field of digital curation and its important place in libraries, covering the major technical, social, and organizational issues surrounding curation for libraries, archives, and other information-based organizations.This book addresses the evolving field of digital curation and its important place in libraries, covering the myriad issues surrounding ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • Farm Data Management, Sharing and Services for Agriculture Development

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This book aims to strengthen the skills of professionals who use, manage data for the benefit of farmers and farmers organizations by exposing them to the topics of importance of data in the agriculture value chain and how new and existing technologies, products and services can leverage farm level and global data to improve yield, reduce loss, add value and increase profitability and resilience. ... Read more

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  • Working with Library Collections

    An Introduction for Support Staff

    by Hali R. Keeler ...
    Series series Library Support Staff Handbooks
    Working with Collections: An Introduction for Support Staff deals with the technical service aspect of library work- the processes that put a book on the shelf or online. It provides an introduction to publishers, vendors, preparing items for use, and caring for items in the collections and is both a text for professors who teach in library support staff programs and their students, and an ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD