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Addled by archives? Rattled by recordkeeping? Help for librarians is here at last
The No-nonsense Guide to Archives and Recordkeeping is ideal for professionals involved in the management of archives and records, especially if they are just starting out or without formal training.
The book covers all aspects of recordkeeping and archives management. It follows the records’ journey from creation, through the application of classification and access techniques, evaluation for business, legal and historical value and finally to destruction or preservation and access in the archive.
Based on the internationally renowned training days run by the author and her business partner, the book deals with records and archives in all formats. It utilizes checklists, practical exercises, sample documentation, case studies and helpful diagrams to ensure a very accessible and pragmatic approach, allowing anyone to get to grips with the basics quickly.
The book is divided into four main work areas:
- current records: including creation, filing, classification and security
- records management: including aims, risks, planning, preparation and delivery
- archives management: including collecting policies, intellectual property rights, appraisal, digitization and outreach
- archival preservation: including policy, disaster prevention and repositories.
Author Margaret Crockett said, “managing records and archives is really interesting and rewarding but it is also really important: if we can’t tame our paper and digital mountains into manageable documentation which tells the story of our lives, our organisations and our societies we cannot prove the things we need to prove and lose our memory of the past. My book aims to set out clearly all you need to know to understand the basic principles and concepts which underpin this often underestimated but crucial activity”.
More information: http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=048552#.VlRCwXbhDcs
Sample chapter: http://www.booksonix.co.uk/facetpublishing/9781856048552.pdf
Is the traditional library business model dead?
Library Management in Disruptive Times: Skills and knowledge for an uncertain future examines the effects of disruptive change on libraries, library management and library managers and identifies the key skills and attitudes needed by the library leaders of today and tomorrow.
With contributions from expert professional library leaders and educators, this edited collection offers thought-provoking perspectives on the challenge of the current operating environment across a range of library sectors, library professional associations and geographic regions. As leading influencers of the professional thinking and management behaviours of the profession, the contributors apply their own unique perspectives to the challenges of disruptive change in libraries globally.
Key topics covered include:
- leading change
- management fads and their impact on libraries
- user engagement
- the value of collaboration and consortia
- library management and the global economic crisis
- agile management techniques
- the role of professional associations in redefining the profession
- developing management skills on the job
- planning for the future.
This dynamic collection helps readers to envision the purpose and value of future libraries and to see change as a rare opportunity to create truly new roles for librarians.
This book will be essential reading for library managers, directors and aspiring leaders throughout the world.
Find out more and look inside the book on the Facet website.
How information creation, capture, preservation and discovery are being transformed
Is Digital Different? focuses on the opportunities and challenges afforded by this new environment that is transforming the 
information landscape in ways that were scarcely imaginable a decade ago. The very existence of the traditional library and archive is being challenged as more resources become available online and computers and supporting networks become increasingly powerful.
The book draws on examples of the impact of other new and emerging technologies on the information sciences in the past and emphasises that information systems have always been shaped by available technologies that have transformed the creation, capture, preservation and discovery of content. It is edited by Michael Moss, Professor of Archiva
l Science at the University of Northumbria and Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, Executive Director of the Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity at the University of Washington,
Key topics covered include:
- Search in the digital environment
- RDF and the semantic web
- Crowd sourcing and engagement between institutions and individuals
- Development of information management systems
- Security: managing online risk
- Long term curation and preservation
- Rights and the Commons
- Finding archived records in the digital age.
Is Digital Different? illustrates the ways in which the digital environment has the potential to transform scholarship and break down barriers between the academy and the wider community, and draws out both the inherent challenges and the opportunities for information professionals globally.
This book will be of particular to students, particularly those on information studies programs, and academics, researchers and archivists globally.
A sample chapter is available on the Facet website.
Is Digital Different?; September 2015; paperback; 224pp; 9781856048545; £49.95; is published by Facet Publishing and is available from Bookpoint Ltd | Tel: +44 (0)1235 827702 | Fax: +44 (0)1235 827703 | Email: facet@bookpoint.co.uk | Web: www.facetpublishing.co.uk. | Mailing Address: Mail Order Dept, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4TD The US edition is available in North America through ALA Editions.
4 technology trends every librarian needs to know
Create eye-catching promotional material for your library in seconds, for free
In this ninth in a series of ten videos designed to complement each chapter his new book, Social Media for Creative Libraries, Phil Bradley shows you how you can use BigHugeLabs to create create promotional material for your library including trading cards, motivational posters, magazine covers and film posters for free in seconds.
10 copyright conundrums clarified
Graham Cornish provides answers to ten tricky copyright questions in this blogpost. For further detail and answers to 851 other copyright questions see the newly-released fully up-to-date sixth edition of his classic book, Copyright: Interpreting the law for libraries, archivers and information services.
Q1. Is copyright a monopoly?
A. Not entirely. If two people create the same thing independently of each other and without actually copying what the other person wrote or made (e.g. two people standing in exactly the same place taking a photograph), then both can claim copyright in what they created, even if they are identical.
Q2. Are things like trademarks and logos protected by copyright?
A. Yes. A logo is an artistic work and a trademark may well be an artistic work and/or a literary work as well. It is possible for a trademark to go out of copyright but still be a trademark as trademarks can last forever.
Flickr cc image from John Atherton
Q3. Who owns the copyright in a letter?
A. The author – the person who wrote the letter, not the archive that holds the letter or the recipient of the letter
Q4. Can any library make copies of literary, dramatic and musical works for preservation purposes?
A. No. They must be qualifying libraries (those that are publicly accessible, are the libraries of an educational establishment and is not owned by or part of a body which is conducted for profit).
Q5. Do people who appear in photographs have any rights over them?
A. Not under copyright law, but this is an area where particular care needs to be exercised. Although the person taking the photograph (or their employer if appropriate) owns the copyright, the use of that photograph may be restricted by other legal considerations e.g using the image of a famous person to promote a product can lead to claims of loss of revenue because the celebrity would have made a charge for having their name used in this way, even if the copyright in the photograph is owned by the person using it.
Flickr cc image from: Keith Kissel
Q6. Will 3D printing always infringe copyright?
A. No. Many items that will be copied using 3D will not be protected by copyright e.g. items of crockery such as mugs or DIY materials such as screws or tools. They are protected by either patent or design right, if protected at all, and making a single copy is not an infringement.
Q7. Who owns the copyright in an interview?
A. The speaker owns the copyright in what is said but there is no copyright in the material until it has been recorded. Once it has been recorded the speaker owns the copyright in what has been said, but the person making the recording owns the copyright in the sound recording as such. If the interview is transcribed then the person making the transcription may also be entitled to copyright in their transcription.
Flickr cc image from Martin Fisch
Q8. Who is the author of a broadcast?
A. Essentially it is the person who transmits the programme if that person has any responsibility for its contents
Q9. Can databases be copied for private use like other works?
A. No. The exception for copying for private use it to copyright, not database right, and databases may not be copied for personal use. There are rules that enable some copying to take place but not on the same scale as private copying.
Q10. There are lots of websites now where individuals can post their own writings, photos, videos or recordings of songs. Are these protected by copyright?
A. Yes. Anything that you create as an individual and put up on any of these sites, chatrooms or blogs is technically your property.
Advanced Twitter use
In this sixth in a series of ten videos designed to complement each chapter his new book, Social Media for Creative Libraries, Phil Bradley provides a guide to advanced Twitter use. The video covers advanced search, hashtags, Twitter lists, utilities and alternative clients.
Creating great presentations without using PowerPoint
In this fifth in a series of ten videos designed to complement each chapter his new book, Social Media for Creative Libraries, Phil Bradley provides a guide to creating great presentations without using PowerPoint. The tools discussed include Prezi, Knovio, Slidebean, Picpals, Animoto and Powtoon.
A guide to Scoop.it and other tools for curating content
In this fourth in a series of ten videos designed to complement each chapter his new book, Social Media for Creative Libraries, Phil Bradley provides a guide to using Scoop.it and other tools for curating content.
Is Fidel Castro dead?…Essential tips for checking validity of information on social media
In this second in a series of ten videos designed to complement each chapter his new book, Social Media for Creative Libraries, Phil Bradley provides tips and advice for checking the validity and authority of information on Twitter and Facebook.
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