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Narrative-based Practice
Narrative-Based Practice is a significant and timely addition to the literature. It is well researched and well written and the choice and use of real-life examples and case studies is particularly apt. There is much of value to both the general practitioner and the specialist researcher in a whole range of fields where NBP has a serious validity. And it is a good read! David Baker, University College Plymouth Marjon, UK Peter Brophy’s new book is a wide-ranging and humane argument for a radical new approach to the management and evaluation of libraries and information services. In promoting narrative-based practice, Brophy convincingly reasserts the validity of each individual’s unique perspective, whether as staff or user, challenging us to re-engage with the vital role of library and information services in the digital age. Rowena Cullen, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand 'This very readable book presents a compelling argument for considering narrative-based practice in addition to evidence-based practice (EBP)...The subject matter of the book is applicable to anyone currently using EBP, including professionals working in healthcare, education and information management...it also deserves to be read by anyone with an interest in the workings of organisations, whether from an academic or practitioner perspective, as it provides fascinating insight into the use and potential mis-use of narrative in the working environment...I highly recommend this book.' The Electronic Library 'The narrative is erudite yet imaginative: Stories possess subtle, half-hidden rhythms of what it is like to be human, to live in this crazy, frustrating, fascinating, exciting world (p. 34). There are few scholarly books that could contribute so much to knowledge in such a compelling way.' Library Management 'Narrative-based Practice is an important book in the field of narrative-based practice and draws on the substantial experience and knowledge of the author,
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Narrative-based Practice
The telling of stories lies at the heart of human communication. This book introduces and explains the concept of story-telling or narrative-based practice in teaching, research, professional practice and organisations. It illustrates the deficiencies in evidence-based practice models, which focus on quantitative rather than qualitative evidence.
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Measuring Library Performance
Principles and TechniquesProvide an account of thinking and research on the evaluation of library services. Illustrated throughout with examples across the different library sectors, this book is structured to focus on the intended service user, then to look at service management and the building blocks of services, and finally to draw together these strands.
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The Library in the 21st Century
Focusing on the library as a vehicle for encouraging creativity as well as a provider of information resources, this book offers a model of how traditional and electronic sources can co-exist in the library. It emphasizes that beyond the intermediary role of libraries is the vital requirement to promote understanding and engagement.
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The Academic Library
This authoritative textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the changing functions of higher education libraries & the organizational cultures in which they operate. This new edition has more extensive coverage of: performance measurement; accessibility; information literacy; digital libraries; copyright; institutional repositories; virtual
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Libraries without Walls 7
This edited collection is drawn from the seventh Libraries Without Walls Conference, held in 2007. From their beginnings in 1995, the Libraries Without Walls conferences have mapped a major change in the practice of librarianship. While library services are still concerned to provide users with physical access to their buildings, electronic access - often from remote locations - is becoming ever more dominant. Library services are being integrated into virtual learning, research and personal environments. In 2007 CERLIM wished to encourage the widest possible range of papers to reflect the diverse current developments in library service delivery. These covered: New kinds of service, especially those that open up new paradigms of 'library' - perhaps the library equivalent of YouTube or MySpace The library's role within new models of scholarly publishing, including experience of developing services based on institutional or other repositories, and the responsibility of the library for digital curation Service delivery in challenging environments, especially where the infrastructure may be sub-optimal, as in some developing countries, or where the user group represents particular challenges New technological solutions and the impact on users of the improved services they make possible Delivery and assessment of information skills/literacies, especially where this is achieved through electronic environments. These state-of-the-art papers are designed to increase understanding of the role and importance of information in the learning process, and to enable information professionals and course developers to keep abreast of the latest developments in this vital area.
€ 115,50