Local Community in the Era of Social Media Technologies (Chandos Publishing Social Media, #5)
by Hui-Lan Titangos
Social media technologies can help connect local communities to the wider world. Local Community in the Era of Social Media Technologies introduces the experience of bringing a local community to the world. This book, with the model of Santa Cruz County, California, develops a truly global approach to the subject. The first section of the book covers the early efforts of recording the local Santa Cruz area, before moving on to deal with Library 1.0. The next section looks at the present situatio...
World Brain (Adamantine Classics for the 21st Century, #3)
by H.G. Wells
From statistical databases to story archives, from fan sites to the real-time reactions of Twitter-empowered athletes, the digital communication revolution has changed the way sports fans relate to their favorite teams. In this volume, contributors from Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States analyze the parallel transformation in the field of sport history, showing the ways powerful digital tools raise vital philosophical, epistemological, ontological, methodo...
Open Access in Theory and Practice (Routledge Critical Studies on Open Access)
Open Access in Theory and Practice investigates the theory-practice relationship in the domain of open access publication and dissemination of research outputs. Drawing on detailed analysis of the literature and current practice in OA, as well as data collected in detailed interviews with practitioners, policymakers, and researchers, the book discusses what constitutes 'theory', and how the role of theory is perceived by both theorists and practitioners. Exploring the ways theory and practice...
Development of Linguistic Linked Open Data Resources for Collaborative Data-Intensive Research in the Language Sciences
Making diverse data in linguistics and the language sciences open, distributed, and accessible: perspectives from language/language acquistiion researchers and technical LOD (linked open data) researchers.This volume examines the challenges inherent in making diverse data in linguistics and the language sciences open, distributed, integrated, and accessible, thus fostering wide data sharing and collaboration. It is unique in integrating the perspectives of language researchers and technical LOD...
The Ethos of Digital Environments (Perspectives on the Non-Human in Literature and Culture)
by Susanna Lindberg and Hanna-Riikka Roine
While self-driving cars and autonomous weapon systems have received a great deal of attention in media and research, the general requirements of ethical life in today's digitalizing reality have not been made sufficiently visible and evaluable. This collection of articles from both distinguished and emerging authors working at the intersections of philosophy, literary theory, media, and technology does not intend to fix new moral rules. Instead, the volume explores the ethos of digital environme...
Information Organization and Dissemination Through Subject Gateways
by Surojit Sanyal
Ecclesiology for a Digital Church
What are the ecclesiological challenges and opportunities raised by technology? How have developments related to the COVID-19 global health crisis impacted churches, forcing a swift move to mediated and online worship? And how will this change the shape churches of theological and programmatic choices for years to come? Drawing together a diverse group of theologians and media scholars, this volume considers the key theological question churches and religious leaders need to engage with as they...
Exploring Digital Humanities in India
This book explores the emergence of digital humanities in the Indian context. It looks at how online and digital resources have transformed classroom and research practices. It examines some fundamental questions: What is digital humanities? Who is a digital humanist? What is its place in the Indian context? The chapters in the volume: * study the varied practices and pedagogies involved in incorporating the 'digital' into traditional classrooms; * showcase how researchers across disciplinary...
Library Automation and Digitization
by P. Balasubramanian and Sherin Yohannan
Scrolling Forward takes a common, everyday object--the document--and illuminates what it reveals about us, both in the past and as we move into the digital age.
The Content Machine (Anthem Publishing Studies) (Anthem Studies in Book History, Publishing and Print Culture)
by Michael Bhaskar
Information use is changing rapidly in the digital age, leading to complex intellectual property and ownership issues. Exploring the ethical implications of this new environment, specifically as they relate to information professionals, this book offers guidance on making ethical choices. Today, professionals spanning all sectors of society face fast-changing information use questions related to scholarly communication, research practice, teaching pedagogies and platforms, data sharing, knowled...
Open Access in Theory and Practice (Routledge Critical Studies on Open Access)
by Stephen Pinfield, Simon Wakeling, David Bawden, and Lyn Robinson
Open Access in Theory and Practice investigates the theory-practice relationship in the domain of open access publication and dissemination of research outputs. Drawing on detailed analysis of the literature and current practice in OA, as well as data collected in detailed interviews with practitioners, policymakers, and researchers, the book discusses what constitutes ‘theory’, and how the role of theory is perceived by both theorists and practitioners. Exploring the ways theory and practic...
1. This is the first book to examine cross-device search behavior. 2. This book will discuss a comprehensive range of behaviors in the context of cross-device search, which includes querying, gazing, clicking and touching. 3. The book will be of great interest to academics and students situated in the fields of library and information science, computer science, and management science. The book should also provide fascinating insights to practitioners, including those working for internet servi...
Managing the Digital You: Where and How to Keep and Organize Your Digital Life is a much-needed guide for those struggling with how to manage and preserve their digital items. Starting with a values assessment, this book helps readers identify what items are important to them personally so that they can effectively prioritize their time and effort. Covering multimedia, correspondence, legacy planning, password protection, photos, non-digital documents, financial and legal documents, and even soc...
Informing Chemical Engineering Decisions with Data, Research, and Government Resources (Synthesis Lectures on Chemical Engineering and Biochemical Engineering) (Synthesis Lectures on Chemical Engineering and Biochemical E)
by Patricia Elaine Kirkwood and Necia T. Parker-Gibson
This book offers new engineers and engineering students appropriate and effective strategies to find data, statistics, and research to support decision making. The authors describe the utility of solid reputable sources and help readers go beyond reliance on the quick Internet search, a habit which is often both inadequate to complex tasks and a source of criticism from employers. Some sources are free; others are available through libraries, or by purchase or subscription. This title can be use...
While high quality library and information services continue to thrive and strengthen economic and social development, much of the knowledge that exists on user's needs and behaviours is fundamentally based on the results of users in English-speaking, western developed countries. Information Access and Library User Needs in Developing Countries highlights the struggles that developing countries face in terms of information gaps and information-seeking user behaviour. The publication highlights...
I'll Remember Password For You (Black Sloth, #1)
by Ladies Luca Designs
Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age (Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities)
Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age explores one major manuscript repository’s digital presence and poses timely questions about studying books from a temporal and spatial distance via the online environment. Through contributions from a large group of distinguished international scholars, the volume assesses the impact of being able to access and interpret these early manuscripts in new ways. The focus on Parker on the Web, a world-class digital repository of diverse medieval manuscripts,...
Using Digital Humanities in the Classroom
by Claire Battershill and Shawna Ross
Rooted in the day-to-day experience of teaching and written for those without specialist technical knowledge, this book is the first practical guide to using digital tools and resources in the humanities classroom. Using Digital Humanities in the Classroom covers such topics as: * Overcoming resistance to technology - your own, your colleagues' and your students' * Finding, evaluating and using digital resources * Designing syllabi and planning classroom activities and assignments * Sol...