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"Creativity, like information, is free to everyone who steps into a library. The Artist's Library offers the idea that an artist is any person who uses creative tools to make new things, and the guidance and resources to make libraries of all sizes and shapes come alive as spaces for art-making and cultural engagement. Case studies included in the book range from the crafty (pop-up books) to the community-minded (library galleries) to documentary...
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With the advancement of science and technology, communication process demands timely dissemination of knowledge being generated daily and updated and accessed easily across the globe. With the rapid growth of internet facilities and advancement of web enabled technology, almost all reputed international journals are available online and can easily be accessed all over the globe. The 21st century is a century of knowledge power and advancement of information...
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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,...
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The number and variety of information resources available in the Internet is growing turbulently. There is also growing evidence that users are increasingly relying on Internet based information for their day to day activity and they spend considerable time in finding such information but it is very hard to get the subject specific relevant resources from the whole mass of divergent resources available on the web. Information professionals are the...
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Manuel Ruiz del Corral aporta una novedosa visión de la tecnología y de la profunda transformación que esta trae consigo desde una perspectiva humanista, reivindicando un papel menos superficial y más reflexivo sobre la importancia de las personas y sus valores más esenciales, ante una revolución tecnológica que ha alcanzado ya a todas las esferas de la vida cotidiana del ser humano.
6) Self Publisher's Toolkit: Includes Self Publishing in the 2020s and Marketing Your Book to Libraries
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Self Publisher's Toolkit is a two-in-one resource that shows you how to self publish a book and then market it to Libraries, a viable $30+ billion segment often overlooked by self publishers. January 2019 to June 2020, Eric Otis Simmons' self published books appeared 64 times on the leading online retailer's "Best Sellers" list and in just over two years had been purchased by over 97 Libraries around the world. His article "How To Get Your Book Into...
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An incisive history of the controversial Google Books project and the ongoing quest for a universal digital library
Libraries have long talked about providing comprehensive access to information for everyone. But when Google announced in 2004 that it planned to digitize books to make the world's knowledge accessible to all, questions were raised about the roles and responsibilities of libraries, the rights of authors and publishers, and whether a...
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Collins Shorts—insight in an instant. This is an extract taken from the full version of “The Fix” by Damian Thompson. When does your casual habit become an addictive obsession? Damian Thompson, who has himself struggled with a range of addictions, suggests that our increasing use of gadgets and mobiles, painkillers, cupcakes, alcohol and sex are fast becoming addictions taking over our lives.
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In a dazzling and exhilarating display of narrative on-the-road reporting, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Bob Greene takes readers on an unforgettable American journey of music, memories, and universal longing.
Running away to join the circus is a dream we're told to put away once we're no longer young. But, as Bob Greene writes, "just when in our lives we give up on capturing the freedom and bright mornings of our...
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