Web 2.0 Tools and
Strategies for Archives
By Kate M Theimer
Pages: 272 Published Feb 2010 Price: £ 49.95
In a time
when increasing numbers of people use the web as their primary means of
locating information,
most of the
websites of archives and other historical organizations have not kept pace with
overall web
improvements
in design, usability and utility. Many of these organizations lack the
resources to hire
consultants
to improve their sites, or the internal expertise needed to know where to
start.
Many of the
staff of these collections are intimidated by Web 2.0 technology, and have a
requirement
for a
low-tech, concept-based resource that approaches their web presence as an
integral part of their
business.
They need a book written from the point of view of someone managing a
historical organization,
targeted
specifically at the kind of material that is key to their missions, that will
focus on giving them
the
information to make their own decisions about their own sites – and this new
publication offers just
that.
The key
areas covered are:
archives in
the age of the web
what do you
want the web to do for you?
what is the
state of your current website?
sharing your
stories using Web 2.0 tools
‘pushing
information out’ about your organization with Web 2.0 tools
interacting
with your users using Web 2.0 tools
interacting with
information using Web 2.0 tools
how do you
measure your success?
This
introductory guide for anyone working with collections in archives and
historical organizations will act
as a tool to
assess the current utility of an organization’s web presence, and to identify
how to improve
that
presence using the latest Web 2.0 technologies. Drawing on examples of good
practice from real
archives
websites, providing a wealth of checklists and pinpointing available resources,
it offers all that
is needed to
transform a website to achieve an organization’s goals.
Digital
Information
By
Hazel Woodward and
Pages: 224 Published Dec 2009 Price:
£ 44.95
If the
vision for the future of digital information is order, ease of access,
discoverable resources and
sustainable
business models, how might this be achieved? What might go wrong to bring about
a state
of anarchy?
In an
information environment shaped by an ever growing and persistent demand for
more and more
digital
content from every direction, it has become increasingly important that
publishers, libraries
and
information professionals understand the challenges and opportunities of the
Google environment.
This book
addresses these issues and carves out a strategy for the future of digital
information.
Put together
by an international, cross-sectoral team of
contributors, each authored chapter provides
a snapshot
of where we are now and considers how the barriers might be overcome and what
the digital
information
environment might look like if they are – or indeed are not – addressed.
Key sections
include:
resource
discovery
e-books
scholarly communications
digitizing
the past
who owns the
content in the digital environment?
e-learning
a
publisher’s view
the vision
for the future.
This book is
essential reading for all library and information professionals as well as for
researchers and
library
students. The book will also be of interest to publishers wishing to reconcile
their own digital
strategies
with those of both information consumers and providers.
Please Send Your Order To: R
Krishnan
Manager
(Information Products)
Allied
Publishers Pvt Ltd,
751
Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002