Full Text Resource: Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies in Parliamentary Libraries
From a Web Page Blurb:
The Handbook on “Information and Communication Technologies in Parliamentary Libraries”, prepared by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments through the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament provides in a concise manner an overview of the ICT software, systems and services that can be adopted by parliamentary libraries, a template for their implementation and a series of references to which parliamentary staff can refer while planning to transform their library into an ICT-based institution.
Chapters Include:
+ Core Library Services
+ Archives and Records Management
+ Current Developments in Social Media and Web 2.0
+ Impact Measures and Statistics
The handbook also contains a glossary and six pages of additional reading and resources.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.