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Managing information / edited by Judith Elkin and Derek Law.

Contributor(s): Elkin, Judith | Law, Derek G.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Managing universities and collegesguides to good practice.Publisher: Buckingham : Open University Press, 2000Description: xix, 162 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 033520340X (v) (hbk); 0335203396 (m) (pbk).Subject(s): Information resources management -- Great Britain | Universities and colleges -- Great Britain -- Administration -- Data processingDDC classification: 378.00285
Contents:
The international framework of information policies / Nick Moore -- Information: the UK national scene / Judith Elkin -- Management of information in further and higher education / Judith Elkin -- Information strategies / Ann Hughes -- The administrator and information / John O'Donovan -- Managing information in research / David Squires -- Applying technology to learning: making links between theory and practice / Alan Staley -- Intellectual property rights / Derek Law -- Towards the electronic library / William Foster -- Information management: future perfect or past imperfect? / Derek Law.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 378.00285 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00085552
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Considers issues that universities and college must face in dealing with information, examining the role of information and what institutions need to do in relation to major activities of administration, research, and teaching. Of interest to general managers and specialist information managers of libraries and computer services in colleges and universities. Elkin is dean of the faculty of Computing, Information and English, University of Central England in Birmingham. Law is director of information strategy at the University of Strathclyde. Distributed by Taylor and Francis. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The international framework of information policies / Nick Moore -- Information: the UK national scene / Judith Elkin -- Management of information in further and higher education / Judith Elkin -- Information strategies / Ann Hughes -- The administrator and information / John O'Donovan -- Managing information in research / David Squires -- Applying technology to learning: making links between theory and practice / Alan Staley -- Intellectual property rights / Derek Law -- Towards the electronic library / William Foster -- Information management: future perfect or past imperfect? / Derek Law.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Series editors' introduction (p. ix)
  • List of figures (p. xii)
  • Preface (p. xiii)
  • Notes on contributors (p. xvii)
  • 1 The international framework of information policies (p. 1)
  • The global policy response (p. 1)
  • Developments in Europe (p. 4)
  • Developments outside Europe (p. 11)
  • Future progress (p. 15)
  • Notes (p. 17)
  • 2 Information: the UK national scene (p. 20)
  • The vision (p. 20)
  • The context (p. 29)
  • Notes (p. 29)
  • 3 Management of information in further and higher education (p. 31)
  • The Learning Age: a renaissance for a New Britain (p. 31)
  • Further and higher education (p. 33)
  • The need to manage information (p. 36)
  • The role of libraries and information services in the information chain (p. 43)
  • Summary (p. 46)
  • Notes (p. 47)
  • 4 Information strategies (p. 49)
  • What is an information strategy? (p. 49)
  • The need for information strategies (p. 50)
  • The JISC Guidelines for Developing an Information Strategy (p. 51)
  • The National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education (Dearing Report) (p. 52)
  • Pilot sites (p. 53)
  • Findings (p. 56)
  • New developments (p. 58)
  • Where now for the JISC Information Strategies Initiative? (p. 62)
  • Notes (p. 64)
  • 5 The administrator and information (p. 65)
  • Information strategies (p. 65)
  • Information systems development (p. 66)
  • Data and information (p. 68)
  • Competitive analysis (p. 70)
  • Training for information (p. 72)
  • Data protection (p. 74)
  • Freedom of information (p. 77)
  • The impact of technology and the future role of administrators (p. 78)
  • Notes (p. 80)
  • 6 Managing information in research (p. 81)
  • Managing information access (p. 82)
  • New publication mechanisms (p. 87)
  • A democratic research culture (p. 88)
  • Efficiency and cost-effectiveness (p. 89)
  • Conclusion (p. 90)
  • Notes (p. 91)
  • 7 Applying technology to learning: making links between theory and practice (p. 93)
  • A curriculum model for the Learning Age (p. 94)
  • Application of technology to the curriculum model (p. 96)
  • Summary (p. 106)
  • Notes (p. 107)
  • 8 Intellectual property rights (p. 109)
  • Actions (p. 109)
  • Copyright, intellectual property and scholarship (p. 110)
  • European legislation (p. 111)
  • Teaching materials (p. 112)
  • Libel and slander (p. 113)
  • External users (p. 114)
  • Records management and archives (p. 114)
  • Best practice (p. 115)
  • Notes (p. 121)
  • 9 Towards the electronic library (p. 123)
  • The electronic library (p. 124)
  • Information services in the electronic library (p. 125)
  • Resource creation (p. 128)
  • Local resources (p. 129)
  • Collection development (p. 130)
  • Archiving and preservation (p. 132)
  • Access provision (p. 133)
  • Document delivery (p. 135)
  • Publishers, publishing and publications (p. 135)
  • End-user training and awareness (p. 138)
  • Individual user needs (p. 139)
  • The hybrid library (p. 139)
  • Performance measurement (p. 140)
  • Conclusion (p. 141)
  • Notes (p. 142)
  • 10 Information management: future perfect or past imperfect? (p. 146)
  • Internet meltdown? (p. 147)
  • Notes (p. 153)
  • Index (p. 154)

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