Product Description: This easy-to-use primer will empower anyone―even those with no IT background―to face the challenge of adding one or more technologies to library services or maintaining existing technologies.• Offers librarians a one-stop resource for managing basic technology issues in their facilities• Written in a simple, straightforward manner that even the least technologically savvy librarians can easily understand• Includes screenshots that clarify points throughout the book• Addresses challenges unique to libraries, such as working with the public and running information technology operations on a shoestring budge...read more

Product Description: The study looks closely particularly at how public libraries use computer programming and programmers, both librarians schooled in programming and IT staff programmers. The report gives detailed data on how libraries are automating website management, book check out, accounts payable and other areas...read more