[March 15, 2012]

Research and Markets: Library Technology and User Services: Planning, Integration and Usability Engineering is Delivered From Academic, Public and School Library Media Perspectives

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e3efcf/library_technology) has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd's new book "Library Technology and User Services: Planning, Integration, and Usability Engineering" to their offering.

Written as a technology guide for students, practitioners, and administrators, the focus of this book is on introducing current and future trends in library technology and automation within the larger context of strategic and systems planning, implementation, and continuous improvement. Technology is an essential resource for attaining both organizational and patron goals, and planning needs to emphasize the alignment between the clearly defined goals o each. For this alignment to occur on a consistent basis goals must be designed, or engineered, in a systematic fashion where technology fulfils the need to deliver the desired outcomes in an efficient, cost-effective manner. The concept of usability engineering is also examined, where the technology is planned, designed, and implemented in such a way as to maximize utility and ease-of-use for users and employees. Readers of this book will understand both the why and the how of library technology, planning, and implementation articulated in simple, easy-to-understand fashion.

Readership: Current library administrators and their technology practitioners will benefit by reading this book, followed closely by LIS students and faculty members, as well as non-library administrators and technology practitioners.

Key features:

- current and emerging technologies are discussed along with their current and future application in the field of library and information science

- technology planning and integration is explained using a systems design process with scenarios and case studies that are articulated in a step-wise, holistic fashion

- provides an overarching theoretical and application framework for technology integration emphasizing usability engineering as a fluid process of planning, implementation, and evaluation for continuous improvement

- an interdisciplinary approach will integrate library and information science with performance technology and systems design

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e3efcf/library_technology

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