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An essential reference source for developments in the field of libraries and library science. All areas of public, college, university, primary and secondary schools, and special libraries are given up-to-date, critical analysis by experts engaged in the practice of librarianship, in teaching, and in research.

Studies the question: What are the differences between the values, opinions and attitudes of military officers and those of professionals belonging to other categories? What is the effect of these differences on society in each country, and on the national security sector? What are the current trends of this gap?

Discusses a variety of topics in the field of symbolic interaction.

This series is aimed at presenting current methodological and theoretical research in the area of gender studies. This first volume explores the subjects of gender, race and class, examining sexual roles in marriage and African-American gender relationships.

Part of a series on research in organizational change and development, this book deals with such topics as practitioner attitudes to the field of organizational development and the effects of union status on employee involvement.

Suitable for librarians and library managers in academic institutions, this title covers advances in library administration and organization. It collects articles that draw upon practical situations to illustrate administrative principles.

Discusses a variety of topics in the field of symbolic interaction including extending interaction theory and fresh empirical and theoretical inquiries.

Part of a series which discusses the foundations of library and information science, this volume focuses on library service in mathematics. Topics covered include mathematics library service in academic and public libraries, as well as in special libraries.

Summarizes the thinking in the field of comparative management. This book is suitable for both scholars and advanced students.

Deals with how microcomputers and other computers can be applied to improving the explanatory and evaluative roles of modern social science. This title contains chapters by experts in political science, psychology, sociology, economics and computer science.

Focuses on studies in the field of strategy in the marketing of information technologies. This book contains topics that include the strategic importance of information technology and the strategic implications of structural analysis in a telecommunication market.

Examines the interrelations of politics and society, bringing together articles from an interdisciplinary community of scholars.

Advances in Public Interest Accounting aims to provide a forum for researchers concerned with critically appraising and significantly transforming conventional accounting theory, practice, teaching and research.

Discusses such topics as working memory in writing, working memory as a source of individual differences in children's writing and modifying Hayes' and Flowers' model of skilled writing.

The goal of this book is to improve reference service in libraries and information centers, by improving the accuracy of answering capabilities. It provides a detailed analysis of the question-answering process and methods of evaluating the completeness, usefulness, user satisfaction, and accuracy of the information provided.

Presenting research evidence and company examples, this title shows how to create organizations that add value to investors, customers and employees. It illustrates why and how human resource management practices become a competitive advantage. It also reviews these practices in an international context.

Presents the intriguing subject of measuring the New Economy, which means ICT and its impact on society. This book talks about various statistical issues which call for a solution, not in the least because politicians in the EU wish to be reliably enlightened on how the EU is performing vis-a-vis countries such as the US and Japan.

Presents the theoretical work, empirical studies, methodological developments, analytical techniques, and philosophical treatments to advance the field of multi-level studies, regardless of disciplinary perspective.

Emphasizes the developments in interactional theory and practice. This work includes examples of post-modern ethnography and performance texts focused on border crossings and border performances. It presents essays honoring Carolyn Ellis' contributions to 'Symbolic Interaction and Communications'.

Presents research into the consequences of difference and diversity for higher education. This volume identifies challenges and opportunities that diversity poses for higher education. It provides international comparisons of how diversity affects higher education and of the salience and impact of diversity in higher education.

A collection of papers which present both theoretical developments and empirical research based on a variety of case studies and other research in diverse industrial and geographical contexts. It investigates the management of stakeholders who provide the critical resources and capabilities a competent organization requires.

Draws together international scholars on issues that emerge from ancient Olympic contests, and over one hundred years of modern Olympic history, with varied perspectives, while encompassing an assessment of literature and debates on the Olympics. This book serves as a resource for students and researchers interested in significance of the Games.

Increasingly policy makers are focusing on the importance of skills and lifelong learning. The papers in this volume are selected from the papers presented at a conference on Understanding Skills Obsolescence. They advance both the theoretical and empirical understanding of the causes and the effects of skills obsolescence.

Contains in-depth or comparative case studies of specific occupations in America and other countries. This volume gives special emphasis to unusual occupations and unusually organized occupations. It includes analyses of tattoo artists, exotic dancers, sex workers, traveling nurses, catholic liturgists, marginalized computer workers, and others.

Discusses a variety of topics in the field of symbolic interaction. This title addresses remembering Anselm Strauss; the pragmatic heritage; and reading self, media and culture.

Part of a series which offers contemporary work and research in the areas of methodology and the history of economic thought.

This volume covers such topics in the area of reference as changing approaches to reference service, the reference service encounter, combining disparate units, integrating federal documents and reference service for changing user populations.

Presents an academic forum for the publication of original research, critical reviews and conceptual analyses of theoretical and substantive issues related to the education, care and development of young children.

Part of a series which discusses the foundations of library and information science, this volume discusses such topics as shifts in the electronic, education and library landscape, designing instruction on the electronic frontier and incorporating information technologies instruction.

Presents a symposium on models of socialism. This volume also presents research, review essays, and book reviews.