Books for Librarians pdf. Library and information science. Thousands of free online books on 80+ topics, for librarians and patrons.
Table of contents
Library Science Topics
Library Science Topics
Academic libraries – Administration
Classification, Library of Congress
Collection development (Libraries)
Instructional materials centers
Librarians – In-service training
Libraries – Collection development
Libraries – Special collections
Libraries and electronic publishing
Libraries and people with disabilities
Library resources – Conservation and restoration
Public libraries – Administration
Reference services (Libraries)
Open Access Textbooks in Library Science
Open Access Textbooks
Open Access textbooks are licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used, and were published or updated in recent years. You may also find here other learning resources, such as course lesson plans.
Library and Information Studies
Annie Knight
Achieving the Dream
This text is an introduction a variety of information literacy skills as they relate to library and information science.
Information Literacy: Research and Collaboration across Disciplines
Barbara J. D’Angelo, Barry Maid, Sandra Jamieson
WAC Clearinghouse 2019
This collection brings together scholarship and pedagogy from multiple perspectives and disciplines, offering nuanced and complex perspectives on Information Literacy in the second decade of the 21st century.
Legal Issues in Libraries and Archives
Carla Myers, Cindy Kristof, et al
Minnesota Libraries 2021
This open textbook is designed specifically for library and information science courses and is authored and edited by copyright experts in libraries.
Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Andrew T. Kenyon, Emily Hudson, Petr B. Hirtle
Cornell Univ. 2021
This is a full length monograph aimed at helping libraries, archives, and museums navigate copyright law involving digitization. In the course of the book, though, the authors helpfully unpack many areas of copyright law including Section 108 of the Copyright Act, Fair Use, Licensing, and Risk Management.
Intellectual Property: Law & the Information Society—Cases and Materials
James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins
CALI 2021
This book is an introduction to intellectual property law, the set of private legal rights that allows individuals and corporations to control intangible creations and marks—from logos to novels to drug formulae—and the exceptions and limitations that define those rights.
Library 160: Introduction to College-Level Research
Iowa State Univ. Library Instruction Services
Iowa State Univ. 2021
You will learn how scholarly information is produced, organized, and accessed; how to construct and use effective search strategies in a variety of web tools and scholarly databases; how to choose finding tools appropriate to the type of information you need; critical thinking skills in the evaluation of resources; and best practices in the ethical use of information.
The Information Literacy User’s Guide: An Open, Online Textbook
Allison Hosier, Daryl Bullis, et al
Milne 2015
Introduces students to critical concepts of information literacy as defined for the information-infused and technology-rich environment in which they find themselves. This book helps students examine their roles as information creators and sharers and enables them to more effectively deploy related skills.