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 Muriel Foulonneau, Jenn Riley, "Metadata for Digital Resources: Implementation, Systems Design and Interoperability" English | 2008 | ISBN: 1843343029, 1843343010 | 220 pages | PDF | 1.9 MB This book assists information professionals in improving the usability of digital objects by adequately documenting them and using tools for metadata management. It provides practical advice for libraries, archives, and museums dealing with digital collections in a wide variety of formats and from a wider variety of sources. This book is forward-thinking in its approach to using metadata to drive digital library systems, and will be a valuable resource for those creating and managing digital resources as technologies for using those resources grow and change.  Nolan Lushington, Wolfgang Rudorf, Liliane Wong, "Libraries - A Design Manual" English | 2019 | ISBN: 3034608268, 3034608276 | 264 pages | PDF | 77.9 MB Libraries as a building type have been subjected to substantial changes in particular in the past ten years. Milestones such as Rem Koolhaas' Seattle Central Library from 2004 reinvented the typology completely and reflected a development from elitist temple of learning to a public living room. Hybrids between library and department store or theater were conceived. Today, the ubiquity of electronic devices and media needs to be taken into account by the designer: every new library has areas without any books now. This work of reference explains systematically all technological and planning requirements of library design. Special features such as RFID, signage, acoustics or specific structural load issues are explained in texts by experts from the fields of architecture and library science. Finally, approximately 40 best-practice case studies of contemporary library design are documented extensively. They are organized in four categories - national libraries, large public libraries, small public libraries, university libraries - and comprise high-profile examples such as Jo Coenen's Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam, Alvaro Siza's Public Library Viana do Castelo in Portugal or Mecanoo's Library of Birmingham from 2013.  Hussain Mohi-ud-Din Qadri, "Islamic Financial Contracts: A Research Companion " English | ISBN: 1032005068 | 2021 | 274 pages | PDF | 3 MB Islam encourages business and financial transactions as a way of securing the basic needs for all human beings, but these need to be conducted in accordance with the principles contained in the Qur'ān and Sunnah. However, these legal concepts are not classified subject-wise, and the verses on commercial law, like all other topics, are scattered throughout the Qur'ān, making it difficult for readers to gain a full understanding of the topic. This, therefore, is the first comprehensive book to demystify Islamic contract law and specifically Islamic financial contracts, and to examine its roots and history.  Involving Methods in Youth Research: Reflections on Participation and Power English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030759407 | 289 Pages | PDF EPUB | 16 MB This edited volume develops critical discussions of prominent methodological approaches in participatory youth research. Chapters give special attention to power issues and dilemmas concerning young people's and researchers' involvement in research processes. The collection brings together perspectives of authors from throughout Nordic countries, all with comprehensive experience of qualitative research methods involving young people.  Introduction to the Mystery of the Church By Benoit-Dominique de La Soujeole 2014 | 670 Pages | ISBN: 0813226074 | PDF | 3 MB Introduction to the Mystery of the Church is an ecclesiological survey presenting a doctrinal synthesis of the Church. The author's intention is to propose an overview of this mystery in connection with the entirety of the Christian mystery. The book is divided into two major parts, the first presenting the foundations in the Bible and the tradition up to our day, and the second being an explanatory proposal introducing the reader to the Church's definition and personality and concluding with an exposition of the four properties enunciated in the Creed (one, holy, catholic, and apostolic). The value of this way of proceeding is first and foremost in the proposal of a synthesis that allows one to situate each question in its rightful place, such study being oriented toward a better overall grasp of the subject. As the title suggests, the book is an introduction that should allow the reader to apprehend the mystery in its internal coherence in order subsequently, with the aid of other texts, to be able to enter more deeply into the study of one or other specific point. While this ecclesiology treatise is written from a Catholic point of view, an ecumenical perspective is often present, either through the presentation of divergent views from other Christian confessions or through the proposal for a theological convergence.  HybridP3M: Processes in Optimized, Mature Environments English | 2022 | ISBN: 1637420889 | 150 Pages | EPUB | 4 MB Hybrid P3M: Processes in Optimized, Mature Environments is an advanced technical book for hybrid project and program management. It is a complete methodology covering both processes as well as principles, according to a sound meta-model. Essentially, it combines the benefits of predictive and agile delivery and it aligns with the Projects with Learning Outcomes (ProwLO) methodology introduced in Knowledge Management for Project Excellence, by Lukasz Rosinski.  How to Talk to Data Scientists: A Guide for Executives English | 2022 | ISBN: 1637420978 | 184 Pages | EPUB | 2 MB Every major company has or will soon have a data science program. Most fail, expensively, imperiling their executive sponsors. Unfortunately, executives have been misled to focus on the latest buzzwords. Although buzzwords change- big data, data science, machine learning, deep learning, and artificial intelligence -the distraction from fundamentals manifests as a predictable trajectory from exuberant program launch, to stagnation, to awkward decommissioning.  Natalia Ribas-Mateos, "Handbook on Human Security, Borders and Migration" English | ISBN: 1839108894 | 2021 | 456 pages | PDF | 10 MB Drawing on the concept of the 'politics of compassion', this Handbook interrogates the political, geopolitical, social and anthropological processes which produce and govern borders and give rise to contemporary border violence.
 Getting to the Heart of Science Communication: A Guide to Effective Engagement by Faith Kearns English | May 11, 2021 | ASIN: B092RFXWXC, ISBN: 1642830747 | AZW3 | 275 pages | 0.4 MB At a community fire day in a northern California town several years ago, author Faith Kearns gave a talk on building fire-safe houses able to withstand increasingly common wildfires. Much to her surprise, Kearns was confronted by an audience member whose house had recently burned. What she thought was straightforward, helpful scientific information had instead retraumatized audience members, forcing Kearns to reevaluate her approach. Like Kearns, scientists today working on controversial issues from climate change to drought to COVID-19 are finding themselves more often in the middle of deeply traumatizing or polarized conflicts. It is no longer enough for scientists to communicate a scientific topic clearly. They must not only be experts in their fields of study, but also experts in navigating the thoughts, feelings, and opinions of members of the public they engage with, and with each other. And the conversations are growing more fraught.  Full Brain Marketing by DJ Heckes English | October 9th, 2018 | ISBN: 1439256799 | 264 pages | True EPUB | 2.66 MB Why full BRAIN Marketing? An important need in today's business is determining how to merge traditional, digital and social media marketing. Marketing has changed and so has the way you reach your target audience. The demand for constructive change and the speed of change in today's world is unprecedented. |
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