Information Law

Charles Oppenheim

This fully up-to-date guide adopts a practical hands-on approach to information law, which is viewed from both an operational and strategic perspective.

Informed Societies

Stéphane Goldstein

This book explains how and why information literacy can help to foster critical thinking and discerning attitudes, enabling citizens to play an informed role in society and its democratic processes.

Copyright

Graham P. Cornish

Cornish's Copyright, the standard work in its field, is indispensable for all librarians and information professionals looking for solutions to their copyright problems.

Essential Law for Information Professionals

Paul Pedley

The new fourth edition, provides up-to-date and easy-to-follow practical guidance on the law as it affects information management and the principles underlying practice

Copyright for Archivists and Records Managers

Tim Padfield

The sixth edition of this respected work has been extensively revised and updated to help archivists and records managers keep up to date with the complexities of copyright legislation.

Foundations of Information Policy

Paul T. Jaeger

A Practical Guide to Privacy in Libraries

Paul Pedley

This groundbreaking book considers how privacy issues can arise in a library context and what library and information professionals can do to protect the privacy of their users.

Copyright and E-learning

Jane Secker

A practically based overview of current and emerging copyright issues facing those working in e-learning that will allow professionals to work confidently, effectively and legally in the virtual learning environment.

Practical Copyright for Library and Information Professionals

Paul Pedley

The UK's copyright legislation has been referred to as the longest, most confusing and hardest to navigate in the world. This new handbook brings clarity to what would otherwise be a complex topic. The author provides sensible and realistic guidance for all library and information practitioners

Information Literacy in the Workplace

Marc Forster

This book explains how information literacy is essential to the contemporary workplace and is fundamental to competent, ethical and evidence-based practice.

Open Licensing for Cultural Heritage

Gill Hamilton

This practical and explanatory guide for library and cultural heritage professionals introduces and explains the use of open licences for content, data and metadata in libraries and other cultural heritage organisations.

Information Rights for Records Managers

Rachael Maguire

Records Managers have tended to find themselves given the responsibility for managing requests under the Freedom of Information (FOI) and Data Protection Acts (DPA), without necessarily having training and/or an academic background in legal studies. This book aims to fill this knowledge gap.

Information Governance and Assurance

Alan MacLennan

This comprehensive textbook discusses the legal, organisational and ethical aspects of information governance and information security and their relevance to all aspects of information work.

The No-nonsense Guide to Legal Issues in Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing

Charles Oppenheim

Offers an advice on getting the most out of web 2.0 and cloud computing. This book features practical working tool that makes the relevant legal principles simple to understand for those with little or no experience and common problems quick to solve when you're struggling with daily deadlines.

The E-copyright Handbook

Paul Pedley

The E-copyright Handbook provides library and information professionals with practical guidance to minimize the risk of copyright infringement. It considers how copyright applies to a wide range of electronic content types including APIs, e-books, blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, e-mails, streaming, podcasts, broadcasts, databases, social networking

Information Policies and Strategies

Ian Cornelius

The big issues crowd our minds but the process of decision making is the same at every level and in every context, whether we are concerned with government secrets or our children's reading and viewing habits. This book examines the issues from varying standpoints, including the human rights approach and the commercial approach.