Jul
6
Fully downloadable books are available via Palgrave Connect
Posted by: Christina Sylka | July 6, 2011 | Comments Off on Fully downloadable books are available via Palgrave Connect
New full-text, downloadable, academic, business books are being added each month to Palgrave Connect’s 2011 Business & Management Collection. Palgrave employs permissive Digital Rights Management, which allows authorized users to download ebook content without any physical restrictions. Books in this collection can also be downloaded in EPUB format, which is compatible with most reading devices, […]
Jan
6
Palgrave Connect: business and management e-books collections added
Posted by: Christina Sylka | January 6, 2011 | Comments Off on Palgrave Connect: business and management e-books collections added
The New Year brings access to even more electronic books through Palgrave Connect E-books : Business & Management Collections. The purchase of business and management titles from 2010 and 1995-2005 has increased our collection from this respected publisher to almost 350 business titles. Over 150 more new e-books will be added and made available through quarterly releases during 2011. Additional […]
Nov
26
Trial access to the complete collection of Palgrave ebooks
Posted by: Christina Sylka | November 26, 2010 | Comments Off on Trial access to the complete collection of Palgrave ebooks
Library users have unlimited trial access from now until December 15th to over 4, 500 electronic titles currently published by Palgrave MacMillan. Visit http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1687/ to explore the complete collection. Palgrave MacMillan publishes textbooks, journals, monographs, professional and reference works in eight subject areas: Business & Management Economics & Finance History Language & Linguistics Literature & […]
Apr
9
April: Newest marketing books in the David Lam Library
Posted by: Christina Sylka | April 9, 2010 | Comments Off on April: Newest marketing books in the David Lam Library
Advertising and Chinese society : impacts and issues includes papers on “rising consumerism, consumers’ attitudes towards advertising and reactions to advertising appeals, cultural messages conveyed in advertisements, gender representations, sex appeal, offensive advertising, advertising law and regulation, advertising to children and adolescents, symbolic meanings of advertisements, public service advertising, and new media advertising and its social […]
Mar
29
March : What are people reading?
Posted by: Christina Sylka | March 29, 2010 | Comments Off on March : What are people reading?
Some recent finds on our Book Returns Shelf provide insight into what business topics are of current interest to our users: Creativity, innovation and the cultural economy is an edited volume which works through a range of international industry specific case studies to explore the interrelationships between creativity and innovation in the cultural industries. David Starkie’s Aviation markets: […]
Mar
26
March: Two new books about Toyota
Posted by: Christina Sylka | March 26, 2010 | Comments Off on March: Two new books about Toyota
The David Lam Library has just received two new books about Toyota’s human resources practices. Jeffrey Liker and Michael Hoseus’s Toyota Culture: the Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way examines how Toyota selects, develops, and motivates its people. Mike Rother’s Toyota Kata :Managing People for Improvement Adaptiveness, and Superior Results draws on on six […]
Dec
10
December – New Books
Posted by: Lindsay Ure | December 10, 2009 | Comments Off on December – New Books
The following books on sustainable business topics are available at the David Lam Library: Strategy for sustainability : a business manifesto (Harvard Business Press, 2009) The necessary revolution : how individuals and organizations are working together to create a sustainable world (Doubleday, 2008) Start your own green business : your step-by-step guide to success (Entrepreneur […]
Nov
20
November – E-Books: we’re getting closer and closer
Posted by: Jan Wallace | November 20, 2009 | Comments Off on November – E-Books: we’re getting closer and closer
We have been spending more of our book budgets on e-books lately. Rising campus enrolments make space in short supply, and prompt libraries such as David Lam to send their older, less-used collections to the Automated Storage Retrieval Unit in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, in order to free up space for learning activities. […]
Nov
20
November – New Books
Posted by: Lindsay Ure | November 20, 2009 | Comments Off on November – New Books
Learning with Cases A practical guide to learning using the case method, aimed at those who are new to this method. Written by faculty members at the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. Also available at the Robson Square Library. Teaching for Critical Thinking A practical guide for educators, on how […]
Oct
30
October – New Books
Posted by: Christina Sylka | October 30, 2009 | Comments Off on October – New Books
Building design strategy : using design to achieve key business objectives. Intelligence gathered from international CEOs and presidents of major design firms, brand managers, and professors of design is combined with case studies from companies like Procter & Gamble, Caterpillar, Microsoft and Target to illustrate how design relates to corporate strategy.