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Disaster Planning for Special Libraries contains a guide for developing and maintaining disaster plans for small special libraries and related work units.This volume serves as a reference resource, not only for people who have never considered the disaster planning process, but also for experienced planners interested in a variety of approaches to different aspects of planning.The author discusses the role of the special librarian in the planning process and considers the relationship between special libraries and their host organizations. He emphasizes the importance of coordinating a special library¿s plan with any in place for its host organization, and encourages librarians to demonstrate their planning skills for organization-wide benefits.Early chapters summarize the initial phases of the planning process, which include preparedness and response measures. Subsequent chapters cover the assessment of damage to special library facilities and assets, the implications of declaring a disaster, the development of strategic alliances with key suppliers, orientation and training, succession planning, operational resumption, the normalization of library operations, and auditing a disaster plan. The concluding chapter discusses concerns that special librarians might have with regard to the future and its risks.Appendices include examples of a risk assessment and analysis and a risk mitigation program, a strike and protest plan, an emergency equipment inspection and audit report, a pandemic management program, and disaster response manager¿s kit.

Explains the challenges that new, collaborative forms of organisation generate with reference to how management control systems and accounting information exchanges are practised and designed at an inter-organisational level.

Contains a brief summary of the relevant international accounting standards; and selection of questions illustrating how international standards are used in practice. This book examines the framework for the preparation and presentation of financial statements. It also looks at the development of IASB.

Offers guidance in understanding a typical organizational structure of any type of technical firm or company. This book features numerous hands-on examples of typical projects from representative industries and organizations of various kinds.

Based on familiar circuit theory and basic physics, this book serves as a reference for both analog and digital engineers alike, particularly for those who work with analog RF. It covers topics using conceptual explanations and over 150 figures, in place of complex mathematics.

This volume covers the three main transport processes of interest to chemical engineers - momentum transfer (fluid flow), heat transfer, and mass transfer - and the relationships between them. The concluding chapter covers an application where each of these processes is occurring simultaneously.

Microfabrication and precision engineering is an increasingly important area relating to metallic, polymers, ceramics, composites, biomaterials and complex materials. Micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) emphasize miniaturization in both electronic and mechanical components. Microsystem products may be classified by application, and have been applied to a variety of fields, including medical, automotive, aerospace and alternative energy. Microsystems technology refers to the products as well as the fabrication technologies used in production. With detailed information on modelling of micro and nano-scale cutting, as well as innovative machining strategies involved in microelectrochemical applications, microchannel fabrication, as well as underwater pulsed Laser beam cutting, among other techniques, Microfabrication and Precision Engineering is a valuable reference for students, researchers and professionals in the microfabrication and precision engineering fields.Contains contributions by top industry expertsIncludes the latest techniques and strategiesSpecial emphasis given to state-of-the art research and development in microfabrication and precision engineering

Handbook of Magnetic Materials covers the expansion of magnetism over the last few decades and its applications in research, notably the magnetism of several classes of novel materials that share with truly ferromagnetic materials the presence of magnetic moments. The book is an ideal reference for scientists active in magnetism research, providing readers with novel trends and achievements in magnetism. Each article contains an extensive description given in graphical and tabular form, with much emphasis placed on the discussion of the experimental material within the framework of physics, chemistry, and material science. Comprises topical review articles written by leading authoritiesIncludes a variety of self-contained introductions to a given area in the field of magnetism without requiring recourse to the published literatureIntroduces given topics in the field of magnetismDescribes novel trends and achievements in magnetism

Handbook of Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Problems explores the changes that have taken place in the past few decades regarding literature in the design, analysis and application of various numerical algorithms for solving hyperbolic equations. This volume provides concise summaries from experts in different types of algorithms, so that readers can find a variety of algorithms under different situations and readily understand their relative advantages and limitations.Provides detailed, cutting-edge background explanations of existing algorithms and their analysisIdeal for readers working on the theoretical aspects of algorithm development and its numerical analysisPresents a method of different algorithms for specific applications and the relative advantages and limitations of different algorithms for engineers or readers involved in applicationsWritten by leading subject experts in each field who provide breadth and depth of content coverage