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Home Automation & Wiring $5.66 Demand for fully automated homes is growing so why not get a jump on this highly lucrative market? With this book, you can easily install the most modern systems and efficient for complete personal control of entertainment, temperature and light, water, communications, security, and more and satisfy the skyrocketing consumer demand for state-of-the-art home technology. Step by step, you’ll learn how to put together these systems to deliver maximum programmed energy savings to your clients, not to mention great investment potential. Home Automation is an all-in-one, planning-and-how-to kit for creating dream homes of the future, not 5 years from now, not 10 years from now, but today. It shows you how to: compare the hottest technologies, using this book’s lists, descriptions, and evaluations, from plug-and-play to custom designs; add interoperability, infrared, and radio systems; configure and install wiring and connections; create an advanced plumbing system, with automation, temperature-balancing, maximal efficiency, spas and pools, and automated watering of indoor and outdoor plants; automate heat, air conditioning, and ventilation for energy savings and comfort; design and install top-of-the-line communications, phones, intercoms, networks, and more; create exciting home entertainment systems; build cutting-edge security into your homes; design stunning, energy-efficient automated lighting; and market these new wares to an eagerly waiting public. |
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Smart Home Automation with Linux $30.09 Linux users can now control their homes remotely Are you a Linux user who has ever wanted to turn on the lights in your house, or open and close the curtains, while away on holiday? Want to be able to play the same music in every room, controlled from your laptop or mobile phone? Do you want to do these things without an expensive off-the-shelf kit? In Beginning Linux Home Automation, Steven Goodwin will show you how a house can control and be controlled by its occupants, all using open source software. From appliances to kettles to curtains, control your home remotely What you’ll learn Control appliances like kettles and curtains both locally and remotely. Find and harness data sources to provide context-aware living. Hack/change existing hardware/software to better fit your needs. Integrate various technologies into a function greater than the whole. Set up a home network, for both network and audio/video traffic. Who is this book for? This book is for amateur and professional Linux users who want to control their homes and their gadgets |
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Mr. Steam HOMEWIZARD Home Automation Steam System $315.25 Mr. Steam HOMEWIZARD Home Automation Steam System The First Home Automation Steam System Mr. Steam HOMEWIZARD Home Automation Steam System Features: The HomeWizard can be wired to a new or existing home automation system State of the are automation is energy efficient, powering down your steam generatafter 10 minutes if you are delayed Smart Home technology allows you to start your steam bath from your cell phone before you arrive home Comes complete with interface module and Steam Genie Fob Works with any Mr Steam E Series generator *Image shown may vary by color, finish, or material |
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Crm Automation $3.94 The practical, usable CRM guide for every business decision-maker and technical implementer — A proven, step-by-step implementation process — from a world-renowned consultant who’s helped over 300 global leaders succeed with CRM — People, processes, and technology: seamlessly integrating marketing, sales, customer service, field support, and more. — No CRM experience required In CRM Automation, one of the world’s leading CRM implementers gives business and technical decision-makers the hands-on guidance they’ve been searching for. Drawing on his experience with over 300 enterprise-class deployments, CRM Magazine columnist Barton Goldenberg offers a start-to-finish implementation blueprint that encompasses every area of the business that touches the customer: marketing, sales, customer service, field support, and beyond. Goldenberg starts with a clear, useful overview of CRM’s goals, and the key "people, process, and support" elements associated with successful deployments. You’ll walk through customizing a CRM strategy for your enterprise and evaluating today’s latest CRM technologies; reviewing your existing customer-related business processes; identifying goals; and more. Goldenberg next offers a detailed 10-step blueprint for effective CRM, covering software selection, specifications, vendor choice, project management, implementation challenges, training, support, system administration, and more. He demonstrates how CRM can be used to promote e-Business, e-Services, and e-Marketing; how to cleanse customer data and integrate CRM with knowledge management systems; how to leverage ASPs to solve CRM problems; and much more. The book also includes detailed chapters onsecurity, international deployments, and on CRM’s future directions — as well as a detailed analysis of 15 leading CRM packages. |
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Overview of Industrial Process Automation $84.23 Man-made or industrial processes, localised or geographically distributed, need be automated in order to ensure they produce quality, consistent, and cost-effective goods or services. Automation systems for these processes broadly consist of instrumentation, control, human interface, and communication subsystems. This book introduces the basics of philosophy, technology, terminology, and practices of modern automation systems with simple illustrations and examples. Provides an introduction to automationExplains the concepts through simple illustrations and examplesDescribes how to understand technical documents |
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25 Home Automation Projects for the Evil Genius $19.04 TURN YOUR HOME SWEET HOME INTO AN AUTOMATED, EVIL GENIUS PARADISE Your home may be your castle-but can it cook your dinner? Well, with the help of "25 Home Automation Projects for the Evil Genius," you can teach it to do just that, along with dozens of other affordable, enjoyable things that will transform your humble abode into a wickedly automated living environment. But fear not-you don’t need an engineering degree to complete the projects in this book. That’s because technology maven Jerri L. Ledford skillfully provides you with a firm understanding of the basic wiring, networking, and equipment demands for home automation. She then leads you step by step through each application, offering clearly worded and heavily diagramed guidance that will truly satisfy your inner Evil Genius. With the help of just a few household tools, you’ll be able to bring info-age automation to: Indoor and outdoor lighting Security and surveillance Climate regulation Entertainment systems Personal reminders Plant care Remote monitoring of kids and pets Keyless entry Wireless TV And many more Plus, you’ll gain access to discounts from a variety of home automation product manufacturers, to make your projects even more economical. With "25 Home Automation Projects for the Evil Genius," easy living is now automatic |
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Home Automation Basics II $42.66 This book is in Used condition |
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Home Automation Basics $47.96 This book is in New – Excellent condition |
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Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Home Automation $3.94 Get the home of tomorrow, today "Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Home Automation" will help you turn your ordinary home into a high-tech haven. Want to schedule your lights to turn on while you’re on vacation? Stuck late at work and want to start the roast you put in the crock pot this morning? You can make it all happen with the help of existing 110V electrical wiring in your home and this step-by-step tutorial. Through simple, do-it-yourself instructions, you will walk through the process of outfitting every room in your home with a network connection that you can control with a few clicks on your computer keyboard. Complete with illustrations and photographs, "Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Home Automation" will have you riding the wave of the future in no time. |
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Directory of Library Automation Software, Systems, and Services $89 This book is in New – Excellent condition |
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Absolute Beginner’s Guide To Home Automation $16.49 This book is in New – Excellent condition |
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Microsoft Windows Administrator’s Automation Toolkit $3.95 Get the detailed guidance, tips, and tools you need to automate Windows system administration–including 120 full working scripts with command-line controls on the CD Windows automation expert Don Jones shows you how to run the scripts as written or customize them for your unique requirements. You’ll learn how to reconfigure multiple services on a computer, shut down multiple remote computers, add users to Active Directory(R) directory service, automate security configurations, work with Internet Information Services 6.0, and perform other key computer and network management tasks. You’ll also explore advanced scripting tools. The CD features all 120 timesaving scripts, plus a bonus eBook to further your scripting expertise. A Note Regarding the CD or DVD The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via OReilly Medias Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit OReillys web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com. A Note Regarding the CD or DVD The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via OReilly Medias Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit OReillys web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com. |
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Library Management and Technical Services $3.95 This exciting volume explores the role of technical services functions and organizational structure as forces in the library change process. It provides practical information to help administrators make decisions about how their libraries are organized and managed. As libraries change in many ways–organizational structure, design of jobs, managerial philosophy, responsibilities of professionals, and the impact of automation–librarians in technical services, administrators, and personnel officers–need guidance in meeting the new challenges in order to continue providing thorough efficient services. Professionals from a variety of library environments address the pertinent issues of automation, personnel matters, education, management techniques, and the role of technical services within the total library community. |
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Parishioners Going Home after Sunday Services $79.99 Parishioners Going Home after Sunday Services – Premium Photographic Print |
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Insteon: Smarthomes for Everyone: The Do-It-Yourself Home Automation Technology $34.1 INSTEON: Smarthomes for Everyone is the first book to cover the amazing new INSTEON home automation and control system. INSTEON works over your existing powerlines to reliably control lighting and appliances from any switch in your house. Setup path lighting, scene lighting, security and environment control with the touch of a button. Best of all, no computer expertise or electrical skills beyond basic Do-It-Yourself handyman skills are required If you can replace an electrical switch, you can install an entire INSTEON home automation system yourself. INSTEON: Smarthomes for Everyone brings together everything the Do-It-Yourself homeowner needs to know about INSTEON in order to design and install a complete and reliable smarthome system. Smarthome technology is the wave of the future, and INSTEON is the low-cost, high-reliability leader in the field, with more installed systems than any other modern smarthome technology–even those costing many times more. For less than $1 per square foot, you can control all the lighting in your home as well as your audio/visual system, security system, sprinkers and irrigation. Turn off lights over the Internet Close your garage door from Work Shut off every light in your home from your nightstand–and lock all the doors From beginner to expert, this book will guide you through the process with step-by-step instructions and leave you with a complete understanding of your system. Get more out of your home with INSTEON Smarthome technology. |
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It Automation $30.64 This book is in Used condition |
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Hawking HRPG1 HomeRemote Pro Home Security Automation Gateway $126.99 1 Year 1 x DC Power Input 1 x RJ-45 Network 1.60″ Height x 6.60″ Width x 3.75″ Depth 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3u Management Software Ranges: Maximum Z-Wave modules that can be added to the Gateway: 232 Maximum Cameras that can be added to the Gateway: 32 Maximum Scenes that can be added to the Gateway: 64 Maximum Thermostats that can be added to the Gateway: 16 Maximum amount of modules that can be added to Scenes: 1024 Maximum amount of Rooms/Areas that can be added to the Gateway: 64 Maximum amount of Schedules that can be set: 128 Maximum amount of Notification User Accounts: 16 Maximum Login Password length: 16 Network Specifications: Internet Connectivity: 100T Base-TX Fast Ethernet Automatic IP Assignment (DHCP) Home Control and Monitoring: Z-Wave US Operating Frequency / Z-Wave Wireless Mesh Network The HomeRemote Pro Home Control and Remote Internet Gateway lets you secure, monitor and control your home remotely via a computer web browser or cellular phone. Using the broadband connection in your home, the HomeRemote Pro Internet Gateway communicates with the HomeRemote Pro servers to allow remote control of your home lighting, appliances, doors, garages, window shades, thermostat and much more. Taking control of your home and ensuring the safety of your loved ones has never been easier. With the HomeRemote Pro Internet Gateway installed, simply log on to the HomeRemote Pro website, enter your login information and begin monitoring your home; or open the HomeRemote Pro application on your cell phone and begin viewing live video of your home or turn the heater on before arriving home. The applications for the HomeRemote Pro System are limitless; begin customizing one for your lifestyle today. Fast Ethernet HRPG1 HRPG1 HomeRemote Pro Home Security Automation Gateway Hawking Hawking Technologies, Inc Internet Gateway Not Applicable Video Surveillance Gateway www.hawkingtech.com |
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Approaching Home Automation: A Guide to Using X-10 Technolog $24.95 This book is in New – Excellent condition |
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Healing Services $15.97 Provides six healing services suitable for a variety of worship settings. Persons who design and lead worship will find this a practical and useful guide for Christ-centered healing ministry that can be easily adapted in a variety of settings. Included are complete services of Holy Communion, Healing and Wholeness; Praise, Prayer, and Anointing; and Prayer, Confession, and Laying on of Hands. Services are suitable for Sunday morning worship; retreat settings; small group experiences hospital, nursing home, and home visitations; and personal counseling sessions. James K.Wagner worked for several years at the Upper Room in Nashville, Tennessee, as the Director of Prayer and Healing Ministries. He is the author of several books on healing and wholeness ministry. |
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Introduction to Library Services $42.71 Designed for the uninitiated and presented in terms the layperson can understand, this text provides a comprehensive overview of the field, from concepts governing libraries to types of libraries, policies and procedures, personnel, materials, and library services. Trends in library standards, programs, and services; new information on computers and automation; and the development of library networks comprise just some of the subjects covered. In all areas, from discussions of library goals and objectives to the identification of personality traits needed by staff members to the thorough examination of innovations in library materials and services, the author emphasizes the need for involvement and contribution on the part of everyone connected with the library. |
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Jewish Services in Synagogue and Home $25 This book is in Used condition |
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Introduction to Technical Services $56.23 Used in library schools worldwide, this is the classic text for gaining a thorough understanding of library technical services. Updated and expanded, this 8th edition covers all aspects of the field, from acquisition to managing the cataloging department. The authors have placed emphasis on automation as it affects technical services. Complete with helpful illustrations, statistical data, and study guide questions, this text is a must for LIS students. Used in library schools worldwide, this standard provides students with a thorough understanding of technical services. Updated and expanded, the book covers all aspects of the field–from acquisitions to managing the cataloging department–with new emphasis on sections and new material covering E-resources and media, metadata, outsourcing, quality management, and the impact of consortia on the work of technical services. Complete with helpful illustrations, statistics, and study guide questions, this text is a must for library and information science students |
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Word 2003: Document Automation with VBA, XML, XSLT, and Smart Documents $32.59 While it has always been possible to create customized Word solutions, Word 2003 offers new functionality that allows documents to be truly interactive. Word 2003 Document Automation with VBA, XML, XSLT, and Smart Documents explains how to use a variety of technologies that change the ways users interact with documents.Learn how to automate documents with a minimum of programming by using Word’s native functionality; use Visual Basic for Applications to create document automation solutions; record macros, create automated templates, format and manipulate files using Word, and build documents dynamically; create, edit, and format XML documents; develop smart document solutions to guide users through a variety of repetitive tasks; transform XML using WordprocessingML, XSLT, XPath, smart documents, and web services technologies. |
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Introduction to Library Public Services $3.92 Emphasizing the enormous changes wrought by technology, this essential text offers a solid, broadly based view of library public service and its functions. Chapters are arranged by type of service-reference services and sources, bibliographic instruction, interlibrary loan, circulation, reserve services, special collections, serials, media services, government documents, and security issues. Within each chapter, the authors consider the philosophy and role of the particular service, variations in service and format, physical facility (and storage) implications, staffing patterns and administrative concerns, and legal and ethical issues. The duties and responsibilities of professional librarians and support staff are incorporated throughout. The book has been entirely rewritten, integrating technological information throughout the book in context. For example, the effects of automation and the Internet on reference service are examined and there is greater emphasis on electronic, and especially Inte |
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Funeral Services $15.97 Ready-to-use funeral services for difficult situations. Each service is set in a ministry context and includes a sample sermon, Scripture text, and prayers. Miscarriage, Premature Delivery, Stillbirth, Infant Dies in Sleep, Infant is Fatally Injured, Infant Dies In Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Infant Dies Due to Mistreatment, Child Drowns, Child Dies of Serious Illness, Child Dies in Accident, Child Dies Due to Mistreatment, Youth Dies as Driver in Car Accident, Youth Dies as Passenger in Car Accident, Youth Dies of Serious Illness, Youth Murdered, Youth Dies Accidentally, Youth Commits Suicide, Youth Dies as Victim of School Violence, Student Dies in Hazing, Student Dies of Untreated Mental Illness, Student dies of accidental overdose, Adult Dies of a Serious Illness, Adult Dies in Prison, Adult Completes Suicide, Adult Dies in Random Act of Violence, Adult Dies in Work Accident, Older Adult Dies in Nursing Home, Older Adult Dies of Serious Illness, Older Adult Dies Alone The Just in Time series offers brief, practical resources of immediate help for pastors at an affordable price. |
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Delivering Home-Based Services: A Social Work Perspective $38.99 Service providers are increasingly called upon to serve clients at home, a setting even a seasoned professional can find difficult to negotiate. From monitoring the health of older populations to managing paroled offenders, preventing child abuse, and reunifying families, home-based services require models that ensure positive outcomes and address the ethical dilemmas that might arise in such sensitive contexts. The contributors to this volume are national experts in diverse fields of social work practice, policy, and research. Treating the home as an ecological setting that guides human development and family interaction, they present rationales for and overviews of evidence-based models across an array of populations and fields of practice. Part 1 provides historical background and contemporary applications for home-based services, highlighting ethical, administrative, and supervision issues and summarizing the social policies that shape service delivery. Part 2 addresses home-based practice in such fields as child and adult mental health, school social work, and hospice care, detailing the particular population being treated, the policy and agency context, theories and empirical data, and practice guidelines. Part 3, the editors present a unifying framework and suggest future directions for home-based social work. |
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Introduction to Technical Services: Seventh Edition $3.94 Used in library schools worldwide, this standard provides students with a thorough understanding of technical services. Updated and expanded, the 7th edition was carefully re-examined by the authors and includes a complete rewriting of the "Cataloging and Processing" section. The book covers all aspects of the field–from acquisitions to managing the cataloging department–with new emphasis on automation as it affects technical services work and those skills that can be developed through work experience or classroom instruction. Various automated acquisitions systems are described, and a detailed section on automated serials systems is included. Complete with helpful illustrations, statistics, and study guide questions, this text is a must for library and information science students |
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How to Start a Home-Based Secretarial Services Business $3.95 For those who want to be their own boss, change careers, or add excitement, challenge, and a boost to Social Security in the retirement years, starting a home business is the perfect option. This series provides the tools to help launch a successful home business and keep it running in today’s competitive environment. Like having a personal business advisor, each title in this series is crammed with insider information from professionals who’ve done it themselves, including: — Essential information on start-up costs, self-evaluation, and zoning regulations — Advice on how to attract first-time customers, maintain a loyal client base, and price services competitively and profitably — Easy-to-use worksheets and questionnaires to help entrepreneurs focus on success — Listings of contacts, organizations, and phone numbers of people in the trade. |
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Bank Management & Financial Services $219.89 The Eighth Edition of Banking and Financial Services is publishing at a time where the world that we live in is changing rapidly. The entire financial sector is threatened by significant risks at home and abroad, inside and outside the individual financial firm. Banking and Financial Services is designed to help students master established management principles and to confront the perplexing issues of risk, regulation, technology, and competition that bankers and other financial-service managers see as their greatest challenges for the present and future. This new edition offers the student many of the key trends and changes in the financial-services sector. With this relevant information students are able to grasp the rapid changes that are happening in this course area and in the real world. Banking and Financial Services also remains the most readable and engaging text on the market, with a plethora of real-world examples and a robust support package for instructors. |
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Introduction to Health Services $88.99 The seventh edition of Introduction to Health Services builds upon its reputation as a classic book written by nationally recognized authors. This new edition addresses the increasing pressure to improve the efficiency of the nation’s health care system and to provide an adequate level of health care for all Americans. The seventh edition reflects the revolutionary changes in the practice of clinical medicine, government policy, information technology, and health care cost containment. In-depth information in the areas of health care finance, health care access, managed care, and insurance and home health is also provided. Research and statistics throughout make this book the premier reference for understanding all the services that compose the health care landscape. |
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Front Open Style Fresh Flowers Home Services Maternity Sleepwear $50.39 Are you so excited to wait for your baby coming to the world, but at the same time, bothered by the cozy and pretty winter maternity sleepwear for yourself or your sweetheart? It is for this very reason that we recommend this front open style small flowers home services. Sleepwear is made from high quality materials to ensure a maximum level of comfort. Try some of the loose fitting yet home services maternity sleepwear and you will love the way you look and feel. |
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Cisco IOS SP Services – Feature Pack for 2801 Integrated Services Router $453.99 2801 Integrated Services Router Cisco 2801 Integrated Services Router Cisco IOS Software is the world’s leading network infrastructure software, delivering a seamless integration of technology innovation, business-critical services, and hardware support. Currently operating on over ten million active systems, ranging from the small home office router to the core systems of the world’s largest service provider networks, Cisco IOS Software is the most widely leveraged network infrastructure software in the world. SP Services for 2801 Integrated Services Router CD-ROM CD28-SPSK9= Cisco Cisco Systems, Inc Complete Product Firmware IOS – SP Services Feature Pack IOS SP Services – Feature Pack for 2801 Integrated Services Router Not Applicable Retail Software www.cisco.com |
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Cisco IOS SP Services – Feature Pack for 3825 Integrated Services Routers $642.99 3825 Integrated Services Routers Cisco 3825 Integrated Services Router Cisco IOS Software is the world’s leading network infrastructure software, delivering a seamless integration of technology innovation, business-critical services, and hardware support. Currently operating on over ten million active systems, ranging from the small home office router to the core systems of the world’s largest service provider networks, Cisco IOS Software is the most widely leveraged network infrastructure software in the world. SP Services for 3825 Integrated Services Routers CD-ROM CD382-SPSK9= Cisco Cisco Systems, Inc Complete Product Firmware IOS – SP Services Feature Pack IOS SP Services – Feature Pack for 3825 Integrated Services Routers Not Applicable Retail Software www.cisco.com |
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Cisco IOS Ent Services – Feature Pack for 3845 Integrated Services Routers $1258.99 3845 Integrated Services Routers Cisco 3845 Integrated Services Router Cisco 3845 Security Bundle Cisco 3845 V3PN Bundle Cisco IOS Software is the world’s leading network infrastructure software, delivering a seamless integration of technology innovation, business-critical services, and hardware support. Currently operating on over ten million active systems, ranging from the small home office router to the core systems of the world’s largest service provider networks, Cisco IOS Software is the most widely leveraged network infrastructure software in the world. Enterprise Services for 3845 Integrated Services Routers CD-ROM CD384-ESK9= Cisco Cisco Systems, Inc Complete Product Firmware IOS – Ent Services Feature Pack IOS Ent Services – Feature Pack for 3845 Integrated Services Routers Not Applicable Retail Software www.cisco.com |
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Cisco IOS SP Services – Feature Pack for 3845 Integrated Services Routers $641.99 3845 Integrated Services Routers Cisco 3845 Integrated Services Router Cisco 3845 Security Bundle Cisco 3845 V3PN Bundle Cisco IOS Software is the world’s leading network infrastructure software, delivering a seamless integration of technology innovation, business-critical services, and hardware support. Currently operating on over ten million active systems, ranging from the small home office router to the core systems of the world’s largest service provider networks, Cisco IOS Software is the most widely leveraged network infrastructure software in the world. SP Services for 3845 Integrated Services Routers CD-ROM CD384-SPSK9= Cisco Cisco Systems, Inc Complete Product Firmware IOS – SP Services Feature Pack IOS SP Services – Feature Pack for 3845 Integrated Services Routers Not Applicable Retail Software www.cisco.com |
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On the Road with Outreach: Mobile Library Services $56.23 Today mobile outreach is more vital and diverse than ever, with librarians taking it to the streets for senior citizens, childcare organizations, immigrants and low-literate populations, urban and rural communities, prisoners, low-income populations, and other traditionally underserved public library populations. The first book of its kind in more than two decades, "On the Road with Outreach: Mobile Library Services" provides step-by-step guidance for those wishing to initiate or improve outreach services in their communities. The essays collected here come from some of the best-known movers and shakers in the mobile outreach field-all of them subject experts and active outreach practitioners. Focusing on the practicalities of establishing and maintaining service to various populations, the book covers everything from design, purchase, maintenance, and automation of bookmobiles to planning and promotion and serving specific populations. Anecdotes, as well as sample service agreements, contracts, applications, staff schedules, and other working documents enhance the text. |
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Introduction to Technical Services for Library Technicians $38.13 Everything you need to know about technical services–in one handy volume For library technicians working in technical services and students in library technology programs, Introduction to Technical Services for Library Technicians is a practical, how-to-do-it text that shows how to perform the behind-the-scenes tasks the job requires. This essential volume comes complete with a suggested reading list, helpful charts and tables, a look at trends and issues to consider, and review questions at the end of each chapter.From the Preface: "Budgetary constraints and the computerization of library functions and routines have changed the composition of library personnel forever. Library technicians are being hired to replace librarians in many library areas, particularly in technical services. What has not kept up with this trend are the training and education of library technicians, a necessary component of a successfully operating library."This book examines terminology, organization, and the practical aspects of the tasks that technical services workers deal with every day. Here’s a sample of what is explored in Introduction to Technical Services for Library Technicians: computers and library automation bibliographic utilities and networks including OCLC, RLG, UTLAS, the Internet, and more library cooperation from the local to the international level acquisitions procedures, gifts, and exchanges copy cataloging, original cataloging, subject cataloging, and the MARC record government publications serials–ordering, cataloging, control, terminology, e-journals, and more preservation–treating damaged materials, book repair, good housekeeping practices, factors of deterioration, and moreIntended primarily as a textbook for students in a two-year library technology program or one-year certificate program, this book will also serve very well as a general reference for library technicians or other staff members working in the technical services area. |
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Creating Competence from Chaos: A Comprehensive Guide to Home-Based Services $42.99 In Pennsylvania, a commitment has been made, on a statewide basis, to serve these children and strengthen their vulnerable families through a home-based approach grounded in ecosystemic thinking and practice. This book tells the story of Pennsylvania’s evolving treatment program, providing a model for other professionals who believe that a family’s needs are best met through individually tailored, family-centered, community-based, culturally competent, and outcome-oriented services. This is a complete, comprehensive guide, covering everything from planning and development of home-based services through supervision and training of home-based practitioners and evaluation of treatment outcomes. Particular attention is given to the clinical challenges faced by home-based therapists working with families where children are depressed and perhaps suicidal, oppositional and defiant, out-of-control and aggressive, or hyperactive/impulsive. These families commonly have multiple problems, complex histories, and a negative view of outside "helpers." Delivered in the family’s home and involving parents as partners, the services described here work to improve child and family functioning through family therapy, creation of collaborative links between appropriate community and family resources, and provision of family support funds for concrete services such as transportation, respite care, and emergencies. Home-based treatment serves both children at risk for out-of-home placement due to a diagnosis of severe mental illness or behavioral disorders and children being discharged from inpatient hospitals and psychiatric residential placements. The authors, active at every level of program conceptualization and implementation, share their wealth of experience with readers. Their advice and case studies move from the big picture to the small details of where to sit in a family’s home, what to say, and how to think about a problematic situation. Several appendices of forms used for assessment, evaluation, and training add to the book’s practical value. Theoretically sound and fully practical, this guide to home-based services will encourage all professionals serving children to involve their families and communities-and to meet them where they live. |
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Moving People To Deliver Services $9.89 The WTO is today dealing with an issue that lies at the interface of two major challenges the world faces, trade liberalization and international migration. Greater freedom for the "temporary movement of individual service suppliers" is being negotiated under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Conditions in many developed economies – ranging from aging populations to shortages of skilled labor – suggest that this may be a propitious time to put labor mobility squarely on the negotiating agenda. Yet there is limited awareness of how the GATS mechanism can be used to foster liberalization in this area of services trade. At the same time there is great concern, about the possible social disruption in host countries and brain drain from poor countries. As a first step in improving our understanding of the implications of such liberalization, this volume brings together contributions from service providers, regulators, researchers and trade negotiators. They provide different perspectives on one central question: how is such liberalization best accomplished, in a way that benefits both home and host countries? The result, combining insights from economics, law and politics, is bound to be a vital input into the WTO services negotiations as well as the broader debate on the subject. |
