Library category: 2034 books
New Routes to Library Success
100+ Ideas from Outside the Stacks
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Whether in person or electronically, users come to the public library from outside the library realm. And that’s exactly where genuinely transformational ideas lie. In this book Doucett mines new territory by exploring how successful organizations "outside the stacks" conduct their business. By analyzing...
Remote Access Technologies for Library Collections
Tools for Library Users and Managers
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012
The growth of the Internet over the past 20 years has caused a fundamental shift in the way library materials are accessed. Remote Access Technologies for Library Collections: Tools for Library Users and Managers is crucial to understanding these changes and the new expectations that library users have...
The Strategic Stewardship of Cultural Resources
To Preserve and Protect
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Keep your cultural resources safe for generations to come!
Culled from papers presented at a Library of Congress symposium in October 2000, The Strategic Stewardship of Cultural Resources: To Preserve and Protect examines the challenges you face in preserving and safeguarding your library's...
by Arne J. Almquist, Sharon G. Almquist
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Have you ever presented an idea to your boss and had it so firmly rejected that you never want to suggest anything again? Do you feel locked into a rigid hierarchy where bureaucracy has strangled all innovation? Are you motivated to shake things up in your organization to improve it, but are afraid...
Information Practice in Science and Technology
Evolving Challenges and New Directions
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Examine the vital issues facing sci-tech libraries in today's economic and technological climate!
This book addresses current challenges and changes in science and technology libraries-and shows how librarians are handling them in difficult financial times. It examines issues related to closing...
by Russ Girsberger
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2006
The performance librarian is the person responsible for managing, maintaining, and organizing the resources of a performance library. This personnel can now benefit from A Manual for the Performance Library, a guide for organizing and operating a library of music performance materials.
Music...
Robots in Academic Libraries
Advancements in Library Automation
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
In recent years, automation has played a vital role in library systems that handle tasks of acquisition, cataloging, serials, and circulation. The automation of these operations has, in turn, minimized the demand for human interaction. Robots in Academic Libraries: Advancements in Library Automation...
Stellar Customer Service: Training Library Staff to Exceed Expectations
Training Library Staff to Exceed Expectations
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Customer service is one of the most critical staff development training areas in the library world. Every member of a library's staff who interacts with the public needs the specialized skills and tools to work with a diverse clientele. This book addresses the need for staff training for various kinds...
by Diantha Dow Schull
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Some of the most engaged and frequent users of public libraries are over the age of 50. They may also be the most misunderstood. As Baby Boomers continue to swell their ranks, the behavior, interests, and information needs of this demographic have changed dramatically, and Schull’s new book offers...
by S. Arndt
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Thousands of e-books are published each year; and rather than holding steady, e-book prices are rising—some 3.5% this year alone. With so many titles out there, how do you know which ones will actually circulate? Demand-driven acquisition (DDA) may be the answer for your library, and getting started...
by Anne Grant, Diana Finkle
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
The ethos of every library is to serve and to instruct.
Library professionals teach every day in the sense that they show patrons where to find books or how to use computers. Increasingly, however, library users just don’t have the time to attend face-to-face workshops in advance of needs...
The 21st Century Academic Library
Global Patterns of Organization and Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
The 21st Century Academic Library: Global Patterns of Organization and Discourse discusses the organization of academic libraries, drawing on detailed research and data.
The organization of the library follows the path of a print book or journal: acquisitions, cataloguing, circulation, reference,...
Six Skills by Age Six: Launching Early Literacy at the Library
Launching Early Literacy at the Library
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
Though libraries have been presenting early literacy activities for decades, library staff may lack an in-depth understanding of early literacy skills and their place in preparing children for a lifetime of learning. Based on the program "6 by 6: Ready to Read," this book is chock full of...
Communication and Teamwork
An Introduction for Support Staff
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2018
Support staff in all types of libraries must work together in a variety of situations. This is both a textbook and on-the-job manual covering the skills and behaviors necessary for effective teamwork and communication. Trained library support staff should know the basic concepts of interpersonal relations,...