Library category: 2034 books
by Sarah C. Michalak
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Cutting-edge information about providing access to research library users
The ultimate goal of librarians is to provide comprehensive informational access to library users. Portals and Libraries provides an in-depth look at various libraries’ challenges and the cutting-edge technology used...
The Green Library Planner
What Every Librarian Needs to Know Before Starting to Build or Renovate
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Green buildings are better buildings. In fact, buildings use 36% of the energy in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, so green buildings that use less energy help to address the very real challenges of reliance on fossil fuel and climate change. More than only being...
Library Technology and Digital Resources
An Introduction for Support Staff
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
In the last decade library collections have rapidly evolved from a predominance of print books and journals to an ever growing mix of digital and print resources. Library patrons are predominately served by support staff that is expected to know how to help patrons select and use digital resources....
Marketing and Outreach for the Academic Library
New Approaches and Initiatives
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Volume 7 of the series Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library is focused on new approaches and initiatives in marketing the academic library, as well as the importance of outreach through partnerships and collaborations both internal and external to the library. Implementation of social media...
by Linda S Katz
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Every librarian who teaches in an academic library setting understands the complexities involved in partnering with teaching faculty. Relationships Between Teaching Faculty and Teaching Librarians recounts the efforts of librarians and faculty working together in disciplines across the board to create...
The Top Technologies Every Librarian Needs to Know
A LITA Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
While it's inspiring to ponder the libraries of the 22nd century, it's a lot more practical to think ahead to the next five years. That's just what Varnum and his hand-picked team of contributors have done, showing library technology staff and administrators where to invest time and money to receive...
Library Security
Better Communication, Safer Facilities
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
Library work is really all about people. And the inclusive, welcoming nature of the library means that all kinds of people pass through its doors. Not all difficult patrons are dangerous, but some frighten staff and other library users, which can lead to situations that are distracting, troubling, and...
Creative Library Marketing and Publicity
Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Creative Library Marketing and Publicity: Best Practices shares the success of libraries of various sizes and types—small to large public, academic, and school libraries, systems, and organizations. Each best-practice scenario describes a library’s successful experience with marketing, branding,...
Cruising the Library
Perversities in the Organization of Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Cruising the Library offers a highly innovative analysis of the history of sexuality and categories of sexual perversion through a critical examination of the Library of Congress and its cataloging practices. Taking the publication of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s Epistemologies of the Closet as emblematic...
Library Automation: Core Concepts and Practical Systems Analysis, 3rd Edition
Core Concepts and Practical Systems Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
Recent advances in technology such as cloud computing, recent industry standards such as RFID, bibliographic standards like RDA and BIBFRAME, the increased adoption of open source integrated library systems (ILS), and continued shift in users' expectations have increased the complexity of the decision...
by Linda S Katz
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
New recognition within society of previously unserved populations has created the need for librarians to also recognize these groups and to find ways to serve them equally. Reference Services for the Unserved provides information, guidance, and inspiration to library professionals in their work with...
Coming of Age in Reference Services
A Case History of the Washington State University Libraries
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Coming of Age in Reference Services: A Case History of the Washington State University Libraries focuses on the triumphs, trials, ideas, and difficulties of the Holland Library and how these experiences can help other professionals enhance services for patrons. The articles, written by reference librarians...
by Pauline Shaw Bayne
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
A Guide to Library Research in Music introduces the process and techniques for researching and writing about music. This informative textbook provides concrete examples of different types of writing, offering a thorough introduction to music literature. It clearly describes various information-searching...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Learn effective ways to assess and evaluate reference services in YOUR library
Innovation and the constant evolution of technology continually spur academic librarians to find superior ways to deliver high quality reference service to students, faculty, and researchers. Reference Assessment...