Library category: 2034 books
RFID in Libraries
A Step toward Interoperability
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
The approval by The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) of a new standard for RFID in libraries is a big step toward interoperability among libraries and vendors. By following this set of practices and procedures, libraries can ensure that an RFID tag in one library can be used seamlessly...
by Leslie B. Preddy
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
An essential resource for intermediate, middle, and high school librarians that guides the planning, learning, and implementation of a school library makerspace.
• Explains how to transform school libraries—always considered a destination for thinking and learning—to also be the place...
Instructional Design Essentials
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Whether you are teaching a single lesson, designing self-guided resources, or developing an entire information literacy course, Instructional Design Essentials: A Practical Guide for Librarians provides a practical blueprint to understanding the theory, concepts, tools, and strategies for analyzing...
Privacy and Freedom of Information in 21st-Century Libraries
A Library Technology Report
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
In the November/December issue of Library Technology Reports, the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom has assembled an all-star cast of writers to explore the challenges to privacy that ongoing shifts in technology have created, and how librarians can address them. Topics Covered in this Issue: *...
by Kathryn Miller
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Going green is now a national issue, and patrons expect their library to respond in the same way many corporations have. Libraries are going green with logos on their Web sites, programs for the public, and a host of other initiatives. This is the first book to focus strictly on the library’s role...
by Brian J. Baird
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Designed as a “how-to” manual, Practical Preservation and Conservation Strategies for Libraries provides librarians with practical information to help them grapple with specific preservation challenges by identifying areas of concern, optimizing the use of resources put towards preservation, and...
Laying the Foundation
Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Laying the Foundation: Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries examines the library's role in the development, implementation, and instruction of successful digital humanities projects. It pays special attention to the critical role of librarians in building sustainable programs. It also examines...
The Indispensable Librarian: Surviving and Thriving in School Libraries in the Information Age, 2nd Edition
Surviving and Thriving in School Libraries in the Information Age, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
This readable and practical book examines the changes in school libraries brought by the digital revolution—and describes how new and experienced librarians can take advantage of them.
• Provides both practical and visionary insights from an experienced, currently practicing librarian/library...
by Rachel Singer Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Here is a unique resource for next generation librarians, addressing the specific needs of GenXers and Millennials as they work to define themselves as information professionals. The book focuses on how NextGens can move their careers forward and positively impact the profession. Library career guru...
by Amitabha Chatterjee
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
Elements of Information Organization and Dissemination provides Information on how to organize and disseminate library and information science (LIS), a subject that is taught in many international Library Information Science university programs.
While there are many books covering different...
Academic Libraries in the US and China
Comparative Studies of Instruction, Government Documents, and Outreach
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Academic libraries have a long history both in the USA and China, with institutions developing along different trajectories, and responding to the rapidly changing library environment globally. Academic Libraries in the US and China compares current practices within Library and Information Science...
by Lynda Kellam, Katharin Peter
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
The proliferation of online access to social science statistical and numeric data sources, such as the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Fact Finder, has lead to an increased interest in supporting these sources in academic libraries. Many large libraries have been able to devote staff to data services...
Public Libraries in the 21st Century
Defining Services and Debating the Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Public Libraries in the 21st Century presents a comprehensive analysis of the impact of recent policy initiatives directly targeted at public libraries along with broader developments in the public sector environment within which they operate. Key features include: ¢ An exploration of the context...
Front-Line Librarianship
Life on the Job for Today’s Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
Front-Line Librarianship: Life on the Job for Librarians presents a diverse range of observations, viewpoints and useful commentary on the current workplace experiences of librarians and their associates. The book's author presents an unrivalled portrait of front-line librarianship that is based upon...