Library category: 2034 books
by Joel D. Kitchens
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Today's history scholars and students utilize information in many different formats, including print, microforms, and digital, with each having its own format-specific requirements. For historians, the library is an essential resource that serves as their "laboratory." Librarians need to recognize...
The Embedded Librarian
Innovative Strategies for Taking Knowledge Where It's Needed
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Here is the first comprehensive survey of the growing practice of "embedded librarianship"—a strategic model for placing information professionals into partnerships with the individuals and working groups that depend upon their knowledge and expertise. David Shumaker looks at implementations in all...
Consumer Health Information Services and Programs
Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Consumer Health Information Programs and Services: Best Practices presents examples of successful and long-standing library programs and services that provide health information to consumers—the general public, patients, and families or patients – who seek information about health and diseases....
Making Libraries Accessible
Adaptive Design and Assistive Technology
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
As a provider of public space and digital content, your library is duty-bound to promote equitable access to all users, regardless of whether they use assistive technology. In this issue of Library Technology Reports, editor Booth makes the case that that attention to the core principles of consistency,...
Digitizing Your Collection
Public Library Success Stories
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
Digitizing your collection is not only a great way to increase access to your materials, it also engages patrons on a whole new level and helps communicate your library’s value. But with staff time and resources already spread thin, it can be a challenge to plan and undertake a digitization initiative....
Librarians and Instructional Designers
Collaboration and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
With online education options more ubiquitous and sophisticated than ever, the need for academic librarians to be conversant with digital resources and design thinking has become increasingly important. The way forward is through collaboration with instructional designers, which allows librarians to...
by Gina Seymour
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2018
This quick-start guide explains how to use inquiry to promote civic engagement in the school library makerspace and provides ready-to-use ideas for hands-on service projects.
• Provides step-by-step instruction for service-driven, hands-on projects
• Lists possible organizations...
by Natalia Gendina, Yuriko Nakamura
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
In recent years, interest in International Librarianship has grown rapidly and will continue to grow as globalization influences education and librarianship. In countries around the world, public and school libraries have unique roles and their staffs collaborate across types of libraries to varying...
Encoding Across Frontiers
Proceedings of the European Conference on Encoded Archival Description and Context (EAD and EAC), Pa
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Discover the history, development, and use of EAD, EAC, and EAG
Encoding Across Frontiers is a careful selection of the finest presentations from the European Conference on Encoded Archival Description and Context (EAD and EAC) held in Paris, France in October 2004. International experts explore...
by Carol F Schroeder, Gloria G Roberson, Peter Gellatly
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
This helpful guidebook makes it easy for librarians to select the most appropriate periodical or serial for their proposed articles. A subject index with cross references ensures quick access to the alphabetically listed titles. The Guide to Publishing Opportunities for Librarians provides the following...
The Networked Library: A Guide for the Educational Use of Social Networking Sites
A Guide for the Educational Use of Social Networking Sites
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Our Web 2.0 world is based on participation. Incorporating networking sites into classroom lesson plans invites students to participate and get involved using the digital learning styles with which they are already accustomed—interacting with new information, building knowledge, and sharing that...
by Jo Bryson
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
This comprehensive handbook covers key management issues and will guide information professionals through the maze of common problems. To reflect the increasing integration of library, information centre, records, IT and telecommunications management, the book takes an integrated approach to managing...
Mostly in the Line of Duty
Thirty Years with Books
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
IT ALL STARTED with the American Library Association (ALA) which wanted to celebrate its centenary in 1976 at its headquarters in Chicago. With five American librarians and non-librarians I was invited to give a centennial paper. I declined the flattering offer because I had left the profession and...
In Our Own Voices, Redux
The Faces of Librarianship Today
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
In the 20-year reboot of Neely and Abif’s 1996 In Our Own Voices, fifteen of the original contributors revisit their stories alongside the fifteen new voices that have been added. This Collective represents a wide range of life and library experiences, gender fluidities, sexualities, races, and...