Library category: 2034 books
by Mary Boyd Ratzer, Paige Jaeger
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
The rigors of today's mandated academic standards can repurpose your library's role as a steward of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) at your school. Created for teachers of grades 6 through 12, this guide will help you help present exciting, field-tested lessons that address developmental steps...
by Suzanna Conrad
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Prisoners are in a grey area regarding library services. Prison libraries violate many tenets of librarianship, with the justification of maintaining order. The field is de-professionalized—many positions are filled by persons without degrees in library science, and corrections administrators often...
Progressive Library Organizations
A Worldwide History
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
This work presents the history and impact of the seven most important progressive library organizations worldwide—in Austria, Germany, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom, and two in the United States. Each organization is considered within its national context, and in fact, the English word “organization”...
by Cindy Wall, Lynn Pawloski
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
The Maker Movement is hot, and librarians are eager to participate. Even if you feel restricted by budget, staff, or space, this step-by-step guide will help you turn your library into a creativity center.
• Makes it easy for you to host Maker programs for children and 'tweens—with "No...
by Mary Boyd Ratzer, Paige Jaeger
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
The rigors of today's mandated academic standards can repurpose your library's role as a steward of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) at your school. This guide will help you help teachers present exciting, field-tested lessons for elementary grades K through 5, addressing developmental steps...
Creating and Promoting Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries
Tools and Tips for Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Creating and Promoting Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries: Tools and Tips For Practitioners is the sequel to Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries: Principles, Programs, and People. On the one hand, Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries focuses on the information needs and the developmental and...
Intellectual Freedom for Teens
A Practical Guide for Young Adult & School Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Year after year a majority of the titles on ALA’s Banned Books list, which compiles titles threatened with censorship, are either YA books or adult books that are frequently read by teens. It’s important for YA librarians to understand the types of challenges occurring in libraries around the nation...
by Melanie A. Lyttle, Shawn D. Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
This comprehensive guide to tween library services begins with a developmental description of this ever-changing group and offers practical advice about materials and programming. Criteria are provided for categorizing books, music, movies and magazines as appropriate for tweens, with special attention...
Libraries of Light
British public library design in the long 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
For the first hundred years or so of their history, public libraries in Britain were built in an array of revivalist architectural styles. This backward-looking tradition was decisively broken in the 1960s as many new libraries were erected up and down the country.
In this new Routledge book,...
A Most Delicate Monster
The One-Professional Special Library
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1998
A Most Delicate Monster will be particularly useful for practitioners. The focus is on the running of small special libraries and particularly the one-person library. A professional outlook is maintained without neglecting the full range of tasks required in a one-person library. The practical orientation...
Building Communities
Social Networking for Academic Libraries
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Social media is here to stay. A robust social media campaign can provide academic libraries with a means to showcase library resources, highlight content and events, and attract students to sample what the library has to offer. Building Communities is a handbook to implement social media technologies...
Emerging Solutions in Reference Services
Implications for Libraries in the New Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
How can you enhance reference services without adding staff?
Modern law librarians are under growing pressure to keep up with new technologies, deal instantly with the demands of patrons, keep the library safe and user-friendly, and generally offer the best possible service while keeping costs...
Optimizing Academic Library Services in the Digital Milieu
Digital Devices and their Emerging Trends
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
The digital is the new milieu in which academic libraries must serve their patrons; but how best to utilize the slew of digital devices and their surrounding trends? Optimizing Academic Library Services in the Digital Milieu identifies best practices and strategies for using digital devices (such...
The Relevant Library
Essays on Adapting to Changing Needs
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
At a time when libraries are no longer the leading proprietors of information, many library professionals find themselves rethinking their purpose. In this collection of new essays, contributors share their experiences and ideas for keeping libraries integral to changing communities. Innovative approaches...