Library category: 2034 books
Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors
International Perspectives on Library Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Conversations with Leading Academic and Research Library Directors: International Perspectives on Library Management presents a series of conversations with the directors of major academic and research libraries. The book offers insight, analysis, and personal anecdote from leaders in the library...
Marketing Today's Academic Library
A Bold New Approach to Communicating with Students
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
In Marketing Today’s Academic Library, Brian Mathews uses his vast experience to speak directly to the academic library practitioner about matching services with user needs. This book proposes new visions and ideas, challenging the traditional way of thinking and providing a framework to target...
Library Spaces for 21st-Century Learners
A Planning Guide for Creating New School Library Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Library Spaces for 21st-Century Learners: A Planning Guide for Creating New School Library Concepts focuses on planning contemporary school library spaces with user-based design strategies. The book walks school librarians and administrators through the process of gathering information from students...
The Neal-Schuman Library Technology Companion
A Basic Guide for Library Staff, Fifth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
In its new fifth edition, which has been completely updated and reorganized, this one-stop overview of all technologies used in libraries today is more comprehensive and compelling than ever. The perfect primer for LIS students, Burke's guide should also be at the top of the list for any current or...
by Dennis Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 1999
In Library Relocations & Collection Shifts, author, librarian, and move director Dennis C. Tucker explains how to develop an appropriate moving plan for a library of any type or size. A thorough revision of his classic, From Here to There: Moving a Library, the book provides coverage of all these topics...
Electronic Reserve
A Manual and Guide for Library Staff Members
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Build and maintain an effective electronic reserve system!
Electronic Reserve: A Manual and Guide for Library Staff Members is the comprehensive professional resource you need to create commonsense policies and procedures that ensure effective electronic reserve service in your academic library....
by Larry Cooperman
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Managing the one-person library provides a useful and needed resource for solo librarians confronted with the challenges of running a small library. The author uniquely focuses on topics encountered by solo librarians, such as IT troubleshooting and library security. Chapters on library management,...
The Preservation and Protection of Library Collections
A Practical Guide to Microbiological Controls
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Preservation involves a complex of activities including climate, air-quality, and surface control, as well as microbiological control, which is a key part of preserving and protecting library collections. The Preservation and Protection of Library Collections examines microbiological control for preservation...
by Masanori Koizumi
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Inherent Strategies in Library Management describes general and specific strategies for libraries based on core library values, and does so through concrete research. Many strategic management books for libraries introduce concepts of business management to the library world, but often neglect traditional...
Local Library, Global Passport
The Evolution of a Carnegie Library
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2008
Limited time offer.
A local library, passport to a larger world for its individual patrons, is also a democratic institution whose contribution to the strength of a community is out of all proportion to its size or membership.
Several thousand Carnegie libraries were built a century...
by Margaret L. Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
School libraries provide invaluable benefits and services, but many of today's school administrators, parents, and students no longer see their value. Now most students have their own computing devices and the use of eBooks is on the rise; students can gather information anywhere, at any time. This...
The Meaning of the Library
A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
From Greek and Roman times to the digital era, the library has remained central to knowledge, scholarship, and the imagination. The Meaning of the Library is a generously illustrated examination of this key institution of Western culture. Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining...
Leadership in the Library and Information Science Professions
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Safely guide your library into the new millennium!
Like so much else in the information professions, leadership styles are being forced to change to meet the demands of technological innovation. Leadership in the Library and Information Science Professions is among the first books to focus...
by Santa Clara County Office of Education
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
With the extreme budget cuts most school libraries are facing, professional development resources for library support staff that improve library management efficiency are in great demand. This popular handbook provides an overview of many topics related to school libraries, collecting a vast amount...