Library category: 2034 books
Teaching STEM and Common Core with Mentor Texts: Collaborative Lesson Plans, K–5
Collaborative Lesson Plans, K-5
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Librarians can use this book to become leaders in their schools, collaborating with teachers to keep them abreast of resources that will facilitate the inclusion of STEM in the curriculum.
• Offers five library lessons for each STEM subject based on a mentor text and a lesson for the collaborating...
The Savvy Academic Librarian's Guide to Technological Innovation
Moving beyond the Wow Factor
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
The Savvy Academic Librarian’s Guide to Technological Innovation provides detailed plans for purposefully integrating technology into the fabric of the academic environment by utilizing examples from a variety of institutions to illustrate successful methods and best practices. Included case studies...
Fostering Family History Services: A Guide for Librarians, Archivists, and Volunteers
A Guide for Librarians, Archivists, and Volunteers
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Here is everything you need to promote your library as a center for genealogical study by leveraging your collection to help patrons conduct research on ancestors, document family stories, and archive family heirlooms.
• Discusses the reference environment and offers tips for strategic planning...
When We Are No More
How Digital Memory Is Shaping Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Our memory gives the human species a unique evolutionary advantage. Our stories, ideas, and innovations--in a word, our "culture"--can be recorded and passed on to future generations. Our enduring culture and restless curiosity have enabled us to invent powerful information technologies...
America’s War
Talking About the Civil War and Emancipation on Their 150th Anniversaries
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Edited by Edward L. Ayers, America’s War is an anthology of Civil War writing originally published between 1852 and 2008. Co-published by the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities, America’s War was created in support of a national reading and discussion program...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
School libraries provide an essential service to the community, but without proper funding few libraries stand a chance to maintain the resources they offer—or to survive at all. School librarians can play an instrumental role in the survival of their programs. This how-to book provides school librarians...
Using Primary Sources: Hands-On Instructional Exercises
Hands-On Instructional Exercises
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Special collections librarians and archivists in academic settings are often confronted with the challenge of teaching classes outside their personal area of expertise, with very little notice or guidance—as the authors of this book can attest. Using Primary Sources: Hands-On Instructional Exercises...
Children's Literature in Action: A Librarian's Guide, 2nd Edition
A Librarian's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Children's Literature in Action: A Librarian's Guide, Second Edition presents an action-oriented approach for sharing books with children ages 5 through 12, planning book-based programs, and collaborating with teachers and families in sharing books and developing literature-based instruction. Author...
by Scott Lanning
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Being an effective school librarian requires acting as an active instructional partner, an advocate for information literacy and information resources, and a reference librarian. Now in its third edition, this concise book provides you with a solid foundation in providing reference services to students...
Read On … Romance: Reading Lists for Every Taste
Reading Lists for Every Taste
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
As romance publishing continues to flourish, readers and readers' advisors are faced with increasingly complex reading choices. This book helps adult and teen readers quickly find the books they love to read, identifies other titles with shared qualities for more reading suggestions, and provides...
by Christopher D. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
This easy-to-use primer will empower anyone—even those with no IT background—to face the challenge of adding one or more technologies to library services or maintaining existing technologies.
• Offers librarians a one-stop resource for managing basic technology issues in their facilities
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by Mary Boyd Ratzer, Paige Jaeger
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are putting educators under pressure to examine what works and what doesn't. Even with the best efforts, integrating new strategies into daily practice in the classroom or library can be frustrating. This book will help. Providing a professional development toolkit...
by Salvador Avila
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Latino teens within Generation Y or Generation Z are bilingual and bicultural. As such, these teenagers have varied characteristics that present unique conditions and challenges for librarians. Serving Latino Teens not only explains why providing targeted services to Latino teens is so critical, but...
Digitization and Digital Archiving
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2014
More and more, library patrons are embracing the ease with which information can be accessed digitally. This is why many librarians in libraries of every size and type are currently working towards making information available electronically. Digitization and Digital Archiving: A Practical Guide for...