Library category: 2034 books
Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States
Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Bakhmeteff Archive of Russia
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Gain a better understanding of the past and cultures of Slavic and East European peoples with American archival collections!
Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States, the first collection of its kind, offers perspectives from leading Slavic librarians, archivists...
Recoding World Literature
Libraries, Print Culture, and Germany's Pact with Books
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Winner, 2018 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures, Modern Language Association
Winner, 2018 German Studies Association DAAD Book Prize in Germanistik and Cultural Studies.
From the current vantage point of the transformation of books and libraries,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
For this new handbook BIALL (British and Irish Association of Law Librarians) has brought together an unparalleled team of respected experts to provide authoritative and up-to-date best practice guidance on the key legal information issues for every type of service, focusing particularly on the balance...
Subject Librarians
Engaging with the Learning and Teaching Environment
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
The university subject librarians' role is at the centre of new models of teaching and learning, yet further debate and published contributions are still needed to shape its future direction. Subject Librarians: Engaging with the Learning and Teaching Environment assesses trends and challenges in...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
This volume is unusual in that the theme is quite broad in scope yet focused on a specific topic; innovations and boundary-pushing studies in areas not usually found in library literature. It represents a look at the periphery of the field surveyed in previous volumes and presents chapters grouped...
by Ksenija Mincic-Obradovic
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Written from the perspective of a librarian, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of e-books on academic libraries. The author discusses advantages to both researchers and librarians and provides current examples of innovative uses of e-books in academic contexts. This book reviews...
by Stephen Mossop
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Academic libraries undergo episodes of strategic change. Transformational change may be seen as fundamentally different from other kinds of change. A part of this process is often deep level cultural change. At the individual level this may be traumatic, but at the strategic level, such change can...
Membership Marketing in the Digital Age
A Handbook for Museums and Libraries
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Membership marketing and management is an ever more demanding role within the institutions served—meeting fiscal demands, keeping pace with online marketing opportunities, and making data-driven decisions. The demands are diverse and ever-changing. This book addresses all aspects of management,...
The Early Information Society
Information Management in Britain before the Computer
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Whether termed the 'network society', the 'knowledge society' or the 'information society', it is widely accepted that a new age has dawned, unveiled by powerful computer and communication technologies. Yet for millennia humans have been recording knowledge and culture, engaging in the dissemination...
by Nancy J. Keane
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
Nancy J. Keane is the author of the award-winning website Booktalks—Quick and Simple (nancykeane.com/booktalks), as well as the creator of the open collaboration wiki ATN Book Lists. With her latest book, 101 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Teens, she provides another indispensable resource for...
by Nancy J. Keane
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
Gone are the days of browsing library bookshelves—today's readers live much of their lives on their devices. Learn how to meet these young readers in their online activities by using technological tools that support independent reading and reading choices.
This book shows you how to use not...
The Reference Collection
From the Shelf to the Web
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Stay up-to-date with the growing amount of reference resources available online
How important is the World Wide Web to information retrieval and communication? Important enough that information professionals have seen students exit from their libraries en masse when Internet service was lost....
Becoming a Media Mentor
A Guide for Working with Children and Families
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
In a time of rapidly changing technologies, the role of the youth services librarian has expanded to include the realm of digital media. Supporting children’s literacy now means serving as a media mentor. This book empowers youth services staff to confidently assist families and caregivers as they...
The Developing Role of Public Libraries in Emergency Management
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Disasters can happen without warning and cause detrimental damage to society. By planning and conducting research beforehand, businesses can more effectively aid in relief efforts. The Developing Role of Public Libraries in Emergency Management: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential...