Library category: 2034 books
Excellence in the Stacks
Strategies, Practices and Reflections of Award-Winning Libraries
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Excellence in the Stacks details the philosophies, practices and innovations of award-winning libraries over the last ten years. It will inform the profession and highlight the themes and strategies these liberal-arts colleges share, and where they differ. Using the Association of Research and College...
Searching the Grey Literature
A Handbook for Searching Reports, Working Papers, and Other Unpublished Research
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018
Searching the Grey Literature is for librarians interested in learning more about grey literature. If you have ever been asked for a grey literature search but didn’t know where to start, this book will help you craft your search successfully. If you are an expert searcher but find that your library...
The C-SPAN Archives
An Interdisciplinary Resource for Discovery, Learning, and Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
The C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and preserves all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, and research uses. Every C-SPAN program aired since 1987, from all House and Senate sessions in the US Congress, to hearings, presidential speeches, conventions, and campaign events, totaling over...
An Overview of the Changing Role of the Systems Librarian
Systemic Shifts
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2010
This book presents a series of case studies from systems librarians all over the world. It documents how the profession has changed in recent years with the introduction of new web technologies services such as hosted databases that are supported by vendors rather than in-house, as well as shifts...
Literature Search Strategies for Interdisciplinary Research
A Sourcebook For Scientists and Engineers
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2006
The amount of published literature can be overwhelming for scientists and researchers moving from a broad disciplinary research area to a more specialized one, particularly in fields that use information from more than one discipline. Without a focused inquiry, the researcher may find too little information...
by Jingfeng Xia
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Scholarly Communication at the Crossroads in China follows the dichotomy paradox to focus on both achievements and challenges at every step of the scholarly communication process, highlighting Insights and trends in academic infrastructure and scholarly behaviors within the context of local economic,...
Booktalking Nonfiction
200 Surefire Winners for Middle and High School Readers
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Booktalking Nonfiction: 200 Sure-Fire Winners for Middle and High School Readers will provide an introduction to selecting and writing booktalks for nonfiction books with a focus on unique informational texts and biographies and autobiographies. A booktalk is a summary of a book presented in a way...
New Roles for Research Librarians
Meeting the Expectations for Research Support
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
New Roles for Research Librarians: Meeting the Expectations for Research Support presents strategies librarians can use to adapt to the new conditions and growing expectations that are emerging from students and researchers. Even if they have never completed a PhD, or even been engaged in independent...
How to Teach
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
How to Teach: A Practical Guide for Librarians is designed for librarians and other educators who must instruct library patrons on subjects ranging from research skills to understanding and using electronic tools to providing self-paced instruction. This book provides public, academic, school, and...
Empowering Leadership
Developing Behaviors for Success
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
This book takes the mystery out of leadership by illustrating the visible and invisible components of leadership. Essential questions, reflective strategies, and practical tips within each chapter will bring school librarians to their next level in leadership while they recognize the hidden leadership...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
The emergence of open access, web technology, and e-publishing has slowly transformed modern libraries into digital libraries. With this variety of technologies utilized, cloud computing and virtual technology has become an advantage for libraries to provide a single efficient system that saves money...
Metadata Best Practices and Guidelines
Current Implementation and Future Trends
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Metadata best practices and guidelines function as an essential mechanism for metadata planning, application and management, and interoperability. There has been a rapidly growing body of digital repositories and collections; accordingly, a wide range of digital projects and initiatives have adopted...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
Librarianship may be said to be facing an identity crisis. It may also be said that librarianship has been facing an identity crisis since it was proposed as a profession. With the advent of technology that lowers barriers to the access of information, the mission of a library has become indistinct....
Genealogy and the Librarian
Perspectives on Research, Instruction, Outreach and Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Covering trends, issues and case studies, this collection presents 34 new essays by library professionals actively engaged in helping patrons with genealogy research across the United States. Topics include strategies for finding military and court records, mapping family migration and settlement,...