Library category: 2034 books
Shadow Libraries
Access to Knowledge in Global Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
How students get the materials they need as opportunities for higher education expand but funding shrinks.
From the top down, Shadow Libraries explores the institutions that shape the provision of educational materials, from the formal sector of universities and publishers to the broadly informal...
LGBTQAI+ Books for Children and Teens
Providing a Window for All
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
There is a rich and varied body of literature for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, asexual/allied and intersexed young people, which can function as a mirror for LGBTQAI+ individuals and as a window for others. This resource for librarians who work with children and teens not...
by Alma Ortega
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Academic Libraries and Toxic Leadership examines a phenomenon that has yet to be seriously explored. While other so-called feminized professions, such as nursing, have been studied for their tendency to create toxic leadership environments, thus far academic librarianship has not.
This book...
Librarian as Communicator
Case Studies and International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2019
As the information landscape evolves and takes shape using traditional and new platforms, it is the role of Academic Libraries to take the lead in communicating, developing and informing these changes in timely and relevant ways. Experienced librarians and those new to the field seek out innovative...
by Christopher C. Brown, Suzanne S. Bell
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
Today's librarians not only need to know about existing databases and how to perform searches within them but must also be able to teach search capabilities and strategies to library users. This practical guide introduces librarians to a broad spectrum of the fee-based and freely-available databases...
by Rebecca L. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze.
• Offers easy subject access to children's picture books
•...
Tech for All
Moving beyond the Digital Divide
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
How can libraries ensure that patrons from all socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds have access to advanced technology training and hardware? Everyone knows libraries provide access to computers and the internet for day to day use, but many libraries have gone beyond those basic services. Makerspaces...
Moving Beyond the Presentation Layer
Content and Context in the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Can the Dewey Decimal System meet the needs of the rapidly changing information environment?
Moving Beyond the Presentation Layer explores the Dewey Decimal System from a variety of perspectives, each of which peels away a bit of the presentation layer-the familiar linear notational sequence-to...
Via verde e via d’oro
Le politiche open access dell’Università di Firenze
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Via verde e via d’oro. Le politiche open access dell’Università di Firenze affronta il poliedrico tema dell’accesso libero e gratuito alla conoscenza. L’open access è un movimento nato nel secolo scorso con lo scopo di potenziare la diffusione dell’informazione scientifica. Negli ultimi...
by M. P. Satija
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
The Dewey Decimal Classification system (DDC) is the world’s most popular library classification system. The 23rd edition of the DDC was published in 2011. This second edition of The Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System examines the history, management and technical aspects...
Web-Based Instruction
A Guide for Libraries
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Expanding on the popular, practical how-to guide for public, academic, school, and special libraries, technology expert Susan Sharpless Smith offers library instructors the confidence to take Web-based instruction into their own hands. Smith has thoroughly updated Web-Based Instruction: A Guide for...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Contributors provide insights about business librarianship in various types of institutions, explore traditional and non-traditional career paths in business librarianship, and discuss numerous strategies for professional growth (from earning an MBA degree to working abroad). Among the topics covered...
by Sarah Kepple
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
In our technology-obsessed society, computer coding is a highly valued and in-demand skill, but many people consider it an activity only for technology geeks and educated professionals—even more so to teach coding. Not so, says author Sarah Kepple. In this accessible guide, she explains why you...
Le origini della biblioteca contemporanea
Un istituto in cerca di identità tra Vecchio e Nuovo Continente (secoli XVII-XIX)
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 21, 2017
L'idea del libro nasce dalla convinzione che per comprendere le biblioteche dei nostri giorni (scopi, funzioni ecc.) sia opportuno conoscere meglio la loro storia. In tale prospettiva riveste un ruolo importante il periodo più remoto, collocabile tra la fine del Seicento e la prima metà dell'Ottocento....