Library category: 2034 books
Online Learning and Assessment in Higher Education
A Planning Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
The use of e-learning strategies in teaching is becoming increasingly popular, particularly in higher education. Online Learning and Assessment in Higher Education recognises the key decisions that need to be made by lecturers in order to introduce e-learning into their teaching. An overview of the...
by Linda S Katz
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Here is an in-depth book on the process of evaluating your acquisitions and collection management programs. No project, no matter how ingenious or innovative, will be granted support by a funding agency without a solid evaluation plan. Evaluating Acquisitions and Collection Management discusses the...
Learning in Later Life
Challenges for Social Work and Social Care
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Within the UK and Europe, government legislation and policies concerned with demography have asserted a paradigmatic shift towards the increased engagement of older people with public services. The philosophy of user involvement and co-production within these contexts has become integral to finding...
by Julie M. Still
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2007
Many types of nonprofit, charitable, and other small organizations need funding yet cannot afford to employ a full-time fundraiser, relying instead on volunteers or staff members to raise the money. The Accidental Fundraiser is a practical guide covering all aspects of fundraising for the small organization,...
Girls and Their Comics
Finding a Female Voice in Comic Book Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
In America, comics and comic books have often been associated with adolescent male fantasy—muscle-bound superheroes and scantily clad women. Nonetheless, comics have also been read and enjoyed by girls. While there have been many strong representations of women throughout their history, the comics...
Beyond Babar
The European Tradition in Children's Literature
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2006
All too often, attention is paid only to those children's novels that were written in English, with non-English-language works being passed over and neglected. Beyond Babar: The European Tradition in Children's Literature examines eleven of the most celebrated European children's novels in substantial,...
by Michael Pawuk, David S. Serchay
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Covering genres from action/adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast and expanding terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles as well as providing information that will help librarians to build and balance their graphic novel collections...
Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books
A Guide to the Illustrations
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books is a practical and easy-to-use reference handbook explaining what makes the art in Caldecott Medal and Honor books distinguished. It is a useful manual for librarians, teachers, and others who want to better understand picture book illustration. This book includes...
The Heart Has Its Reasons
Young Adult Literature with Gay/Lesbian/Queer Content, 1969-2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2006
Society does not make it easy for young people, regardless of their sexual orientation, to find accurate, nonjudgmental information about homosexuality. It makes it even more difficult for young homosexuals to find positive role models in fiction either written or published expressly for them or—if...
Computational Error and Complexity in Science and Engineering
Computational Error and Complexity
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2005
The book “Computational Error and Complexity in Science and Engineering pervades all the science and engineering disciplines where computation occurs. Scientific and engineering computation happens to be the interface between the mathematical model/problem and the real world application. One needs...
The Distant Mirror
Reflections on Young Adult Historical Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2005
Young adult historical fiction brings the past alive through stories of adventure, suspense, and mystery. The genre is both complex and controversial, encompassing novels that range from romance and fantasy to stark historical realism. The book examines the various approaches to young adult historical...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2001
A valuable and easy-to-use tool for librarians, teachers and others seeking to promote international understanding through children's literature. The annotated bibliography, organized geographically by world region and country, describes nearly 700 books representing 73 countries. Designed as a companion...
by Alleen Pace Nilsen, Don L. F. Nilsen
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2007
This book shows how authors of young adult literature use the creation of names for people, places, events, inventions, animals, and imaginary concepts as one of their most important literary techniques. Chapters address how authors use names to stretch readers' emotions, to reveal ethnic values and...
by Kathleen A. Baxter, Marcia Agness Kochel
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles...