Ala Editions imprint: 162 books
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...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
This e-book contains the 2013 Revision of RDA: Resource Description and Access, and includes the July 2013 Update. This e-book offers links within the RDA text and the capability of running rudimentary searches of RDA, but please note that this e-book does not have the full range of content or functionality...
The New Instruction Librarian
A Workbook for Trainers and Learners
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
The sheer amount of resources on the subject of information literacy is staggering. Yet a comprehensive but concise roadmap specifically for librarians who are new to instruction, or who are charged with training someone who is, has remained elusive. Until now. This book cuts through the jargon and rhetoric...
by Minnow, Tomas A. Lipinski
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
When your public library invites the community to its spaces—a meeting room, an auditorium, bulletin board, or exhibit case—you take on the responsibility to uphold First Amendment rights of free expression. That includes the members of your frontline staff, who are busy fielding calls and responding...
Creating Inclusive Library Environments
A Planning Guide for Serving Patrons with Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Librarians are continually faced with challenges of how to best meet the needs of patrons with disabilities, whether those patrons have physical or intellectual disabilities, differing learning styles, or even temporary problems which impact their access and may change over time. And because planning...
The Network Reshapes the Library
Lorcan Dempsey on Libraries, Services and Networks
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Since he began posting in 2003, Dempsey has used his blog to explore nearly every important facet of library technology, from the emergence of Web 2.0 as a concept to open source ILS tools and the push to web-scale library management systems. More than just a commentary on the issue of the moment, the...
Getting Started with Digital Collections
Scaling to Fit Your Organization
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Digital collections have already changed the ways users access and interact with an institution’s materials. And small or medium-sized libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies face a unique set of challenges in regards to digital collections. They may have been unable to jump on the digitization...
by Becky Siegel Spratford
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Vampires, zombies, ghosts, and ghoulies: there are more things going bump in the night than ever. So how do you wend your way through all of them to find the ones that interest a particular reader? RA expert Spratford updates her advisory to include the latest in monsters and the macabre, including Lists...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Featuring contributions by active librarians from around the country, this guide offers a goldmine of quality books for children, spotlighting more than 500 titles published within the last four years. Ranging from books for newborns through readers to age 14, the selected books encompass a wide variety...
Assessing Service Quality
Satisfying the Expectations of Library Customers, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Academic and public libraries are continuing to transform as the information landscape changes, expanding their missions into new service roles that call for improved organizational performance and accountability. Since Assessing Service Quality premiered in 1998, receiving the prestigious Highsmith...
by S. Hands
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
Whether they’re students taking the traditional path of entering college from high school, or adult first-time or re-entry students, navigating the admissions and financial aid process can be overwhelming for the college bound. Public libraries can help provide information and guidance for a successful...
Engaging Babies in the Library
Putting Theory into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Public libraries across the nation continue to transform themselves into learning centers for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. There are many resources available to help librarians create baby-friendly play spaces and enhanced storytimes, but until now there has been gap in the literature addressing...
Renew Yourself
A Six-Step Plan for More Meaningful Work
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
Unplanned careers affect everything and everyone. They can lead to frustration, negativity, and apathy at a time when we need to be focused, energized and motivated. Though your library career might have started “accidentally,” you can overcome organizational restructuring, changing job titles, and...
Embedding Librarianship in Learning Management Systems
A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Information literacy instruction is best when it is integrated into actual research, and in higher education that means embedding librarianship into the learning management system (LMS). This new How-To-Do-It Manual is geared towards academic librarians already working with classes in an LMS as well...