Library Information Services category: 2034 books
by Amanda L. Goodman
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Families share stories with each other and veterans reconnect with their comrades, while teens edit music videos and then upload them to the web: all this and more can happen in the digital media lab (DML), a gathering of equipment with which people create digital content or convert content that is in...
by Godfrey Oswald
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Which are the oldest public libraries in the world? In what years were the first books printed in French, Thai, Japanese, Arabic, Turkish? What are the oldest extant texts written in Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish? When was the first major computer database used in libraries? What are the titles...
Universal Design
A Practical Guide to Creating and Re-Creating interiors of Academic Libraries for Teaching, Learning, and Research
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Universal Design provides practitioners, graduate students, and other professionals interested in obtaining practical advice on how to effectively create and re-create interiors of academic libraries for teaching, learning, and research. The academic library ‘as place’ continues to evolve around...
Finding History
Research Methods and Resources for Students and Scholars
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
In today’s world of modern research methods, the irony is that even though more materials are readily available now than ever before, this proliferation of sources has actually made the process more difficult for the novice researcher. In addition, today’s professors expect high-quality sources...
by Susan P. Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2015
Need ideas for library displays? Here is an effective tool for designing and creating unique visual statements for library spaces. It offers practical advice on utilizing everyday materials to create lively but economical presentations on all sorts of topics including authors, world cultures, traditions,...
Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion
Information Policy and the Public Library
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion: Information Policy and the Public Library examines the interrelationships between digital literacy, digital inclusion, and public policy, emphasizing the impacts of these policy decisions on the ability of individuals and communities to successfully participate...
Visual Interface Design for Digital Cultural Heritage
A Guide to Rich-Prospect Browsing
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Browsing for information is a significant part of most research activity, but many online collections hamper browsing with interfaces that are variants on a search box. Research shows that rich-prospect interfaces can offer an intuitive and highly flexible alternative environment for information browsing,...
Animals are the Issue
Library Resources on Animal Issues
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Supply your library with the best collection of resources on animal issues!
Animals are the Issue: Library Resources on Animal Issues is a guide to books, journals, and Web sites on historic and modern animal treatment. Expert librarians and scholars provide helpful resources showing what ideals...
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...
Partnerships and Collaborations in Public Library Communities
Resources and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2011
Public libraries must connect to their local communities. Considering modern funding constraints, this can be best done by collaborating and partnering with other local organizations. Partnerships and Collaborations in Public Library Communities: Resources and Solutions shows how these partnerships can...
HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS-Related Terminology
A Means of Organizing the Body of Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS-Related Terminology: A Means of Organizing the Body of Knowledge offers an adaptable and extensive framework for organizing the ever-expanding number of resources on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It lays down the groundwork upon which future blocks of information can be placed. As new...
Implementing the Information Literacy Framework
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Implementing the Information Literacy Framework: A Practical Guide for Librarians is written with three types of people in mind: librarians, classroom educators, and students. This book and its website address the implementation of the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Framework of...
Serials Binding
A Simple and Complete Guidebook to Processes
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
Serials Binding: A Simple and Complete Guidebook to Processes presents all the step-by-step information needed to begin a journal binding project. This essential handbook provides novice faculty and staff beginning bindery programs at any school or library with a useful history of binding, work flow...
by Sandra D. Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
The Power of Data discusses the use of data sets to establish goals for school library programs. Highlighting data available at the local, state, and national levels, the book takes a look at how school librarians can use available data to influence decisions at the local level. The Power of Data will...