Library Information Services category: 2034 books
by Ann M. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
This comprehensive book takes the reader through the necessary steps to develop user buy-in and assistance in creating a learner-driven library program. The result? A unique, exemplary school library program that is eligible for national awards.
Public Library Buildings: The Librarian's Go-To Guide for Construction, Expansion, and Renovation Projects
The Librarian's Go-To Guide for Construction, Expansion, and Renovation Projects
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
This go-to guide covers the entire process of building or renovating a public library—from initial planning, to maintaining the completed space, to measuring success.
• Provides you with an informal, easy-to-read, practical guide that addresses the specific needs of public librarians looking...
Finding Reliable Information Online
Adventures of an Information Sleuth
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
We live in an information-saturated environment and spend far too much time searching, surfing, skimming, contributing, and organizing the information in our lives. We spend too little time immersing ourselves in reliable high quality information. We are often so buried in information and strapped...
Multilingual Information Management
Information, Technology and Translators
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Multilingual information is in high demand in today’s globalised economy. Industry and market globalisation, intensified collaboration between European countries, technological developments, the advent and consolidation of the Internet, the rise of electronic business, and the increased use of electronic...
Maximizing Google Analytics
Six High-Impact Practices
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Are you getting your money’s worth out of Google Analytics? Investing time in customizing your settings in Google Analytics helps you get the most out of the detailed data it offers, particularly if your library’s web presence spans multiple platforms. In this issue of Library Technology Reports,...
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...
Libraries, Leadership, and Scholarly Communication
Essays by Rick Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
A creative thinker on topics related to library collections and scholarly publishing, Rick Anderson does not back away from controversy. “Whenever we, as members of an organization like a library, are forced to choose between good things, we may start by trying to figure out some way to have both things,”...
by Judith Anne Sykes
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
How should teacher librarians or instructional leaders engage in action research to improve their school library and benefit students' learning? This book provides the answers.
• Supplies invaluable insights from experts and practitioners on the subject of action research
• Provides...
Children's Literature in Action: A Librarian's Guide, 2nd Edition
A Librarian's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Children's Literature in Action: A Librarian's Guide, Second Edition presents an action-oriented approach for sharing books with children ages 5 through 12, planning book-based programs, and collaborating with teachers and families in sharing books and developing literature-based instruction. Author...
Supporting Research Writing
Roles and Challenges in Multilingual Settings
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Supporting Research Writing explores the range of services designed to facilitate academic writing and publication in English by non-native English-speaking (NNES) authors. It analyses the realities of offering services such as education, translation, editing and writing, and then considers the challenges...
by Doug Achterman, Marlene Asselin, Steven M. Baule
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
This collection of enlightening and stimulating articles, written by some of the most important figures in school librarianship, demonstrates how teacher-librarians, classroom teachers, and administrators can work together to create a 21st century school library media program. With topics that emphasize...
by Madeleine Lefebvre
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2005
In the halls of knowledge, amidst the towering stacks of books, more than just facts and fiction await. The Romance of Libraries is a collection of true accounts of emotional attachments formed in and with libraries and the library field. Madeleine J. Lefebvre has gathered personal narratives from...
by Cynthia Orr
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
The question "can you recommend a good book?" can be one of the most daunting you face, notwithstanding the fact that recommender tools are ubiquitous. Often, uncertainty arises because, although librarians are called on to perform such services daily, readers' advisory is a skill set in which most...
Reference and Access
Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Reference and Access: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores how archives of different sizes and types are increasing their effectiveness in serving the public and meeting internal needs. The book features twelve case studies that demonstrate new ways to interact with users...