Library Information Services category: 2034 books
Try Your Hand at This
Easy Ways to Incorporate Sign Language into Your Programs
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2005
American Sign Language is more than just an assortment of gestures. It is a full-fledged unique language, with all the characteristics of such. This helpful and user-friendly guide for librarians and other library personnel involved in library programming demonstrates everything from how to set up...
The Machiavellian Librarian
Winning Allies, Combating Budget Cuts, and influencing Stakeholders
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Do librarians ‘rock the boat’? Do they challenge those around them to win influence and advantage? Why is it that librarians are little found on the ‘influence’ grid of personality assessment tests? The Machiavellian Librarian offers real life examples of librarians who use their knowledge...
3D Printing
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Planning and implementing a 3D printing service in a library may seem like a daunting task. Based upon the authors’ experience as early adopters of 3D technology and running a successful 3D printing service at a large academic library, this guide provides the steps to follow when launching a service...
by Cyns Nelson, Adam Speirs
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Discover the true value and exciting possibilities of oral history in the library: learn new and compelling ways to engage your patrons by sharing personal and community history with them.
• Shows librarians how to realize the potential of oral history collections
• Goes beyond content...
by Margaux Del Guidice, Rose Luna
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Make a Big Impact @ Your School Board Meeting was inspired by the authors' experiences speaking at local and national library conferences on the topic of making presentations to school boards and forging relationships with key administrators. It became clear that many librarians are unsure how to...
by AA.VV.
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 12, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 12, 2016
The volume deals with some of the most relevant issues related to the identity of the public library and its historical, cultural, social, organizational changes, according to a comparative perspective. The topics are covered in four sections (History, Present and Future of the Public Library; Models...
Information Cosmopolitics
An Actor-Network Theory Approach to Information Practices
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Information Cosmopolitics explores interaction between nationalist and information sharing practices in academic communities with a view to understanding the potential impacts of these interactions. This book is also a resounding critique of existing theories and methods as well as the launching point...
Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, 7th Edition
A Guide to Popular Reading Interests
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
For readers' advisory librarians with patrons looking for their next great read, professors teaching readers' advisory service, or even enthusiastic readers who prefer to help themselves, Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests serves all of their needs. A new introductory section covering...
by Jeannette Woodward
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
During these tough economic times, more people are relying on libraries than ever before, even as library funding is being slashed or eliminated altogether. The hard truth is that many seasoned librarians are losing their jobs, and many recent LIS graduates are having a hard time finding one. Being...
Double Fold
Libraries and the Assault on Paper
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
The ostensible purpose of a library is to preserve the printed word. But for fifty years our country’s libraries–including the Library of Congress–have been doing just the opposite, destroying hundreds of thousands of historic newspapers and replacing them with microfilm copies that are difficult...
Information and Intrigue
From Index Cards to Dewey Decimals to Alger Hiss
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
An account of Herbert Field's quest for a new way of organizing information and how information systems are produced by ideology as well as technology.
In Information and Intrigue Colin Burke tells the story of one man's plan to revolutionize the world's science information systems and how...
Going Mobile
Developing Apps for Your Library Using Basic HTML Programming
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Patrons increasingly expect access to their libraries anywhere, anytime. This Special Report provides practical guidance in how librarians can put the library in the palms of their patrons’ hands. Using the HTML skills that many librarians already have along with flexible development tools, technology...
The Card Catalog
Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
The Library of Congress brings booklovers an enriching tribute to the power of the written word and to the history of our most beloved books. Featuring more than 200 full-color images of original catalog cards, first edition book covers, and photographs from the library's magnificent archives, this...
Everyday HR
A Human Resources Handbook for Academic Library Staff
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
From the dean or director to student assistants, every academic library employee is subject to a number of complicated, confusing, and intertwined employment policies and procedures. Many of these are required by law or governed by federal or state regulations; other policies or practices are unique...