Author: Woodward, Jeannette Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This Special Report provides the compassionate guidance and pragmatic support that librarians will need to survive possible career crises and reenter the job market with renewed confidence.
Author: Nitecki, Danuta A. Publisher: Academic Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The 30th volume of Advances in Librarianship acknowledges changes in the profession over three and a half decades, while continuing a tradition of identifying new trends and innovations. The contribut...
Author: Connor, Elizabeth Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: With real-world case studies culled from over three dozen prominent librarian-instructors from across the US and Canada, the essays collected here provide librarians with detailed methods for and acco...
Author: Mates, Barbara T. Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This sensitively written and practical guidebook will be an indispensable resource for ensuring that a library's offerings are accessible to everyone.
Author: Mates, Barbara T. Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: This sensitively written and practical guidebook will be an indispensable resource for ensuring that a library's offerings are accessible to everyone.
Author: Harris, Nathaniel Publisher: Fitzroy Dearborn Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Vividly and lavishly illustrated, the "Atlas of the World's Deserts" examines the hostile and extreme environments that cover more than a seventh of the world's surface. The atlas demonstrates how, in...
Author: Hakala-Ausperk, Catherine Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: To help library managers improve their skills and acumen, renowned speaker and trainer Hakala-Ausperk presents a handy self-study guide to the dynamic role of being a boss.
Author: Walter, Virginia A. / Weisburg, Hilda K. Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Making the case for the vital role school librarians play in learning, this book gives readers all the strategies they need to become the kind of leader their school can't do without.
Author: Walter, Virginia A. / Weisburg, Hilda K. Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Making the case for the vital role school librarians play in learning, this book gives readers all the strategies they need to become the kind of leader their school can't do without.
Author: N/A Publisher: Library Juice Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Beyond Article 19: Libraries and Social and Cultural Rights addresses the subject of libraries and cultural rights, a topic that has received relatively little attention in the past, but which librari...
Author: De Bellis, Nicola Publisher: Scarecrow Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Can the methods of science be directed toward science itself? How did it happen that scientists, scientific documents, and their bibliographic links came to be regarded as mathematical variables in ab...
Author: Dowd, Nancy / Evangeliste, Mary Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Written and designed to reflect the way people read today, this book is structured to quickly impart simple and cost-effective ideas on marketing your library.
Author: N/A Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Supporting this growing population is a concern of many, and this book will help you find ways to be creative and take the initiative to build a better service model for these customers.
Author: Gorman, Michael Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: From his earliest reading memories in wartime Britain through five decades of librarianship, eminent librarian and former ALA President Michael Gorman offers insights from his extraordinary career in ...
Author: N/A Publisher: IGI Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The organization, functioning, and the role of libraries in university communities continue to change dramatically. While academic research libraries continue to acquire information, organize it, mak...
Author: King, David Lee Publisher: ALA TechSource Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This issue of Library Technology Reports explores the idea of the digital branch-a library website that is a vital, functional resource for patrons and enhances the library's place within its communit...
Author: N/A Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This new fifth edition of the classic Cataloging Correctly for Kids points the way towards providing effective cataloging for materials intended for children and young adults.
Author: Metz, Ruth F. Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Experienced librarian and coach Ruth Metz outlines a focused and results-oriented plan for achieving the best results from staff members through a coaching style of management.
Author: Metz, Ruth F. Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Experienced librarian and coach Ruth Metz outlines a focused and results-oriented plan for achieving the best results from staff members through a coaching style of management.
Author: Jerrard, Jane Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Crisis in Employment will help you meet the needs of patrons seeking new work, making career changes, or starting their own businesses in a comprehensive way that suits your local community's conditio...
Author: Olson, Jack E. Publisher: Elsevier S&T Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: With the amount of data a business accumulates now doubling every 12 to 18 months, IT professionals need to know how to develop a system for archiving important database data, in a way that both satis...
Author: Olson, Jack E. Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Format: Adobe PDF
Description: With the amount of data a business accumulates now doubling every 12 to 18 months, IT professionals need to know how to develop a system for archiving important database data, in a way that both satis...
Author: N/A Publisher: Information Science Reference Format: Adobe PDF
Description: E-Reference Context and Discoverability in Libraries: Issues and Concepts consists of over 20 informative chapters by librarians, publishers, and other industry professionals that propose new ideas fo...
Author: Larson, Jeanette Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Complemented by numerous bilingual book suggestions, this resource is perfect for collection development, early literacy storytimes, and year-round program planning.
Author: Yu, Holly / Breivold, Scott Publisher: Information Science Reference Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A pronounced move from print subscriptions to electronic resources in all types of libraries has fundamentally impacted the library and its users. With the influx of resources such as e-journals; e-bo...
Author: Todaro, Julie Publisher: Government Institutes Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Despite the volumes of information they contain, few libraries, whose population at any given moment is as unpredictable as the weather, know how to prepare for, endure, and survive a disaster, whethe...
Author: Mathews, Patricia O'Brien Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Designed to keep librarians and readers up-to-date with the hottest contemporary supernatural beings in adult literature, Fang-tastic Fiction is both fun to read and easy to use.
Author: Johnson, Peggy Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: In this fully updated revision, expert instructor and librarian Peggy Johnson addresses the art in controlling and updating your library's collection.
Author: Johnson, Peggy Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In this fully updated revision, expert instructor and librarian Peggy Johnson addresses the art in controlling and updating your library's collection.
Author: Giesecke, Joan / McNeil, Beth Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Two experienced library managers explain how to create a productive workplace as they weave expert advice and commentary into an easy-to-use resource.
Author: Griffey, Jason Publisher: ALA TechSource Format: Adobe PDF
Description: From e-readers to cameras and audio recorders to the iPad, Jason provides insight into what these devices can do, how much they cost, and how librarians can use them to enhance their facilities and se...
Author: N/A Publisher: Information Science Reference Format: Adobe PDF
Description: As digital libraries expand in their proliferation, and as researchers, students, and consumers increasingly depend on them for their information needs, developers are keen to learn more about the des...
Author: Tunstall, Patricia Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: How do you find good library shelvers and keep them for more than a few months? Tunstall gives practical advice to help you do just that with a complete overview on how to hire, test, train, and retai...
Author: Tunstall, Patricia Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: How do you find good library shelvers and keep them for more than a few months? Tunstall gives practical advice to help you do just that with a complete overview on how to hire, test, train, and retai...
Author: N/A Publisher: Garland Science Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Science is an essential element of American civilization. The historical study of American science -- the study of the individuals, the institutions, the ideas, and the experiments that together cons...
Author: Booth, Char Publisher: ALA TechSource Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Char Booth examines the long-term adoption of one established tool, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in order to gain insight into the library innovation process.
Author: Booth, Char Publisher: ALA TechSource Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Char Booth examines the long-term adoption of one established tool, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in order to gain insight into the library innovation process.
Author: N/A Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: But whether job-hunters are jumping into the job pool for the very first time, or back in the water after a dry spell, Neely and her crack team of expert contributors have the information needed to st...
Author: N/A Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: But whether job-hunters are jumping into the job pool for the very first time, or back in the water after a dry spell, Neely and her crack team of expert contributors have the information needed to st...
Author: Fitzgerald, Hiram E. Publisher: Garland Science Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field of childhood development focus on the critical issues and questions that need to be addressed at the beginning of the twenty-first century. T...
Author: Hill, Chrystie Publisher: ALA Editions Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Whatever your role, and whatever size or type of library, the principles outlined here can support anyone working to build a strong community of engaged, interested, and satisfied library users.
