Johnson, a retired university librarian and speaker and trainer on collection development and management, explains aspects of collection development in all types of libraries, with a focus on thos
Arguing that academic librarians need to recognize themselves as collaborators and educators, the author offers a philosophy of librarians as educators and outlines the ways they are an integral p
How do school librarians best serve students, classroom teachers, and principals simultaneously? The key, argues Moreillon, is to lead. By embracing a leadership role, school librarians can work colla
Covering virtually every aspect of its subject, Collection Development and Management for 21st Century Library Collections is a soup-to-nuts guide perfect for students and beginning librarians, yet fu
Dorr, a media specialist and teacher, and Deskins, a school librarian and teacher, list LGBTQAI+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, and intersex) books for children and teens, bo
This volume describes the professional development program Assessment in Action, which ran from 2013 to 2016 and engaged about 200 higher education institutions to show evidence of library impact i
Dowd, who directs a homeless shelter and trains organizations on how to use empathy-driven enforcement with homeless individuals, shows librarians how to use this approach, which gets people to fol
Librarians, professors, and those working in nonprofit institutions, businesses, and government agencies in the US offer 24 chapters on how to interpret and apply library values in the context of e
Librarians and researchers from the US present 15 chapters that describe how libraries and Wikipedia communities are working together. They discuss Wikipedia's relationship to the GLAM (galleries,
Diamant-Cohen, a children's librarian who created the program and presents training workshops, webinars, and online courses for librarians, describes the Mother Goose on the Loose program, an early
Though media literacy and information literacy are intertwined, there are important differences; and there has never been a more urgent need for an incisive examination of the crucial role librarians
This work collects 50 “Carte Blanche” columns written by Michael Cart for Booklist between 1995 and 2017. Focusing on titles and issues in YA literature, the columns are grouped in themes of readin
Each primary-grade art project presented here is based on a picture book. Each picture book is briefly summarized, info is given on the illustrator and the art techniques used in the book and sugge
How we talk about what we do is just as important as what we do, and in communicating the value of libraries to our society what our profession needs is confidence, determination, and the will to succ
Teen literature expert Carstensen, creator and editor of School Library Journal‘s Adult Books 4 Teens blog, presents this comprehensive resource for serving the reading interests of teens in all types
Just because a set of responsibilities isn’t formally called management doesn’t mean that it isn’t management. And this vital text speaks to a reality that all current professionals already know: that
As discussions about the roles played by information in economic, political, and social arenas continue to evolve, the need for an intellectual primer on information ethics that also functions as a so
A recent study showed that only 53 percent of projects come in on budget and only 49 percent on schedule. So what does it take to be an on-time finisher? Successful project management may seem like a
