This guide helps librarians and library staff build political support for library funding in the years leading up to a ballot measure or political initiative through day-to-day work. It describes h
Wyatt, an author, editor, and readers' advisory columnist, and Saricks, a retired librarian, editor, and author, offer a guide to help librarians become familiar with fiction genres and provide re
This volume brings together 12 chapters that explore ways to help students understand the purpose and function of peritext and use it to support critical thinking and the evaluation of information.
Kroski, a librarian, information technology director, editor, and author, shows libraries how to use escape rooms and other immersive experiences to engage patrons and teach information literacy an
Academic librarians offer advice to others on acquiring streaming video services, particularly addressing the logistics of providing streaming video for the library. They cover the library's role i
It’s up to you to measure the value of your academic library and how it delivers on your institution’s goals. The question is how to do it efficiently and effectively. This resource from Megan Oakleaf
This book of ready-to-go programs and events will help public libraries give fans who are passionate about genres, characters, games, and book series plenty of reasons to return to the library again a
You’re about to become a library supervisor! In addition to excitement you may also feel some uncertainty. Mentor, creator, monitor, and negotiator are some of the roles a supervisor must play, and we
Young children love to move—and that’s a great thing! Because in addition to supporting early learning, storytime can provide young children with opportunities to explore physical movement. The centur
Once fully funded by the government, cutbacks in the past forced public broadcasting to develop new sources of funding, which helped it to survive and to thrive. This is the model Rossman, III, presen
Knoll, a former children's librarian and researcher, explains how to provide library services to infants, toddlers, and their families. After describing how one library learned what is involved in ser
The authors apply Six Sigma to continuous library improvement, showing libraries how to use data analytics and data-driven decision making to make their operations more cost-effective and value-added.
Talk of so-called fake news, what it is and what it isn’t, is front and center across the media landscape, with new calls for the public to acquire appropriate research and evaluation skills and becom
Phillips’s book provides librarians and archivists responsible for local history archives in public libraries understanding of how to better manage, make accessible, and preserve their collections.
Summer reading for children is a long standing and cherished tradition in public libraries across America, but today’s kids need to master new skills and competencies.
Digital collections have already changed the ways users access and interact with an institution’s materials. And small or medium-sized libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies face a uni
Benjes-Small and Miller present a textbook and workbook for librarians who are taking on instruction duties for the first time, for librarians who have instruction experience but need to adapt it
Smith collects stories from librarians who worked through the second half of the twentieth century, a time of great change and upheaval in the library system due to the rise of the internet. The st
Cart presents readers with a comprehensive examination of the emergent genre of young adult fiction in the English speaking world. He covers young adult fiction in the nineteen sixties and seventie
Anderson collects 37 of his essays, columns, articles, blog posts, and other writings originally published between 2004 and 2015 on topics related to libraries and their collections, and scholarly com
In our technology-saturated world, all the answers we seek are at our fingertips. Right? Though students might think so, educators know otherwise. But beyond merely helping students find answers to qu
