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
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
It has always been important for libraries to serve their communities with good programming. But as technology and bookstores pull customers away from traditional library services, programs have becom
Freeman, a former school librarian, presents storytime programs for children from birth to age 14. She discusses different elements that can be used in interactive storytelling, with examples--picture
Academic librarians and library administrators explore the theory, practice, benefits, and pitfalls of building a library collection based on requests by library users. Among the topics are electronic
In this sequel to the book that "takes teen services to a new level" (Adolescence), YA experts Amy J. Alessio And Kimberly A. Patton present entirely new content while building on their previously suc
Multicultural Programs for Tweens and Teens is a one-stop resource that encourages children and young adults to explore different culturesFollowing the practical programs laid out here, young adult l
The second edition of this manual for developing a library collection has been revised to explain how new technologies in electronic media are both logical and important in order to remain a competiti
For librarians who are not musicians, this guide explains how to select sources for a music collection. Fling gives brief overviews of the history of music libraries and scholarship, and discusses typ
Practitioners and teen/young adult specialists Alessio and Patton offer a collection of lively but affordable activities for every month of the year, including a hands-on Renaissance art program, a ph
This is how storyteller, librarian, and all-around jokester Rob Reid opens his delightful new book, Something Funny Happened at the Library. Wouldn't it be great if kids came home from the library ho
There are a wealth of resources out there geared towards serving the needs of toddlers, school age children, young adults, and senior citizens. But something's missing. Library users in their 20s and
Alessio and Booth describe 13 clubs that libraries can establish for teenagers and 100 activities that club members can participate in. They begin with "read-a-latte books and media club&
Public librarians in Schaumburg, Illinois describe programs that libraries can conduct for people ranging in age from their late teens into their 40s. They include suggestions on how to reach out to t
Reid, an author, columnist, and children's and adolescent literature professor, provides 24 creative, interactive story programs for preschoolers that feature animals in themes related to family, frie
Organized by season, this collection contains an entire year of storytime programs for librarians to use with children ranging from infants to toddlers, book discussion programs for elementary student
A highly practical guide to moving a library collection, this volume is written by Fortriede (retired associate director, Allen County Public Library), who has directed or consulted for twenty moves s
This title from author Rob Reid features stories, fingerplays, songs, and movement activities to enhance the time families spend at the library. If you liked Family Storytime, you will love the imagi
This resource describes about 300 essential books for a library collection for preschool children, including primary skills books, wordless picture books, rhyming books, nursery rhymes, fingerplays an
Working with at-risk teens is a rewarding and often challenging endeavor. You know there’s a need for library services that specifically reach this underserved population, but you don’t have the backg
Pearlmutter (library and information studies and management and collection development, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) and Nelson, who provides workshops on aspects of public library administration, offer a
Together Holt and Holt have worked 30 years developing and operating programs and services for the poor at St. Louis Public Library. The poor, they say, have been the library's core constituency for a
First published in 2002, this second edition has been revised and updated to include additional online and print resources. Alabaster (collection development coordinator, Phoenix Public Library, retir
Hassell and Mancall, both professors of information science at Drexel University, recommend a plan for operation of school media centers. The plan will help youth librarians develop and manage collect
With an emphasis on user satisfaction, this guide for research and college librarians describes data collection methods for measuring both learning and research outcomes. The text is based largely upo
Information literacy is not innate even in the computer age. The head librarian and a director of library services at the U. of Cincinnati offer faculty practical assistance on promoting literacy thro
Offers both an approach to staff evaluation and actual performance standards for a variety of professional and paraprofessional library positions that can be used in any type of library. Chapter 1 exp
Schull, an advisor to libraries, museums, and foundations on organizational and program development, profiles 117 archival and special collections programs, projects, institutions, and departments in
Doucett finds that new programs for libraries are not enough to deal with the challenges libraries face today: they must discover what their communities need and want today, redefine their mission acc
A library’s infrastructure of programs and personnel is its most valuable asset, providing the foundation for everything it does and aspires to do, which is why assessment is so vitally important. In
This resource for public and school librarians describes library programs in literature and the visual, performing, and mixed arts. Some of the programs profiled include projects with children in the
Since its original publication more than two decades ago, this guide has remained a respected and practical handbook for supporting one of the most important assets libraries possess: their human reso
Emphasizing the importance of having collection development policies in place to deal with challenges, Pinnell-Stephens (the Office of Intellectual Freedom) provides guidance on policies related to ar
Donovan, an acquisitions librarian at Appalachian State U., and Figueroa, a network services coordinator at the Ehrman Medical Library at New York U., assemble 17 invited chapters for leaders, supervi
Designed as a comprehensive program planning and implementation guide for public libraries, this book begins with an overview of the history and current contexts of summer library reading programs. Ch
