Briggs, a veteran public and school librarian, presents 35 themes for preschool storytimes, composed of book suggestions, fingerplays, short poems, flannelboard stories (complete with patterns), music
Presents guidelines for fostering improvement in school library media programs and strategies for creating a community of lifelong learners. Details information literacy standards for student learning
Personal librarians form one-on-one relationships with college and university students, customizing their guidance to each student’s information literacy needs throughout the student’s years in school
Dickinson (school library media education, Old Dominion University) coaches school library media specialists through National Board Certification exam specifics. After a history and overview of the ce
Discusses librarians who are community-building trailblazers, and explains how to build a grassroots campaign, build partnerships to strengthen a library's connections in the community, become involve
The authors propose a concept of metaliteracy that expands the scope of traditional information literacy skills to include the collaborative production and sharing of information in participatory digi
Library and information sciences scholarship on YA services has largely been overlooked, particularly with respect to how the profession defines or envisions its target population. These essays examin
Designed for students and information professionals working with archives or collections of digital data, this how-to guide provides practical instructions for managing meta-data for effective informa
Harris (University Laboratory High School, the University of Illinois- Urbana-Champaign) helps librarians, educators, and parents guide teens in making decisions about information in the world of text
The College Library Information Packet Notes (CLIP Notes) publishing program, under the auspices of the College Libraries Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, provides college
Six American library professionals offer cutting-edge information and advice for librarians on four current interactive technologies. Coverage includes the use of Real Simple Syndication (RSS) for pro
Intended for elementary school library programs, this teaching resource contains advice and sample lesson plans for building background knowledge, determining main ideas in a reading, using sensory im
Bryan (Southeastern Massachusetts Library System) offers advice on creating new service areas within existing library space, in this workbook for library directors, staff, and boards. The workbook out
While information management is relevant to many fields, IM has become increasingly specialized. This is how Maceviciute (Boroas U. College, Sweden; communication, Vilnius U., Lithuania) and Wilson (e
Continuing The Horn Book's retrospective series covering the most prestigious awards in children's book publishing, librarians detail both the awards themselves and the books chosen. They assemble r
Emanating from an ALA conference on gaps in reference research, this guide assists librarians in conducting assessment studies, and justifying funding, for library service improvement. Chapters span p
The authors use a people-oriented rather than a system-oriented approach in their discussions of listening, speaking, nonverbal behavior, writing, working in groups, making presentations, and training
Rearranged and often expanded from presentations at an October 2014 colloquium in Cleveland, Ohio, 17 essays look at special collections within libraries from the perspectives of communities, the endu
Ward shows academic librarians how to downsize and streamline potentially little used collections. The material is organized in five chapters entitled "Background," "Traditi
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
In this important book El-Sherbini tackles key questions about how the new cataloging standard will be implemented by cataloging professionals, offering an orientation in the conceptual background and
Singer, a reference and instruction librarian at Bowling Green State U., shows librarians how to manage reference collections of any size or type in public, academic, school, corporate, governmental,
Librarians working in public, school, academic, and special libraries around the country tell their first-person stories of censorship in the library. While some essays portray brave librarians standi
To help college and university libraries develop new strategic plans or revise their current documents, Dubicki, a librarian at Monmouth U., collects sample strategic planning documents from 25 academ
In this new edition of the definitive Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook, edited by CheriT Weible and Karen Janke, expert contributors clearly explain the complexities of getting materials for patro
Noting that reference librarians are competing with other sources of information in today's society, Murphy (research and reference, Ohio State U. Libraries) helps them transform their function into l
Sue Polanka brings together a variety of professionals to share their expertise about e-books with librarians and publishers. Providing forward-thinking ideas while remaining grounded in practical inf
Two school library and media construction specialists with extensive combined experience have updated their guide to building a new school library media center to account for decreasing funding, incre
Traditional librarians are often intimidated by the new world of metadata, most especially those without a specialized background in cataloging. Colleagues in general and special libraries who have be
This handbook for educators and librarians offers guidance for incorporating primary sources into the history curriculum. It gives particular attention to the resources available at the Library of Con
Reference librarians are facing a new information environment that challenges the very nature of their profession. Janes (library and information science, U. of Washington), writing for students new t
This book introduces MARC21, an integrated record format used in libraries. Early chapters introduce the needs of library patrons and show how bibliographic information in library catalogs helps patro
Re-assessing (and re-affirming) the library's role in the advancing of democratic values, this book considers the challenges libraries face, especially those posed by new technologies. Twenty essays
This reference on reference highlights the best available materials in all media for general library collections. The manual outlines the process for locating, evaluating, and selecting the best info
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
Schmidt and Carstens present readers with a comprehensive guide to the complexities of technical services as they relate to the performance of subject liaison duties in relation to collection deve
Local History Reference Collections for Public Libraries is a one-stop resource designed to support library staff who seek to create, improve, and effectively maintain easy-to-manage reference collect
"Every decision you make affects how people experience your library. Aaron Schmidt and Amanda Etches count some 19 touchpoints--website, email, furniture, parking lot, events, newsletters, to name a f
This reference lists picture books from around the world for children ages three to eight. Organized by geographical region, it contains descriptions of currently available books by authors and illust
Probably the hardest part of evaluating an academic library is getting started with it. Here, Hernon (library and information systems, Simmons College), Dugan (dean of libraries, U. of West Florida),
