This resource for librarians, teachers, mental health professionals, and parents offers a guide to grief literature. Early chapter overviews review major concepts of grieving and the issues encountere
This exploration of author Laurell K. Hamilton's work examines the many novels of her series and shows how her writing has been a major influence on contemporary visions of the vampire.
This fascinating tale of the rise and fall of mini-computer-based integrated library systems (ILS) offers both an explanation of the technical workings--still being used daily--and a historical inves
Pfeffinger, an author and former educator, and Barchers, an author, teacher, and editor, offer 36 readers theatre scripts (one for each week of the school year) to help teachers and librarians introdu
A former librarian who has taught genealogy courses since his retirement offers a basic training course for librarians to build genealogical reference skills to help the increasing number of people re
Knoer, (U. of Kentucky, Lexington) offers a practical well-organized guide to helping library patrons get the information they need. She covers the in person reference interview as well as those condu
Hernon (library and information science, Simmons College) and Matthews, a library consultant, provide librarians with a guide to gathering information from the client perspective to meet library patro
This resource helps librarians and teachers select and recommend titles that depict the diversity of the modern family in contemporary literature for readers in grades four through nine. After an over
This book is designed to present the dynamics of the grant-seeking process, including proposal writing and grant management, for public, school, and academic librarians.
This guide for library aides, paraprofessionals, volunteers, and others with limited or no professional library training, offers practical advice on shelving and book arrangement, creating the story c
This book makes the perfect addition to teachers' and librarians' story time selections, containing 25 educational and entertaining tales from around the world as well as proven storytelling technique
An indispensible resource for anyone wanting to create, maintain, improve, understand, or use the diverse information resources within a sci-tech library.
This comprehensive overview of Julia Alvarez's fiction, nonfiction, and poetry offers biographical information and parses the author's important works and the intentions behind them.
This fascinating book explores the pros and cons of the top 25 green electricity technologies, illuminating how each technology works and detailing the key hurdles each emerging energy strategy has to
With more than 300 original annotations in some 60 thematic lists, this one-of-a kind compilation opens the world of audiobooks to listeners and librarians alike.
The 31st volume of the venerable reference continues its mission to simplify the reference selection process for smaller libraries. Titles are chosen from the current edition of American Reference Boo
This text shows teacher librarians how to become leaders in their schools and apply their unique skills and insight to develop a timely and meaningful vision for the school's library.
This much-needed guide to translated literature offers readers the opportunity to hear from, learn about, and perhaps better understand our shrinking world from the perspective of insiders from many
Some of the most interesting animals in the world aren't in zoos; they're in every neighborhood and park across the country. Male hummingbirds can dive at 60 mph to impress females. A chickadee can r
It is critically important that primary students be able to perform well on mandated, standardized tests. The best way to ensure success is to provide students with targeted practice that serves to i
After the No Child Left Behind Act went into effect, many school districts cut class time for social studies in favor of tested subjects like math and language arts. Some elementary teachers spend on
Today's catalogers need to be well-versed in various media and be able to contend with the pace and scope of changing technology. The ways in which library users now search for and approach informati
Smith, an associate librarian at the University of Notre Dame, has dressed in a pirate costume, become a flying leprechaun avatar, and starred in a YouTube video, all in the service of the profession.
There's a revolution in today's libraries---how they are organized, the types of resources they offer, how they serve patrons, and even in the mindsets of library specialists. The learning commons pa
This invaluable resource provides information about and sources for researching 50 of the top crime genre writers, including websites and other online resources.
This collection of tales represents and preserves the oral heritage of Arctic and Subarctic ethnic groups, so that their stories are no longer in danger of becoming lost to future generations.
This recently updated text provides today's graduate students and other interested readers with an introductory critical perspective on the past, present, and future of instructional technology.
Living chess games have been referenced in works from classic authors such as Lewis Carroll and Kurt Vonnegut; this theater art was also mentioned in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher'
Every classroom teacher and library media specialist could benefit from an authoritative, clear roadmap for navigating the Isolation, Coordination, Cooperation, and Collaboration (ICCC) continuum. Th
Every classroom teacher and library media specialist could benefit from an authoritative, clear roadmap for navigating the Isolation, Coordination, Cooperation, and Collaboration (ICCC) continuum. Th
This book offers a thorough exploration of historical fiction for young adults, examining popular and compelling books that illuminate the past and define the struggles faced by young people in those
Cataloging is evolving, not going away. Library and information science faculty accept the fact that the catalog of old is no more while they know that the underlying concepts remain valid and vital
The roles of reference librarians are constantly changing. Today, it's not unusual for librarians to also serve as trend trockers, data analysts, project managers, It troubleshooters, marketers, and
Twenty-five library science academics and university librarians from the US and Canada contribute 15 chapters that complement the limited, existing publications on library residency programs. Collecti
