Library and information services

This go-to guide covers the entire process of building or renovating a public library-from initial planning, to maintaining the completed space, to measuring success.

This collection of thoughtful essays discusses library trends and best practices in creating dynamic, effective, and enjoyable spaces for young adults.

With the rise of unemployment, increased career growth opportunities, and changing workforce demographics, libraries can support job seekers in several ways.

This 30th anniversary edition celebrates the lasting value and enduring legacy of Carol C.

From Lending to Learning provides a theoretical overview and practical guide to the functional area of delivering learning services within public libraries.

Edited by the cocreator of the Guided Inquiry Design(R) (GID) framework as well as an educator, speaker, and international consultant on the topic, this book explains the nuances of GID in the high school context.

Just about any librarian needs new ideas for dynamic, topical library displays.

Social media is here to stay.

Reviews are an important resource for readers' advisory and collection development.

Colleges and universities throughout the world plan library orientations for first years or specific audiences such as transfer or international students.

Electronic Records in the Manuscript Repository defines the problems related to electronic records and digital documents, describes the steps the curator should take to manage those electronic records and digital documents, and suggests ways to learn the specific skills and perspectives needed to do the job well.

Engage teens and 'tweens with library programs that nurture developmental and social needs-and keep young patrons entertained.

A History of Ottoman Libraries tells the story of the development and the organization of Ottoman libraries from the fourteenth through the twentieth century.

What would a synthetic theory of Digital, Media and Information Literacy (DMIL) look like?

The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship integrates theory and practice to offer guidelines for information professionals working in art and design environments who need to support and anticipate the information needs of artists, designers, architects and the historians who study those disciplines.

Based on more than twenty years' experience working to get boys interested in reading, Michael Sullivan now offers his first readers' advisory volume.

The changing environment in higher education requires different approaches to be taken to the provision of professional support services.

This comprehensive book takes the reader through the necessary steps to develop user buy-in and assistance in creating a learner-driven library program.

Finally, a single volume that comprehensively introduces and addresses the most pressing issues and opportunities in young adult (teen) library services.

Practical advice on how best to serve veterans, service members, and their families in your community, including effective ways to develop new outreach partnerships and collaborations.

How librarians can be radical positive change agents in their communities, dedicated to learning and making a difference.

Inspired by trends in U.

The new essays on today's academic librarians examine above all their functions and responsibilities--since these have greatly changed just in recent years, especially in matters of technology.

In this book, experts in the field describe best practices based on their experiences in corporate libraries worldwide.

The best kind of learning is that which never ends-and a culture of training means that staff will be more flexible and responsive to new ideas and strategies, imperative in today's libraries.

Aimed at knowledge management professionals and students in the field of knowledge management and information science, this book highlights issues in organisational cultures that can impact the implementation of knowledge management.

Booktalking Nonfiction: 200 Sure-Fire Winners for Middle and High School Readers will provide an introduction to selecting and writing booktalks for nonfiction books with a focus on unique informational texts and biographies and autobiographies.

The new in paperback edition of the Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the UK and Republic of Ireland, 3rd edition features an additional 72 libraries not represented in former editions.

This guide identifies hundreds of books that can help children develop into engaged readers.

Health sciences librarians need to optimize collaborating with others in their institutions and beyond.

The APPLIED THEATRE series is a major innovation in applied theatre scholarship: each book presents new ways of seeing and critically reflecting on this dynamic and vibrant field.

In America, comics and comic books have often been associated with adolescent male fantasy-muscle-bound superheroes and scantily clad women.

This work skeptically explores the notion that the internet will soon obviate any need for traditional print-based academic libraries.

This book is based on a series of informative interviews with a number of music librarians working for different leading symphony orchestras and opera companies throughout the world.

From its earliest days to the present, the onscreen image of the librarian has remained largely the same.

Donna Jo Napoli has received acclaim for her young adult works and is especially known for her historical novels and her retellings of myth and fairy tales.

This up-to-date volume of topical School Library Connection articles provides school librarians and LIS professors with a one-stop source of information for supporting the core library principle of intellectual freedom.

This quick-start guide explains how to use inquiry to promote civic engagement in the school library makerspace and provides ready-to-use ideas for hands-on service projects.

E-books have been around for more than 10 years but are still a relatively new phenomenon to many librarians and publishers.

Librarians need to utilize web 2.

In this controversial book, Terry Robson shatters the myth that the current community development movement has the potential to change the nature of society.

An eye-opening look at the latest research findings about the success of free voluntary reading in developing high levels of literacy.

Discover the true value and exciting possibilities of oral history in the library: learn new and compelling ways to engage your patrons by sharing personal and community history with them.

"e;Creativity is just connecting things,"e; observed Steve Jobs.