Library and information services

Enhance your library instruction class by using this hands-on guide and learn numerous unique active learning exercises.

Create a successful, vibrant, and youth-centered teen services program with this practical, comprehensive guide-even when resources are limited.

Everything you need to know in order to start, maintain, and provide service for a business collection, and to research virtually any business topic.

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 techniques.

This book, a blend of practice and theory, shows how the school library can contribute to the success of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.

This exploration of juvenile corrections librarianship provides a complete description of these specialized services, addresses unique challenges in this library environment, and promotes intellectual and social growth for at-risk youth.

A comprehensive guide to working with teen parents and their children that provides practical program ideas for successful school and public library program development, implementation, and evaluation.

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

This easy-to-use guide will be invaluable to school librarians and district library professionals in training library aides and paraprofessionals to help set up and run a school library.

This groundbreaking book about developing the professional dispositions of school librarians uses three fictionalized librarians to serve as authentic models addressing familiar topics and situations.

A detailed reference work that documents every aspect of the American public library experience through topical entries, statistics, biographies, and profiles.

The world of the school librarian has changed significantly over the past ten years with the proliferation of technology into all phases of education; this book attempts to address these issues.

Learning and fun go hand-in-hand with these thematically organized story time programs that are linked to adorable, edible crafts.

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.

A compilation of over 50 reading project ideas, including implementation ideas and examples, helping to promote lifelong reading habits while meeting the social and interactive needs of today's youth.

Simple, straightforward guidance for the practitioner who wants to use assistive technologies to extend library access.

The first book published about independent school libraries since 1985, this work offers both the independent school library community and the broader school library community a wealth of insights into excellence in library practice.

A structured approach to advocacy for K-12 school librarians focuses their energy on an active path that showcases library programs and resources and expresses the essential role librarians serve in school and student success.

Based on a tested model for community analysis, this book offers a guide to the management of client-centered transformative information services that can be applied in any type of library or information agency.

School librarians need a simple action plan for overcoming the barriers to adopting School Library 2.

If you're new to running a library or looking for a refresher, this book can serve as your first reference source for school library operation, providing overview information on a wealth of topics, lists of resources for more in-depth information, and coverage of current topics such as Web 2.

The teachings of the Native Americans provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the simple beauties of life.

Ohiyesa, a Dakota Indian also known as Charles Alexander Eastman, is one of America's most fascinating and overlooked individuals.

Cooper's Landscapes: An Essay on the Picturesque Vision delves into the vivid and enduring landscapes of James Fenimore Cooper's works, exploring how his descriptive artistry shaped the American literary imagination.

A story of life, death, love, and the ties that bind us not only to what has been, but what will be.

School library media specialists are now considered part of the teaching staff and are charged with integrating their library and information skills curriculum with the more general classroom curriculum.

The first edition of this work, which was included in Eugene Sheehy's Guide to Reference Books (10th ed.

Developmental disabilities are the most numerous of disabilities, and they are exceptionally complex.

The National Information Infrastructure will bring information to the doorstep of every household.

Pagans in the Promised Land provides a unique, well-researched challenge to U.

"e;An invaluable resource giving librarians the tools to assess copyright issues, risks, and approaches both domestically and internationally.

Assessment is essential to describe a library's value and to inform decision-making.

What can culture, and its manifestations in artistic and creative forms, 'do'?

What can culture, and its manifestations in artistic and creative forms, 'do'?

With the increasing use of information communication technology in education, new skills and competencies among library science professionals are required for them to effectively disseminate necessary information to users.

With the increasing use of information communication technology in education, new skills and competencies among library science professionals are required for them to effectively disseminate necessary information to users.

The current digital age is impacting the contents and delivery of instructional service in many ways.

As the Chinese economy develops, academic libraries continue to evolve and provide indispensable services for their users.

As the Chinese economy develops, academic libraries continue to evolve and provide indispensable services for their users.

A vital component of any academic institution, libraries are held to and expected to maintain certain standards.

In order to meet the needs of a changing and demanding society, many academic institutions face great competition for highly coveted, yet dwindling, resources.

In order to meet the needs of a changing and demanding society, many academic institutions face great competition for highly coveted, yet dwindling, resources.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection.

“A fascinating look into a world many of us never see, and a powerful story about one woman’s journey to find her own strength, with a clear message of the importance of books and information for all.

Libraries and librarians have been defined by the book throughout modern history.

Today's tech-savvy and digitally connected students present a new challenge for today's school librarians.

Over the last decade, Peru has experienced a spectacular mining boom and astronomical economic growth.

Winner of the prestigious Casa de las Americas Prize, this work spins a heartfelt story of an improbable relationship between an anthropologist and her charismatic Indigenous father.