Library and information services

In the closing decades of the twentieth century, academic libraries responded to rapid changes in their environment by acquiring and making accessible a host of new information resources, developing innovative new services and collaborative partnerships, and building new kinds of technology-equipped spaces to support changing user behaviors and emerging patterns of learning.

Evaluating and Promoting Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults isn't another bibliography that will quickly become outdated.

Evaluating and Promoting Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults isn't another bibliography that will quickly become outdated.

In the closing decades of the twentieth century, academic libraries responded to rapid changes in their environment by acquiring and making accessible a host of new information resources, developing innovative new services and collaborative partnerships, and building new kinds of technology-equipped spaces to support changing user behaviors and emerging patterns of learning.

Many large or academic libraries have staff specifically trained to care for their collections, but public and other small libraries don't have that luxury.

Many large or academic libraries have staff specifically trained to care for their collections, but public and other small libraries don't have that luxury.

Hundreds of tribal libraries, archives, and other information centers offer the services patrons would expect from any library: circulation of materials, collection of singular items (such as oral histories), and public services (such as summer reading programs).

Teen readers have always been fascinated by monsters, but lately it seems like every other young adult (YA) book is about vampires, zombies, or werewolves.

The 1970 and 1994 editions of The Black Librarian in America by E.

The role of providing public access to the law is a critical one for librarians.

View the author's companion website for more information and extra materialsWhether they have full governance powers or are just there in an advisory capacity, trustees on library boards need to understand the complex issues that affect a library's ability to provide its community with materials and services that support lifelong learning, jobs, and quality of life.

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A deep and penetrating exploration of the key concepts of information and communications sciences by one of its founders, this book covers everything in its subject that you want to know more about including the bedrock topics of signs, symbols, information, and communication, all considered from an historical and foundational perspective that is satisfying to the beginning student and worthwhile for practitioners of long standing.

This book describes the history and characteristics of ethnic and multicultural children's literature in the U.

With the start of the 21st Century, information services around the world are facing a host of challenges and changes unique to this era of exponential technological growth.

Social network analysis (SNA) is a technique that is used to determine knowledge flows and gaps in mapping social networks for various knowledge types.

This collection of enlightening and stimulating articles, written by some of the most important figures in school librarianship, demonstrates how teacher-librarians, classroom teachers, and administrators can work together to create a 21st century school library media program.

The amount of published literature can be overwhelming for scientists and researchers moving from a broad disciplinary research area to a more specialized one, particularly in fields that use information from more than one discipline.

Social network analysis (SNA) is a technique that is used to determine knowledge flows and gaps in mapping social networks for various knowledge types.

This book describes the history and characteristics of ethnic and multicultural children's literature in the U.

A deep and penetrating exploration of the key concepts of information and communications sciences by one of its founders, this book covers everything in its subject that you want to know more about including the bedrock topics of signs, symbols, information, and communication, all considered from an historical and foundational perspective that is satisfying to the beginning student and worthwhile for practitioners of long standing.

The amount of published literature can be overwhelming for scientists and researchers moving from a broad disciplinary research area to a more specialized one, particularly in fields that use information from more than one discipline.

View the author's companion website for more information and extra materialsWhether they have full governance powers or are just there in an advisory capacity, trustees on library boards need to understand the complex issues that affect a library's ability to provide its community with materials and services that support lifelong learning, jobs, and quality of life.

With the start of the 21st Century, information services around the world are facing a host of challenges and changes unique to this era of exponential technological growth.

The role of providing public access to the law is a critical one for librarians.

This collection of enlightening and stimulating articles, written by some of the most important figures in school librarianship, demonstrates how teacher-librarians, classroom teachers, and administrators can work together to create a 21st century school library media program.

In recent years, interest in International Librarianship has grown rapidly and will continue to grow as globalization influences education and librarianship.

The 1970 and 1994 editions of The Black Librarian in America by E.

Teen readers have always been fascinated by monsters, but lately it seems like every other young adult (YA) book is about vampires, zombies, or werewolves.

Hundreds of tribal libraries, archives, and other information centers offer the services patrons would expect from any library: circulation of materials, collection of singular items (such as oral histories), and public services (such as summer reading programs).

In recent years, interest in International Librarianship has grown rapidly and will continue to grow as globalization influences education and librarianship.

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This book will explore the issue of information disorder in our society, explore how conspiracy theories are shaping citizen engagement with information and reality, and weave throughout how metaliteracy and information literacy can be utilized to produce a more democratic, civil discourse.

This book will explore the issue of information disorder in our society, explore how conspiracy theories are shaping citizen engagement with information and reality, and weave throughout how metaliteracy and information literacy can be utilized to produce a more democratic, civil discourse.

Did you know that Walter Reed was once a librarian at the National Library of Medicine?

Did you know that Walter Reed was once a librarian at the National Library of Medicine?

The Library Friends and Foundations Handbook is a must-have resource for members of Friends groups, Foundations, library staff members, administrators, and others who wish to begin or enhance such support group partnerships.

Today's students rely heavily on electronic resources; they expect to be able to access library resources from any location and at any time of the day.

Making exhibitions takes creativity, collaboration, and a well-supported process.

For as long as there has been a press, fake news has played a role in the disruption of how factual information is shared among people.

Terrific Makerspace Projects: A Practical Guide for Librarians features fifteen customizable projects that were designed as projects created by librarians/makerspace facilitators, rather than projects in which librarians guided others (makerspace users).

The public increase of interest in the past has not necessarily brought with it a greater understanding about how archives are formed.

Selected as a 2025 Doody's Core TitleLiaison roles are generally commonplace in medical and health sciences libraries as librarians strive to develop and enhance relationships and collaborations with clinicians and faculty.

The library programs featured in this unique collection are those that have been suggested, created, and led by youth with the help and guidance of the supportive adults at their library.

Here is an accessible, step-by-step, easy to understand, and hands-on resource for any librarian who is interested in learning basic marketing tips to raise the profile of their library.

To help new archivists and genealogists with what can be a daunting process, Digitization and Digital Archiving: A Practical Guide for Librarians answers common questions, including:1.

Think Big: A Resource Manual for Library Programs That Attract Large Teen Audiences is a how-to manual for librarians who want to attract large groups of teens to their libraries with meaningful, memorable events.

The rise of makerspaces within public and academic libraries has led to a wide variety of books, articles, and presentations that discuss how to set up your space, what equipment to buy, and, to a lesser degree, how to get the support of your administration or the community to include a new space within your library.

Selected as a 2025 Doody's Core TitleThis book brings together a diverse range of scholars and practitioners working at the nexus of health literacy work in libraries.

Publishing to critical acclaim, Library Journal says the book is "e;Essential reading for all library workers and information professionals and, indeed, for any person concerned about the future of libraries"e; and Booklist says "e;this accessible and visionary work belongs in most professional collections.