Library and information services

Where Maya voices reclaim their history and reshape our understanding of the past.

A close look at New England heritage sites and the narratives they tell about Native American communitiesExploring museums and cultural centers in New England that hold important meanings for Native American communities today, this illuminating book offers a much-needed critique of collaborative efforts to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the region.

Gough, Feehan, and Lyons have taken everything learned from their research on developing GrandFamily Resource Collections and leading grandfamily programming in several states and put it in this easy to use guide.

Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries demonstrates that public librarians can promote learning by combining the elements of Information Literacy Instruction (ILI) with traditional practices of public libraries.

Library marketing and advertising in schools are now very widespread practices.

In this collection of essays written by the former head of the Library of Congress Chinese Collection, Chi Wang chronicles the modest beginnings of the Chinese Collection at the Library of Congress and his crusade to transform it into the largest collection and Chinese cultural presence outside Asia.

Committed utilitarian reading is either dominantly practical or more or less equally practical and fulfilling.

Has the information behavior of children and youth changed significantly over the last two decades?

Librarian Jim Hahn has carefully culled the over 500,000 available apps down to the 100 that are the absolute best for day-in, day-out library services.

The current peer review process is broken and unless changes are made it will soon die.

While the importance of writing has often been recognized, the role of books and especially that of libraries has just as often been slighted.

How to Thrive as a Solo Librarian is a compilation of chapters by librarians offering advice to colleagues who must work alone or with very limited help.

Its no mystery that fun and exciting programs bring teens into the library.

Of the many themes occurring in young adult literature, one that bears more extensive exploration is the adolescent-animal connection.

Adolescence is a time of growth, change, and confusion for young women.

This book shows how authors of young adult literature use the creation of names for people, places, events, inventions, animals, and imaginary concepts as one of their most important literary techniques.

Following on the success of her first book The Bully in the Book and in the Classroom, C.

Known for her commitment to excellence in education, Sharon Draper was named National Teacher of the Year in 1997.

Our sources of information, and the practices we use to find it, are in a period of rapid flux.

With thousands of new volumes lining the shelves of bookstores, abundant advertisements, and innumerable online reviews, it is becoming increasingly difficulty for the concerned adult to recommend literature that is of quality, yet speaks to young audiences.

The personal papers of former members of Congress, which constitute at least half of the documentation of the legislative branch of government, are held in over 500 different institutions.

Mistakes in Academic Library Management: Grievous Errors and How to Avoid Them addresses the most common library management issues, examining mistakes that anyone in a library management position could make, coupled with suggestions for how the issue could be better handled or avoided.

Girls series books have been popular since the early 1840s, when books about Cousin Lucy, a young girl who learns about the world around her, first appeared.

One of the most revered authors of young adult books, Richard Peck has penned several critical and commercial successes including Dreamland Lake, The Ghost Belonged to Me, and the National Book Award finalist, A Long Way from Chicago.

Following the same format as the highly praised 2000-2004 edition, Recommended Books in Spanish for Children and Young Adults, 2004-2008 is an outstanding reference tool that includes annotated entries for more than 1,200 books in Spanish published between 2004 and 2008 in the U.

Literary Research and Irish Literature: Strategies & Sources explores primary and secondary research resources relevant to the study of Irish literary authors, works, genres, and history.

Much has been written about the state of Black adolescence_often from a sociological point of view situating Black teens in an at-risk category.

Teachers often assume students know how to do research.

Characterized by its move away from Romanticism and toward mundane, every day subjects, as well as incorporating such ideas as metanarrative, stream of consciousness, and disjointed timelines, the American Modernist Era was at its heyday during the years 1914-1949.

Research on early childhood brain development clearly shows the importance of storytime for toddlers.

Mixed-heritage people are one of the fastest-growing groups in the United States, yet culturally they have been largely invisible, especially in young adult literature.

Can the methods of science be directed toward science itself?

While the importance of writing has often been recognized, the role of books and especially that of libraries has just as often been slighted.

The Life Within provides a social and cultural history of the indigenous people of a region of central Mexico in the later colonial period-as told through documents in Nahuatl and Spanish.

Inside the World's Major East Asian Collections examines the rise of the "e;LAM, an acronym that stands for libraries, archives and museums.

Despite the stodgy stereotypes, libraries and librarians themselves can be quite funny.

The old image of an entrepreneur as a scrappy, independent risk-taker has been replaced by the reality of individuals incorporating innovative ideas in more traditional settings.

Concise, how-to case studies from practicing public, school, academic, and special librarians provide proven strategies to improve brand management, campaign organization, community outreach, media interaction, social media, and event planning and implementation.

While many texts explore ways to plan and implement story times in both school and public libraries, until now no work has brought together extensive book talks and follow-up activities specifically designed to develop thinking skills in young children.

Given the highly trained library workforce now available and the vast and growing array of packaging information and knowledge, libraries have the capacity to become pre-eminent places of learning, research, and teaching.

Both new librarians and those changing directions in the field can benefit greatly from a relationship with a positive and supportive mentor.

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

Generation X includes individuals born roughly between 1961 and 1981.

Professionals in all areas of librarianship will find inspiration in the essays collected here--each of them innovative tips for increasing circulation, enhancing collections, and improving flexibility.

Rebecca Browning Rankin was a politician in the best sense of the word.

In 1996, nearly 40 million United States citizens were reported to be living in poverty.

Now more than ever, librarians need good communication skills.

This fully revised and updated edition provides current information on automation and technology and on advocacy to help small public libraries strive to make available the same basic services as larger libraries.

With so much competing for the time of today's students, youth services librarians have an especially challenging job.