The Chinese imperial examination system is unique in traditional Chinese society with origins dating back 1,300 years, and has had a far-reaching impact not only on contemporary Chinese society, but also on government systems of other countries around the world.
Transform any public library into a truly sustainable organization-not just environmentally sustainable, but economically and socially sustainable as well-by following the directions and practices described in this book.
After spending more than a decade as a journalist in South Asia, Suzanne Fisher Staples turned to writing realistic novels about young people coming of age in modern Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India, as well as the United States.
Evaluation has always played a major role in information retrieval, with the early pioneers such as Cyril Cleverdon and Gerard Salton laying the foundations for most of the evaluation methodologies in use today.
Education and training have been transformed in the 21st century as a result of changing patterns of work and culture, and learners increasingly expect technology-rich and flexible learning opportunities.
Volume 6 of the series Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library is focused on academic library technical services operations, and ways that they have been transformed and reimagined for working in today's higher education environment.
Completely revised with even more contributions added by practicing school librarians, this book further examines the responsibility to lead in many areas and identifies the real-world, day-to-day application of established theory and best practices.
Designed for courses that prepare LIS students for school librarianship, this title teaches basic reference processes, sources, services, and skills and provides authentic school library reference scenarios and exercises.
This book is aimed at the practicing academic librarian, especially those working on the 'front lines' of reference, instruction, collection development, and other capacities that involve dealing directly with library patrons in a time of changing scholarly communication paradigms.
This concise but information-packed text helps high school students in upper grade levels and lower division college and university students quickly master the basics of information literacy.
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.
Taking a genre approach, this overview of young adult literature shows new librarians and library science students the criteria to use for selecting quality books, including recommended titles.
Practicing librarians and library educators demonstrate the power of inquiry to achieve the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and promote school librarians as key partners in implementing this type of critical teaching and learning in K-12 schools.
Addressing the most exciting and challenging areas in the profession, this text will be invaluable to any professional looking ahead to the future of special collections and related cultural heritage work.
Covering trends, issues and case studies, this collection presents 34 new essays by library professionals actively engaged in helping patrons with genealogy research across the United States.
Accidental Information Discovery: Cultivating Serendipity in the Digital Age provides readers with an interesting discussion on the ways serendipity-defined as the accidental discovery of valued information-plays an important role in creative problem-solving.
Los estudios sobre la relación entre los lectores, sus libros y sus lecturas se concentran por lo general en el pasado remoto o en aquellos lectores sobresalientes en su medio intelectual.
Nuestra ""casa"", más que un lugar físico, es un conjunto de recuredos que nos permite comprender mejor quienes éramos, quienes somos, y puede ayudarnos a comprender quienes seremos.
From his childhood days in Mexico, to his experience of censorship in governmentowned Mexican media companies, his student years in LA, and his early beginnings as a journalist in the USA, Ramos gives us a personal and touching account of his life.
La biblioteca, el corazon de la escuela es un documento dirigido a los maestros y a las maestras, de caracter eminentemente practico, donde se defiende la necesidad de este espacio fundamental de comunicacion e intercambio, en el cual la lectura, la consulta y la investigacion de informacion tengan su lugar de encuentro.
Around the world, people are faced with crisis after crisis, from the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change-induced fires, floods, and storms to the ongoing horrors of mass incarceration, brutal immigration enforcement, endemic gender violence, and severe wealth inequality.
Con el propósito de orientar el quehacer de los profesionales de la información, en el año de 1994 la Escuela Nacional de Bibliotecología yArchivonomía publicó una serie de guías sobre diversos temas relacionados con las ocupaciones de la biblioteca universitaria.
Die den Menschen durch die Verfassungen verbrieften Freizügigkeiten, werden oft als Freiheit verstanden, doch die Freiheit existiert schon lange nicht mehr.
El libro, destinado a docentes, estudiantes y bibliotecarios, expone experiencias de promoción de la lectura en bibliotecas populares, a partir de la inclusión social y la cooperación con universidades y la comunidad de San Carlos de Bariloche.
Hier könnt Ihr in den Schwerpunkt "Bauwerke" im Bereich "Bauen" hereinschnuppern und herausfinden, was an Gebäuden, Straßen, Brücken, Fountonplatten, Errinerungs-Steine sowie vieles weitere, Interessant sein kann, und wie die Erde mit allen Bauwerken darin, jederzeit zum "Besseren" Umgestaltet werden kann.
