Library and information services

Is it true that, in this era of digitization and mass media, reading and writing are on the decline?

With an emphasis on instilling a love for the game, this handbook instructs parents and coaches on teaching the basics of baseball to young players.

To say that graphic novels, comics, and other forms of sequential art have become a major part of popular culture and academia would be a vast understatement.

Designed for public librarians, school media specialists, teachers, and anyone with an interest in supporting teen literacy, this book features 133 nonfiction booktalks to use with both voracious and reluctant teen readers.

In this book, scholars examine the many prevailing arguments about media bias from a non-polemical perspective.

The gilded age was a formative period in the development and extension of American libraries.

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

This is a practical guide written by two professionals with real-world experience establishing a library student advisory board.

Museums and libraries inspire us to cross the limits of routine thought, into experiences of reflection and possibility.

An incisive history of the controversial Google Books project and the ongoing quest for a universal digital libraryLibraries have long talked about providing comprehensive access to information for everyone.

Originally published in 1957, The Book World Today was the most comprehensive survey yet attempted of the making and distribution of books in Britain at the time.

This thought-provoking collection of essays is essential reading for anyone who cares about cultural institutions and their role in the community of learners.

Focusing on the most compelling titles across the vast area of imaginative fantasy and science fiction literature and media, this book showcases creative ways to build on existing interest in these genres and promote reading, literacy, and critical thinking.

Teaching Information Seeking redefines how we approach research and information literacy in today's information-rich world, inviting teachers to re-imagine teaching research.

SciFinder is rapidly becoming a preferred means to access scientific information in industry and universities worldwide.

Library and Information Studies for Arctic Social Sciences and Humanities serves as a key interdisciplinary title that links the social sciences and humanities with current issues, trends, and projects in library, archival, and information sciences within shared Arctic frameworks and geographies.

Library and Information Studies for Arctic Social Sciences and Humanities serves as a key interdisciplinary title that links the social sciences and humanities with current issues, trends, and projects in library, archival, and information sciences within shared Arctic frameworks and geographies.

This book presents the collectors' roles as prominently as the collections of books and texts which they assembled.

This book presents the collectors' roles as prominently as the collections of books and texts which they assembled.

First published in 1992, This guide, one of a series looking at library automation systems, will not only help prospective users in their systems choice, but will also give current a better appreciation of the potential of their own system.

First published in 1992, This guide, one of a series looking at library automation systems, will not only help prospective users in their systems choice, but will also give current a better appreciation of the potential of their own system.

Published in 1992.

Published in 1992.

First published in 1992, this guide examines GEAC's place in the automated libraries' market and describes the hardware and software products available.

First published in 1992, this guide examines GEAC's place in the automated libraries' market and describes the hardware and software products available.

Library Collaborations and Community Partnerships illustrates the value of libraries and their resources through an array of alliances to improve health and enhance people's lives.

Library Collaborations and Community Partnerships illustrates the value of libraries and their resources through an array of alliances to improve health and enhance people's lives.

Writing Centers at the Center of Change looks at how eleven centers, internationally, adapted to change at their institutions, during a decade when their very success has become a valued commodity in a larger struggle for resources on many campuses.

Writing Centers at the Center of Change looks at how eleven centers, internationally, adapted to change at their institutions, during a decade when their very success has become a valued commodity in a larger struggle for resources on many campuses.

This book introduces Germanists to the mechanics and methodology of modern library research.

Creating and disseminating scientific and technical information (STI) can be likened to producing and distributing a product or service.

Creating and disseminating scientific and technical information (STI) can be likened to producing and distributing a product or service.

This book introduces Germanists to the mechanics and methodology of modern library research.

The digital humanities in academic institutions, and libraries in particular, have exploded in recent years.

The digital humanities in academic institutions, and libraries in particular, have exploded in recent years.

This volume provides the researcher with an excellent tool for investigating the history, politics, and culture of Paraguay.

This book offers novice and experienced reference librarians an introduction to tried-and-true genealogy techniques and resources.

Organized around the structure of a technology plan, this book explains each subject area and how each part of the plan is related.

Many reference librarians have been highly critical about unobtrusive evaluation studies.

Introduce students to some of today's best nonfiction authors and their writing-and promote nonfiction reading to young learners!

Gain the administrative support you need for your media center and library programs with this practical and enlightening guide.

As the electronic era blurs the boundaries between conventional and distance education and between remote and in-person library users, the literature on library issues and distance learning has proliferated immensely.

With insightful comments from a variety of sources-and a generous dose of humor-Shuman builds fictional scenarios that are guaranteed to get librarians thinking, What if.

Based on the methods of the New York City Library Power Program, this is a practical handbook for revitalizing or rebuilding the school library.

Since the mid 1980s academic libraries have established minority residency programs in an effort to increase the representation of librarians of color in their institutions.

Promote reading and literacy with this wonderful assortment of lively, fast-paced, fun-filled children's programs specifically designed for children aged 4 through 8.

Fifteen units focus on authors who speak about their ethnic heritage through their books and those who write or illustrate multicultural materials.

Solutions to the unique problems of academic libraries in urban and metropolitan areas are provided in this professional handbook.

Get books moving off the library shelves and into the hands of children with this integrated package for thematic instruction.

Calling for structured interaction between students and books, Leonard specifies how teachers and media specialists can collaborate to create a library media-centered program that develops the talents of all K-6 students.