Library and information sciences / Museology

Librarians can use this book to become leaders in their schools, collaborating with teachers to keep them abreast of resources that will facilitate the inclusion of STEM in the curriculum.

This book provides a foundation of knowledge for catalogers, metadata librarians, and library school students on the Extensible Markup Language (XML)-one of the most commonly listed qualifications in today's cataloger and metadata librarian job postings.

This guide offers exciting new reading paths for students who enjoy fantasy, science fiction, and paranormal themes.

This essential reference teaches library staff how to handle the most common and confusing problems in serials cataloging by providing clear examples, practice exercises, and helpful advice based on experience.

Learn why special or corporate libraries must align with their parent organizations in order to survive in these difficult economic times-and how to foster and demonstrate this critical relationship.

A collection of versatile best practices for promoting literacy development by utilizing local community connections in school and public libraries.

High-quality original writing doesn't happen by accident; it results from a logical, inquiry-based process.

The only book currently available that comprehensively integrates research and evaluation for evidence-based library and information science practice.

What can public art do for a community?

This book is based on a series of informative interviews with a number of music librarians working for different leading symphony orchestras and opera companies throughout the world.

The fifth volume in this series focuses on creating partnerships and developing new roles for libraries in the 21st century.

Wondering what a museum director actually does?

Planning and implementing a 3D printing service in a library may seem like a daunting task.

The 18th century in Britain was a transition period for literature.

Just as Andrew Carnegie's support changed the landscape of public libraries in America, Apple's launch of the iPhone on June 29, 2007 forever altered how people expected to interact with services.

Green buildings are better buildings.

Thinking about the future of libraries, librarianship and the work librarians do is as old as libraries themselves.

In this book, nine librarians from across the country describe their libraries' best practices in this key area.

Storytelling is an art, as well as a skill.

The diverse literatures of Victorian and Edwardian Britain have provided a wealth of research materials for novice and expert researchers alike.

Literary Research and the Literatures of Australia and New Zealand: Strategies and Sources is a research guide to the literatures of the two major countries of Oceania: Australia and New Zealand.

Since her first book, Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast, was published in 1978, Robin McKinley has enchanted young adult readers for more than thirty years.

A master storyteller, John Marsden is Australia's best known writer for young adults.

The standard location tool for full-length plays published in collections and anthologies in England and the United States since the beginning of the 20th century, Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections has undergone seven previous editions, the latest in 1988, covering 1900 through 1985.

Although the United States prides itself as a nation of diversity, the country that boasts of its immigrant past also wrestles with much of its immigrant present.

Canada's rich literary heritage, dominated by a multicultural and multilingual presence, reflects the country's unique history and experience.

Although the history of librarianship as an organized profession dates only as far back as the mid-nineteenth century, the history of libraries is much older, and people have been engaged in pursuits that we recognize as librarianship for many thousands of years.

Google Earth is a research, mapping, and cultural exploration tool that puts the whole world in your hands, then hands over the tools to let you build your own world.

Editors Marta Deyrup and Beth Bloom have brought together well-known educators from the fields of library science, communication, composition, and education to show you how to develop successful strategies for teaching undergraduates how to conduct basic research and write papers.

In 1951, the American Library Association (ALA) Council approved new standards for accrediting library education programs.

If libraries are to remain centers for lifelong learning, then that learning must increasingly be e-learning.

Information Technology (IT) is conquering the world.

Following the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), librarians are more frequently called upon to provide assistance with navigating the Health Insurance Marketplace and understanding health insurance terminology and forms.

This edition of the History of Libraries in the Western World represents a substantial revision of the earlier edition, taking into account the "e;information revolution"e; that has swept the West since 1945 and the political revolution that swept across Europe beginning in 1986.

Increasingly, libraries are struggling to deal with a growing diversity in the cultural background of their patrons.

Since there's no point in Twittering if no one acts on your tweets and there's no point in having a Facebook page with a million "e;likes"e; if library use doesn't increase, you'll welcome the eight best practices presented here because they will help your library both actually do social media in a way that matters and do it well.

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.

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The Internet has enabled the convergence of all things information-related.

Everything you need to know about eBooks is explained in this holistic guide to a new world of reading-from selection and curation of an eBook collection to training and support for staff and patrons.

Building on the author's work in The Big Book of Teen Reading Lists, this book provides 101 new and revised reading lists created in consultation with teachers and public librarians-an invaluable resource for any educator who plans activities for children that involve using literature.

If you're a librarian charged with collecting curriculum materials and children's literature to support the Common Core State Standards, then this book-the only one that offers explicit advice on collection development in curriculum collections-is for you.

In the ongoing evolution of the academic library, embedded librarianship has become an important topic of debate across levels and departments.

Students need to be able to distinguish good information from bad.

This practical guide clarifies why school librarians need to be part of the professional development process in their schools-and shows just how to achieve that goal.

Defining the progression toward inquiry learning, this book provides an extensive overview of the past five decades and the evolution of inquiry in science, history, language arts, and information literacy studies.

This book explains the rapidly changing, complex flow of information in the context of 21st-century culture, policy, technology, and economics-an essential resource for librarians and information specialists in all types of settings.

As school districts across the United States increasingly question the need for trained librarians, this collection of research-based evidence helps make the case for a state-licensed librarian in every school.

Metadata in library information environments is evolving rapidly.

This book addresses Common Core State Standard curriculum resources to assist the school librarian in collaborating with classroom teachers.