Library and information sciences / Museology

This book assists the busy professional with ready-to-use materials to present entertaining, educational, and age-appropriate programs that introduce young learners to countries and cultures around the world.

Protect patron privacy and safeguard Internet usage using this how-to manual for creating a secure environment in your library.

This beginner's guide to 3D design and printing provides librarians with lessons, tips, and instructions for integrating these technologies into the K-12 standards-based curriculum.

Transform your library into a "e;think tank"e; by helping teachers create an active learning environment in which students question, investigate, synthesize, conclude, and present information based on Common Core standards.

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.

A state-of-the-art guide to the world of library and information science that gives readers valuable insights into the field and practical tools to succeed in it.

This broad introduction to museums benefits all educators who teach introductory museum studies, addressing the discipline from a holistic, dynamic, and document-centered perspective.

Looking for tips on how to work towards your overall vision while remaining productive on the frontlines?

Engage teens and 'tweens with library programs that nurture developmental and social needs-and keep young patrons entertained.

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.

This one-stop guide to nurturing six core early literacy skills at your library also offers practical tips for sharing these skills with parents, teachers, and other caregivers so they can institute them in playgroups, in school, or at home.

Fun and easy to read, this marketing and promotion guide offers you the "e;big picture"e; of how best to spend your limited funds and energy to create a successful marketing strategy-from traditional promotions such as advertising and posters to social media marketing.

Intended for students interested in careers as health sciences librarians, this insightful book presents a current view of trends and issues in the field of health librarianship from leading scholars and practitioners.

This book is a "e;best of"e; collection of tips and exercises to help nurture young writers and strengthen core skills.

Explains effective marketing strategies and identifies the tools needed to boost the visibility and increase the use of your library in the community.

This book is a "e;best of"e; collection of tips and exercises to help nurture young writers and strengthen core skills.

One of the key services librarians provide is helping readers find books they'll enjoy.

The book Library Media Connection cited as something "e;all librarians need to have on their shelves"e; is now thoroughly revised for today's 21st-century library environment.

A bilingual collection of enchanting folk tales from the peoples of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay, and Paraguay, accompanied by historical and geographical background as well as color photographs.

eBooks offer students as well as teachers, school and public librarians, and parents tremendous possibilities.

This guide provides library directors, managers, and administrators in all types of libraries with complete and up-to-date instructions on how to evaluate library services in order to improve them.

Written specifically to address the library's role in education, this book provides guidance on performing assessment at academic institutions that will serve to improve teaching effectiveness and prove your library's impact on student learning outcomes-and thereby demonstrate your library's value.

To keep school libraries relevant, their physical spaces need to be reinvented to mirror 21st-century learning models.

This manual is a "e;one-stop shop"e; on how to present storytimes to suit different audiences including bilingual learners, special needs children, and those in a variety of settings such as Head Start, preschools, and day care situations.

Perfect for public librarians, instructional librarians, technology and digital resource specialists, and library training specialists, this book is an essential resource for digital literacy instruction.

An essential resource for teachers and librarians who work with students in the later high school years through college and graduate school levels, this book explains and simplifies the scholarly task of researching and writing a scientific literature review.

When disaster strikes, school librarians can play a key role in keeping kids safe.

DNA testing can serve as a powerful tool that unlocks the hidden information within our bodies for family history research.

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

This inspiring guide shows how to implement the principles of the Slow Book movement in college campus libraries as well as public and high school libraries, with the ultimate goals of encouraging pensive reading habits and creating a lifelong enjoyment of books.

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

This book places guided inquiry in the context of curricular and technological change and provides guidelines for building the long-term culture and capacity for effective inquiry learning in schools.

Get young readers hooked on some of the best titles in juvenile literature, ranging from humor to mystery to fantasy, with unusual and effective methods like games.

An ideal resource for cultural heritage professionals who teach with original materials, this book provides fresh, adaptable, and easy-to-implement primary source literacy exercises to improve their teaching and engage their students.

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

Metadata in library information environments is evolving rapidly.

Is it possible to both cut costs and improve public library programming for all ages?

Looking for a programming guide for computer tablet use in the library setting?

This collection of thought-provoking essays by visionary and innovative library practitioners covers theory, research, and best practices in collection development, examining how it has evolved, identifying how some librarians are creatively responding to these changes, and predicting what is coming next.

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.

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

An in-depth understanding of the complexities, dynamics, and emerging trends in community college libraries today.

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 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.

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.

Provides a solid, foundational understanding of creativity that enables readers to elicit creative performance from their students.

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

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

This insightful book reviews the current research on literacy programming, examines the latest standards for strengthening reading skills, and provides educators, families, and caregivers methods for building successful reading habits in and out of the classroom.