The acceleration of technological change demands that today's information professionals and educators not only be constantly acquiring new knowledge and skills, but also that they cultivate the ability to make sound judgments on which technologies to embrace.
Using a research-based approach, this book examines the critical connections between writing and reading, and it explains how to encourage early literacy in the classroom and library.
Museums and Mass Violence examines the varied ways in which museums around the world address - or fail to address - the problem of mass violence and severe human rights abuses.
The importance of cultural heritage - in both its tangible and intangible forms - to sustainable development and its economic, social and environmental components is increasingly evident in the recent practice of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations at the universal and regional level.
Digital Humanities and Laboratories explores laboratories dedicated to the study of digital humanities (DH) in a global context and contributes to the expanding body of knowledge about situated DH knowledge production.
The importance of cultural heritage - in both its tangible and intangible forms - to sustainable development and its economic, social and environmental components is increasingly evident in the recent practice of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations at the universal and regional level.
Designed to provide practical information to library workers of all types, this book offers specific strategies for supporting trans people in their libraries.
Unleash new possibilities for reading promotion and readers' advisory with these technological tools that can help you to catch the interest of young readers and direct them toward positive reading experiences.
This book provides a unique, in-depth look at three Indigenous World Heritage sites in Canada and their use for Indigenous empowerment and community development.
Covering the genres popular with today's teens-fiction and nonfiction, including poetry and graphic novels-this resource provides 110 great book choices for young adult reading, interactive booktalks, and individual writing activities.
Whole Person Librarianship guides librarians through the practical process of facilitating connections among libraries, social workers, and social services; explains why those connections are important; and puts them in the context of a national movement.
This research-based book with practical applications teaches academic librarians to support their transfer students effectively at both universities and community colleges, even when transfer students' information literacy needs differ from those of other students.
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.
This book will be invaluable for those in the academic library who want to understand how best to serve students on the autism spectrum and how those students can contribute to the library.
This practical and research-based volume focuses on how libraries can meet the needs of underserved patrons in college and university libraries, with an emphasis on those facing trauma, abuse, and discrimination.
As adult instruction becomes a more common part of library practice, librarians need guidance in an area that may not always have been a part of their library science education.
A timely reference for all public librarians who serve the business community in libraries, regardless of size or location-from small rural outposts to bustling big-city branches.
***Winner of the World's Best Food Security Book at the Global Gourmand Book Awards 2024***This book documents food insecurity in urban communities across the United States and asks whether emerging urban food and agriculture initiatives can address the food security needs of American city dwellers.
The Coffee-Table Book in the Post-War Anglophone World argues that coffee-table books appeared and became popular in the post-war era at the convergence of three important developments: advances in full colour printing technology, social change, and publishing entrepreneurism and innovation.
***Winner of the World's Best Food Security Book at the Global Gourmand Book Awards 2024***This book documents food insecurity in urban communities across the United States and asks whether emerging urban food and agriculture initiatives can address the food security needs of American city dwellers.
Der Roman als Netzwerk: Formen, Ideen, Waren beschäftigt sich mit dem zeitgenössischen englischsprachigen Roman und seinen Derivaten und Nebenprodukten wie Graphic Novels, Comics, Podcasts und Quality TV.
In this book, the authors present a combination of research-by-design, place-based, and policy-oriented approaches to the territorial fragilities of Nicosia.
This book provides a unique, in-depth look at three Indigenous World Heritage sites in Canada and their use for Indigenous empowerment and community development.
Michael Moss on Archives brings together selected outputs from an internationally renowned archival scholar, who explored the theory and practice of archives and records management.
Der Roman als Netzwerk: Formen, Ideen, Waren beschäftigt sich mit dem zeitgenössischen englischsprachigen Roman und seinen Derivaten und Nebenprodukten wie Graphic Novels, Comics, Podcasts und Quality TV.
Fundraising Management in a Changing Museum World explains how cultural organizations can successfully create sustainable fundraising programs that will increase financial support and stabilize revenue during times of change.
In this book, the authors present a combination of research-by-design, place-based, and policy-oriented approaches to the territorial fragilities of Nicosia.
The Coffee-Table Book in the Post-War Anglophone World argues that coffee-table books appeared and became popular in the post-war era at the convergence of three important developments: advances in full colour printing technology, social change, and publishing entrepreneurism and innovation.
Michael Moss on Archives brings together selected outputs from an internationally renowned archival scholar, who explored the theory and practice of archives and records management.
Fundraising Management in a Changing Museum World explains how cultural organizations can successfully create sustainable fundraising programs that will increase financial support and stabilize revenue during times of change.
Heritage, Indigenous Doing and Wellbeing presents an Aboriginal Australian relational understanding of the world that offers a counter-narrative to the Western notion of heritage and new insights into the potential for sustaining the complex systems that support all life.
