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This book is the starting point for libraries interested in supporting career/workforce development work. It goes beyond the collection development activities and suggests the model of embedded librarianship to actively position librarians in career centers and librarians within workforce development issues.

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What if you were a public librarian and then you wanted to become an academic librarian How different are those worlds and how would you know what kind of skills or experiences you need to get your foot into the academic door Career Transitions for Librarians: Proven Strateg...

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What if you were a public librarian and then you wanted to become an academic librarian How different are those worlds and how would you know what kind of skills or experiences you need to get your foot into the academic door Career Transitions for Librarians: How to Get a J...

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This text provides a platform in which to examine, detail, and describe the burgeoning and ever-changing profession of interior design, outlining the education, preparation, skills, and experience necessary to attain any one of the many job possibilities, both nationally and internationally.

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This work explores caring robots' lifesaving benefits, particularly during contagion, while probing the threat they pose to interpersonal engagement and genuine human caregiving.

As humans, we have a binding moral responsibility to care for the Other, and genuine caring demands our embodied, human-to-human presence.

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This volume focuses on the diversity of ethnic groups in Caribbean families. Essays examine ethnic origins, social structures, family structures, and intellectual, social and clinical problems and their treatment.

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This volume focuses on the diversity of ethnic groups in Caribbean families. Essays examine ethnic origins, social structures, family structures, and intellectual, social and clinical problems and their treatment.

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Accessible to students and general readers, this book is a concise but thorough introduction to Caribbean folklore.

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Reggae music is more than just steel drum bands on white sand beaches. Ideal for reggae lovers and college students studying music, this encyclopedia is comprehensive for high school students and non-music students as well.

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This comprehensive, annotated bibliography of works by and about Caribbean women novelists from 1950 to the present covers novelists from all Caribbean islands and Surinam writing in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, and their dialects.

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This book considers the law's response to caring. It explores how care is valued and recognised, how it is regulated and restricted and how the values of caring are reflected in the law.

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Caring for Creation: Hope in Difficult Times argues that progress has been made in areas such as protection of endangered species, the sustainable agriculture movement, and recycling. While much remains to be done in these and other areas, this progress is cause for optimism about the future.

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This text examines the strategies that caregivers employ to combine work and caregiving, and the accommodations they make in their jobs. The author shows how the pathways that lead a family member to caregiving vary according to family history, gender, and in-law status.

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This book helps pet owners fully understand what it means to care for a companion animal, from choosing a pet to veterinary visits and beyond.

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This study applies rights-based alternative-care theory and practice for orphans to Chinas child-welfare system, including its history and development in urban and rural areas. It analyses state child-welfare institutions; de-institutionalization; foster-mother villages; and current policy changes toward a mixed welfare approach.

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Caring for the Disabled Elderly analyzes the major options for reforming the way long-term care is financed. It first explores the potential market for private long-term care insurance and other private sector initiatives.

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In this text, Sarah Butler outlines what caring ministry is about. She explains the role of the caregiver and offers tips on how to listen attentively and thoughfully. She provides guidance on how to focus on feelings in the interaction between caregiver and the one receiving care.