(Paperback)

This volume explores in detail the ways that working with word processing interacts with the social processes of classrooms to shape participants' theories and practices of writing.

(Paperback)

The author designed this book, like Volume I of the set, to give elementary school librarians a quick, enjoyable way to coordinate with teachers to teach information literacy and literacy skills aligned with national standards.

(Paperback)

Based on AASL/AECT standards and McREL benchmarks, each lesson plan includes standards, learning objectives, teaching directions, reproducible worksheets and graphics, learning styles, teaching team, and related resources.

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

This practical day-by-day calendar is a goldmine for planning exciting activities and classroom units based on national and international holidays, multicultural and historic events, famous firsts, inventions, birthdays of important individuals (including authors), and more.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

The research is in: strong library media programs can help hike test scores. Includes complete bibliography.

Discover how library media programs contribute to student achievement

Appropriate for all grade levelsfrom K-12 to higher education

Addresses all stakeholdes involved in facilitating student learning

(Paperback)

A highly original account of the Liberian civil wars and their aftermath, uncovering the forgotten voices of the conflicts female child soldiers.

(Hardback, 6th edition)

Updates the premier textbook for students and librarians needing to know the landscape of current databases and how to search them.

Librarians need to know of existing databases, and they must be able to teach search capabilities and strategies to library users.

(Paperback)

Learn the concept of passive programming and get started easily with plans for implementing a wide array of intergenerational programs in libraries with this professional primer.

(Paperback)

Learn the dynamics of the grant-seeking process, including proposal writing and grant management, for public, school, and academic librarians.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Describes how librarians and other "Learning Specialists" can successfully leverage their roles to meet the learning imperatives of the twenty first century. This book emphasises the premise that the relevance of learning specialists is grounded in their ability to deliver results on mission-critical measures.

(Paperback)

This book stimulates informed dialogue between librarians and historians regarding the changing nature of history and the resultant needs for a wider variety of collections and library services, including inter-library loan, library instruction, outreach, and reference.

(Hardback)

Examines the Public Library Inquiry's definition of a legitimate social and civil role for public libraries within the context of the Inquiry's view of American democracy.

(Hardback)

This collection of Herbert White's writings consists mainly of his "White Papers" columns from "Library Journal" from 1993-1999. Several of his keynote speeches are also included. The author focuses on the professional issues facing librarians at a time of increased technological options.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

Libraries in the Arab world serve over 250 million people. This evaluation of library and information services in the Arab world features over 1000 entries covering books, scholarly and professional journal articles, chapters in books, doctoral dissertations, and conference papers.

(Hardback)

Reflecting political and social conditions in China, this book discusses the nation's development of library and information services.

(Hardback)

This guide provides the historical background of traditional and modern libraries and librarianship in India. It focuses, chapter by chapter, on various types of libraries including national libraries, academic libraries, school libraries, and special libraries.

(Hardback)

This reference work traces the development of traditional and modern libraries and librarianship in Japan and describes what they have become in modern times. It considers the evolution of particular types of libraries and the role of computers.

(Hardback)

This book is the first informative, comprehensive guide to the topic.

The volume describes the present state of library development and library services available at the various types of libraries in the Republic of Korea, along with the historical backgrounds of the country and librarianship.

(Hardback)

This collection of essays considers the role that libraries have played in the communication of ideas and information in the USA. Contributors examine the intellectual assumptions on which the institutionalization of knowledge has taken place and the way librarians are adapting to new technology.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

This is the first book-length study of prison libraries to provide a comprehensive overview of their history and to analyze their development in terms of the goals of correctional agencies and the values and traditions of librarianship.