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This text presents a compilation of the best of ideas from a group of library science graduate students, providing creative and engaging programs geared especially for children ages 012.

What are the concepts, activities, and topics that will hold the attention of today's children

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This volume in the Contemporary Military, Strategic, and Security Issues series presents a concise introduction to the evolution, key concepts, discourse, and future options for improved strategic communication in today's U.S. government.

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This professional reference for academic librarians provides detailed guidance for the strategic management of academic libraries. This book offers solutions to immediate operational problems within the academic library and treats strategic planning as but one component of overall strategic management.

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Strategic Marketing for Libraries is a straightforward discussion of the full range of marketing concepts and tools applied to various types of libraries including public, special, and academic.

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Libraries enter into strategic planning by a variety of routes, from dynamic technology and rising costs to budget cuts and pressure for change.

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Only when a systems perspective like this is adopted and technology seen as a strategic variable can technology transfer be understood and successfully implemented, says Madu.

Madu thus identifies the failures of technology transfer as the result of malfunctions in three components of the system: technology, structure, and behavior.

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Most of what passes for strategic planning is not strategic at all. Cook maintains that even to attempt strategy there must first be a strategic system, a system that deals with strategic issues, decision-making, and strategic action, which is preceded by strategic thinking.

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This book provides a comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide for making the most of the online learning environment.

The integration of Web 2.0 tools into an online learning environment requires more than just connecting technology: it involves a paradigm shift from "online learning" to "open network learning."

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Is it possible to both cut costs and improve public library programming for all ages Yes, it is; this book demonstrates how.

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This is the most comprehensive bibliography available today on strengthening the United Nations and its system of international organizations. This expansive reference work has been carefully compiled to accomodate a variety of research methods, and offers a general introduction, followed by brief introductions to each section.

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This bibliography collects and summarizes published observations, research findings, opinions, and conclusions of mental health professionals, social scientists, and other trained observers regarding the effects of the Vietnam War on those Americans who fought in it.

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Structural adjustment has become the orthodox economic policy in developing countries. International institutions, through structural adjustment loans (SALs), provide both impetus and guidance to developing countries.

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Human beings have always had a penchant for collecting images. Consequently, say O'Connor and Greisdorf, image collections can no longer be the result of ad hoc processes rooted in antiquated methodologies. For anyone who cognitively engages with image collections either vocationally or avocationally.

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Explore exciting programs and initiatives that can both engage undergraduate students with academic libraries and assist academic librarians in creating a vibrant library atmosphere.

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One of the most perplexing aspects of research today is what to do when there's too much information on a topic. The key, suggests Leslie Stebbins, is to impress upon students the importance of good filtering instincts and careful management of search results.

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Designed for school library media specialists, this book focuses on library media programs and examines the factors that influence student achievement.

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Dr. Kupietzky has put together a guide for digitizing encyclopedic, multilingual museums that promises to both standardize and streamline the process.

Part I provides a review of the literature and of the problems concerning methods used in the computerization of museums.

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This text is a compilation of standard film and video subject headings and genre terms, and presents guidance from an established cataloging expert on assigning them.

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Drawing on the research of experts from the fields of computing and library science, this ground-breaking work will show you how to combine two very different approaches to classification to create more effective, user-friendly information-retrieval systems.