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Topics addressed in this book include: how to begin and upgrade a collection; the relative merits of complete and abridged audio books; and a sample-written selection policy for the audio-book collection. There are also suggestions for incorporating audio books in education.

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Managing and budgeting for an integrated service are covered in detail in chapters of interest to library managers planning to institute or expand a search service or to managers of existing search services.

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The future of reference librarianship as a viable and essential part of the library depends on developing a proactive, participatory, and hands-on approach to automation.

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The first comprehensive guide to modern scholarship in the field, this annotated bibliography offers a wide-ranging survey of subjects that form the context of English literature from 1660 to 1800.

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If you want to understand the drug problem in America, you first need to know how the government is making it worse. Bad Trip is the place to start.

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By covering essential accounting concepts, budgeting, government regulations that pertain to libraries, as well as accounting measurement methods and their relationship to assessment, this book effectively addresses the questions often posed by acquisition librarians pertaining to accounting.

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Severely threatened by climate change, Bangladesh is showing the world how to take an active role in adapting to this situation. Learning from its own experience in coping with floods and cyclones, Bangladesh is taking the lead in international climate change negotiations and attempting to persuade the industrialized world to curb emissions.

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Severely threatened by climate change, Bangladesh is showing the world how to take an active role in adapting to this situation. Learning from its own experience in coping with floods and cyclones, Bangladesh is taking the lead in international climate change negotiations and attempting to persuade the industrialized world to curb emissions.

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A guide that provides ideas that help librarians, teachers, and parents choose books guaranteed to grab the attention and interest of boys. It covers genres such as humor, realistic fiction, adventure, sports, fantasy, historical fiction, graphic novels, nonfiction, and poetry.

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This invaluable guide enables librarians as well as patrons and teachers to identify the best books for high school readers out of the thousands published each year.

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Has 10,000 descriptions and reviews which target the most acclaimed works in all categories. It divides titles into fiction by genre and non-fiction by Dewey decimal classes. Entries have author, publisher, price, editions, ISBN, publication date, descriptive details and sources of book reviews.

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Offers annotated selections of over 10,000 recommended books. Arranged by subject with a subject / grade level index, it's aim is to assist collection evaluation, development and reader guidance for the 15-18 age group. In most cases two or three favourable reviews were needed to warrant inclusion.

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In this book, experts in the field describe best practices based on their experiences in corporate libraries worldwide.

With information driving today's global economy, corporate librarians must become even more proactive in their daily assignments.

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Intended to support the national initiative to strengthen learning in areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, this book helps librarians who work with youth in school and public libraries to build better collections and more effectively use these collections through readers' advisory and programming.

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In this practical guidebook, experienced librarians-a public librarian and a school librarian-share advice and ideas for extending resources, containing costs, and leveraging capabilities between school and public libraries, offering insights and strategies to overcome today's economic challenges.

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A new edition of this classic book on interpersonal communication.

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Foremost scholars explore new directions in communication research in the light of social, economic, and technological changes in recent years. This overview of the state of communication research is designed for scholars, professionals, and for student use in research methods courses.

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Maurice Berube examines the political matrix of intellectual and cultural America. The essays range from the rise of the postmodern intellectual to a modernist appreciation of the spiritual quality of Jackson Pollock. The author claims that human endeavour is rooted in a politics of culture.

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This volume is a collection of contemporary commentaries on international communication issues, with the concept of national sovereignty as the departure point. topics include mass media communication across borders, communication satellites, and Third World nations and the need to establish a new world information order.