(Hardback)

Many reference librarians have been highly critical about unobtrusive evaluation studies. But can their opposition be justified This work considers the thorny question of why so many librarians have such negative attitudes towards these studies.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

It includes chapters written by full-time professional library consultants, information specialists, and library administrators who have had extensive experience in using consultants to solve a range or problems in information service.

(Paperback)

Learn how to teach visual literacy through photography-an easy way for you to combine student interest with resources at hand to enhance a key learning skill.

(Hardback)

This guide lists over 75 primary source Internet sites on geography. It also provides in-depth critical thinking questions and activities for geography teachers and school library media specialists to use with students.

(Paperback)

Presenting web sites from around the world covering much of the world's literature, this book provides creative and interesting thinking activities to enhance student understanding of literature and culture and to promote critical thinking.

(Paperback)

Topics are based on a typical middle school program of study and each topical section includes a sample lesson plan, a list of books that illustrate the topic and suggested websites for further exploration.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

This fourth volume of the series, Using Picture Story Books to Teach Literary Devices, gives teachers and librarians the perfect tool to teach literary devices in grades K-12.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

This comprehensive listing and discussion of poetic works supports the standards of all areas of the curriculum, helping librarians and teachers working with kindergarten through middle school students.

(Paperback)

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.

(Paperback)

Online scholarly publishing is revolutionizing scholarly communication, and the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) is among those protocols leading the way in the transformation process.

(Paperback)

In this guide, 100 recommended books and booktalks offer the perfect way to start value discussions with teens and teen/adult book groups.

(Hardback)

Libraries and archives have violated their public trust, argues Nicholson Baker in his controversial book ^IDouble Fold^R, by destroying traditional books, newspapers, and other paper-based collections.

(Hardback)

This reference guide to video acquisition and cataloging places the emphasis on the problems surrounding the area within the electronic, on-line environment. It provides theoretical discussion and practical examples of solutions to problems faced by video librarians.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

This professional publication represents the broadest discussion of video collection development in libraries currently available. Background discussions include the impact of video on society, the role of video in multi-type libraries, and the uses of video to meet special client needs.

(Paperback)

Bring new visibility to your school library media program and promote its strengths to all its constituencies. Video production is not only a great way to communicate, it's also a great way to teach communication skills to students and teachers.

(Paperback)

This guidebook shows academic libraries how to use innovative new performance metrics to achieve greater accountability and higher levels of service.

(Paperback)

Use this practical resource to create a virtual reference service in your school or public library using little to no budget money! This book speaks to all librariansschool, public, special, and academic and addresses universal virtual reference needs of library patrons.

(Paperback)

Dazzle teens with a film collection custom-designed to fit their interests and tastes! In addition, the authors address popular culture influences on teens, technology and format issues, how to get teen input, where to find reliable review sources, programming with films, and promoting and merchandising your collection.

(Hardback)

This book provides a thought-provoking new perspective on the role of vocabulary control in providing access to the conceptual information found in online databases and catalogs.

The first three chapters provide a basis for understanding the structure of vocabulary control systems used for the indexing of conceptual information.

(Paperback)

The author has selected books, videos, CD-ROMs, and Web sites (about 400 total, extending through 2004) that deal with war and peace, and presented them in thematic chapterswar as history, hope and glory, costs and horrors of war, terrorism and 9/11, home front, anti-war movements, peace, and resources for adults.

(Paperback)

Having a clear, attractive, and easy-to-navigate website that allows users to quickly find what they want is essential for any organization-including a library. This workbook makes website creation easy-no HTML required.