(Paperback, 2nd edition)

(Paperback)

Library staff and faculty defend intellectual freedom and describe standing against book challenges.

Book bans and challenges frequently make the news, but when the reporting ends, how do we put them in context

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Provides advice for librarians on how to re-design and upgrade collections and services to attract male teens to the library. This guide discusses the reading habits of young men, male-friendly collection development with fiction and nonfiction materials, teen advisory boards, teen area design and display, diversity of male teens, and more.

(Paperback)

Covering topics such as mobile reference, eBooks, mobile websites, and QR codes, this book examines the effects of the global mobile revolution on libraries and library users-critical information all librarians need.

(Paperback)

Google is certainly a useful Internet search tool for general topics, but most of the information available on the Invisible Web can't be found through Google.

(Paperback, 5th Revised edition)

The number of information sources and the diversification of formats are revolutionizing library and scholarly practice.

(Hardback)

While other publications identify technologies and speculate on applications, this volume focuses on the impacts of information technology on several aspects of librarianship.

The book first delineates emerging technologies and their impact on reference services and bibliographic instruction.

(Hardback)

This book focuses on the effects of information policy. While information policy studies often consider the ideology underlying policy, the policy process, the stakeholders and players in that process, and the nature of the outcomes of policy development, there have been few studies that focus on the ultimate effects of information policy.

(Paperback)

This book focuses on the effects of information policy. While information policy studies often consider the ideology underlying policy, the policy process, the stakeholders and players in that process, and the nature of the outcomes of policy development, there have been few studies that focus on the ultimate effects of information policy.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

This readable and practical book examines the changes in school libraries brought by the digital revolution-and describes how new and experienced librarians can take advantage of them.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Integrating the disparate disciplines of descriptive cataloging, subject cataloging, indexing, and classification, the book adopts a conceptual framework that views the process of organizing information as the use of a special language of description called a bibliographic language.

(Paperback)

This book, a blend of practice and theory, shows how the school library can contribute to the success of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.

(Hardback)

The Internet is widely used in various library and information operations. This is a guide to the most important books and articles published on the Internet and library and information services in 1994 and 1995.

(Paperback)

This simple guide provides valuable insights for transforming an out-of-date public, school, or academic library into a thriving, user-centric learning commons.

(Hardback, 2nd Revised edition)

Included are entries detailing the book trade in individual countries, biographical profiles, quotations about books and librarianship, and representations of book people in fiction and postage stamps.

(Hardback)

and a new look at preservation alternatives within the context of the research library's future.

Eldred Smith identifies the essential contribution that the research librarian makes to the scholarly process, as well as how and why the librarian has, throughout history, been unable to fulfill the role completely.

(Hardback)

Noise, a particularly disruptive force, is investigated, including a look at how libraries and librarians create noise.

Budd reviews some of the ways various schools of thought look at libraries, information and communication.

(Paperback)

Contributions range from a consideration of the Garrison library in the British Empire, to the Carnegie library as a social institution, to the imagined library in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

(Paperback)

Emphasizing the advantages of working together and exploring the future of library services in an online, socially connected world, this exciting book shows how all public library professionals can take advantage of our strongest community and information tool-the library catalogue.

(Paperback)

Appropriate for experienced elementary librarians as well as students in school library preparation programs, this powerful book explains the advantages of utilizing a flexible schedule with collaboration as compared to a fixed schedule without collaboration.

(Paperback)

Enhance showings of classic kids films with fun learning activities for readers/viewers from ages 7 to 12.

The Library Film Party: Activities with Children's Classic Films helps you use classic children's films to enable kids to see the world more clearly.

(Paperback)

Collaborate with classroom teachers on strategies to teach the writing process in the K12 library and classroom. This book explains the writing process, offers collaborative curriculum connections, and includes a treasure trove of teacher/librarian collaborative writing lessons.