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(Paperback)

Harness the power of the library to reach students! This resource also focuses on the librarians role as leader in promoting resiliency in adolescents by highlighting the research on resiliency and its impact on student achievement.

(Paperback)

In plain language and with a practical, straightforward approach, Baldwin tells you about employment law relating to personnel recruitment and selection; the employment relationship; collective bargaining; wage and hour laws; employment benefits; discrimination laws; health, safety, and privacy; discipline and discharge; and income replacement.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Nine of the best-selling books of all time are nonfiction, and countless readers turn to nonfiction when reading for pleasure today.

(Paperback)

This simple new approach to teaching information skills takes students beyond mere fact-finding to designing and recording search strategies.

(Paperback)

Learn and perfect the skills needed to conduct satisfying reference interviews in the modern technological environment with this easy-to-use guide.

In today's technology-driven world, reference librarians must serve users who come into the building as well as remote users who ask via various digital means.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Based on educational research, this book will help school librarians create an environment that supports resilience in their school library media center.

Resilience is the capacity of children to grow up successful, content, and competent even though they are faced with adversities like poverty, violence, illness, or neglect.

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

How can public libraries successfully meet the needs of their patrons and their communities, and build support for their endeavors With examples and statistics from more than 200 libraries of all sizes, the book gathers decades of pertinent research and a wealth of creative ideas and winning tactics for public libraries.

(Paperback)

This comprehensive presentation of the Request for Proposal (RFP) process shows librarians how to successfully prepare RFPs when determining which vendors to use for purchasing library materials.

(Hardback)

A simple keyword search in Library Literature and Information Index, a primary electronic index of library and information science research literature, retrieves over 6,500 items related to the Internet.

(Hardback)

This volume examining key factors related to successful reference service practices provides librarians with an important and significantly different perspective on the reference process.

(Paperback)

As one of the only books to offer a behind-the-scenes look at the multifaceted role of school librarians in student success, this instructional guide offers everything you'll need to develop, align, and evaluate curriculum with your library collection in mind.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Using concrete examples, The School Librarians Technology Playbook offers strategies for school librarians to initiate and support innovative practices throughout their school community.

The role of school librarians has evolved: no longer do they primarily support teachers with reading and literacy resources.

(Paperback, 7th edition)

"The seventh edition of this comprehensive school library management text expands upon the role of the school librarian, especially in the ever-growing digital realm, and highlights the importance of school librarian leadership and outreach"--

(Hardback, 7th edition)

"The seventh edition of this comprehensive school library management text expands upon the role of the school librarian, especially in the ever-growing digital realm, and highlights the importance of school librarian leadership and outreach"--

(Hardback, 5th Revised edition)

With a focus on the successful management of the school library media center as a system, the new edition of this authoritative work addresses and integrates the many trends and developments of the past decade.

(Hardback)

This book is the first-ever reference to the four seventeenth-century editions of William Shakespeare's collected plays known as the folios.

(Paperback)

An organized collection of budget saving methods, materials, and strategies, these tips are all tried-and-true examples of ways to stretch the media specialist's budget and time, and change even the drabbest library into an inviting oasis of learning.

(Paperback)

This inspiring guide shows how to implement the principles of the Slow Book movement in college campus libraries as well as public and high school libraries, with the ultimate goals of encouraging pensive reading habits and creating a lifelong enjoyment of books.

(Hardback)

Journal of Academic Librarianship

The Smaller Academic Library, which is a collection of thirty essays by diverse hands on the management of libraries in colleges of up to about 7,500 students, should help practitioners build that kind of leadership and sense of mission.

(Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

Prepared by leading subject specialist librarians and arranged by discipline, the book's 12 chapters cover general social sciences, political science, economics, business, history, law and justice, anthropology, sociology, education, psychology, geography, and communication.