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A companion title to 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors, this book features another 100 biographical sketches and biographies of popular young adult authors.

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The book will be a valuable tool to researchers seeking primary material on Central America.

In addition to historical documents regarding politics, society, economics, and foreign affairs, this volume also surveys materials regarding ecology and indigenous people.

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A unique contribution to library management, this book provides practical advice on making wise decisions about the physical processing of nonprint materials, such as videotapes, computer disks, three-dimensional artifacts, and graphic materials.

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This practical guide clarifies why school librarians need to be part of the professional development process in their schoolsand shows just how to achieve that goal.

To remain gainfully employed, today's school librarian has to be a leader in the school.

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More than 300 critical reviews of quality reference titles by subject experts cover reference titles for this audience;

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Providing focused help as you build and maintain your philosophy and religion collections and field patron's requests, this new addition to the ARBA In-depth series contains over 300 critical reviews of quality reference titles by subject experts.

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This bibliography lists the numerous articles describing archives and manuscript collections in the United States, this volume includes over 2,200 titles.

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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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Here's an exciting new edition of a work that helps you to encourage independent reading skills in children ages 4 to 7, to develop your collection of first readers, and to plan thematic, literature-based programs.

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Book Banning in 21st Century America, based on thirteen contemporary book challenge cases in schools and public libraries across the United States argues that understanding contemporary reading practices, especially interpretive strategies, is vital to understanding why people attempt to censor books in schools and public libraries.

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Though such tests are most often employed in academic libraries, the methodology outlined by the author should be useful to all types of libraries in assessing the strength of their holdings.

In a time of increasing material and limited resources, libraries need to be particularly judicious in deciding which works to acquire.

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By placing its professional expertise in the service of maintaining the democratic values of free expression and pluralism, American librarianship not only defended its professional autonomy in the area of book selection, but also developed an ideology of intellectual freedom and claimed its defense as a central jurisdiction.

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Through an analysis of the professional literature of librarianship from 1876-1976, this select bibliography explores the evolution of children's work and the major developments, trends, innovations and practices that evolved or emerged in children's library services.

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Drawing on the popularity of fairy-tale literature and its retellings, this guide provides insightful annotations to all the major picture books and novels for children and teens.

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If you're a librarian charged with collecting curriculum materials and children's literature to support the Common Core State Standards, then this book-the only one that offers explicit advice on collection development in curriculum collections-is for you.

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Collecting, Curating, and Researching Writers' Libraries: A Handbook is the first book to examine the history, acquisition, cataloging, and scholarly use of writers personal libraries. This book also includes interviews with several well-known writers, who discuss their relationship with their books.

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This guide provides tools and techniques for analyzing collections, including "ready-to-use" collection data-gathering forms and collection assessment and analysis worksheets.

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Collection Care: An Illustrated Handbook for the Care and Handling of Cultural Objects provides a solid overview of basic collection care procedures and policies. The topics covered address the decision making criteria and risk assessment solutions involved in the best practic...