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(Paperback, 6th Revised edition)

This edition guides the reader through the vast and constantly changing terrain of government information in print and electronic forms. It provides an overview of public access issues, giving special attention to the impact of electronic formats on the dissemination of federal governments.

(Hardback, 6th Revised edition)

This edition guides the reader through the vast and constantly changing terrain of government information in print and electronic forms. It provides an overview of public access issues, giving special attention to the impact of electronic formats on the dissemination of federal governments.

(Hardback)

Inventing the Future: Information services for a New Millenium is a sequel to Harris and Hannah's 1998 book Into the Future. In this book they move beyond the rhetorical contests about the future of the library and turn their attention to the more prosaic but vital task of managing our ever more complex and constantly changing libraries.

(Paperback)

Inventing the Future: Information services for a New Millenium is a sequel to Harris and Hannah's 1998 book Into the Future. In this book they move beyond the rhetorical contests about the future of the library and turn their attention to the more prosaic but vital task of managing our ever more complex and constantly changing libraries.

(Hardback)

Offers librarians an opportunity to share thinking on topics that fall under the headings of Management Issues, Personnel, Operations and Collection Requirements. This book includes topics such as accreditation standards, auxiliary roles and responsibilities on the campus, marketing library services, and collection development personnel issues.

(Hardback)

Most scholars and students relied on card catalogs, printed bibliographic indices, and hardcopy books and journals. This book examines the history of digital resources for scholarly communication, JSTOR. It looks at JSTOR's mission of saving storage space and thereby storage costs, a mission that expanded to improving access to the literature.

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Simple, straightforward guidance for the practitioner who wants to use assistive technologies to extend library access.

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This book connects to the new AASL standards, ISTE Standards for Students, and provides simple directions for using a variety of books to create maker activities that deepen the reading experience.

Books and maker activities help children to associate reading with hands-on learning.

(Hardback)

In view of the challenges facing higher education, academic librarians need to take an expanded campus leadership role. This book shows the way.

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School library media specialists know that a close collaboration between the school principal and themselves is critical in the development of an exemplary school library media program, but they are often unsure of how to establish and build on that collaboration.

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(Paperback)

Defining both the Common Core Standards and the school librarian's role in their implementation, this book offers ready-to-use lesson plans and other tools for grades K-5 and identifies opportunities for collaborative teaching.

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(Hardback)

This guide provides the historical background of traditional and modern libraries and librarianship in India. It focuses, chapter by chapter, on various types of libraries including national libraries, academic libraries, school libraries, and special libraries.

(Hardback)

This reference work traces the development of traditional and modern libraries and librarianship in Japan and describes what they have become in modern times. It considers the evolution of particular types of libraries and the role of computers.

(Hardback)

This book is the first informative, comprehensive guide to the topic.

The volume describes the present state of library development and library services available at the various types of libraries in the Republic of Korea, along with the historical backgrounds of the country and librarianship.

(Hardback)

This is the first book-length study of prison libraries to provide a comprehensive overview of their history and to analyze their development in terms of the goals of correctional agencies and the values and traditions of librarianship.

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From 1876 to 1924a period of free immigrationthe mission of the American public library in its work with immigrants was to Americanize the immigrants by teaching them English and preparing them for citizenship.

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(Paperback, 2nd edition)

This professional primer provides the blueprint to help you create a school library program, covering all aspects of library management such as budgeting, eBook use, purchasing, and teacher collaboration. Advice and strategies from experts in the field will help you master collection development, library administration, recruitment, and staffing.

(Hardback)

Answering the call for a standard of bibliographic control and a critical analysis of the literature of library and information science, the work features reviews of English-language library science monographs, reference books, and selected library and information science periodicals published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

Written specifically to address the library's role in education, this book provides guidance on performing assessment at academic institutions that will serve to improve teaching effectiveness and prove your library's impact on student learning outcomes-and thereby demonstrate your library's value.

(Paperback)

Based on the author's experiences, this handy guide offers the kind of information not found in standard texts. Pithy, practical, and full of useful ideas, this is one book every librarian considering or involved in a construction project should read. Floor plans and elevations included.