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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

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This simple guide provides valuable insights for transforming an out-of-date public, school, or academic library into a thriving, user-centric learning commons.

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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.

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The enormous task of preserving the world's heritage in the face of war, natural disaster, vandalism, neglect, and technical obsolescence.

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Great for librarians, library staff, and managers who have an obligation to provide quality library services to the U.S. Latino community.

For the first time, an authoritative compendium of collective thought and experience has been created to form a powerful standard for Spanish-language-oriented library services.

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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.

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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, 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.

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(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.

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This comprehensive handbook offers thoroughly annotated lists of 2009's best children's books, plus lesson plans, teacher's guides, stories, songs, and Internet resources.

The book that has itself been a winner for the past five years is backand more chock full of useful information than ever!

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This standard professional handbook offers comprehensive, thoroughly annotated lists of the best children's books of 2010, plus lesson plans, teacher's guides, stories, songs, and Internet resources.

The WINNERS!

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Traces the public librarian author's inspiring story as a Mormon youth with Tourette's Syndrome who after a sequence of radical and ineffective treatments overcame nightmarish tics through education, military service, and strength training.

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Through her unique perspective the author provides insight into the many different areas of expertise that are required in a good manager. These include how to handle cliques, how to handle the perceived or real excellence of the previous manager, how to handle difficult subordinates, and many others.

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This practical and research-based volume focuses on how libraries can meet the needs of underserved patrons in college and university libraries, with an emphasis on those facing trauma, abuse, and discrimination.

While university libraries strive to meet the needs of all students, some groups have traditionally been overlooked.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Library computer users are often novices and may not be aware that even seemingly innocuous information supplied to Web sites can be mined by government agencies, unscrupulous businesses, and criminals.