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Everhart provides practical guidelines and ready-to-use forms for evaluating a school library media center, as well as important results derived in other studies. Everhart provides practical guidelines and ready-to-use forms for evaluating a school library media center, as well as important results derived in other studies.

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Evaluation, which is a critical component of the planning process, assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of library programs and services in the context of stated goals and objectives. Chapters discuss steps of the evaluation process and provide practical examples of the application of these steps to specific library problems.

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Evaluation, which is a critical component of the planning process, assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of library programs and services in the context of stated goals and objectives. Chapters discuss steps of the evaluation process and provide practical examples of the application of these steps to specific library problems.

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Shavit's book is an implementation analysis of the impact of federal aid on the organization and administration of state library agencies. Finally, he proposes recommendations for future policy regarding federal aid to public libraries and the role of state library agencies in relation to such aid.

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What students often need is an information problem-solving strategy: they know how to proceed, they just don't know how to begin each step in a process.

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As fast-paced technical changes are transforming the field of information science, this book explores in depth the early stages of the field through the history of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS), which began in 1937 as the American Documentation Institute (ADI).

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Guided by his lifetime of experience, Ken Dowlin offers readers fundraising suggestions that range from tips for community programs, such as story hours and simple book sales (a good way to clean house of outdated or little-used books to make a little money), to ideas for influencing referendum issues to gain increased or dedicated funding.

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Learn what types of grants are available and which ones are most suitable to your needs, then follow the step-by-step guidelines for locating sources and securing grants.

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An in-depth understanding of the complexities, dynamics, and emerging trends in community college libraries today.

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This broad-ranging resource is for librarians who want to begin a new program or incorporate healthy living into an existing one.

From garden plots to cooking classes to StoryWalks to free yoga, more and more libraries are developing innovative programs and partnerships to encourage healthy living.

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This title provides programming specifics for the high school library media specialist. It suggests topics, leads the user toapprppriate resources, and explains the process step-by-step of executing programme plans.

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We need today to guide students to adaptable lifelong learning through an understanding of the broader concepts of information-seeking and variable presentation. This new edition, reflecting the technological changes of the past 10 years, combines broad concepts and theories on information seeking with specific lessons and applications.

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This volume examines the role of specialized knowledge in evaluating and designing information policy.

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This work explores how managerial innovations are generated and disseminated among public librarians. It provides a case study of the dissemination of an innovation which allows librarians to engage in user-oriented planning, community-specific role setting and self-evaluation of performance.

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Increased access to information generated by international governmental organizations (IGOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and the explosive growth in information technology lead to challenges in the way this information is disseminated, processed, organized, and used.

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Although the book focuses on one aspect of leadership, interpersonal communication, its purpose is to provide a practical guide to becoming a leader, addressing other aspects of leadership.