Language arts & disciplines / Library & Information Science

Library 2020: Today's Leading Visionaries Describe Tomorrow's Library

von Joseph Janes

Broadly representative of important perspectives and aspects within the profession as well as featuring important voices beyond the professional realm, Library 2020 presents thought-provoking and illuminating...

Time and Project Management Strategies for Librarians

von Carol Smallwood, Jason Kuhl & Lisa Fraser

As budgets for libraries continue to shrink, the key challenge facing the 21st century librarian is finding how to do more with less. This book features more than thirty essays that provide valuable tips for...

Transforming Libraries, Building Communities: The Community-Centered Library

von Julie Biando Edwards, Melissa S. Robinson & Kelley Rae Unger

This book is for those moving their library beyond places to find information. Written by practicing public librarians and an academic librarian with an interest in public libraries, the book focuses on how...

The Best 100 Free Apps for Libraries

von Jim Hahn

Librarian Jim Hahn has carefully culled the over 500,000 available apps down to the 100 that are the absolute best for day-in, day-out library services. The guide covers apps from both Apple and Android devices,...

Imagining Archives: Essays and Reflections

von Taylor, Cook & Dodds

Hugh A. Taylor is one of the most important thinkers in the English-speaking world of archives. A retired civil servant and archival educator, he was named to the prestigious Order of Canada, his nation's highest...

Children's Books from Other Countries

von Carl M. Tomlinson

A complete and current guide to international children's literature. The annotated bibliography contains over 700 titles from 29 different countries printed between 1950 and 1996. All titles are available in...

Beyond Babar: The European Tradition in Children's Literature

von Sandra L. Beckett & Maria Nikolajeva

Beyond Babar: The European Tradition in Children's Literature examines in depth eleven of the most celebrated European children's novels in substantial, critical essays written by well-known international scholars....

A Broadening Conversation: Classic Readings in Theological Librarianship

von Melody Layton McMahon & David R. Stewart

The American Theological Library Association has served libraries, librarians, and academic institutions with distinction for sixty years. A Broadening Conversation offers a means of listening in on the rich...

Build It Once: A Basic Primer for the Creation of Online Exhibitions

von Sarah Goodwin Thiel

Build It Once is designed for the staff member faced with the challenge of creating high-quality online exhibitions with limited exhibit experience, technical support and resources. It is a book of practices...

Archival Theory, Records, and the Public

von Trevor Livelton

A view of archival theory as knowledge resulting from the analysis of ideas. Illustrated by a variety of examples, including a discussion of freedom of information.

Something's Gotta Give: Charleston Conference Proceedings, 2011

von Beth R. Bernhardt, Leah H. Hinds & Katina P. Strauch

The theme of the 2011 Charleston Conference, the annual event that explores issues in book and serial acquisition, was "Something's Gotta Give." The conference, held November 2-5, 2011, in Charleston, SC, included...

Advocating Archives: An Introduction to Public Relations for Archivists

von Elsie Freeman Finch

Readers will benefit from practical advice on how to better serve the client in person, launch a fund-raising campaign, work with the media, market programs, organize programs around historical events, train...

Cataloging and Classification Standards and Rules

von John J Riemer

This is the first book to examine standards specifically as they apply to cataloging and classification, while at the same time considering the field of library science as a whole. The developments in standards...

Recruiting Training and Retention of Science and Technology Librarians

von Patricia A. Kreitz & JoAnn DeVries

Since the 1950s there has been a persistent shortage of sci-tech librarians, and as more librarians retire or change positions, the prospect looms that the profession will only depopulate further. Tackling this...

The Twelfth Off-Campus Library Services Conference Proceedings

von Julie A. Garrison

An essential tool for digital services for every campus library

The Twelfth Off-Campus Library Services Proceedings is a selection of superb presentations from the twelfth annual conference on library services...

Digital Images and Art Libraries in the Twenty-First Century

von Susan Wyngaard

Increase your knowledge of the digital technology that is essential for art librarianship today!

Digital Images and Art Libraries in the Twenty-First Century is your key to cutting-edge discourse on digital...

Business Reference Services and Sources: How End Users and Librarians Work Together

von Linda S Katz

The most proactive source for business reference librarian information on the market, Business Reference Services and Sources: How End Users and Librarians Work Together shows you that the librarian-customer...

The World through Children's Books

von Susan Stan & Betsy Hearne

The World through Children's Books is a valuable and easy-to-use tool for librarians, teachers and others who seek to promote international understanding through children's literature. The annotated bibliography,...

Digital Libraries

von Fabrice Papy

Of vital interest to all librarians and information specialists, this book presents all aspects of the effects of digitization of today's and tomorrow's libraries. From social to technical issues, Digital Libraries...

The Information Behavior of a New Generation: Children and Teens in the 21st Century

von Jamshid Beheshti & Andrew Large

The Information Behavior of a New Generation: Children and Teens in the 21st Century attempts to describe the significant changes in the information behavior of children and youth over the last two decades....