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This easy-to-use, comprehensive guide shows how to establish a floating collection in any library-regardless of type or size. Despite its increasing popularity, there are few published works about floating and floating collections. Virtually no one has...

How can libraries and librarians across the educational continuum work together to support student transitions from high school to college, utilizing free or low-cost resources? This book supplies the answers. Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting...

"A welcome guide to promoting Black authors through library programming, laden with examples and advice from an experienced and dedicated practitioner. Especially recommended for outreach-minded MLIS students and early-career librarians." - Library...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World, IMCW 2012, held in Ankara, Turkey, in September 2012. The 16 revised full papers presented together with three keynotes...

Share stories about popular holidays, from New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and President's Day, to Indian Heritage Month, Christmas, and Kwanzaa with stories from some of our most renowned and beloved storytellers-Laura Simms, Diane...

Get your library the funds you need! Guided by his lifetime of fundraising experience, Ken Dowlin offers suggestions that range from tips for community programs such as story hours and simple book sales to ideas for influencing referendum issues to gain...

Targeted for elementary teachers, librarians, and drama teachers, Handmade Tales offers more than 25 original tales from around the world that use hands as an active way to tell the stories.Cut and Tell Draw and Tell Hand Stories and Fingerplays and...

Building on the information needs and the learning style preferences of today's high school students, the author builds a case for using pop culture (TV shows, fads, and current technology) to build integrated information skills lessons for students...

Motivate and inspire your students as you teach them valuable information skills. These authors show you how to build a motivation toolkit filled with dozens of quick, easy-to-apply techniques for planning, improving, and enhancing information skills...

Rational and methodical, systems analysis has been used successfully by business, industry, and research organizations. This new edition employs basic elements from the business world to show users how to apply systems analysis effectively to any library...

The purpose of this book is to give media specialists, teachers and/or teacher helpers and parents a guide to using beginning chapter books to encourage first and second graders to read independently. The book contains in-depth lesson plans for 35 early...

The third campaignof the Cross-LanguageEvaluation Forum (CLEF) for Eu- pean languages was held from January to September 2002. Participation in this campaignshowedaslightriseinthenumberofparticipantswith,37groupsfrom both academia and industry and a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903688694Author Robert K. O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Ulster Historical FoundationPublisher Ulster Historical FoundationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634000970Author Stephen BalesFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Litwin Books, LLCPublisher Litwin Books, LLCWeight(grams) 308g

The seventh edition of this frequently adopted textbook features new or expanded sections on social justice research, data analysis software, scholarly identity research, social networking, data science, and data visualization, among other topics. It...

This book uses the discipline-specific, computational methods of the digital humanities to explore a constellation of rigorous case studies of modernist literature. From data mining and visualization to mapping and tool building and beyond, the digital...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788743000402Author Immanuel KantFormat PaperbackPage Count 662Imprint Books on DemandPublisher Books on DemandWeight(grams) 853g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783748150725Author Martin GertlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Books on DemandPublisher Books on DemandWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Springer Book ArchivesBook InformationISBN 9789401757522Format PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint SpringerPublisher Springer

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789351306535Author Ganpati Z. ShindeFormat HardbackPage Count 415Imprint Daya Publishing HousePublisher Astral International

This manual is a "one-stop shop" on how to present storytimes to suit different audiences including bilingual learners, special needs children, and those in a variety of settings such as Head Start, preschools, and day care situations.This beginner's...

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783794043095Author Arthur H. ChaplinFormat HardbackPage Count 132Imprint De GruyterPublisher De GruyterWeight(grams) 750g

These practical and useful lesson plans promote teaching information and computer skills as an integral part of the middle school curriculum. Emphasizing the vital role shared by media specialists, teachers, and administrators in connecting students to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783743162259Author Heinz DuthelFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Books on DemandPublisher Books on DemandWeight(grams) 113g

This survey provides an introduction to computational approaches to the discovery of communicable scientific knowledge and details recent advances. It is partly inspired by the contributions of the International Symposium on Computational Discovery of...

Educators have wrestled with the delineation of important curriculum content for decades. What is important, and how can the school library help? Written by well-known educators and school librarians, this new work-the second in the Principles and...

Writing assessment programs help place entering and mid-career students in composition courses at the appropriate level, monitor the progress of those students, and assist in placing them in writing courses throughout their undergraduate careers. These...

Take advantage of the appeal and power of Caldecott award literature to extend and promote learning across the curriculum. In these three volumes the author demonstrates how to use award-winning books as springboards to science, social studies, and...

This volume has grown from the collective effort of individuals from 28 American Library Association (ALA) accredited program schools to document the history and growth of distance education for the library and information science (LIS) professions...

Use popular fairy tales and fairy-tale characters as springboards for learning, and help students develop problem-solving abilities and creative-writing skills. Adaptable to virtually any fairy tale and to a variety of learning environments and levels,...

Like the nationally known Destination Imagination competition, Mind Builders offers simple engineering problems to be solved by student teams. It begins with a few exercises to introduce the team concept. These are followed by ten warm up problems that...

More than a directory, this book examines all aspects of state book award programs. Coast to Coast: Exploring State Book Awards provides a comprehensive body of information about state book award programs: who gives the award, the purpose of the award,...

The development and promotion of appropriate services for students with disabilities has been an integral part of the academic library since the 1990s. There remains, however, a dearth of literature-in marketing, library and information science, and...

Examining natural phenomena through the lens of ancient mythology and from the perspective of modern day science, this unique book encourages students to appreciate the magic in both myth and science. This twofold approach helps to clarify the...

Promote today's best and most popular YA books with help from this practical guide. Focusing on titles published after 2000, Schall provides you with background information, ready-to-use (or adapt) booktalks, read-aloud selections, learning activities,...

Where would a library be without its student employees? In academic libraries, the number of student employees, in real numbers, often exceeds the number of regular staff. They assist users, shelve materials, and work as security staff; many perform very...

Take advantage of the appeal and power of Caldecott award literature to extend and promote learning across the curriculum. In these three volumes the author demonstrates how to use award-winning books as springboards to science, social studies learning,...

Bridging the gap between research and practice communities is more pertinent than ever because of the need for evidence in developing and evaluating library services and programs. The gap between research and library practice has been discussed in the...

Designed to help you plan literature-based programs and units, this resource focuses on the theme of friends. Each section has a brief introduction and a focus book on the topic, with suggested activities for speaking and writing. An annotated...