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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893919832Author Howard WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorCANDY SCHWARTZ is Professor of Library and Information Science at Simmons College. Peter Hernon is professor of library and information science at Simmons...

Medical libraries are confronted with the international aspects of copyright and licence agreements, and cope with a fast-growing demand for high quality medical information in order to bring evidence-based medicine into practice. Medical librarians also...

What is the importance--if any--of erotica in a library collection? When is erotica pornography? What do your patrons think? Before you find yourself in the center of this controversy, read Libraries, Erotica, & Pornography--the first in-depth...

Based on the author's experiences, this handy guide offers the kind of information not found in standard texts. You will learn how to get maximum coverage from your local newspaper; how to sustain staff morale during months of dust, noise, and confusion;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780872875227Author Patricia J. WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Libraries Unlimited IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

New concepts, new ideas, and new objects diffuse through a society in a fairly predictable, multi-stage process over an indeterminate period of time. In recent years many social scientists representing various disciplines have accepted the methods and...

This complete guide to producing transparencies for the overhead projector offers hundreds of instructional ideas. Separate chapters describe and illustrate techniques in projector use; transparency design; using realia; handmade, color life,...

When you combine science instruction with the enjoyment of literature you achieve new learning dimensions. The ideas, selected books, and exciting activities described in Literature-Based Science allow you to make learning about science interesting. The...

This biographical treasury portrays 40 notable achievers-all of whom blossomed late in life and succeeded in a variety of fields, from literature to politics and from business and industry to art. Emphases are on how obstacles were overcome and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780897741712Author Kenneth F. KisterFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

Through carefully selected books, journals and multi-media resources, Lynne and Herman Sutter provide teachers and librarians with a broad collection of subjects to guide a student's research and broaden a child's interest base. Each subject, or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980200492Author Toni SamekFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Litwin Books, LLCPublisher Litwin Books, LLCWeight(grams) 458gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013274473Author Nathan GarveyFormat HardbackPage Count 166Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

This book examines the relationships between archives, communities and collective memory through both the lens of a postcolonial society, the United States Virgin Islands, a former colony of Denmark, now a United States territory, and through an archival...

As prices of traditional library materials increase, and space to house them shrinks, savvy school library media specialists are creating cyber libraries, or school libraries on the Internet. These libraries offer students and their parents 24-hour...

As the role of the school library media specialist continues to evolve, and dependence on technology increases, collection development for the school library media center becomes increasingly complex. Collection Development for a New Century in the...

How do you select the best recent works of fiction, oral tradition, and poetry about African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Native-American Indian experiences and traditions from the profusion of titles being published today? This...

The intersection of informetrics and information retrieval (IR) research provides valuable insights for IR system modeling, design, and evaluation. This work introduces readers to informetric aspects of IR system contents and their use, and how knowledge...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313207204Author Deborah LockwoodFormat HardbackPage Count 166Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

Based on the author's day-to-day experience as a school librarian and storyteller, More Books Kids Will Sit Still For offers 1,400 of the most engaging hand-picked titles and is guaranteed to keeps kids on the edge of their seats. From picture books and...

Uniquely bookish borders! Use this clip art for all the projects that demand that special touch, such as for embellishing a flyer, bookmark, book cover, or newsletter with dramatic flair. Border themes include libraries and reading, holidays, children's...

Once again the wide-ranging and rapid developments in microcomputer technology of the last few years have meant that a detailed revision of The librarian's guide to microcomputers for information management was required, if it was to fulfil its...

This practical, hands-on guide will assist the school library media specialist in planning, funding, implementing, and promoting special events programs in the school. Trotta provides a readable text filled with program ideas, planning documents, and...

Bundy and Stielow designed Activism in American Librarianship, 1962-1973 to address two key questions: How did the various social movements of the time express themselves in librarianship? What happened to the various library institutions during this...

Since that time, the literature on the Internet and its impact on and role in libraries and research has exploded. A simple keyword search in Library Literature and Information Index, a primary electronic index of library and information science research...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780897743907Author A. J. WalfordFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

In the first detailed examination of the subject, Maxine Rochester surveys the benefits and problems associated with training foreign librarians and information science professionals in the United States. First providing background on the general issue...

In this fully updated edition, Fred Lerner continues to explore the ways in which records of human experience are collected. Updated to include our new technology, this work describes the crucial role libraries played in ancient Egypt, Han-dynasty China,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893709181Author Michael BurgessFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Borgo PressPublisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 282g

Presenting strategies for improving academic library services for first-generation students, this timely book focuses on programs and services that will increase student academic engagement and success. Demographic data and secondary school graduation...

The 1994 conference of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries drew together an exceptional group of invited speakers and contributed papers. They represent a summary of the developments in libraries and information services in the...

Very few issues are as important as education today and Dr. Coleman weds extant research with personal experiences to provide a contextual framework from which the reader can garner a more intense understanding of the issues. She covers such issues as...

Teachers of political science, social studies, and economics, as well as school library media specialists, will find this resource invaluable for incorporating the Internet into their classroom lessons. Over 150 primary source Web sites are referenced...

Selected papers presented by leading professionals at a Mid-Year Conference of the American Society for Information Science, along with additional commentary by guest editors comprise this volume, which condenses a broad range of information into a...

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780872878068Author Jack D. GlazierFormat HardbackPage Count 238Imprint Libraries Unlimited IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 907g

We need today to guide students to adaptable lifelong learning through an understanding of the broader concepts of information-seeking and variable presentation. Here, the best insight and advice on how to do that is drawn from the top-notch writers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837160610Author Alice S. ClarkFormat HardbackPage Count 270Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780897747257Author Virginia A. WalterFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

This book discusses both the philosophy of language and linguistic philosophy.Book InformationISBN 9780313256417Author David E. CooperFormat HardbackPage Count 233Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO