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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798881804244Author Patricia Hoerth BatchelderFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

A veteran of four decades of library service and one of today's leading library thinkers, Michael Gorman opens a discussion on library values--those that are rooted in historical perspective and those that can adapt to changing times. This provocative...

Assessing Learners unpacks a complex and critical area of school library instruction aligned to the National School Library Standards. Readers will be able to appropriately select or design assessment tools to measure learner understanding and growth. As...

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Recognising that informed, caring adults are critical to supporting early literacy development, this important resource builds on the concepts introduced in the second edition of the ALSC/PLA Every Child Ready to Read (R) initiative. Offering practical...

This open-access volume explores how digital resources and methods can be usefully employed for research on early modern translation. The volume focuses mainly on digital resources, and features a number of chapters on translation-specific resources...

Many reference librarians have been highly critical about unobtrusive evaluation studies. But can their opposition be justified? Or is it just a way to detract attention from serious shortcomings in reference service? How can government documents...

This book is an exploration of, not an explanation of, information (in its recorded form), and the keepers of those records, the librarians. It presents a model of the way in which recorded messages are generated by and used by people, and it discusses...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorllisch /f Jean /i B.Book InformationISBN 9780837173344Format HardbackPage Count 349Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Designed to help boost teenage literacy, this guide offers annotated selections of over 10,000 recommended books. Arranged by subject with a subject / grade level index, its aim is to assist collection evaluation, development and reader guidance for the...

This volume is intended to aid both those organizations considering the establishment of an institutional archives and those practicing archivists needing materials to assist them in evaluating their programs and planning for their development. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorPeter Hernon is professor of library and information science at Simmons College, Boston, MA. He is the author of 50 books, including Library Unlimited's Viewing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262548984Author Michele Valerie CloonanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 454g

Emerging from the Children's Literature Assembly's postconference workshop following the 1999 NCTE fall conference, this compilation of delivered speeches and reflective chapters offers insight into the broad development of American children's literature...

Geography teachers and school library media specialists will find this resource indispensable for providing classroom lessons and activities in critical thinking for geography students in grades 7-12. It is filled with over 75 primary source Internet...

Two underlying assumptions of this volume are that academic and public libraries can serve as effective intermediaries between the U.S. National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and library clientele, and that NTIS believes academic and public...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780872876552Author Jan IrvingFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint Libraries Unlimited IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Developed by a panel of distinguished educators and librarians, The Young Adult Reader's Adviser recommends an extensive, representative, and useful list of the finest books--modern and classic, hardcover and paperback. Patterned after the Bowker...

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780872879294Author Betty Jo IrvineFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint Libraries Unlimited IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 907g

This guide focuses on the implementation and management of second-generation automated library systems. It advances knowledge of the field by describing the migration path of library automated systems. Specifically, the book is intended to give practical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorre /f DanielBook InformationISBN 9780837198811Author Daniel GoreFormat HardbackPage Count 379Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Picture books for young adults can provide a unique introduction to curriculum-related topics that will capture student interest. This annotated bibliography of over 600 picture books for students in grades 8 through 12, is organized by content area and...

A step-by-step guide written specifically to introduce school library media specialists to the Internet, addressing their distinct needs and the unique relationships that exist between media specialists, their students, and classroom colleagues. Steps...

By placing its professional expertise in the service of maintaining the democratic values of free expression and pluralism, American librarianship not only defended its professional autonomy in the area of book selection, but also developed an ideology...

The Cordell Collection of Dictionaries is the world's largest, with over 5100 pre-1901 titles and several thousand more from the twentieth century. A short-title catalog and a compilation of English-language holdings for the pre-1901 materials have been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313241147Format HardbackPage Count 274Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 454g

Critically acclaimed since its inception, "Advances in Librarianship" continues to be the essential reference source for developments in the field of libraries and library science. Articles published in the serial have won national prizes, such...

Since the early 20th century, American academic libraries have collected and championed rare and unique non-circulating materials now referred to as special collections. Because of the rarity and value of these materials, they are handled differently...

The Visual Identity of the Book: From the Renaissance to the Digital Age provides a framework that considers the ‘materiality’ of the book (from printed to digital/electronic), the aspects of the stakeholders in the publishing chain, the traditional and...

Access Services departments in libraries have become highly complex organizations responsible for a broad range of functions, often including circulation, reserves, interlibrary lending and borrowing, document delivery, stacks maintenance, building...

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, at least 5.6 million people are seeking for new job opportunities since April 2024. Libraries can play an important role in supporting job seekers through several ways. Career Services and Workforce...

The book introduces Technology Adoption and Gratification (TAG) Model and its application in higher education, technical and vocational education, postsecondary education and cross-culture.The author demonstrates the fundamentals of technology adoption...

Library Space Planning and Design discusses library planning methods to improve academic libraries, learning commons, undergraduate and graduate studies, special collections, and archives. Often, these projects required difficult challenges. For example,...

Persuasive attacks have captured public interest for centuries. These attacks uniquely span the range from high level politics to celebrity scandal. Each context highlights totally different harmful behaviors, yet key strategies are employed in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610678230Author Heather AlexanderFormat HardbackPage Count 36Imprint Kane/Miller Book PublishersPublisher Kane/Miller Book PublishersWeight(grams)...

The demand to decolonise the curriculum has moved from a protest movement at the margins to the centre of many institutions, as reflected by its inclusion in policies and strategies and numerous initiatives in libraries and archives that have responded...

Drawing on the authors' experience gained from library projects around the world, this book charts a readable path through everything from the planning of a new library, to major refurbishment, or the remodelling of a current library. It clearly explains...

Debora Hammond's The Science of Synthesis explores the development of general systems theory and the individuals who gathered together around that idea to form the Society for General Systems Research. In examining the life and work of the SGSR's five...

Since the National Science Foundation joined the National Institutes of Health in requiring that grant proposals include a data management plan, academic librarians have been inundated with requests from faculty and campus-based grant consulting offices...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313219900Author John RizzoFormat HardbackPage Count 339Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc