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The Weeding Handbook: A Shelf-By-Shelf Guide, Second Edition: A Shelf-By-Shelf Guide, Second Edition by Rebecca Vnuk 9780838937174
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £39.65Filled with field-tested strategies and adaptable collection development policies, this updated handbook will enable libraries to bloom by maintaining a collection that users actually use."Manages to... -
Project Management in Libraries: On Time, On Budget, On Target by Carly Wiggins Searcy 9780838917190
RRP: £44.00Booksplease Price: £43.40A recent study showed that only 53 percent of projects come in on budget and only 49 percent on schedule. So what does it take to be an on-time finisher? Successful project management may seem like a... -
Libraries and Sustainability: Programs and Practices for Community Impact: Programs and Practices for Community Impact by Rene Tanner 9780838937945
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £39.65Library workers at all types of organizations, as well as LIS students learning about this newest Core Value of Librarianship, will find this book an easy-to-digest introduction to what staff at a... -
Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators: Creative Strategies and Practical Solutions by Kenneth D. Crews 9780838916292
RRP: £55.00Booksplease Price: £54.03Copyright law never sleeps, making it imperative to keep abreast of the latest developments. Declared "an exemplary text that seals the standards for such books" (Managing Information), this newly... -
Project Management in Technical Services: Practical Tips and Case Studies by Elizabeth German 9780838949917
RRP: £56.00Booksplease Price: £54.66Project management, as both a skill set and a discipline, offers structure and a path forward for continual improvement and change management within libraries. Most importantly for technical... -
Decolonial Archival Futures by Krista McCracken 9780838937150
Booksplease Price: £32.44Providing examples of successful approaches to unsettling Western archival paradigms from Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia, this book showcases vital community archival work that... -
The Experimental Library: A Guide to Taking Risks, Failing Forward, and Creating Change by Cathryn M. Copper 9780838939659
RRP: £48.00Booksplease Price: £47.15The last five years have demonstrated that sticking with the status quo is not an option; instead, as the experiences of many libraries have shown, those that experiment are better positioned to... -
Liberatory Librarianship: Stories of Community, Connection, and Justice by Brian W. Keith 9780838936610
RRP: £52.00Booksplease Price: £50.91How can librarianship be liberatory? How does librarianship help people to be free? How is library capacity and expertise used to increase freedom, justice, and community? This invigorating collected... -
Social and Emotional Learning for Picture Book Readers by Maureen Schlosser 9780838937464
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £39.65Learners encounter social and emotional challenges every day. Some rise to the demands, while others struggle. Social and emotional learning (SEL) lessons can help all learners thrive. Busy school... -
Constructing Library Buildings That Work by Fred Schlipf 9780838947586
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £39.65When it's time to start planning for a renovation or construction project, you don't need a book that covers everything from A to Z. Instead you need a concentrated set of tools and techniques that... -
Fostering Wellness in the Workplace: A Handbook for Libraries by Bobbi L. Newman
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £39.65Whether you're an administrator or library leader concerned about the health and well-being of your team, or a library worker excited to launch a health and wellness movement in your library, you'll... -
The College Student's Research Companion: Finding, Evaluating, and Citing the Resources You Need to Succeed, by Arlene Rodda Quaratiello 9780838938386
Booksplease Price: £20.86Most college students are novice researchers for whom Google is the option of first resort. But the information provided by the surface websites usually found this way often lacks substance and is of... -
Coaching Copyright by Kevin L. Smith 9780838918487
RRP: £48.00Booksplease Price: £47.15From researching to remixing, library users need your guidance on a wide range of copyright topics. The way to move beyond "yes, you can" or "no, you can't" is to become a copyright coach. In this... -
Going Virtual: Programs and Insights from a Time of Crisis by Sarah Ostman
Booksplease Price: £34.25The creative programs shared in this book vividly demonstrate the ways in which library programming can make communities stronger and more resilient by creating lifelong learners, fostering... -
A Starter's Guide for Academic Library Leaders: Advice in Conversation by Amanda Clay Powers 9780838919231
RRP: £52.00Booksplease Price: £50.91The path towards leadership starts with you. But you don't have to go it alone. For this book, the authors sat down with many of the library leaders they most admire for a series of conversations... -
The Practical Handbook of Library Architecture: Creating Building Spaces that Work by Fred Schlipf 9780838915530
RRP: £119.00Booksplease Price: £117.26Distilling hard fought wisdom gleaned from hundreds of successful library construction projects they've supervised or coordinated, the authors present this definitive resource on library architecture... -
Maker Literacies for Academic Libraries: Integration into Curriculum by Katie Musick Peery
RRP: £52.00Booksplease Price: £50.91Melding universities' strategic goals with libraries' teaching and learning mission, the academic library makerspace can be a powerful catalyst for information literacy, offering faculty partners a... -
Compact Copyright: Quick Answers to Common Questions: Quick Answers to Common Questions by Sara Benson
RRP: £44.00Booksplease Price: £43.40Focusing on copyright topics that arise frequently, including the right of first sale, fair use, and copying for preservation, this book will help library workers provide quick guidance for common... -
Learning Centers for School Libraries by Maura Madigan 9780838949733
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £39.65Learning Centers for School Libraries presents innovative, engaging, and fun ideas to target the AASL National School Library Standards and content-area standards. It contains almost everything... -
Elevating the School Library: Building Positive Perceptions through Brand Behavior by Susan D. Ballard 9780838938706
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £39.65Branding isn't just for companies and celebrities. Your school library is a brand too, and this book will show you how powerful the concept of branding can be. You will learn how to use it as a tool... -
Library Next: Seven Action Steps for Reinvention by Chris Oliver 9780838948392
RRP: £44.00Booksplease Price: £43.40After a career of more than 40 years, Murray-Rust, former Dean of Libraries at Georgia Tech and a self-proclaimed library disrupter, sees our profession's central challenge as simply this: how to... -
Law Librarianship in the Age of AI by Ellyssa Kroski 9780838946275
RRP: £56.00Booksplease Price: £54.66Futurists predict that in the next ten years the profession of "lawyer" will splinter into job titles like "legal process analyst" or "legal knowledge engineer." And some in the field are already... -
Using Context in Information Literacy Instruction: Beyond Basic Skills: Beyond Basic Skills by Allison Hosier 9780838937983
RRP: £52.00Booksplease Price: £50.91Hosier shows academic librarians how to use context when teaching information literacy, an approach that offers a substantive and enduring impact on students' lifelong learning.Librarians know that... -
Open Access Literature in Libraries: Principles and Practices by Karen Brunsting
RRP: £48.00Booksplease Price: £47.15Open Access has evolved into the most complex challenge of the scholarly publishing landscape and something libraries grapple with on a regular basis. But although librarians hold increasingly... -
209 Big Programming Ideas for Small Budgets by Chelsea Price 9780838948118
RRP: £37.00Booksplease Price: £36.84Published in partnership with the Association for Rural & Small LibrariesWhen you're a solo librarian or only have a few volunteers to rely on (with a tiny budget to match) you've got to make the... -
Media Literacy for Justice: Lessons for Changing the World: Lessons for Changing the World by Belinha S de Abreu 9780838948927
RRP: £44.00Booksplease Price: £43.40Providing context, reflection points, and ready-to-use lesson plans, this powerful book illuminates the intersections of social justice and media literacy for educators, school and public librarians,... -
Embracing Culturally Responsive Practice in School Libraries by Elisabet Kennedy 9780838938621
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £39.65School librarians have always connected learners' life experiences, culture, and communities to materials, projects, and processes. As schools look to make these connections within the classroom and... -
The Readers' Advisory Guide to Horror by Becky Siegel Spratford 9780838948767
RRP: £52.00Booksplease Price: £50.91Covering the latest in monsters and the macabre, horror expert Spratford's guide is ideal as both an introductory guide for novices and a fount of new ideas for horror-aware reference staff.Like the... -
Intellectual Freedom Manual by Martin Garnar
RRP: £56.00Booksplease Price: £54.96The newest edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual is more than simply an update of a foundational text that has served as a crucial resource for more than four decades. It is a living document... -
Modular Online Learning Design: A Flexible Approach for Diverse Learning Needs by Amanda Nichols Hess
RRP: £53.00Booksplease Price: £51.85Does your online instruction program sometimes feel like a constant scramble to keep pace with requests and deadlines? Modular design is the answer. Approaching projects, whether large and small,... -
Library Programming for Adults with Developmental Disabilities by Barbara Klipper 9780838948668
RRP: £48.00Booksplease Price: £47.15Programming staff, library administrators, and LIS instructors will find this an easy-to-read handbook for understanding the needs of adults with developmental disabilities and the principles that... -
25 Projects for Eco Explorers by Christine Kirker 9780838947517
Booksplease Price: £20.86Though the daily news is filled with reports of climate change, severe weather, environmental distress, and endangered species, children's librarians and educators might be uncertain how to... -
25 Ready-To-Use Sustainable Living Programs for Libraries by Ellyssa Kroski 9780838936498
RRP: £48.00Booksplease Price: £47.15In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, library patrons of all ages are becoming ever more interested in sustainability and self-reliance topics. And libraries are enhancing their programming to... -
Five Steps of Outcome-Based Planning & Evaluation for Youth Services by Melissa Gross 9780838937327
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £39.65Outcome-based planning and evaluation (OBPE), with its straightforward approach built on a flexible framework, is the perfect model to enable youth services professionals to deliver effective... -
The Disaster Planning Handbook for Libraries by Mary Grace Flaherty 9780838937990
RRP: £44.00Booksplease Price: £43.40Libraries are in a unique position to aid communities during times of adversity, and this comprehensive handbook's practical tools and expert guidance will help ensure that your library is thoroughly... -
The Electronic Resources Troubleshooting Guide by Holly Talbott
Booksplease Price: £63.82A library user can't access an article. Your log in credentials won't work. In the realm of electronic resources everything runs smoothly-until suddenly, without warning, it doesn't. Invariably,... -
Student-Created Media: Designing Research, Learning, and Skill-Building Experiences: Designing Research, Learning, and Skill-Building Experiences by Scott Spicer 9780838948873
RRP: £52.00Booksplease Price: £50.91This book will guide librarians, learning technologists, and their faculty partners in designing assignments for authentic learning and supporting students in multimedia production.Reinforcing the... -
25 Projects for Art Explorers by Christine Kirker 9780838917398
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £10.05With schools emphasizing STEM activities for children to meet curriculum goals for standardized testing, nurturing children's artistic creativity is often given short shrift. Kirker's fun resource... -
The Complete Guide to Institutional Repositories by Stephen Craig Finlay 9780838948101
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £58.41This authoritative text will be a trusted reference for library directors implementing new IR programs or overseeing a maturing program, current professionals who find themselves with added IR... -
Assessing Learners: Using the Aasl Standards to Measure Competency and Growth by Elizabeth Burns 9780838949146
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £39.65Assessing 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...