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Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences
Combining information about outreach to diverse populations,
selection of culturally diverse children's print and digital media,
and library programming, this book is the tool librarians need to
promote cultural understanding through engaging children's programs
designed for today's culturally diverse youth. Today's children
live in a culturally diverse and constantly changing digital world.
New digital media is created every day but librarians and other
educators need help in evaluating cultural content in digital apps,
determining whether they send appropriate social messages to
children, and learning how to use them in library programs that
promote cultural competence. Diversity Programming for Digital
Youth: Promoting Cultural Competence in the Children's Library
provides just the help that is needed. This resource is the only
one to examine the role of culturally diverse digital media and how
it can be used with children's books to promote cultural competence
in the library. It provides annotated lists of digital media paired
with culturally diverse literature to offer librarians and
educators a springboard for creating enriching, engaging, and
culturally relevant programs for children from diverse backgrounds.
The sample digital storytime programs celebrating diverse cultures
will benefit busy librarians looking for ways to engage reluctant
readers in library storytimes. Provides specific evaluation
criteria for selecting high-quality new digital media with cultural
content Offers outlines for digital storytime programs that combine
new digital media with children's literature representing diverse
cultures Presents examples of successful cultural literacy programs
for children and families Describes how librarians can promote
cultural competence in children via new digital media and match
digital apps with multicultural children's literature for use in
library programming Includes interviews with successful children's
librarians engaged in cultural literacy programs and digital
storytimes
Technology has revolutionized the ways in which libraries store,
share, and access information. As digital resources and tools
continue to advance, so too do the opportunities for libraries to
become more efficient and house more information. E-Discovery Tools
and Applications in Modern Libraries presents critical research on
the digitization of data and how this shift has impacted knowledge
discovery, storage, and retrieval. This publication explores
several emerging trends and concepts essential to electronic
discovery, such as library portals, responsive websites, and
federated search technology. The timely research presented within
this publication is designed for use by librarians, graduate-level
students, technology developers, and researchers in the field of
library and information science.
It is no secret that the world of libraries has rapidly evolved
into an environment which will soon be largely digitized. However,
this digital shift has brought with it a unique set of challenges
and issues for scholars and librarians to handle. Recent
Developments in the Design, Construction, and Evaluation of Digital
Libraries not only addresses the challenges with digital libraries,
but it also describes the recent developments in the design,
construction, and evaluation of these libraries in various
environments. This cutting-edge resource compiles research from a
wide array of specialists into a unified and comprehensive manner.
Librarians, researchers, scholars, and professionals in this field
will find the reference source beneficial in order to deepen their
understanding of this continually growing field.
The delivery and availability of information resources is a vital
concern to professionals across multiple fields. This is
particularly vital to data intensive professions, where easy
accessibility to high-quality information is a crucial component of
their research. Library and Information Services for Bioinformatics
Education and Research is an authoritative reference source for the
latest scholarly material on the role of libraries for the
effective delivery of information resources to optimize the study
of biological data. Highlighting innovative perspectives across a
range of topics, such as user assessment, collection development,
and information accessibility, this publication is ideally designed
for professionals, managers, computer scientists, graduate
students, and practitioners actively involved in the field of
bioinformatics.
Most graduate programs offer a course in the management of a
library. These courses, cover budgeting, supervising, marketing,
providing services and other necessary functions and their related
management concepts. Such courses are critical in giving beginning
librarians the grounding in the study of management. However,
anyone who has ever held any kind of management position, such as
managing a program, directing a grant or running the entire
library, can tell you that understanding the basics of management
is not enough to be successful on the job. Not only do we need to
continue our study of management but we also need to understand the
unwritten rules, the unwritten strategies, and the unwritten wisdom
which is either gained on the job, learned by observing others, or,
if the librarian is very fortunate, taught by a mentor. Sometimes
this knowledge, finally gained, comes at too high a price or is
learned too late. A career inexplicably stalled, a desired position
not gained, the failure to thrive in a current position can leave
us puzzled, confused and hurt. After all, we worked hard every
day.Every day, we concentrated on the job often sacrificing time
with family and friends. What went wrong? These are the issues
answered in this book. This is not a conventional management text.
You will not get, for example, the history of management, the
basics of budgeting or personnel and labor laws. Instead the focus
is on nuances of behavior, political strategies, common wisdom,
mentor-like advice, and the subtle codes, which, when paired with
other management skills, will bring increased success on the job
and throughout your career. It does not matter what type of library
you are in-management is management, wisdom is wisdom. What Every
Library Director Should Know is the insider's view of vital
actions, behaviors and strategies to succeed in every type of
library. The content is based both on the author's direct
experience after a long career in several types of libraries but
also on the direct observation of other managers. Inset into the
book are pearls of wisdom from other directors, managers and
observers who are answering the question, what is the one piece of
management wisdom that you would give to anyone who wishes to
become a library director?This book will help to get you there by
explaining and illustrating the wisdom that is mostly unwritten and
which mostly moves in subtle communication.
As the academic and scholarly landscape are continuously enhanced
by the advent of new technology, librarians must be aware and
informed to develop and implement best practices. Effective
administration of libraries is a crucial part of delivering library
services to patrons and ensuring that information resources are
disseminated efficiently. Advanced Methodologies and Technologies
in Library Science, Information Management, and Scholarly Inquiry
provides emerging information on modern knowledge management and
effective means of sharing research through libraries. While
highlighting the importance of digital literacy and information
resources, readers will also learn new methods in information
retrieval and research methods in quality scholarly inquiry. This
book is an important resource for librarians, administrators,
information science professionals, information technology
specialists, students, and researchers seeking current information
on the importance of effective library science technology.
As learning moves into a more innovative and technologically savvy
environment, it becomes increasingly important that library
education continues to adapt and understand the resources that are
available. Advancing Library Education: Technological Innovation
and Instructional Design aims to provide relevant theoretical
frameworks, empirical research, and new understandings for those
interested in Library and Information Science and the impact new
techniques and technologies are having in this area. Librarians,
academics, and researchers will benefit from this careful look into
current advancements in their field.
The 2nd edition of The Care of Prints and Drawings provides
practical, straightforward advice to those responsible for the
preservation of works on paper, ranging from curators, facility
managers, conservators, registrars, collection care specialists,
private collectors, artists, or students of museum studies, visual
arts, art history, or conservation. A greater emphasis is placed on
preventive conservation, a trend among collecting institutions,
which reflects the growing recognition that scarce resources are
best expended on preventing deterioration, rather than on less
effective measures of reversing it. Expanded and richly illustrated
chapters include: *Supports for Prints and Drawings discusses the
properties of parchment and paper and introduces the general
preservation needs and conservation problems of all works on paper,
regardless of their media. *Conservation Problems Related to the
Paper Support of Prints and Drawings presents a guide to
recognizing the symptoms and diagnosing the causes of damage
specific to paper. *Conservation Problems Related to the Materials
and Techniques of Prints describes the conservation problems that
affect certain printmaking materials and arise from specific
processes. *Conservation Problems Related to the Materials and
Techniques of Drawings focuses on the various materials used to
create marks on paper. *Item-Level Collection Protection:
Envelopes, Sleeves, Folders, Enclosures, Mats, Boxes, Frames, and
Furniture, discusses measures taken for prints and drawings so that
they can better withstand the rigors of handling, examination,
exhibition, travel, and adverse environmental conditions.
*Preventive Conservation for Prints and Drawings describes how the
integration of a comprehensive Collections Care Program into a
Collections Management Policy can reduce the need for item-level
conservation treatments. *Basic Paper Conservation Procedures
provides instructions on how to stabilize damaged works. *How to
Make Starch Paste and Methyl Cellulose Adhesive and Suppliers of
Paper Conservation Materials and Equipment are appended as well as
a Glossary.
Academic libraries have traditionally had two key functions, to
support teaching and to support research. In an evolving and
competitive university environment, along with the emergence of
various technologies and substantial changes in scientific
communication, university management has reached a turning point.
Academic libraries are facing a paradigm shift in the role they
need to play to achieve the research objectives of universities.
Research support services in academic libraries have evolved as a
response to these changes. They are heterogeneous, adapt to their
university culture, adopt different points of view, take different
approaches in their organizational structures, and include a
diverse catalog of activities. Having an overview of different
experiences will allow libraries to adopt best practices, redefine
services, and even establish new management and collaboration
models. Cases on Research Support Services in Academic Libraries is
a critical scholarly resource that uses case studies to systematize
the experiences of research support services in academic libraries
for the support of higher education faculty. The cases focus on
such items as the role of technology and its impact as well as how
these services help to improve the excellence of universities.
Featuring a wide range of topics such as library services, data
management, and open science, this book is ideal for librarians,
academicians, professionals, researchers, and students.
A must-have resource for librarians, teachers, and parents on the
popular and growing area of teen nonfiction-a genre now mandated by
the Common Core Standards. Reality Rules II: A Guide to Teen
Nonfiction Reading Interests presents approximately 450 fresh
nonfiction titles annotated and organized into genre areas to
address the reading interests of today's teens, covering everything
from adventure to history, sports, life stories, and how-to.
Authored by a member of the first committee for the YALSA Award for
Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, this essential guide
will help librarians, teachers, and parents find appealing
materials for readers interested in nonfiction. The book offers
expert guidance on reading levels and provides a list of fiction
readalikes at the end of each chapter. It also identifies
award-winning books and spotlights titles that appeal to specific
groups, such as adult books that teens will enjoy, and books that
are ideal for reluctant readers.
This invaluable guide enables librarians as well as patrons and
teachers to identify the best books for high school readers out of
the thousands published each year. Now in its third edition, this
essential resource supplies information on more than 11,000
in-print titles-most of which have been recommended in at least two
reviewing journals-suitable for high school and public libraries.
With its simple, thematic organization and user-friendly subject
terms, it makes finding the right book easy-for librarians,
teachers, and parents alike. And its inclusion of thousands of
non-fiction titles helps today's educators meet the Common Core
standards. This updated edition of Best Books for High School
Readers, Grades 9-12 remains an indispensable resource for
identifying the right book for an individual high school student's
preferences, needs, or interests, and for creating reading lists
for curricular and thematic library programs. It is also an
essential tool for evaluating and developing the library
collection. The entries provide annotations with succinct plot
summaries, ISBNs, book length, price, reading level, and review
citations; and indicate Lexile levels, as well as titles that are
available in audio format or as an eBook version. Supplies concise,
lively annotations and review citations on everything from literary
classics and non-fiction titles to graphic novels Provides quick
access to information for both library staff and patrons with
thematic, curriculum-oriented organization and clear subject
breakdowns Indicates which books are also available in audio format
and in eBook format-valuable information for collection development
and reading specialists Identifies award-winning and series titles
This genre guide to graphic novel reading interests helps
librarians and teachers choose titles appropriate for children and
'tweens. Librarians and teachers know how important graphic novels
can be in engaging young readers and even getting reluctant readers
interested in books. Graphic Novels for Young Readers: A Genre
Guide for Ages 4-14 identifies and describes the growing number of
graphic novels that are suitable for and popular with readers ages
6-14. Taking a genre approach, the book organizes approximately 400
titles, most of them published in the last five years, according to
genre, subgenre, and theme. It describes series and lists
bibliographic information for each title. Also included are
subjects and read-alikes, as well as designations of awards. A
great readers' advisory tool, this guide can also be used for
collection development in school and public libraries.
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