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Library As Safe Haven
Libraries have always played a special role in times of disaster by continuing to provide crucial information and services.
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Information now : a graphic guide to student research
\"Information Now\" presents and innovative approach to information literacy, using illustrations, humor, and reflective exercises to teach students how to become savvy researchers. Students will learn how to evaluate information, to incorporate it into their existing knowledge base, to wield it effectively, and to understand the ethical issues surrounding its use.
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Young adult literature, libraries, and conservative activism
This incisive study analyzes young adult (YA) literature as a cultural phenomenon, explaining why this explosion of books written for and marketed to teen readers has important consequences for how we understand reading in America. As visible and volatile shorthand for competing views of teen reading, YA literature has become a lightning rod for a variety of aesthetic, pedagogical, and popular literature controversies.
Noted scholar Loretta Gaffney not only examines how YA literature is defended and critiqued within the context of rapid cultural and technological changes, but also highlights how struggles about teen reading matter to—and matter in—the future of librarianship and education.
The workbridges divides between literary criticism, professional practices, canon building, literature appreciation, genre classifications and recommendations, standard histories, and commentary. It will be useful in YA literature course settings in Library and Information Science, Education, and English departments. It will also be of interest to those who study right wing culture and movements in media studies, cultural studies, American studies, sociology, political science, and history. It is of additional interest to those who study print culture, publishing and the book, histories of teenagers, and research on teen reading. Finally, it will offer those interested in teenagers, literature, libraries, technology, and politics a fresh way to look at book challenges and controversies over YA literature.
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The case for books : past, present, and future
\"The era of the printed book is at a crossroad. E-readers are flooding the market, books are available to read on cell phones, and companies such as Google, Amazon, and Apple are competing to command near monopolistic positions as sellers and dispensers of digital information. Is the printed book resilient enough to survive the digital revolution, or will it become obsolete? In this lasting collection of essays, Robert Darnton--an intellectual pioneer in the field of this history of the book--lends unique authority to the life, role, and legacy of the book in society.\"--P. 4 of cover.
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Building and managing e-book collections
Offering multiple perspectives from electronic resource professionals at world-renowned libraries such as Harvard, the University of Michigan, Duke, and Northeastern, this book provides a comprehensive and well-rounded e-book education.
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The Huntington Library : treasures from ten centuries
This landmark publication serves as a curated retrospective of one of the world's greatest research institutions, showcasing the extraordinary depth and breadth of the Huntington Library’s collections. Spanning a millennium of human thought and creativity, the volume highlights rare books, manuscripts, and archival materials that have shaped Western civilization, reflecting the collecting vision of Henry E. Huntington.
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Build a great team
Hakala-Ausperk presents a handy self-guided tool to the dynamic role of team-building.
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Books! Books! Books! : explore the amazing collection of the British Library
A journey through literature from the first hand-made books to Shakespeare, the Brontèe sisters, and the Brothers Grimm--and including cookery, science, and music. A handmade gospel hidden in a saint's coffin; a huge atlas that takes six people to lift; a tiny prayer book carried by a queen to her execution; the original handwritten manuscript of Alice in Wonderland; books so rare and valuable they are kept in a bomb-proof store-room: the British Library is an amazing place.
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The black belt librarian
Sharing expertise gleaned from more than two decades as a library security manager, Graham demonstrates that libraries can maintain their best traditions of openness and public access by creating an unobtrusive yet effective security plan. In straightforward language, the author * Shows how to easily set clear expectations for visitors behavior * Presents guidelines for when and how to intervene when someone violates the code of conduct, including tips for approaching an unruly patron * Offers instruction on keeping persistent troublemakers under control or permanently barred from the library * Gives library staff tools for communicating effectively with its security professionals, including examples of basic documentation The Black Belt Librarian arms librarians with the confidence and know-how they need to maintain a comfortable, productive, and safe environment for everyone in the library.
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