In seven concise chapters offering illustrations, charts, sample outlines, and many tools and resources, Integrated Library Planning offers an approach to planning that is both strategic and dynamic. It is fueled by open communication, honest assessment, and astute observation.
Explores trends and identifies promising strategies for new or renovated library space. The book features an impressive array of authors who provide guidance, principles, and a wealth of creative ideas for spaces, technology, programs, and partnerships.
Helps librarians develop the agency to challenge the assumptions and practices that have led to so much professional burnout. In five thorough parts, this... Læs mere
Explores activities that can help develop students' information literacy knowledge, stimulate... Læs mere
Presents a collection of 20 change stories authored by academic librarians from different types of four-year institutions. Librarians tell the story firsthand of how... Læs mere
Whether you're embarking on the challenge of building a digital collection from scratch, or simply need to understand the conceptual and technical challenges of constructing a... Læs mere
In three parts - Library Organizations and Academic Culture, The Seven Stages of Leadership Development, and... Læs mere
Presents best practices for the acquisition, preservation, storage, and cataloging of comics, particularly single-issue (or floppy) comics, within the special collections units of academic library collections.
It can feel like everything gets harder, more political, and further under-resourced with each passing year. Thriving as a Mid-Career Librarian offers strategies of community, support, and advocacy that can help make it possible for us to thrive and help others to thrive.
In two volumes, librarians share their role in teaching reading - using pedagogical theories and techniques in new and... Læs mere
Functioning as a thorough introduction to Zotero - from setting up to saving, organising, and citing items, and ending with more advanced topics -... Læs mere
Suitable for both graduate and undergraduate courses as well as current practitioners, Cooke's important text outlines and examines the components of social justice that are most compelling and relevant for the library and information professions.