Aligning with recent news stories on difficult economic times, Weiss, Serlis-Mcphillips, and Malafi target libraries endeavoring to assist users entering or already involved in the small business comm
Originating in a meeting of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Visual Literacy Task Force, which aimed to aid academic librarians learn to apply, teach, and promote visual litera
Puckett, a communication librarian at Georgia State U., provides a guide for researchers, librarians, and teachers to Zotero, a free reference manager program that allows researchers to save reference
Reid, an author, columnist, and children's and adolescent literature professor, provides 24 creative, interactive story programs for preschoolers that feature animals in themes related to family, frie
Too much of the time our attempts at achieving a work/life balance instead amount to a rigid compartmentalization of the different parts of our lives. But the very qualities that make us human, includ
Davis-Kahl, a scholarly communications librarian at Illinois Wesleyan U., and Hensley, an instructional services librarian at the U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, bring together librarians from uni
Teen literature expert Carstensen, creator and editor of School Library Journal‘s Adult Books 4 Teens blog, presents this comprehensive resource for serving the reading interests of teens in all types
Though media literacy and information literacy are intertwined, there are important differences; and there has never been a more urgent need for an incisive examination of the crucial role librarians
As discussions about the roles played by information in economic, political, and social arenas continue to evolve, the need for an intellectual primer on information ethics that also functions as a so
Covering virtually every aspect of its subject, Collection Development and Management for 21st Century Library Collections is a soup-to-nuts guide perfect for students and beginning librarians, yet fu
How do school librarians best serve students, classroom teachers, and principals simultaneously? The key, argues Moreillon, is to lead. By embracing a leadership role, school librarians can work colla
A 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
In today’s information landscape, there are fewer topics that more urgently demand expansive discourse than digital preservation, which touches on everything from technology to copyright. The Associat
Just because a set of responsibilities isn’t formally called management doesn’t mean that it isn’t management. And this vital text speaks to a reality that all current professionals already know: that
This sourcebook contains 18 chapters for librarians on the topics, tools, and technologies involved in makerspaces. Maker librarians from the US and Canada detail how to start a makerspace, includi
While still providing librarians with cyberspace toolkit information so that the technology can be cutting edge rather than bleeding edge, the Director of Library Services at the U. of Houston revamps
This reference on reference highlights the best available materials in all media for general library collections. The manual outlines the process for locating, evaluating, and selecting the best info
Emanating from an ALA conference on gaps in reference research, this guide assists librarians in conducting assessment studies, and justifying funding, for library service improvement. Chapters span p
