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Fool's Gold

Author : Mark Y. Herring

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 201 pages

File Size : 22,55 MB

Release : 2015-01-09

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0786453931

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This work skeptically explores the notion that the internet will soon obviate any need for traditional print-based academic libraries. It makes a case for the library's staying power in the face of technological advancements (television, microfilm, and CD-ROM's were all once predicted as the contemporary library's heir-apparent), and devotes individual chapters to the pitfalls and prevarications of popular search engines, e-books, and the mass digitization of traditional print material.



Part of Our Lives

Author : Wayne A. Wiegand

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 345 pages

File Size : 40,24 MB

Release : 2015

Category : History

ISBN : 0190248009

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Challenges conventional thinking and top-down definitions, instead drawing on the library user's perspective to argue that the public library's most important function is providing commonplace reading materials and public space. Challenges a professional ethos about public libraries and their responsibilities to fight censorship and defend intellectual freedom. Demonstrates that the American public library has been (with some notable exceptions) a place that welcomed newcomers, accepted diversity, and constructed community since the end of the 19th century. Shows how stories that cultural authorities have traditionally disparaged- i.e. books that are not "serious"- have often been transformative for public library users.



Behind the Message

Author : Kathleen A. Hansen

Publisher : Allyn & Bacon

Page : 344 pages

File Size : 26,65 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN :

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"Behind the Message" is a thoroughly revised and updated text based on the highly regarded "Search Strategies in Mass Communication, " used in many communication programs for 15 years. Written by two nationally recognized experts in information strategy, the book leads students step-by-step through the search and evaluation process while retaining the conceptual and intellectual overview that was the hallmark of "Search Strategies." It includes new materials and case studies that illustrate the search and evaluation process as it applies to news and strategic communications messages. Features A conceptual model of the information strategy process is visually illustrated in each chapter, helping students to systematically learn the information strategy process. Case studies of the information strategy process illustrate how each information contributor's materials are used in messages. A case study is included in the appendix that allows students to see concrete examples of the search process as applied to news and strategic communications messages. Cartoons in several chapters offer students a lighthearted look at some of the key concepts discussed in the text.



Customer Service in Libraries

Author : Charles Harmon

Publisher : Scarecrow Press

Page : 119 pages

File Size : 12,93 MB

Release : 2013-02-13

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0810887495

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In this book, nine librarians from across the country describe their libraries’ best practices in this key area. Their contributions range from all-encompassing customer service policies and models any library can both adapt and be proud of to micro-approaches that emphasize offering excellent user-focused technology planning, picture book arrangement with patrons in mind, Web 2.0 tools to connect users with the library, establishing good service delivery chains, and making your library fantastic for homeschoolers. As past Public Library Association President Audra Caplan writes in her introduction to this book, “There is nothing magical about providing excellent customer service; it just takes the right people, the right philosophy and the passion to make it a reality.” If you’ve got all that, here are the best practices to make stellar customer service a reality for your library’s users.



BiblioTech

Author : John Palfrey

Publisher : Basic Books

Page : 290 pages

File Size : 27,5 MB

Release : 2015-05-05

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0465040608

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Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information. In BiblioTech, educator and technology expert John Palfrey argues that anyone seeking to participate in the 21st century needs to understand how to find and use the vast stores of information available online. And libraries, which play a crucial role in making these skills and information available, are at risk. In order to survive our rapidly modernizing world and dwindling government funding, libraries must make the transition to a digital future as soon as possible -- by digitizing print material and ensuring that born-digital material is publicly available online. Not all of these changes will be easy for libraries to implement. But as Palfrey boldly argues, these modifications are vital if we hope to save libraries and, through them, the American democratic ideal.



Ring Shout

Author : P. Djèlí Clark

Publisher : Tordotcom

Page : 112 pages

File Size : 35,89 MB

Release : 2020-10-13

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1250767016

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Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns with Ring Shout, a dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan's reign of terror “A fantastical, brutal and thrilling triumph of the imagination...Clark’s combination of historical and political reimagining is cathartic, exhilarating and fresh.” —The New York Times A 2021 Nebula Award Winner! A 2021 Locus Award Winner! A 2021 Hugo Award Finalist! A 2021 World Fantasy Award Finalist! A 2021 Ignyte Award Finalist! A 2021 Shirley Jackson Award Finalist! A 2021 AAMBC Literary Award Finalist! A 2021 British Fantasy Award Finalist! A New York Times Editor's Choice Pick! A Booklist Editor's Choice Pick! A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist! A 2020 SIBA Award Finalist! Featured on the 2021 RUSA Reading List: Fantasy Shortlist! Named a Best of 2020 Pick for NPR | Library Journal | Book Riot | LitReactor | Bustle | Polygon | Washington Post IN AMERICA, DEMONS WEAR WHITE HOODS. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a spell across America, swelling the Klan's ranks and drinking deep from the darkest thoughts of white folk. All across the nation they ride, spreading fear and violence among the vulnerable. They plan to bring Hell to Earth. But even Ku Kluxes can die. Standing in their way is Maryse Boudreaux and her fellow resistance fighters, a foul-mouthed sharpshooter and a Harlem Hellfighter. Armed with blade, bullet, and bomb, they hunt their hunters and send the Klan's demons straight to Hell. But something awful's brewing in Macon, and the war on Hell is about to heat up. Can Maryse stop the Klan before it ends the world? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.



Strategic Planning for Public Libraries

Author : Joy L. Fuller

Publisher : Library Association Publishing (UK)

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 32,99 MB

Release : 2021-09-06

Category : Organizational change

ISBN : 9780838947753

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Strategic Planning for Public Libraries is a complete planning toolkit. Each purchase comes with a downloadable supplemental folder full of reusable templates, worksheets, as well as real-life examples from other libraries to help guide the reader through the planning process. This book provides a framework that any library, whether it serves urban, suburban, or rural communities, can use as a basis for its strategic planning.



International Network of Public Libraries: The role of public libraries in the media society

Author : Conny Ang

Publisher : Scarecrow Press

Page : 154 pages

File Size : 20,79 MB

Release : 1999

Category : Education

ISBN : 9780810835818

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This series is an innovative resource for public library professionals. Conny Äng discusses the great possibilities for libraries with the emergence of the electronic age, believing that new media will expand libraries' roles and make them more crucial to society.



Designing a School Library Media Center for the Future

Author : Rolf Erikson

Publisher : American Library Association

Page : 140 pages

File Size : 20,7 MB

Release : 2007-04-02

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0838909450

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A guide to designing school library media centers that provides information on addressing the unique ergonomic and technology needs of children, controling costs using proven bidding and evaluation methods, understanding the technical drawings and language used in architecture, and other related topics.



Working the Crowd

Author : Eileen Brown

Publisher : BCS, The Chartered Institute

Page : 180 pages

File Size : 50,48 MB

Release : 2010-11-18

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1780170955

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Engaging with social media such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter is now a key part of global business communications. Blogs, microblogs, social networking and social news sites have become the new tools for effective marketing and sales. This book is an excellent resource for anyone planning a social media strategy or individual campaign. It includes: specific sites and blogs for various types of networking; creating a social media brand and reputation; legal issues; future predictions.