Catalog Search Results
Author
Pub. Date
s202
Language
English
Description
As part of our mission to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all library patrons, our profession needs to come to terms with the consequences of mass incarceration, which have saturated the everyday lives of people in the United States and heavily impacts Black, Indigenous, and people of color; LGBTQ people; and people who are in poverty. Jeanie Austin, a librarian with San Francisco Public Library's Jail and Reentry Services program,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
From books to puppet shows, from author signings to computer research and from special collections to very important rules, readers learn about libraries and the value of reading, sharing, and community in this book.
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
From a patron's missing wetsuit to the scent of crab cakes wafting through the stacks, Sheridan showcases the oddities that have come across her circulation desk: encounters with local eccentrics; bizarre reference requests; and heart-warming stories of patrons who roam the stacks every day.
8) Pumpkin Cat
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books For Children
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One stormy night just before Halloween a ginger cat finds shelter and kind people at a library, but at night, all alone, she recognizes that the library cannot be a real home because something is missing.
Author
Publisher
Overdue Media LLC
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
"What would Dewey Do? collets the second year of the online comic strip Unshelved plus special bonus comics. Join our hero Dewey and his fellow librarians as they confront the FBI, psychic fairs, poetry slams, crashed hard drives, identity theft, and
Author
Publisher
Overdue Media LLC
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
"At the Mallville Public Library they've seen it all. Like Naked Ned, who takes Freedom of Expression to new lengths. Or Merv, who does everything in the library but read. Or Buddy the Book Beaver, ex-con tree surgeon turned summer reading program ma
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
s202
Language
English
Description
Library Services to Homeschoolers: A Guide will help librarians understand and serve their homeschooling community.
Chapter 1 covers the early history of homeschooling and how compulsory education changed how our children were schooled. Chapter 2 explores the homeschool revolution, when parents began to take back the education of their children. Chapter 3 looks at homeschooling today and the way laws, advocacy groups, and COVID-19 all contributed...
Pub. Date
s202
Language
English
Description
Library workers at all types of organizations, as well as LIS students learning about this newest Core Value of Librarianship, will find this book an easy-to-digest introduction to what staff at a range of libraries have accomplished in incorporating sustainability into their decision making and professional practices. In addition, a discussion about the role of economics and sustainability will challenge readers to stretch in new ways to positively...
Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This important resource provides targeted guidance on how libraries can effectively engage with the public to address a range of issues for the betterment of their community, whether it is a city, neighborhood, campus, or something else--
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request