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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
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
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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--
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Series
ALCTS sudden position volume 2
Publisher
Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
While the terms collection management and collection development are used interchangeably by many people in the library profession, collection management can be seen as a somewhat broader term, encompassing maintenance of the physical collection, usage assessment, and policy development, as well as preservation and storage activities, planning for space reclamation, and the execution of other collections-focused projects within the library. While...
Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Offering real-life examples of what it means to be a 24/7 library, this collection from the Public Library Association and ALA Editions shares how several libraries transitioned to virtual and socially-distanced services when the pandemic hit. No matter your library's current situation or outlook for the future, you'll be inspired to adapt their ideas to suit the needs of your own organization--
Series
Publisher
Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The Library Outreach Cookbook collects 110 recipes full of activities, strategies, plans, and tips designed for librarians of all stripes working within a variety of institutions, budgets, and needs --
Publisher
ALA Neal-Schuman
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This book is intended to give a broad overview of this radical landscape for public libraries in which librarians are creating innovative, interactive, participatory programming for children and youth by examining seven critical domains that occur across programming as a whole in part I and by taking an in-depth look at the different types of programs that are offered to children and youth that exemplify one of more of these domains in part II"--...
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