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How do you find good library shelvers and keep them for more than a few months? This book gives practical advice to help you do just that with a complete overview on how to hire, test, train, and retain shelvers.

Helps you build and manage your children's collection, strike a balance between award winners and classics, and arrange your space to best showcase and display books. This book also helps you review the basics of storytime, storytelling, and booktalking.

The task of moving collections of books and other materials can be overwhelming as library facilities evolve to reflect changing demographics and use patterns. This book teaches readers how to plan a library move, which method is best for a particular situation, how to recruit and train workers, and what tools and supplies are needed.

Suitable for libraries endeavoring to assist users entering or already involved in the small business community, this book helps you reach out to this group of patrons with programming ideas.

Covering the basics of digital licensing for librarians, this guide covers the basics of digital licensing for librarians. It shows what it takes to negotiate and interpret solid licensing agreements, whether you're buying or selling rights.

Shows how to increase the power of Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH) subdivisions to produce astonishing results from your searches. This title explains how, when used wisely, LCSH subdivisions can save time and provide a level of precision in information retrieval for patrons of the library.

Offers programming ideas for librarians who have bilingual patrons and wish to present reading programs for children for whom Spanish is the spoken language at home. This title includes fresh ideas and resources for implementing bilingual storytimes; and eight program plans with chapters specific to target audience.

Makes reading aloud to children and teens easy by selecting titles in interest topics and providing context to spotlight passages. This work features passages from 400 titles encompassing fiction and nonfiction; advice on how to prepare for a read-aloud; a subject index to make program planning easier; and, bibliographic information on titles.

Planning construction of a new library facility or renovation of an existing one can be a daunting task. This book guides librarians and other members of a building design team through the stages of the design process. It contains materials that include: a chapter on sustainable design, including issues of site selection, and air quality.

Branding is one part of the marketing process that focuses on developing a laser-clear message and the means to communicate that message to the intended audience. But, as a library, where does branding fit? With branding scaled and tailored to the public library arena, this guide clarifies marketing and branding and explains where to start.

Story boxes offer a simple method for capturing ideas, talent, creativity, and resources available in your library. This title outlines the story box system for sharing an array of successful programs. It answers questions such as: What is a story box? What goes into a story box? How is one put together? And, who can contribute?

Offers guidance for librarians and staff doing readers' advisory and LIS students to become better acquainted with readers' advisory research. This book includes real-world examples of RA changes based on the results of research; and offers pointers for further research through reference lists at the end of the chapters.

The Information Commons (IC) strives to unite all the facts and figures of the world into a resource available to everyone. This work presents the ""how-to"" information necessary for institutions considering the development of an information commons. Offering advice on what works, it includes case studies from small and large academic libraries.

Seeks to bridge the gap between librarians and homeschoolers in two ways: who are homeschoolers and how can I help them practically? This book addresses the history and background of homeschooling as well as the needs and viewpoints of various homeschooling groups. It deals with building programs and services for the homeschooling population.

FRBR - Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records - is an evolving conceptual model designed to help users navigate catalogs and find the material they want - be that print, DVD, audio, or adaptations. This work offers explanations for librarians interested in the next phase of access to their library's digital information.

Outlines hands-on plans to: identify potential security problems; put prevention strategies in place; create guidelines for libraries and staff in case something does happen; and, minimize risk, whether to building, collections, patrons, staff, or computers.

Offers a companion to accompany ""Children's Jukebox, Second Edition"". This is a comprehensive guide to make music an integral and engaging part of children's story hour.

Navigating what at she calls the ""extravagantly rich world of nonfiction,"" the author builds readers' advisory bridges from fiction to increasingly popular nonfiction to encompass the library's entire collection. She focuses on eight popular categories: history, true crime, true adventure, science, memoir, food/cooking, travel, and sports.

Stephen Abram has the knack for seeing and expressing the obvious long before most people become aware of the issue. With bibliography of Abram's works and recommended reading list, this volume gives perspective on the future of the library profession, challenges preconceptions, and helps librarians stay ahead of the learning curve.

Drawing on research in instructional strategies, this guide offers a roadmap to the task of teaching reading comprehension in a collaborative process. With practical applications, it: encourages collaboration with a flexible design and delivery framework; strengthens partnering techniques to improve reading comprehension; and more.

From job search strategies and discovering your work philosophy to the nitty-gritty details of creating acceptable use policies, this work serves as a mentor for new school library media specialists (SLMS). It presents the joys and perils of the profession along with advice on books, presentations, and workshops.

What does it truly take to provide excellent library service to children? The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has outlined seven core competencies - skills that are building blocks for professional development for children's librarians. This guide aims to bring these skills to life.

Incorporating outcome-based planning and evaluation is critical when developing new programs and services. This guide shares the experts' findings and strategies such as: Generate results that support funding - be it governmental or grant-based; Improve communications between staff and customers; and more.

Do they ""get it""? Are students mastering information literacy? Framing ACRL standards as benchmarks, this work provides a toolbox of assessment strategies to demonstrate students' learning.

From needs assessment through design and implementation to final evaluations, this practical guide takes librarians step by step through the workshop process. With a focus on practical applications, it shows instruction librarians how to make every minute count.

Breaking down a complex process into pieces, this work shows how to get started, be organized, and stay on track with checklists, tips, and exercises; and outlines proven approaches to collaborative instruction, literature appreciation, and integrating technology. This study guide coaches school library media specialists through exam specifics.

Provides practical implementation tips for busy children's librarians. This work contains scripts and plans that help librarians explain what adults can do to enhance children's print motivation, phonological awareness, vocabulary, narrative skills, print awareness, and letter knowledge.

MacDonald's storytelling how-to primer is filled with updated resources, classic stories from around the globe, guidelines to tell them with gusto, as well as advice on finding, learning, and telling new tales.

A study of library workplace conflicts, along with realistic ways to manage them. This book shows how to create a positive working environment, stay on track with achieving goals, and live the mission of the library.