Bücher veröffentlicht von American Library Association

For application of the most current Anglo-American Cataloguing RulesMaxwell's Handbook for AACR2 is used. This practical and authoritative cataloging how-to, now in its Fourth Edition, has been completely revised inclusive of the 2003 update to AACR2.

Is your library vulnerable to challenges arising from difficult patrons, censorship, budget issues, or disgruntled staff? This step-by-step primer illustrates communications basics to prepare libraries for communicating to critical contacts in times of crisis. It is a guide to creating a time-saving resource for any emergency situation.

An estimated 13 million people in the U.S. are not served by a public library. ""The Public Library Start-Up Guide"" provides a framework for success - from looking at the big strategic picture to picking the furniture.

The authors guide both librarians and administrators to make promises for the future and present a strategy for keeping those promises so that young adult audiences can become active library and community participants. From building partnerships to implementing successful programs to incorporating technology that helps teens assume leadership and responsibility, this is an inspiring yet practical take on what it means to "get it right" for teens in the library.

Looks at legal issues surrounding libraries, covering such toipcs as designing a Web site, copyright, library empolyees, and providing access to people with disabilities.

With clearly stated goals and core values, this book provides direction on establishing quality library service to young adults in school and public libraries - service that is built upon the foundations of youth development, developmental needs and developmental assets.

This authoritative reference to the thorny issues of copyright, trademarks and patents provides detailed explanations of the various types of intellectual property, how they differ, what they cover and how the protections affect library work and services to customers.

A practical manual on the process of library outcomes assessment. It includes detailed case studies and discusses how to: prepare an outcomes assessment strategy; execute your plan by collecting and analyzing data; and measure the value of the services you are providing.

This work aims to help you to see your library and the staff that run it in a new, more strategic way. It outlines a results-oriented game plan for achieving performance excellence from all staff members, from top to bottom, through a coaching style of management.

Who hasn't read ""Blubber""? It remains one of the ""100 Most Frequently Challenged Books"" and is kept out of many school libraries. This work of discussion guides shows that there is a way to teach these books while respecting all views.

A guide for library managers, offering practical strategies for success. Linking the role of the frontline manager to the rest of the organization, it covers the skills of mentoring, team-building, decision-making, taking charge, and working and communicating with staff at all levels.

This volume challenges librarians to demand a place at the community planning and development table. Describing the experiences and insights of librarians who have blazed trails of community involvement, it outlines practical ways to become involved in policy-making.

Written by a librarian and former romance-snob, this work explains the genre of romantic fiction and its subcategories. A method of increasing familiarity within any genre is also included, while appendices offer the resources to create and implement a romance-friendly library plan.

A reference guide covering the repair, maintenance and preservation of library or archive collections, providing an analysis of how to plan for and ensure the long-term health of an institution's collection in this digital age.

This text advises parents on the benefits of reading to their children. It suggests that adults can help develop proper audience behaviour in young people, and stimulate their interest.

Includes the most up-to-date intellectual freedom guidelines, policies, and interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights, including: newly amended and updated policies; a new chapter, ""Interactivity and the Internet""; and other fresh material on intellectual freedom and privacy in online social networks..

Presents a resource for practical management. This book offers: tips to help determine which activities effectively support goals and objectives; fourteen easy to follow tasks; the tools needed for staff to prepare and effectively communicate change; and, the necessary tools for reviewing potential library activities.

Focuses on the steps to draft a results-driven, strategic planning process that libraries can complete over the course of four months, regardless of organizational structure or size. This book makes the case for strategic rather than long-term planning and includes information about understanding and managing the change process to help staff.

Audiobooks are now a staple in most public and school libraries, and with good reason, since they have a clear role in the education of today's "e;born digital"e; generation. Burkey, who has been following their rise in popularity for years, combines a fascinating history of the medium and practical tips for using them in a readable guide applicable to school and public librarians as well as classroom teachers. Enriched with reflections and comments from authors, audiobook narrators, producers, reviewers, and librarians, this bookShows how audiobooks not only benefit struggling readers and bring families together but also fit neatly within newly accepted standards for early literacy educationDemonstrates how to use audiobooks as classroom and library tools for learningIdentifies how to locate "e;must-have"e; audiobooks and offers advice for maintaining a collection Including an overview of the major audiobook awards and lists of additional resources, Burkey's guide will help librarians and educators unlock the educational potential of audiobooks for youth.

In an environment of budget cuts and freezes, libraries must keep a tight rein on costs and inefficiencies. This title offers a methodology to pinpoint trouble areas and improve processes. It provides administrators an understanding of their suppliers and customers. It empowers front-line staff to make improvements and better decisions.

Includes practical advice to understand key relationships and manage a complex process. This work contains checklists and sample construction documents that provide hands-on insights into the best practices in library construction and tools to do the job.

Aiming to help libraries market their services using low-cost or no-cost techniques, Woodward shares practical lessons for any library's revitalization inspired by the success of mega bookstores. Bookstores focus on the customer, and libraries need to take a page from their book.

Library issues are community issues-it's not enough to simply marshal internal library resources to fight cutbacks. When properly harnessed, public engagement can be the most powerful force of all for library advocacy. But rounding up advocates from the wider community and conducting a grassroots effort demands careful planning and commitment. This ALA Editions Special Report cuts through the rhetoric and gets straight to modeling a plan of action, for libraries big and small, byDetailing the lessons learned during the authors' successful campaign to save New York City librariesInstructing readers how to clarify the message, manage volunteers, and plan eventsOffering public relations strategies, including advice for dealing with political leaders and the mediaThis indispensable report goes beyond the "e;what-to-do"e; of library advocacy and explains how to do it right

Shows how the best of contemporary young adult literature has evolved to tackle such daunting subjects without resorting to sensationalism. The author brings his historical survey of this category fully up to date, covering its explosive growth in the pas

A discussion of the core values that are the backbone of the library profession. Defining the role of both library and librarian, Michael Goreman presents the bedrock principles underlying the profession and, in turn, underlying democracy.

Drawing from rare archival materials researched over a period of 15 years, Dewey historian Wayne Wiegand has produced a comprehensive biography of the man behind the Dewey Decimal Classification System and scores of other enduring achievements.

Weeding is the unglamorous side of the ""library selection"" coin, yet for vibrant, quality collections, it is critically important. This guide explains the ins and outs, including why weeding is such an important task. It outlines the steps to get started; and clarifies how to use automation tools in weeding.

Metadata is used to organize and access information in an effective way. This is a comprehensive description of the various forms of metadata, its applications, and how librarians can use it. Both descriptive and nondescriptive forms of metadata are defined and applied to library functions.