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Provides 30 programs, organised around the calendar year, for young adults. It offers themed book lists and read-alikes, as well as appendices with reproducible handouts for the various programs. Also included is general programming advice, information on teen clubs, and marketing ideas.

Examines the development of scripts and styles of illumination, the making of manuscripts, and the technological processes involved in paper-making and book-binding. It provides a greater understanding of ancient books and texts, and includes more than 300 plates and illustrations.

Helps you learn about the books that boys love to read. This book covers the signs that point to the reading gap; lets you find creative programming ideas to match boys' interests; and, establish a strategic blueprint for boys and reading.

Helps readers in challenging and rethinking their marketing strategies; demonstrating their value through applied relevance; and, focusing on the needs of the student and their expectations. This book contains tips and strategies that academic librarians can use to communicate with students, surpassing their expectations of library experience.

Contains five mystery scripts that serve as a means to acquaint users with a wide variety of library services and library personnel, special collections, and research skills. This book also provides instructions for program planning on topics ranging from how to write clues to organizing the investigation.

Offers a step-by-step program to get any library up to speed with minimal angst. This work aims to help librarians: lay the groundwork through strategic planning and data collection; write the plan, including targeting the market, defining services, setting goals, and taking action to promote the library; and more.

With more than one-third of library users under the age of 12, it may be said that children's services drive public libraries. Still, many administrators don't fully appreciate how integral these services are to their institutions. Sullivan conducts a friendly tour in this comprehensive reference, covering both innovative and standard practices in children's services. From the collection and programming, to homework support, reference and reader's advisory, to promoting and budgeting, children's services parallel other library services and are no less important. Part of ALA s Fundamentals Series, this overview provides hands-on, proven strategies for those on the front lines, while addressing questions critical to the long-term success of children's library services: Why are children's services so important? How do they fit into the library overall? What do children's librarians do all day? Why should children's librarians focus on administrative matters? What are the hot issues and cutting-edge trends? Those who want to become children's librarians, experienced and new children's librarians, library administrators and trustees alike will find this new "e;bible"e; of children's services sets the record straight: Children s services are the heart of the library.

Technology for Results provides answers for addressing fast-changing technology issues while meeting the library's strategic objectives.

A practical guide to connecting with customers, making services both visible and valuable to the community, and getting the word out using marketing, customer service and public relations tactics specifically tailored to the library environment. It includes inspiring stories and case studies.

This collection of reports from the field is an opportunity for librarians to learn from the experience of others involved in technically diverse digital library archive projects. It offers project planners, metadata librarians, systems and technical services librarians, and catalogers a problem-solving approach and real-world supplement.

From psychological suspense and historical fiction to "gentle reads" and romance, this guide explores the many worlds of fiction. Covering 15 genres, each chapter includes a definition of the genre, its characteristics and appeal elements, and its key authors and subgenres.