Fantasies of the Library lets readers experience the library anew. The book imagines, and enacts, the library as both keeper of books and curator of ideas--as a platform
Readers are introduced to the many careers available at a library. Colorful sidebars encourage children to think, create, guess, and ask questions about a career working in a library.
When a public library invests in building relationships with business owners, professionals, and job seekers in the community, it is investing in the livelihood, well-being, and future of all of its c
Anderson collects 37 of his essays, columns, articles, blog posts, and other writings originally published between 2004 and 2015 on topics related to libraries and their collections, and scholarly com
Knoll, a former children's librarian and researcher, explains how to provide library services to infants, toddlers, and their families. After describing how one library learned what is involved in ser
Before focusing on Charles Areskine and Thomas Aikenhead as case studies, Baston explains why and how Scottish lawyers and their libraries played leading roles in the intellectual phenomenon of the En
This guide presents lesson plans for use in the classroom or library media center that connect picture books to the Common Core State Standards for grades K-2. Messner and Copeland, elementary media s
Logan added some new chapters in 2015 to support the chapters that he and Marshall McLuhan (1911-80) wrote together in 1979. He has also inserted parenthetical remarks into the original material, but
Written by three experienced LIS professionals, Latinos in Libraries, Museums, and Archivesdemonstrates the meaning of cultural competence in the everyday work in libraries, archives, museums, and spe
Written by three experienced LIS professionals, Latinos in Libraries, Museums, and Archivesdemonstrates the meaning of cultural competence in the everyday work in libraries, archives, museums, and spe
The fifth volume in this series focuses on partnerships and new roles for libraries in the 21st century. It includes such topics as consulting, coaching, and assessment partnerships, university commer
The fifth volume in this series focuses on partnerships and new roles for libraries in the 21st century. It includes such topics as consulting, coaching, and assessment partnerships, university commer
Baker, a youth services specialist at a library, former teacher, and specialist in early childhood education, early literacy/school readiness programs, and public libraries, draws on the Countdown to
Describes some of the activities that occur in the school library, including asking a librarian for help, using the computer, reading, being quiet, and taking out a book.
Step One: Find a story. (A good one.)Step Two: Find a reading buddy. (Someone nice.)Step Three: Find a reading spot. (Couches are cozy.)Now: Begin.Accomplished storytellers Kate Messner and Mark Siege
How do you use your local library? Does it arrive at your door on the back of an elephant? Can it float down the river to you? Or does it occupy a phone booth by the side of the road?Public libraries
This vivid narrative nonfiction title explores students’ use of their classroom library. Readers experience students choosing texts and reading alone and together, as well as participating with their
Spark kids' interest in their local libraries! ThisA virtual field trip introduces readers to the people, sights, and sounds they'll encounter in a library. Carefully leveled text and big, full color
