Diamant-Cohen, a children's librarian who created the program and presents training workshops, webinars, and online courses for librarians, describes the Mother Goose on the Loose program, an early
Librarian, consultant, and coach Metz delineates a plan for library leaders, human resources directors, managers, supervisors, teams, and employees to using a coaching style of management with staff t
Since 1998, middle school librarian Jennifer Hubert has been reviewing books for young adult readers on her popular "Reading Rants!" Website. In this resource for librarians, Hubert recommends 100 rec
Monson, digital initiatives librarian at the U. of Northern Colorado, provides new graduates, students considering library school, and experienced professionals with a guide to a career as a digital l
This guide for librarians explains how to help readers discover genre blends in the library’s collection. An opening chapter introduces genre blends, also known as genre bends, genre crossover, hybrid
Emphasizing the importance of having collection development policies in place to deal with challenges, Pinnell-Stephens (the Office of Intellectual Freedom) provides guidance on policies related to ar
Multicultural Programs for Tweens and Teens is a one-stop resource that encourages children and young adults to explore different culturesFollowing the practical programs laid out here, young adult l
MacMillan, a freelance writer, and Kirker, a children's librarian, offer theme-based lessons for librarians and classroom teachers to use to build literacy and library skills in kindergarten students.
Landau, a library director, marketer, and manager, provides a guide for grant seekers on the fundamentals of winning library grants. He argues that librarians and library trustees can win grants witho
Children's programming made easy. Really easy. What librarian doesn't dream of offering more and better children's programs with less effort? After all, these are usually the most popular and sought-
Intended for librarians, library staff doing readers' advisory, and LIS students, this book explores research on readers' advisory services both from the perspective of a review of new research and th
Looks at how to share poetry with children ages five to twelve, describing popular and classic poets, poets from diverse cultures, important poets with lists of their websites, and types of poetry col
This wide-ranging survey takes stock of our institutions' strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, analyzing how libraries and the very concept of librarianship have been comprehensively tra
Offered as both a self-guided tour of historical fiction and as a reference, Baker focuses on the aspects of historical fiction that draw readers in and how we can identify them quickly enough to make
Details research and reference strategies using the Internet with tips on search engines, subject directories, e-mail discussion lists and newsgroups, and forgotten tools such as gopher, Veronica, Jug
