Library Journal and other review journals raved about the first edition of this now-standard guide. This new edition has been completely updated ad expanded to include crucial new information on digital records, encoded arcival description (EAD), copyright issues, post-9/11 security concerns, international perspectives on tuse issues--content that makes this manual essential for archivists of all backgrounds. Setting up archives, appraisal and accessioning, acquisition strategies and policies, arrangement description, reference and access, preservation, and electronic records are just some of the topics covered in both theory and practice in this clear, comprehensive, ad practial guide.

Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives: A How-To-Do-It Manual (How-To-Do-It Manuals for Libraries)

Politics & Social Sciences

Gregory S. Hunter

Social Sciences

Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.

With today's digital natives, educators face new challenges in guiding young adults to discovery of the critical thinking and enjoyment that comes from lifelong literacy not to mention simply reading simply for pleasure. For anyone seeking to hone their skills as a guide to YA reading, Latrobe and Drury give you a theoretical basis for your programming with cogent explanations of eight critical theories of literature: New Criticism/Formal Criticism; Psychological Criticism; Sociological Criticism: Relationships in Context; Historical Criticism; Gender Criticism: Opposite Sexes or Neighboring Sexes; Archetypal/Mythological Criticism; Popular Culture and Criticism; and, Reader-Response: A Unique Literary Event. "Critical Approaches to Young Adult Literature" is for librarians in school and public libraries (plus their colleagues across the curriculum) who strive for collections and programming that elicit thoughtful responses and build higher-level literacy skills across grades 6-12. In this book and CD ROM set, the authors explore all facets of creating a vibrant YA reading community such as inquiry-based learning, promoting and motivating reading, collection management, understanding multiple intelligences, accepting diverse beliefs, and acting as a change agent to name a few. Latrobe and Drury also provide basic questions designed to involve young people, activities to encourage critical responses and bibliographies of YA books with annotations. Time-saving author, title, and subject indexes round-out the work, along with appendices so you'll have reviewing media, YA awards and YA magazines at your fingertips.

Critical Approaches to Young Adult Literature

Kathy H. Latrobe

Judy Drury

Teen & Young Adult

Whether a volunteer, intern, work-study student, or part-time employee, students can be a valuable part of the library s staff. With their benefits, however, come unique challenges. Kimberly Burke Sweetman, a frequent presenter of management workshops, shares practical guidance for making the most of students in your organization. She examines the basics: building the case for student workers in your library, designing the position, drafting the job description, and preparing for the hiring process; then walks you through advertising the position, recruiting the right candidates, and interviewing effectively. Here is the practical advice you need to recruit, hire, orient, and train student workers as well as motivate and coach them appropriately to minimize turnover. This guide is filled with examples, checklists, forms, templates, and exercises.

Managing Student Assistants: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians

Kimberly Burke Sweetman

As more and more students are completing their college degree without ever stepping foot on the main campus, libraries must now find new and innovative ways to serve virtual and remote users. In this timely collection, Susan Clayton brings together over 20 experienced distance instruction librarians from across the country University of Western Washington, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Illinois, Southeastern Louisiana University, University of North Carolina to share their effective strategies for designing, delivering, collaborating, and assessing distance instruction. Coverage explores scheduling and marketing classes; utilizing virtual classroom software, online tutorials, and Web tools; collaborating with faculty and information technology professionals; and more. This unique collection provides the advice and best practices to help you go the distance whether creating an introduction to library research or supporting faculty in advanced courses and take the library to where your users are.

Going the Distance: Library Instruction for Remote Learners

Susan J. Clayton

Reference

Ever watched the teens and tweens in your library sneak in an online game in the middle of their research or study session? Have students come into the media center to log-in and check on their Neopets? Have concerned parents approached you to find out more about video game ratings? Even if your library hasn't formally begun collecting, circulating, or programming with video games, you are no doubt aware of their popularity and proliferation. Now, "Game On!" has all of the answers and approaches you need to make effective, successful choices about video gaming in your library. Topics included are: video game basics - history, formats, and genres; benefits (developmental assets/technological skill/educational value) and controversies (ratings/graphics/content); selection, collection, and circulation of titles; equipment and vendors; programming ideas; policy and management; storage, display, and marketing; and more. Gallaway includes a core collection of games and systems that will appeal to users of all ages. Forms, bibliographies, and a gamer's glossary will get you gaming like a pro in no time.

Game On!: Gaming at the Library

Computers & Technology

Beth Gallaway

Games & Strategy Guides

Rebecca Brumley's Public Library Manager's Forms, Policies, and Procedures Handbook (Starred Review, Library Journal) revolutionized the way public libraries create their policy and procedures manual. Now Brumley brings her winning formula to the academic library with this invaluable collection of expertly vetted sample policies, forms, and procedures for the college or university environment. This new handbook and CD-ROM package is divided into three parts: Student and Faculty Services, Administrative Policies, and Collection Maintenance. Coverage includes: Borrowing policies for students, faculty, alumni, visiting researchers, and university staff; Guidelines for interlibrary loan, reserves, holds, and recalls; Procedures for reference staffing, services, and resource sharing; Policies for computer workstation and Internet usage, and Administrative documents for facilities maintenance, fundraising, exhibits and displays, and more. The companion CD-ROM reproduces all 600+ forms, procedures, and policies, which can be used as is or customized for a specific library. This time- and labor-saving tool will find great use in college and university libraries of all sizes.

Academic Library Manager's Forms, Policies, and Proedures Handbook

Rebecca Brumley

What teen wouldn't be interested in a poetry slam, hosting a cable TV show, or learning to be a DJ? In "Start-to-Finish YA Programs", author Ella Jones gives you the "411" about planning powerful programs for teens. With high school enrollments increasing by 13 per cent, the role of both school and public libraries is growing too. The author provides 25 successful teen programs from public libraries based on the Search Institute's "40 Developmental Assets for Teens". If you're looking for engaging, high-impact teen programming breakthroughs, buy this book and give some of these concepts a try: Brown-Bag Concerts; Library Teen Cable Show; Commitment to Fitness; Dance 360; Oral History Video Projects; Hip-Hop Symposium; Youth Gospel Fest; and more. The companion CD-ROM provides all of the sign-up forms, promotional posters, evaluation worksheets, permission slips, and more for easy reproduction and personalization.

Start-to-Finish YA Programs: Hip-Hop Symposiums, Summer Reading Programs, Virtual Tours, Poetry Slams, Teen Advisory Boards, Term Paper Clinics, and More!

Ella W. Jones

Library policy experts Jeanette Larson and Herman Totten return with this new guide addressing today's hot-button issues - the PATRIOT Act, fair labor standards, disaster planning, CIPA, virtual reference services, wireless networks - and the timeless topics that require official responses. In addition to explaining the importance of policies and the fundamentals of their creation, Larson and Totten analyze and offer model policies for over 65 crucial areas, including:Personnel and employment practices; Staff and patron conduct; Access to library materials, services, and facilities; Collection development, and Reference and information services The companion CD-ROM reproduces all of the policies, for easy replication or adaptation to your library.

Public Library Policy Writer: A Guidebook with Model Policies on CD-ROM

Jeanette C. Larson and Herman L. Totten

Here master trainer Michael Sauers applies the super-search strategies he is known for to the latest generation of Web tools. Blogs, RSS, wikis, Flickr, podcasting, mashups, the read/write Web, kartoo, BitTorrent, Google Book Search, the WayBack Machine, visual search engines, folksonomies, Firefox Search Plugins, Del.icio.us.... if you aren t intimately familiar with these tools and how to fully exploit them in your daily reference work, then this book is for you. Irreverent and fun to read, with a wealth of screen shots, this is a comprehensive guide to searches that make the most of the Web 2.0 environment: from improving basic search skills and evaluating search results to making the best use of search engines, both common and cutting-edge. Sauers reviews each Web 2.0 tool for reliability and appropriateness in different search tasks and shows you how best to organize them for quick access at the reference desk. You (and your patrons, once you show them how) will use Sauers s advanced and special search methods again and again, and Sauers s enthusiasm will have you running from the book to your computer every ten minutes. Exercises in each chapter will help you cement your new knowledge into practical skills.

Searching 2.0

Michael P. Sauers

Networking & Cloud Computing

This is a comprehensive new text from renowned health experts.The first book on health informatics written specifically for information professionals, this text helps you grasp the fundamentals of a rapidly emerging field and describes how medical libraries can be essential players in the health informatics revolution.Opening chapters describe the history, role, and infrastructure of medical informatics as well as its impact on access to medical information and the culture and quality of medical care. Chapters on the organization of medical knowledge and the use of information technology tools in the health sciences follow - from data and information processing to database management, telecommunications and networks, computer-aided instruction, and special technologies like wearable computers. The last part of the book addresses specific applications, education, and the evolving future of health sciences informatics. All major arenas - including nursing, pharmaceutical, dental, public health, hospital, and veterinary informatics - are considered in detail.Written for use in LIS courses on health informatics and medical librarianship, this is also an ideal text for undergraduate or graduate-level courses in biomedical information management. This is a must-have for every medical or health library and information center, corporate libraries in biomedical and pharmaceutical companies will also find this book to be an invaluable resource.

Health Informatics for Medical Librarians (Medical Library Association Guides)

Ana D. Cleveland

Donald B. Cleveland

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