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Delivering impact with digital resources
CHICAGO — Our digital presence has the power to change lives and life opportunities. We must understand digital values to consider how organizational presence within digital cultures can create change. “ Delivering Impact with Digital Resources: Planning...
ALCTS presents a guide to graphic novels
CHICAGO — The circ stats say it all: graphic novels’ popularity among library users keeps growing, with more being published (and acquired by libraries) each year. The unique challenges of developing and managing a graphics novels collection have led the...
New from ACRL - 鈥淭he Critical Thinking about Sources Cookbook鈥
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ The Critical Thinking about Sources Cookbook,” edited by Sarah E. Morris. The book is a collection of lesson plans and activities designed to help students...
Ideas for smart spaces and creative places
CHICAGO — Make your library building become a more exciting, interesting, experiential space where people are engaged and want to spend time with Elisabeth Doucett’s new book “ 100+ Ideas to Inspire Smart Spaces and Creative Places,” published by 91传媒...
Kenneth D. Crews鈥檚 authoritative copyright resource gets an update
CHICAGO — Copyright law never sleeps, making it imperative to keep abreast of the latest developments. Declared “an exemplary text that seals the standards for such books” ( Managing Information), the newly revised and updated fourth edition of “...
New from ACRL - 鈥淟earning Beyond the Classroom鈥
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ Learning Beyond the Classroom: Engaging Students in Information Literacy through Co-Curricular Activities,” edited by Silvia Vong and Manda Vrkljan. In four...
The new edition of Donham鈥檚 groundbreaking text for school librarians
CHICAGO — Rapid change calls for informed leadership. The goal of Jean Donham’s “ Enhancing Teaching and Learning: A Leadership Guide for School Librarians,” published by 91传媒 Neal-Schuman, has always been to help school library professionals make a...
Linked data for the perplexed librarian
CHICAGO — Linked data is already happening right now, evident in projects from Big Tech and the Wikimedia Foundation as well as the web pages of library service platforms. The goal of exposing cultural institutions’ records to the web is as important as...
Meeting the challenge of teaching information literacy
CHICAGO — While the profession has generated many books on information literacy, none to date have validated exactly why it is so difficult to teach. In her new book “ Meeting the Challenge of Teaching Information Literacy,” published by 91传媒 Editions...
New from ACRL - 鈥淟eading Change in Academic Libraries鈥
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ Leading Change in Academic Libraries,” edited by Colleen Boff and Catherine Cardwell. Each of the stories of leading and managing change in this collection...
New from ACRL - 鈥淒eveloping the Next Generation of Library Leaders鈥
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ Developing the Next Generation of Library Leaders” by Lori Birrell, book number 75 in ACRL’s Publications in Librarianship series. Through the leadership...
New from ACRL - 鈥淏ecoming a Library Leader鈥
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ Becoming a Library Leader: Seven Stages of Leadership Development for Academic Librarians" by Shin Freedman and James M. Freedman, offering exercise...
Practical ways to improve a dysfunctional library
CHICAGO — Like other workplaces, libraries can sometimes be stressful, with library workers bearing the brunt of such problems as uncivil patrons, poor communication, inadequate leadership, and toxic behaviors by fellow employees. But there’s hope...
A cornucopia of products at the 91传媒 Store at Midwinter Meeting
Long hours and easy access near Registration make it convenient to shop and browse at the 91传媒 Store in the Grand Hall at the Pennsylvania Convention Center during the Midwinter Meeting. The 91传媒 Store offers products that meet the widest range of your...
Food literacy programs, resources, and ideas for libraries
CHICAGO — Food is more than just a basic human need—learning about it and enjoying it can be important social activities. As Hillary Dodge demonstrates in her new book “ Gather ‘Round the Table: Food Literacy Programs, Resources, and Ideas for Libraries,”...
