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New books, products, special events at the 91传媒 Store at Midwinter Meeting in Seattle
Make sure to carve out some time in your schedule to shop and browse the 91传媒 Store at the 2019 91传媒 Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits for products that meet the widest range of your promotional and continuing education/professional development needs—as well as...
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ The Globalized Library: American Academic Libraries and International Students, Collections, and Practices,” edited by Yelena Luckert with Lindsay Inge...
A new edition of the classic RA guide to genre fiction by Wyatt and Saricks
CHICAGO — Everyone’s favorite guide to fiction that’s thrilling, mysterious, suspenseful, thought-provoking, romantic, and just plain fun is back—and better than ever in this completely revamped and revised edition. A must for every readers’ advisory desk...
Hider鈥檚 updated text on information resource description
CHICAGO — The new second edition of Philip Hider’s “ Information Resource Description: Creating and Managing Metadata,” published by 91传媒 Neal-Schuman, offers a fully updated and expanded overview of the field of information organization, examining the...
Metaliterate learning for the post-truth world
CHICAGO — Metaliteracy, Thomas P. Mackey and Trudi E. Jacobson’s revolutionary framework for information literacy, is especially well suited as a tool for ensuring that learners can successfully navigate today’s information morass. Indeed, it is starkly...
Social Tagging in a Linked Data Environment
CHICAGO — Social tagging, hashtags, and geotags are used across a variety of platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, WordPress, Instagram) in different countries and cultures. “ Social Tagging in a Linked Data Environment,” published by Facet Publishing and...
Newest PLA 'Quick Reads' book offers guidance for library service to teenage parents
CHICAGO -- The Public Library Association (PLA) has added a new publication to its collection of resources that are available free of charge to all PLA personal members in good standing. Teaching Early Literacy to Teen Parents is the seventh installment...
A guidebook for building political support for library funding
CHICAGO — Library funding is political. And the struggle to secure funding is ongoing; the work that librarians need to do to influence local politics doesn't just pop up in the few months before Election Day. It should span the years before or between...
New grab-and-go readers鈥 advisory pamphlets cover popular genres
CHICAGO — Drawn from the insights of RA experts Neal Wyatt and Joyce G. Saricks, 91传媒 Editions’ new Resources for Readers pamphlets will help library users find their next favorite book. Sold in packs of 100 for $14.99/pack, they cover the following...
Information Rights for Records Managers
CHICAGO — Records managers have tended to find themselves given the responsibility for managing requests under the Freedom of Information (FOI) and Data Protection Acts (DPA), without necessarily having training and/or an academic background in legal...
Give the gift of witty and thought-provoking writing prompts specifically for library lovers
CHICAGO — “ This Journal Is Overdue”—and you’re the author. Start writing! Just in time for the holidays, get your creative juices flowing with a new collection of witty and thought-provoking writing prompts specifically for library lovers. More than...
How libraries can support community health and wellbeing through bibliotherapy
CHICAGO — Bibliotherapy programs can now be found in libraries all over the world, from public libraries to health/hospital libraries and academic libraries. In their new book “ Bibliotherapy,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the 91传媒...
Record-keeping in an information culture
CHICAGO — Can archives and records management still make a distinctive contribution in the 21st century, or are they now being dissolved into a wider world of information governance? What should be our conceptual understanding of records in the digital...
ACRL releases Library Service and Learning
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ Library Service and Learning: Empowering Students, Inspiring Social Responsibility, and Building Community Connections,” edited by Theresa McDevitt and Caleb...
Imagining the archive of the future
CHICAGO — “ Archival Futures,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the 91传媒 Store, draws on a range of international experts to consider the current archival landscape and imagine the archive of the future. Edited by Caroline Brown, it...
