הוצאת ALA Editions
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Landau's survival guide will give you tested and practical techniques to ensure your library's growth.If you're among the nearly 80 percent of libraries deemed "small', serving populations of 25,000 or fewer, then Landau's survival guide will give you the tested and practical techniques to ensure yo...
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Library services to young adults should aspire to two fundamental objectives: to engage young people through meaningful and appealing responses to their recreational and informational needs, while supporting good developmental outcomes. How are those of us who work in libraries, who may see teens on...
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Booktalking Bonanza: Ten Ready-To-Use Multimedia Sessions for the Busy Librarian
מאת Betsy Diamant-Cohen
Transform your booktalks to engage your audience! With multimedia infusing nearly every activity, today's audiences from toddlers to elders expect lively, interactive presentations. Now two award-winning experts outline their kid-tested, proven models for enlivening traditional booktalks.Get up to s...
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Planning teen programming is a lot of work, so why offer programs that teens don't want? Teens need especially exciting and dynamic programs to encourage them to use the library and its resources. In "A Year of Programs for Teens", two young adult specialists take teen services to a new level with s...
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With the new fifth edition of his "Checklist of Library Building Design Considerations", William Sannwald guides librarians and other members of a building design team through the stages of the design process. Planning construction of a new library facility or renovation of an existing one can be a ...
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Enriching and supplementing storytelling programs with fingerplays, flannelboards, and other props will be a cinch, thanks to this generous sampling of art and craft ideas, songs, and action rhymes. This time-saving resource includes: thematic organization to make program planning easy; recommended ...
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From McDonald's arches to Nike's swoosh, logos are part of the everyday landscape. These are the visual representations of brands' extensive marketing stories, defining the meaning and message of the company.Branding is one part of the marketing process that focuses on developing a laser-clear messa...
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FRBR - Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records - is an evolving conceptual model designed to help users easily navigate catalogs and find the material they want in the form they want it - be that print, DVD, audio, or adaptations. Developed by the International Federation of Library Associ...
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Getting teens to read for fun is the ultimate challenge, yet research shows that it improves skills in grammar and spelling while expanding vocabularies. Accessible and encouraging for beginners and an informative refresher for those more experienced, this hands-on expert guide addresses teens' uniq...
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When it comes to virtual reference, one size doesn't fit all. What works in one library won't necessarily work in another. How do you figure out what to do? The recently published "Virtual Reference Service Guidelines" from the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), which is reproduced in a...
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Imagine: Teen and pre-teen boys, twenty-somethings, parents, and even younger kids streaming into the library. It's your library's monthly videogame tournament! Step boldly into a new arena of library programming with lifetime gamer and Ann Arbor's library technology manager, Eli Neiburger.As a lead...
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In his hugely successful "Connecting Boys with Books" (2003), Sullivan delved into the problem that reading skills of pre-adolescent boys lag behind those of girls in the same age group. In this companion book, Sullivan digs even deeper, melding his own experiences as an activist with perspectives g...
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Comprehensive, easy to use, and overflowing with fresh ideas, "Preschool Favorites" has everything needed to create storytimes: just add the kids! Each of the 35 fun themes includes a wealth of book suggestions, fingerplays (the "glue" that holds storytime together!), short poems, flannelboard stori...
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For nearly two decades, the "Public Library Association's Results Series" has been the definitive resource for practical everyday management. This latest addition to the series offers: tips to help determine which activities effectively support goals and objectives; fourteen easy to follow tasks, pr...
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"Best Books for Young Adults" is back and better than ever! The new third edition continues to be the most comprehensive and effective reference for great reading for young adults, including 40 years of best YA books plus background on the history, committee procedures, and current issues facing the...
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This practical guidebook seeks to bridge the gap between librarians and homeschoolers in these two ways: who are homeschoolers and how can I help them practically?In the past decade, the rise of homeschooling has had a tremendous impact on public libraries. Research from the National Center of Educa...
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Reference Source for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries (Reference Sources for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries)
מאת Jack O'Gorman
The new seventh edition of "Reference Sources for Small and Medium-sized Libraries", now completely rewritten by a team of outstanding, experienced reference experts, addresses the revolution in reference publishing. It includes the best of the best and most affordable resources, web sites, CD-ROMS,...
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This new book from best-selling author Rob Reid features stories, fingerplays, songs, and movement activities to enhance the time families spend at the library. Brimming with all new material, "More Family Storytimes" offers practical, creative, and active storytime programs that will captivate audi...
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Copyright in the world of digital information is changing at a fevered pace, even as educators and librarians digitize, upload, download, draw on databases, and incorporate materials into web-based instruction. It's essential to stay abreast of copyright law and fair use without information overload...
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Based on more than 50 years of author expertise in organizational improvement, "The Quality Library" offers a methodology to pinpoint trouble areas and improve processes.In an environment of budget cuts and freezes, libraries must keep a tight rein on costs and inefficiencies. The efficiency of syst...
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Subdivide and conquer! "Magic Search: Getting the Best Results from Your Catalog and Beyond" showcases how to increase the power of Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH) subdivisions to produce astonishing results from your searches. Rebecca S. Kornegay and Heidi E. Buchanan, experienced refere...
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For the first time, under the leadership of the Visual Resources Association, a cross section of five visual and cultural heritage experts, along with scores of reviewers from varied institutions, have created a new data content standard focused on cultural materials. This cutting-edge reference off...
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Story boxes offer a simple method for capturing ideas, talent, creativity, and resources available in your library.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 popul...
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Written by RA expert Jessica Moyer with contributions from leading RA luminaries, "Research-Based Readers' Advisory" approaches research from two vantage points: the Research Review provides an expert overview of new research, and the Librarian's View, written by RA experts, discusses practical issu...
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With tax-funded organizations under microscopic scrutiny, library directors need to make a strong public case for the value their library provides. "Measuring Your Library's Value", designed to serve large to medium-sized public libraries, gives librarians the tools to conduct a defensible and credi...
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Carving out new service areas within existing space can offer a cost-effective solution for budget-conscious libraries. This new hands-on workbook in the proven "For Results" series guides library directors, staff, and boards through the process to: prioritize new services that need space; make plan...
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This book offers innovative ways to use riddles to make reading fun.Many children equate reading with hard or "classic" books and librarians know that the sometimes the best way to entice reluctant readers is to offer books that prove to make them laugh. Riddles are both fun and easy to read, and ca...
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