Library and information services Books

Book SynopsisThe Library of Trinity College Dublin dates back to the establishment of the College in 1592 and is the largest library in Ireland. Its extensive collection of journals, manuscripts, maps and music reflects over 400 years of academic development and amounts to over 6 million volumes. A Legal Deposit Library since 1801, it receives copies of all material published in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The most famous of its treasures is the Book of Kells, whose rich illuminations are one of the finest examples of medieval art. Together with the Book of Durrow, also in the collection, they represent Ireland's greatest cultural treasure. The Library also bears testament to more recent history, counting letters from Irish WWI soldiers and various artefacts from the Easter Rising - including a bullet fired through the Library roof - among its collection. This selection of objects highlights the diversity of the holdings and illuminates their fascinating history.

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Book SynopsisAll libraries have patrons and staff members with disabilities, making equitable service a priority for these organizations as they provide diverse services to their entire communities. Although rapid technological changes in recent years have offered challenges to libraries, these same technologies provide opportunities to embrace the concept of accessible library services and create innovative new services for patrons with disabilities. Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities and the Inclusive Future of Libraries, edited by Brian Wentz, Paul T. Jaeger, and John Carlo Bertot, focuses on the issues at the intersection of disability, accessibility, inclusion and libraries. The chapters in this volume provide best practices and innovative ideas to share amongst libraries, explore the roles that internet and communication technologies play in the context of inclusive libraries, illuminate the important contributions of libraries in promoting social inclusion of and social justice for people with disabilities, and help libraries to better articulate their contributions in these areas as they engage with disability groups, funders, policymakers, and other parts of their communities.Trade ReviewResearchers in library science and disability studies review the long history of libraries serving people with disabilities equally and treating them humanely, describe what is being done now, and project efforts at full access in the future. Their topics include improving services for patrons with print disabilities at public libraries, developing accessible libraries and inclusive librarians in the 21st century: examples from practice, providing accessibility for people with disabilities at the College of Staten Island Library, the digital inclusiveness of state library websites, and libraries and the future of equal access for people with disabilities. -- Annotation ©2016 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsCopyright page. Editorial Advisory Board. Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities and the Inclusive Future of Libraries. Editors’ Preface to the Advances in Librarianship Series. Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities and the Inclusive Future of Libraries. Accessibility, Inclusion, and the Roles of Libraries. Improving Services for Patrons with Print Disabilities at Public Libraries: Moving Forward to Become More Inclusive. Universally Accessible Makerspace Recommendation to the District of Columbia Public Library. Accessibility and the Maker Movement: A Case Study of the Adaptive Technology Program at District of Columbia Public Library. Creating a Community-Centered Library for Individuals with Print Disabilities: A Blueprint and a Challenge. Developing Accessible Libraries and Inclusive Librarians in the 21st Century: Examples from Practice. A Case Study in Practice: Providing Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities at the College of Staten Island Library. Collection Development, E-Resources, and Barrier-Free Access. Supporting Web Accessibility with HTML5 and Accessible Rich Internet Applications: Insights for Libraries. Managing Accessible Library Web Content. The Digital Inclusiveness of State Library Websites. Digital Inclusion, Disability, and Public Libraries: A Summary Australian Perspective. Libraries and the Future of Equal Access for People with Disabilities: Legal Frameworks, Human Rights, and Social Justice. About the contributors.

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Book SynopsisThis volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization takes as its underpinning theme the whole subject of innovation in Library and Information Services. It considers the various types of innovation through case studies and exemplars both from within the LIS sector and other cognate industries and environments. It will look at both the last and the next thirty years by charting major technology developments and the ways in which they have not only been adopted and adapted by library services but also how the resulting improvements and enhancements have impacted upon key user communities. But more importantly, the volume projects these developments forward and in addition forecasts and analyses likely future inventions and innovations and how LIS leaders and managers should not only respond but actually help to create and shape our future world.Written and edited by Professor David Baker and Wendy Evans, the volume will include contributions from: Dr Chris Batt; Dr Masanori Koizumi; Dr Tibor Koltay; Professor Derek Law; Dr Mike McGrath; Dr Bruce Massis; Chloe Mills; John Robinson; Dr Lara Skelly; Professor Jo Smedley; Dr Evgenia Vassilakaki; Dr Graham Walton.Trade ReviewInternational contributors in library science, collection development, data protection, informatics, information systems, and strategic information management offer case studies on latest innovations in LIS. Each of the book’s 12 chapters includes an abstract outlining the purpose, methodology, approach, findings, and research and practical implications of the research described in the chapter. Some specific subjects examined include data literacy in academic libraries, the development of document supply, open source systems and shared services, leading the innovative library workforce, and creating a customized local serials collection. The final chapter describes new approaches to digital strategy in the 21st century. B&w photos, process diagrams, and screen shots are included. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsMaking Sure Things Can Never Be the Same Again: Innovation In Library and Information Services - David Baker Facing the Challenge of Data-Intensive Research: Research Data Services and Data Literacy In Academic Libraries - Tibor Koltay Theory of Management Strategies for Libraries: Triggers for Innovative and Fundamental Changes - Masanori Koizumi Capacity and Capability: How Can Library and Information Services Make Sure They Succeed? - Derek Law The Development of Document Supply: Navigating In Stormy Waters - Mike Mcgrath The Librarianship Portfolio, Part Two: a Rubric for Evaluation - Chloe Persian Mills Open Source Systems and Shared Services: the BLMS Experience a Case Study - John Robinson Innovation and Information - Jo Smedley Public Libraries and Innovation In Greece: an Option or a Necessity? - Evgenia Vassilakaki and Valentini Moniarou-Papaconstantinou Leading the Innovative and Creative Library Workforce: Approaches and Challenges - Graham Walton and Paul Webb No Dust In the Stacks: Creating a Customized Local Serials Collection on the Fly - Derek Marshall, Laurel Sammonds Crawford and Karen Harker New Approaches to Digital Strategy In the 21St Century - Chris Batt

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Book SynopsisInstead of outsourcing tasks to providers using labor-intensive countries, libraries around the world increasingly appeal to the crowds of Internet users, making their relationship with users more collaborative . These internet users can be volunteers or paid, work consciously, unconsciously or in the form of games. They can provide the workforce, skills, knowledge or financial resources that libraries need in order to achieve unimaginable goals. Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction xiii Chapter 1 A Conceptual Introduction to the Concept of Crowdsourcing in Libraries: A New Paradigm? 1 1.1 A rapidly growing economic model 1 1.1.1 What made this new economic model possible 1 1.1.2 Application to digital libraries 5 1.1.3. Growing interest from politicians, Internet users and academics 7 1.2 Origin, definition and scope of crowdsourcing 10 1.2.1 Explicit crowdsourcing: using volunteers 16 1.2.2. Implicit crowdsourcing: using involuntary and unconscious work .. 16 1.2.3 Gamification: using players 16 1.2.4 Paid crowdsourcing: using microemployees 16 1.2.5 Crowdfunding: institutional “begging” 17 1.3 Historical chronology of crowdsourcing 17 1.4 Philosophical and political controversies 21 1.5 Economic, sociological and legal consequences 33 1.5.1 Economy of crowdsourcing 33 1.5.2 The users of crowdsourcing 39 1.6 Managerial, library science and technological consequences 41 1.6.1 The cultural factor 41 1.6.2 The corporatist factor 41 1.6.3 The reign of the amateur: toward mediocracy? 44 1.6.4 Crowdsourcing: the highest stage of outsourcing? 45 Chapter 2 Overview of Several Crowdsourcing Projects Applied to the Digitization of Libraries 49 2.1 Putting content online and participative curation: the Oxford’s Great War Archive and Europeana 1914–1918 49 2.2 Digitization on demand in the form of crowdfunding applied to digital libraries: the European eBooks on Demand network 50 2.3 Printing on demand (POD): the Espresso Book Machine 63 2.4 Participative OCR correction and participative transcription of manuscripts 70 2.4.1 Explicit crowdsourcing: volunteer correction/transcription 73 2.4.2 Gamification, OCR correction through play: Digitalkoot (National Library of Finland) 83 2.4.3 Implicit crowdsourcing: involuntary OCR correction via reCAPTCHA in the service of Google Books 86 2.4.4 Paid crowdsourcing: the Amazon Mechanical Turk market place 92 2.5 Folksonomy, cataloguing and participative indexing 108 2.5.1 Explicit crowdsourcing through volunteer tagging: Flickr: the Commons 108 2.5.2 The use of gamification: Art Collector 109 Chapter 3 Overview and Keys to Success 117 3.1 Typologies and taxonomies of projects 117 3.1.1 Explicit crowdsourcing 128 3.1.2 Implicit crowdsourcing 128 3.1.3 Gamification 129 3.2 Communication and marketing for recruiting volunteers 136 3.3 The question of motivations 139 3.3.1 Intrinsic motivations 142 3.3.2 Extrinsic motivations 144 3.3.3 The opposition between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations 145 3.3.4 The specific motivation of gamification projects 146 3.3.5 Crowdsourcing and rewards 147 3.3.6 Other theories on motivation 149 3.3.7 The motivations of cultural institutions and the prerequi-sites for launching a crowdsourcing project 151 3.4 Sociology of the contributors and community management 154 3.4.1 Sociology of contributors 154 3.4.2 Crowdsourcing or community sourcing? 156 3.4.3 The work of professionals on these projects and community management 157 3.5 The question of the quality of the contributions 161 3.5.1 Systems for evaluating and moderation of contributions 162 3.5.2 Comparison between the quality of the data produced by amateurs and that produced by professionals 166 3.5.3 Reintegration of the data produced 168 3.5.4 The legal status of contributions: crowdsourcing and the semantic web 169 3.6 The evaluation of crowdsourcing projects 170 3.6.1 Factors in success and failure 172 3.6.2 Quantitative evaluation of crowdsourcing projects and their costs 174 3.7 Change management 178 Conclusion 183 Bibliography 185 Index 203

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Book SynopsisAcademic, public, school, and special libraries are all institutions of human rights and social justice, with an increasingly apparent commitment to equality, to ethical principles based on rights and justice, and to programs that meet needs related to human rights and social justice. Key topics at the intersection of information, human rights, social justice, and technology include information access and literacy, digital inclusion, education, and social services, among many others. Edited by Ursula Gorham, Natalie Greene Taylor, and Paul T. Jaeger, this volume is devoted to the ideals, activities, and programs in libraries that protect human rights and promote social justice. With contributions from researchers, educators, and practitioners from a range of fields, this book is an important resource for library professionals in all types of libraries, a reference for researchers and educators about all types of libraries, and an introduction to those in other fields about the contributions of libraries to human rights and social justice.Trade ReviewEditors Gorham, Taylor, and Jaeger present readers with a collection of academic and working professional perspectives on contemporary and emerging trends in the field of library science and what it means to be a librarian. The contributions are focused on conceptualizing libraries as institutions of human rights and social justice, providing library services to marginalized populations, and human rights and social justice issues in the library professions and library education. Ursula Gorham, Natalie Greene Taylor, and Paul T. Jaeger are faculty members of the University of Maryland. -- Annotation * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsVolume Editors’ Introduction: “Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice” - Ursula Gorham, Natalie Greene Taylor and Paul T. Jaeger Social Justice Concepts and Public Libraries: A Case Study - Punit Dadlani Privacy, Intellectual Freedom, and Self-Respect: Technological and Philosophical Lessons for Libraries - Anna Lauren Hoffmann Libraries and Human Rights—Working Together to Reach Our Full Potential - Vivianne Fogarty Library Services to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs): Strategies for More Proactive Approach by Public Libraries in Nigeria - Vicki Lawal Public Libraries and Social Inclusion: An Update from South Africa - Christine Stilwell Libraries as Agents of Human Rights Protection and Social Justice on Behalf of Sexual Minorities in India: An Action-Based Manifesto for Progressive Change - Bharat Mehra and Lisette Hernandez Libraries “Coming Out” in Support of LGBTQIA+? Human Rights and Social Justice - Peggy McEachreon The Prison Law Library: A Fourteenth Amendment Necessity - Brandon Nichole Wright The Role of the Union in Promoting Social Justice - Sarah Barriage Critical Reflection on Librarianship and Human Rights: A Book and Continuing Endeavor - Toni Samek Human Rights without Cultural Imperialism - Kay Mathiesen Archives and Human Rights: Questioning Notions of Information and Access - Michelle Caswell and Ricardo Punzalan The Social Justice Collaboratorium: Illuminating Research Pathways between Social Justice and Library and Information Studies - RaShauna Brannon, LaVerne Gray, Miraida Morales, Myrna E. Morales, Mario H. Ram?rez and Elnora Kelly Tayag Counter-Storytelling in the LIS Curriculum - Nicole A. Cooke Open Access, Privacy, and Human Rights: A Case Study on Ethics in Library and Information Sciences Education - Joachim Schopfel Raranga te kete aronui: Weaving Social and Cultural Inclusion into New Zealand Library and Information Science Education - Nicole M. Gaston, Alison Fields, Philip Calvert and Spencer Lilley The Role of Students in Diversity and Inclusion in Library and Information Science - Fiona Jardine Human Rights, Social Justice, and the Activist Future of Libraries - Ursula Gorham, Natalie Greene Taylor and Paul T. Jaeger

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Book SynopsisLibraries are dealing with unprecedented changes on several fronts: technological developments, funding difficulties, and an increasing need to prove themselves to a demanding population. These factors understandably impact physical library space. Looking toward the future, what changes can we expect to see in how libraries use space. This volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization (ALAO) will focus on the future of library spaces. ALAO offers long-form research, comprehensive discussions of theoretical developments, and in-depth accounts of evidence-based practice library administration and organization. The series aims to answer the questions "How have libraries been managed and how should they be managed?" It goes beyond a platform for the sharing of research to provide a venue for dialogue across issues, in a way that traditional peer reviewed journals cannot. Through this series practitioners can glean new approaches in challenging times and collaborate on the exploration of scholarly solutions to professional quandaries.Trade ReviewThis work gathers case studies of innovative projects highlighting directions for re-purposing physical library space. US contributors in instructional technology, research services, library outreach, and educational research emphasize the importance of strategic planning and assessing patron needs. Each chapter begins with an abstract outlining the purpose of the chapter, the methodology used, findings, and the value of the chapter, as well as a list of keywords. Some topics explored are the library as a safe space, academic medical libraries, redefining library spaces at a liberal arts college, design for students’ need for quiet study spaces, and library redesign by patrons. The book contains b&w photos. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsPreface: the future of library space The right place at the right time: creative spaces in libraries - Eric D. M. Johnson The Library As Safe Space - Rachel Wexelbaum Understanding And Embracing Service Design Principles In Creating Effective Library Spaces And Services - Kris Johnson Socially Constructing Library As Place And Space - Ardis Hanson and John Abresch This Space Wanted: How Four Academic Medical Libraries And One Joint Storage Facility Converted Libraries From Materials Warehouses To Usable Spaces - Wyoma van Duinkerken, Nancy Burford, Joanne Romano, Richard Wayne and John Weed From "Library As Place" To "Library As Platform": Redesigning The 21st Century Academic Library - Camille Andrews, Ashley Downs, Jim Morris-Knower, Kelee Pacion and Sara E. Wright Library Spaces Redefined: A Case Study At A Liberal Arts College - Mary Barbosa-Jerez, Kasia Gonnerman, Benjamin Gottfried and Jason Paul Great Expectations: (Re)Design Motivator For Merging Traffic At The Service Desk - Heather Groves Hannan Sending Out An SOS: Being Mindful Of Students' Need For Quiet Study Spaces - Christy Goodnight and Eric Jeitner The Learning Theater: A Library Space To Be Re-Designed By Patrons - Hui Soo Chae, Laura Costello and Gary Natriello A Space For Everyone And Everyone In The Space: Re-Designing Existing Library Space To Inspire Collaboration - M. Catherine Hirschbiel and Julie Petzold The Library Store: A New Place And Space Within The Georgia Tech Library - Emy N. Decker and Bruce Henson Building Back Better Libraries: Improving Planning Amidst Disasters - Cindy Pierard, Jason Shoup, Susanne K. Clement, Mark Emmons, Teresa Y. Neely and Frances C. Wilkinson Using Persona Descriptions To Inform Library Space Design - Holt Zaugg

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Book SynopsisA study of the thirty-five Carnegie libraries built in towns and industrial communities in Wales before the First World War. The library system is in a transformative phase that attracts much attention; these Carnegie buildings have never been fully recorded, and some are in critical condition. This book illustrates their social, cultural and architectural significance, and how they reflect Carnegie’s extraordinary philanthropic vision. It reviews the free and public library system in Wales and Great Britain from the first Public Libraries Act of 1850, followed by an account of Carnegie’s career as ‘the richest man in the world’ and the importance he attached to promoting libraries for all, regardless of age and gender. The haphazard development of public libraries in the nineteenth century is the context in which Carnegie’s links with Wales are noted, along with the circles in which he moved in Britain. The largest section discusses the libraries’ locations, sites and patrons, and the buildings themselves. It concludes with Carnegie’s legacy in Wales, not least the role of his UK Trust in the county library movement after 1911.Table of ContentsPreface Illustrations 1. The Public Library 2. Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919 3. Philanthropy and the Free Library 4. Early Public Libraries in Wales 5. Andrew Carnegie and Wales 6. Creating Carnegie Libraries 7. Building the Carnegie Libraries Sites Architects and builders Architectural styles Inside the libraries Patrons 8. Abortive Proposals for Carnegie Libraries 9. The Carnegie Legacy in Wales Gazeteer of Carnegie Libraries built in Wales Notes List of Sources

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Book SynopsisAward-winning information theorists and practitioners Pearlstein and Matarazzo have assembled a group of top international authors with experience in public, academic, government, and special library settings, including experienced independent information professionals, to address the critical issues facing Information Management (IM) today. This new handbook provides a context for approaching the world in which information professionals work; a tool, the Balanced Scorecard, to help demonstrate contribution and value; and a review of opportunities for new areas of employment and career development, ripe for applying the Information Services skill set. Through combinations of topical chapters with common themes, the professor and student will find a multi-perspective approach to the IM landscape. Used as a ready-reference, the IM practitioner will find both theoretical and pragmatic approaches to inform their decision making on traditional as well as new challenges. For information and IM professionals, librarians, and students, this must-have handbook provides invaluable insights from the leading names in the field, enabling you to make the best decision no matter what challenges you face.Trade ReviewLibrary and information professionals present an integral text for masters of library science students and a reference for information professional practitioners, but warn that it does not encompass all modern information theories, procedures, and practices. Whether read sequentially or in topical combinations around common themes, they say, the chapters provide a construct through which both students and practitioners may learn about the major challenges facing them in the early part of the 21st century, and find some guidance in how to tackle them. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsPreface: Why a Handbook Now? Part One: The Context 1. The Economy at Large and Why You Should Care; Niloufer Sohrabji 2. Disruption and the Management of Information; Linda Berube 3. Leadership and the Political: The Environment of the Information Management Organization; John Buschman 4. Making the Business Case; Ulla de Stricker, Cindy Shamel and Constance Ard 5. Positioning for Success: A Rose by any other Name; Laura Soto-Barra and Mary Glendinning 6. Leading and Managing Strategy in the 21st Century; Mary Lee Kennedy and Rebecca Jones 7. The Delicate Balance in Copyright Today; Michele Ayers 8. Stepping Out: Organizing Information in the 21st Century; Lynne C. Howarth 9. Sustainability: What Does It Mean for You and for Your Library?; Gary Shaffer Part Two: The Balanced Scorecard: A Framework for Demonstrating Contribution Customer Metrics 10. Information Audit and Impact Assessment; Sue Henczel 11. Models of Service in an Age of Acceleration; Claire Gunnels and Susan E. Green 12. Rethinking the Physical Library - Academic; Chris Flegg 13. Rethinking the Physical Library - Special: Transforming the Information Organization; Cindy Sullivan 14. Rethinking the Physical Library - Small-Medium Public Libraries; Nanci Milone Hill 15. Rethinking the Physical Library - Large Public; David Leonard 16. Information Literacy: What does it Mean and Where does it Fit In?; Laura Saunders 17. Information Veracity and the Threat of "Fake News"; Leigh Montgomery and Barbara Gray 18. Reference Reimagined; Tamika Barnes, Iyanna Simms and Christopher Moffatt 19. Marketing Your Expertise; Anne E. Rogers and Kaia L. Densch Internal Process Metrics 20. Optimizing, Measuring, and Reporting Value on Content Acquisition; Robin Neidorf 21. Negotiate for Information Like It Is Your Own Money - with Savvy and the Right Skills; Willem C. Noorlander 22. Evaluating and Managing Information Services; Larisa Brigevich 23. Knowledge Management Skills Applicable to Information Management - Information Management Skills Applicable to Knowledge Management in an Organization; Eva Semertzaki 24. Records Management: Fit, Value and Placement within an Organization; Chris Bednar 25. IS and Archives; Sylvia James Learning & Growth Metrics 26. Education for Success: Multiple Avenues and Options; Susan DiMattia 27. Evaluating Staff Roles and Retention; Barbara Hirsh Financial Metrics 28. Financial Metrics: What You Need to Know; Sylvia James 29. Competition and Collaboration: Insights from the Information Supply Chain; Jack Cahill 30. Resourcing Strategies; Stephen Phillips 31. Cost Recovery - Strategies and Options; Jill Strand Epilogue: "All Progress is Change" 32. Big Data, Big Opportunity for Librarians and Information Professionals; Amy Affelt 33. Big Data and Text Analytics; Helen Clegg and Hugo Evans 34. Opportunity: Competitive Intelligence and Information Management; Cynthia Cheng Correia 35. Opportunity: Talent Acquisition; Christian F. Henning 36. View from the Top: What the Bosses Think; Laura Garza, Marian Krupicka and Anon

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Book SynopsisThis book critically examines the organization of knowledge as it is involved in matters of digital communication, the social, cultural and political consequences of classifying, and how particular historical contexts shape ideas of information and what information to classify and record. Due to permeation of digital infrastructures, software, and digital media in everyday life, many aspects of contemporary culture and society are infused with the activity and practice of classification. That means that old questions about classification have their potency in modern discourses about surveillance, identify formation, big data and so on. At the same time, this situation also implies a need to reconsider these old questions and how to frame them in digital culture. This book contains contributions that consider classic library classification practices and how their choices have social, cultural and political effect, how the organization of knowledge is not only a professional practice but is also a way of communicating and understanding digital culture, and how what a particular historical context perceives as information has implications for the recording of that information.Trade ReviewAmerican, Danish, and Brazilian contributors in library and information science are represented in these papers from an August 2015 conference held in Copenhagen. They chart the growth of the field of knowledge organization (KO) and highlight the tension between global information structures and meanings and ethics in localized contexts. The first two chapters offer a history of information cultures and a discussion of connections between genre, organized knowledge, and digital culture. Later subjects examined include reader-interest classifications, knowledge representation of photographic documents, and inscribing Maori history in the Library of Congress classification. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsThe organization of knowledge: caught between global structures and local meaningGenre, Organized Knowledge, and Communicative Action in Digital Culture Information cultures: shapes and shapings of information The (De-)Universalization of the United States: Inscribing Māori History in the Library of Congress Classification Reader-interest classifications: local classifications or global industry interest? Knowledge representation of photographic documents: a case study at the Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil) Slanted knowledge organization as a new ethical perspective

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Book SynopsisRural and small public libraries provide invaluable services to their communities. These information institutions operate in areas that, when compared to national averages, have poor broadband accessibility and weaker connection speeds, low home internet adoption rates, higher unemployment rates, and less per capita access to doctors and other healthcare providers. Public libraries help to bridge these divides and help to mitigate the impact of these geographic and socioeconomic disadvantages. However, librarians are only able to do so much when they are funded by limited, primarily local revenues and are not able to achieve economies of scale that come with larger service population bases. Thus, this volume begins by defining the challenges that rural and small libraries face before shifting to an analysis of ways that these obstacles can be overcome or mitigated. Building off of this foundation, the authors explore ideas for enhancing community partnerships and outreach, using rural and small public libraries as centers for local cultural heritage activities, and training rural public librarians to better serve their publics. The authors of this volume bridge the gap between academic research and practical application, creating a volume that will allow rural librarians, trustees, and their allies to argue for greater support and enact change to benefit their service communities.Trade ReviewScholars of library and information science explore some problems particular to rural and small public libraries and suggest some solutions to them. Their topics include rural libraries and the human right to internet access, exploring rural public library assets for asset-based community development, a gap analysis of the perspectives of small businesses and rural librarians in Tennessee: developments toward a blueprint for a public library small business toolkit, exhibiting America: moving-image archives and rural or small libraries, and rural and small libraries: the tribal experience. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of Contents1. Introduction - Rural Public Libraries in Academic and Political Contexts; Brian Real 2. Rural Libraries and the Human Right to Internet Access; Claire Petri 3. Rural Public Libraries in America: Continuing and Impending Challenges; Brian Real and Norman Rose 4. Exploring Rural Public Library Assets for Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD); Karen Miller 5. A Gap Analysis of the Perspectives of Small Businesses and Rural Librarians in Tennessee: Developments towards a Blueprint for a Public Library Small Business Toolkit; Bharat Mehra, Bradley Wade Bishop, and Robert P. Partee II 6. Rural Librarians as Change Agents in the 21st Century: Applying Community Informatics in the Southern and Central Appalachian Region to Further ICT Literacy Training; Bharat Mehra, Vandana Singh, Natasha Hollenbach, and Robert P. Partee II 7. Defining Community Archives within Rural South Carolina; Travis L. Wagner and Bobbie Bischoff 8. Exhibiting America: Moving Image Archives and Rural or Small Libraries; Jennifer L. Jenkins 9. Rural and Small Libraries: The Tribal Experience; Jennifer L. Jenkins, Guillermo Quiroga, Kari Quiballo, Herman A. Peterson, and Rhiannon Sorrell

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Book SynopsisLibraries are at the heart of many of the communities they serve. Increasingly, it is important for them to adjust to serve minority groups, including LGBTQ+ communities. This collection presents original scholarship on the emerging directions of advocacy and community engagement in LGBTQ+ librarianship. With contributions from library and information professionals, this volume explores how librarians and library professionals can embrace a more proactive role as social justice advocates, and help promote fairness, justice, equality, equity, and activism on behalf of LGBTQ+ people. Starting within the library space, the volume offers an introduction to terminology and resources around LGBTQ+ information, before moving on to explore examples of how LGBTQ+ librarianship can adopt innovative approaches to better serve their patrons in select settings around the world. Including case studies on health services, historical archives, and LGBTQ+ homelessness, this collection dispels misperceptions and myths surrounding social justice research and is vital for any researcher or practitioner interested in supporting evolving communities.Trade ReviewLibrarians, academics, and activists provide a common vocabulary and set of strategies to aid the work of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer librarians and patrons. They also provide a form of solidarity and support, a multi-faceted message of encouragement and enthusiasm for the work that libraries and librarians can do and are doing in the everyday work of librarianship. Their approaches are emerging scope, new roles and new technologies for the 21st-century librarian, recognizing the needs of emerging communities, creating communities coming together, and looking ahead: emerging questions. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsPreface; Jessa Lingel Part I: EMERGING SCOPE 1. Introduction; Bharat Mehra 2. What is "LGBTQ+" Information? Interdisciplinary Connections; Bharat Mehra 3. LGBTQ+ Terminology, Scenarios and Strategies, and Relevant Web-Based Resources in the 21st Century: A Glimpse; Donna Braquet Part II: NEW ROLES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LIBRARIAN 4. Health Sciences Librarians in the Field: Pioneers for LGBTQ+ Health; Gregg A. Stevens, Tony Nguyen, Martin Morris, and Emily Vardell 5. Archiving History and the Educational Mission in Chicago's The Legacy Project: Challenges and Opportunities for LIS; Gabriel Gomez 6. Coming Out of the Closet: Librarian Advocacy to Advance LGBTQ+ Wikipedia Engagement; Rachel Wexelbaum Part III: RECOGNIZING THE NEEDS OF EMERGING COMMUNITIES 7. Finding the "B" in LGBTQ+: Collections and Practices that Support the Bisexual and Pansexual Communities; Melinda F. Brown and Deborah L. Lilton 8. Lines of Sight and Knowledge: Possibilities and Actualities of Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Youth in the Library; Jeanie Austin 9. The Role of Public Libraries in the Lives of LGBTQ+ Youth Experiencing Homelessness; Julie Ann Winkelstein Part IV: CREATING COMMUNITIES COMING TOGETHER 10. Beyond Dewey: Creating an LGBTQ+ Classification System at the LGBTQ Center of Durham; Kai Ewing and LGBTQ Center of Durham 11. Bringing the Trans and the Local Community Together: The 'Trans Identities and Gender' Project; Eric Sancho Brú, Ian Bermúdez Raventós, Paul McIntyre Part V: LOOKING AHEAD: EMERGING QUESTIONS 12. Moving into the Mainstream: Is That Somewhere We Want to Go in the United Kingdom?; John Vincent

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Book SynopsisPrevious books on the history of Library and Information Science (LIS) have focused on single countries, particularly English speaking ones. Although some books have been written about the emergence of LIS in non-Anglophone European countries, they were published in languages other than English, which make them difficult to access for an international audience. This book bridges this gap by offering readers a cross-national history of the emergence of LIS in non-Anglophone European countries. It retraces the emergence of LIS as a higher education field of learning and inquiry in seven countries: France, Yugoslavia (current day Croatia), Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Spain and Portugal, from the first quarter of the 19th century to the last quarter of the 20th century, and identifies the pioneers, the earliest education programs in vocational library schools, and their absorption into universities from the 1970s which paved the way for the academic recognition of LIS in the last quarter of the 20th century. This cross-country history of LIS in non-Anglophone European countries shows that, despite apparent linguistic and terminological differences, there are underlying common characteristics in the march of LIS towards academic, social and cognitive institutionalisation in these seven countries. This book is a fundamental reading for students and researchers in LIS, particularly for anyone who wishes to expand their view and understanding of LIS outside of English-speaking countries.Trade ReviewThis book traces the origins of library and information science as a higher education field in non-Anglophone European countries: France, the former Yugoslavia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Spain, and Portugal. It describes the characteristic features of library and information science development despite linguistic and terminological differences, and the network of influences among European pioneers from the first quarter of the 19th century to the last quarter of the 20th century, including Eugéne Morel, Suzanne Briet, Bozo Tezak, Niels Lund, and Paul Otlet. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Scopes and Aims of this book 1. Emergence of LIS in France: A tale of academic cohabitation and of memory loss 2. Emergence of LIS in Yugoslavia. Božo Težak’s information super-structures. 3. Emergence of LIS in Scandinavia. A tale of Nordic competition and cooperation 4. Emergence of LIS in Spain and Portugal under francophone influence 5. In search of a name and the object of a discipline: cross-fertilisation of ideas amongst European pioneers Conclusion Epilogue

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Book SynopsisInformed Learning Applications: Insights from Research and Practice is the latest volume of rigorous research in the Advances in Librarianship series. Edited by experienced librarian Kim L. Ranger, the eight contributions to this volume describe various practices using and extending Christine Bruce's informed learning theory from a range of educational spaces, from schools to universities. Chen and Chen address integrated information literacy instruction in Taiwanese elementary schools by joining the Big6 model, inquiry-based learning, and Bruce's Six Frames. Woods and Cummins apply universal design in teaching first-year university students about the research process within the discipline of documentary filmmaking using library guides. Tucker blends informed learning with Meyer and Land's threshold concepts to redesign master's courses and uses information experience to assess students' transformed learning experiences and relationships with information. Leek and Brown train university speech center peer tutors and recommend revising public speaking communication curricula. Ranger creates a model of relational liaising by applying Bakhtinian leadership principles to academic librarianship and gives examples that combine informed learning and scholarly communication. Fundator and Maybee transform the role of librarians in higher education to "informed learning developers." Cunningham uses blended models that represents stakeholders' information literacy conceptions and perceptions of their information context to promote learning in an international school community. Whitworth and Webster observe postgraduate students as they negotiate power and authority through resistance in their online communication practices. Informed Learning Applications focuses on integrating approaches to learning, featuring librarian praxis and collaboration with disciplinary instructors. It is the ideal read for academic librarians and researchers looking to explore how to facilitate learning.Trade ReviewThis volume brings together eight essays by information literacy and other specialists from the US, Europe, and Taiwan, who discuss collaboration by librarians and academic faculty to improve the use of information to learn in the elementary to postgraduate level. They describe an integrated information literacy instruction program that integrates concepts from informed learning, including the six frames, with inquiry-based learning frameworks; the development of research guides to teach information literacy skills in the history of non-fiction film; curriculum design in the college public speaking classroom; how information professionals learn; how librarians can support informed learning in the disciplinary classroom; how academic librarians can integrate information literacy into courses using an informed learning approach; the understanding of informed learning across multiple stakeholder groups in an international school community; and the political character of informed learning, particularly issues of power and resistance that arise in educational settings. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsPreface; Christine Bruce Introduction; Kim L. Ranger 1. The Six Frames in Schools: Practices from Taiwan; Lin Ching Chen and Yaw-Huei Chen 2. Simultaneous Learning about Research and Filmmaking: Informed Learning and Research Guides; Shelley Woods and Kathleen Cummins 3. Beyond Information Literacy: Rethinking Approaches to the College Public Speaking Curriculum; Danielle R. Leek and Carl J. Brown 4. Ways of Learning of Information Professionals: Concepts, Roles, and Strategies; Virginia M. Tucker 5. Relational Liaising to Integrate Informed Learning into the Disciplinary Classroom; Kim L. Ranger 6. Academic Librarians as Informed Learning Developers; Rachel Fundator and Clarence Maybee 7. Information Literacy (IL) 'Without Borders': The Future of IL Education; Veronica Cunningham 8. Power and Resistance in Informed Learning; Andrew Whitworth and Lee Webster

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Book SynopsisLibraries have recently begun doing more to support entrepreneurship and innovation within their communities. Makerspaces and business incubators have become featured attractions in public and academic libraries and provide a unique way to reach out to a user group that can bolster a community in dynamic ways. In this volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization, we delve beyond examples and case studies to look at how library leaders can develop support for innovation and entrepreneurship within their libraries and within the profession. Chapters include examinations of design thinking and space planning, staffing, mission statements, and makerspaces. The contributors to this volume cover libraries and their activities in North America, Europe and Africa, and also discuss professional development in entrepreneurship topics as well as support of innovation. Libraries are increasing support of entrepreneurship and innovation across the board, and this volume will position administrators and managers of libraries to better understand what’s happening, and how to bring it into their own institutions.Trade ReviewThis volume brings together 11 essays on supporting entrepreneurship and innovation in libraries. Librarians from universities in the US, Africa, and Spain discuss how libraries can help creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial people access the resources they need, specifically addressing tools to support innovation and entrepreneurship for library staff, including design thinking and space planning; library activities related to supporting innovation and entrepreneurship, including mission statements, staffing models, makerspaces, and library partnerships with small and medium enterprises; and efforts to bring entrepreneurial approaches to library education. It also describes presentations from the Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians and case studies of library initiatives to support innovation. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsList of Contributors Introduction 1. Do Your Library Spaces Help Entrepreneurs? Space Planning for Boosting Creative Thinking; Mark Bieraugel 2. From the Classroom to the Library: the Experience of Entrepreneurship and Teaching Innovation in the Area of Library and Information Science in Spain; Rosario Arquero-Avilés, Gonzalo Marco-Cuenca, and Brenda Siso-Calvo 3. New Partnerships for Ugandan University Libraries: A Shift from a Reactionary to Pro-active Approach of Research and Innovation Information Services for SMEs; Robert Stalone Buwele and Stephen M. Mutula 4. Creating Partnerships between Health Innovators and Librarians: A Story; Jean P. Shipman 5. Innovation and Creativity: A New Facet of the Traditional Mission for University Libraries; Mark Stover, Charissa Jefferson, and Isis Leininger 6. The Status of Entrepreneurship in Libraries: Content Analysis and Assessment from the Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians; Kathryn Crowe, Michael Crumpton, David Gwynn, James Harper, Mary Beth Lock, and Mary G. Scanlon 7. Academic Libraries in 2018: A Comparison of Makerspaces within Academic Research Libraries; Russel Michalak and Monica D.T. Rysavy 8. Not What You Expected: Implementing Design Thinking as a Leadership Practice; Michelle Boisvenue-Fox and Kristin Meyer 9. Mission Statements, Innovation, and Academic Libraries: A Qualitative Study; Elizabeth Baker 10. Education the Entrepreneurial Librarian; Michael A. Crumpton and Nora J. Bird 11. Academic Library Staffing Models in Support of the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem: An Examination of Case Studies; Wendy Jo Girven

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Book Synopsis"Dewey Defeats Truman." "Hillary Clinton Adopts Alien Baby." Fake news may have reached new notoriety since the 2016 US election, but it has been around a long time. Whether it was an error in judgment in a rush to publish election results in November, 1948, or a tabloid cover designed to incite an eye roll and a chuckle in June, 1993, fake news has permeated and influenced culture since the inception of the printed press. But now, when almost every press conference at the White House contains a declaration of the evils of "fake news", evaluating information integrity and quality is more important than ever. In All That’s Not Fit to Print, Amy Affelt offers tools and techniques for spotting fake news and discusses best practices for finding high quality sources, information, and data. Including an analysis of the relationship between fake news and social media, and potential remedies for viral fake news, Affelt explores the future of the press and the skills that librarians will need, not only to navigate these murky waters, but also to lead information consumers in to that future. For any librarian or information professional, or anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by the struggle of determining the true from the false, this book is a fundamental guide to facing the tides of fake news.Trade ReviewDiscerning reliable, authoritative news and information has gotten much harder in this connected, technologically-driven era. Amy Affelt provides a useful and informative guide to navigating the challenges--and an important call to arms for librarians and information specialists to play a leading role in defending and advancing the importance of objective facts on behalf of all of us. -- Matt Murray * The Wall Street Journal *Librarians are on the front lines in 21st Century info-wars and struggles over misinformation and weaponized narratives. Library patrons would dearly love it if they had nearby trustworthy allies to help them navigate these new societal challenges. Luckily, Amy Affelt has created a playbook for her colleagues, showing them how they can exploit their talents to be reliable knowledge stewards to their communities in an ever-more confusing world. -- Lee Rainie * Pew Research Center *In this age of misinformation, librarians play a crucial role in helping people make sense of what is true or not. This book is an excellent tool for anyone interested in improving their information diet, with practical tips for finding quality sources, as well as techniques and tools for checking out content sourced online. Most importantly, this book places our current situation in a wider historical context. As humans, we've always been drawn to rumors and conspiracies, but how can we cope when digital technologies have super-charged everything, from the creation to the dissemination of false and misleading information. This book shows you how. -- Claire Wardle, PhD * First Draft *All That’s Not Fit To Print is an important and timely resource for information professionals grappling with issues of veracity, authenticity, and authority. It dives deep into current trends to inform the discussion and lays out actionable insights on how we should engage around questionable content. -- John Chrastka * EveryLibrary *This timely clarion call to arms encourages librarians to be at the forefront of the fake news cultural and political battle, helping them to recognize their evolving roles in today’s ethical and technological struggle and to be prepared to fight for the truth. -- Linda Landis Andrews * Department of English, University of Illinois at Chicago *Amy Affelt, in All That's Not Fit To Print, has written an effective primer for librarians and information professionals on the challenge that is fake news. Covering the current development of this across social media she covers the key issues, a variety of effective tools and resources, and an informed call for librarians to adequately arm themselves to combat the dreaded 'fake news' scourge that we find ourselves in. Definitely worth a read for experienced and budding librarians. -- Hal Kirkwood * University of Oxford *Amy Affelt’s All That’s Not Fit To Print is a timely, intensely interesting, and easy-to-read book full of important, common-sense advice for those of us in the library and information professions who want to hone our skillsets to become information quality experts. It is revolutionary in that it is a book to guide information professionals to realize their role and encourage growth of methods long-present in our profession. Affelt’s book is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn about information quality from one of the best in our field. -- Anne Craig * Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries at Illinois (CARLI) *Gone are the days when we could reasonably trust the news. As long as responsible journalism is under attack, we can no longer assume that news is grounded in facts and reality. Fortunately, Affelt provides the guidance we need to decide what to believe, and what to discard. -- Kimberly SilkWith All that’s Not Fit to Print author Amy Affelt gives us all that we need to identify and combat the fake news epidemic that is causing confidence in media to significantly decline. While aimed at libraries and librarians who are leading the way in developing digital and information literacy skills, this book’s advice is for everyone who seeks to ensure that the information they use and share is of the highest quality. Kudos to Amy Affelt for producing a very readable, enjoyable and easy to understand guide to separating distortions, misinformation and lies from the high quality information we need to make good decisions on a daily basis. -- Donna Scheeder * International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2015-2017, and President, Library Strategies International *Reasoned and passionate, thorough and provocative, Amy Affelt’s latest does much more than recap the issues and name the disease: she’s created a clear roadmap for librarians and media people alike to ensure reality-based reportage not only survives but flourishes. -- Brendan Howley * Media Software Designer and Former CBC TV Investigative Journalist *Informative, insightful, in-depth. Amy Affelt uses her expertise, as a noteworthy research librarian, to teach others about fake news and how to work the complex and convoluted process of obtaining accurate informational text. All That's Not Fit to Print is helpful, timely and relevant. -- Angela Falter Thomas, PhD * Bowling Green State University *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Fake News: False Content in a Familiar Format 2. How We Got Here 3. Sharing is Not Caring: Fake News and Social Media 4. How To Spot Fake News 5. Fake News In The Field: Library Schools and Libraries 6. The Future of Fake News: The View From Here Conclusion

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Book SynopsisLibraries are supposed to serve all people in the community, but some still struggle to provide support for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In an age of increasing social consciousness and awareness of diversity, individuals with IDD deserve the greatest attention and support to achieve equality, yet how to do so remains a legitimate question as most library services are not yet prepared to offer the help needed. In Libraries and Reading, expert authors Matthew Conner and Leah Plocharczyk examine the modern history of libraries and diversity, the recent legislative history of those with IDD such as No Child Left Behind and mainstreaming policies; learning theories such as social constructivism, cognitivism, preliteracy, and Universal Design for Learning; and case studies of library outreach around the globe. Including real-world examples, they show how we can make big changes through small steps. In a climate of tightened budgets and severe demands on public literacy resources, the moral imperative of helping those with IDD runs up against practical barriers. Conner and Plocharczyk go to the foundations of social justice in Cultural Studies to show how the means of integrating those with disabilities into libraries and communities can be found in our everyday practices.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The History of Libraries and Literacy in the United States Chapter 2. Current Issues of Persons with ID and New Approaches Chapter 3. Educational Theory and Individuals with ID Chapter 4. Case Studies of Book Clubs for the ID in Academic and Public Libraries Chapter 5. Social Justice, Individuals with ID, and Librarianship

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Book SynopsisIncreasingly, more is being asked from library leaders and those who aspire to join their ranks. As the use of libraries changes, leaders need to improve their emotional intelligence and critical thinking in order to attract and retain users. Focused on practical management advice, this is an engaging discussion of how library leaders can grow in their role. Detailing 25 emotional intelligence traits library leaders and others rely on most, expert author Gary L. Shaffer explores how critical thinking skills and emotional intelligence overlap, and how we can utilise them to improve. Looking across decision-making, problem-solving, critical writing, and creative thinking, Shaffer includes four case studies, each relating to both emotional intelligence and critical thinking skills. With real-world evidence and practical advice, the case studies show us how four library leaders used these traits and skills to tackle major real-world problems and issues. Finally, Shaffer suggests three leadership styles we can adopt to improve our emotional intelligence. The first book in a new series of library leadership and management books, Emotional Intelligence and Critical Thinking for Library Leaders is a book of practical solutions based on academically sound research. For library and information science professionals and researchers, this is an unmissable book for those looking to the future of libraries.Trade Review'If you're going on a hike in the land of library management, the qualities, traits, and skills Shaffer identifies are precisely what you need in your backpack. An essential guide for both new and seasoned library leaders.' -- John Szabo, Director of the Los Angeles Public LibraryTable of ContentsChapter 1. Emotional Intelligence an Introduction Chapter 2. Self-Awareness Chapter 3. Self-Management Chapter 4. Social Awareness Chapter 5. Relationship Management Chapter 6. Traits and Practices of Emotional Intelligence Others (outside of libraries) Find Important Chapter 7. Critical Thinking (an Introduction) Chapter 8. Critical Decision-Making Chapter 9. Critical Problem-Solving Chapter 10. Writing Critically Chapter 11. Creative Thinking Chapter 12. In Closing Appendices: Appendix A. Case Studies Appendix B. Kreitz’s 96 EI Traits Appendix C. Elements of a Memo Appendix D. Elements of an Executive Summary

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Book SynopsisVideogames, Libraries, and the Feedback Loop: Learning Beyond the Stacks offers fresh perspectives of youth videogaming in public libraries. Abrams and Gerber delve into research-based accounts to explore feedback mechanisms that support important reflective and iterative practices. Highlighting how videogame library programs can evolve to meet contemporary needs of youth patrons, the authors equip readers to re-envision library programming that specifically features youth videogame play.Trade ReviewAbrams and Gerber masterfully illustrate it is no longer a question of whether gaming-driven learning practices should be included in literacy learning spaces such as libraries, but rather what’s taking us so long to provide these opportunities to all youth. The Feedback Loop Framework and the multi-iterative ways learners evaluate and reflect on their own learning experiences has tremendous implications not only for the fields of gaming and libraries, but also the very ways we consider youth meaning making in traditional learning spaces. The youth will show us the way, they always do; we just need to be prepared to trust and follow. Abrams and Gerber show us how. -- Shelbie Witte, Ph.D., Kim and Chuck Watson Endowed Chair in Education, Oklahoma State University, USA, author of Text to Epitext: Expanding Students' Comprehension, Engagement, and Media LiteracyVideogames, Libraries, and the Feedback Loop, by Sandra Schamroth Abrams and Hannah Gerber, is an extremely useful and revelatory read that describes how libraries and librarians can foster learning and discovery through videogame play. It's useful in the sense that librarians and, actually, educators, in general, can take lessons learned from the authors' examination of what sorts of learning and meaning making come from the use of videogames in supported learning spaces. Central to how the learning is examined is this concept of the feedback loop--a set of real-time indicators and signifiers that players interact with that helps them understand their place in a game and make strategic decisions on how to proceed. Chapter 2, which covers the feedback loop is crucial reading for anyone designing learning spaces that focus on iterative and interest-driven experiences (aka the I2 approach covered in Chapter 5). Indeed, the book and the feedback loop lens are a revelation for me (an instructional game designer turned professor) as I think about engaging course design and my role as a co-learner/explorer with my students in a higher education environment that was forced to shift to online instruction! This detailed account of how learners engage with videogames with collaborative support is very timely and I cannot recommend this book enough. -- Mark Danger Chen, Ph.D., Lecturer, Interactive Media Design, University of Washington Bothell, USA, author of Leet Noobs: The Life and Death of an Expert Player Group in World of Warcraft.Drs. Sandra Abrams and Hannah Gerber provided a detailed look at implementing videogames programming in libraries. Drs. Abrams and Gerber bring extensive experience in research on videogames and youth. This book offers insights to both researchers and practitioners for how to implement a videogame program but also what those programs can provide to youth who are participating, beyond just playing a videogame. The framework of a feedback loop that Drs. Abrams and Gerber present, although a well-known concept within videogames, provides those offering videogame programming in libraries a much needed way to assess their programs and determine success. Whether you are offering your first videogame program or you are a seasoned pro, this book offers new insights for everyone. -- Crystle Martin, Ph.D., Director of Library and Learning Resources, El Camino College, California, USA, author of Voyage across a Constellation of Information: Information Literacy in Interest-Driven Learning Communities.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Feedback Loop: Learning from Videogame Experiences Chapter 3. A Tale of Two Library Videogame Spaces Chapter 4. Meaning Making through the Feedback Loop Chapter 5. Where Do We Go from Here? (Re)Thinking Library Videogame Spaces through the Feedback Loop Chapter 6. Looking Forward: Possibilities for Future Library Videogaming Programs

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Book SynopsisThis volume contains two Open Access Chapters Volume 1 of the two part collection Stories and Lessons from the World’s Leading Opera, Orchestra Librarians, and Music Archivists, explores the current trends and practices in the field of music performance librarianship. Featuring interviews and conversations from over twenty orchestra, opera, and ballet librarians and archivists working for some of the world’s leading performing arts and educational institutions from North and South America, this book is a helpful resource to librarians, and archivists who need to manage artifacts in a variety of situations in the world of performing arts. For music and library science professors, this serves as a useful teaching tool or reference material by allowing students to gain a glimpse into the profession of music performance librarianship. Finally, this book functions as a unique and important reference tool for all students who are considering a career in music performance librarianship or a profession in archives in the world of performing arts.Trade ReviewI admire librarians’ work…they are a group of people who dedicate themselves to this artform. Musicians bring the music alive, but librarians keep the history of the institutions alive for the next generation. -- Maestro Riccardo Muti, Music Director, Chicago Symphony OrchestraThis two-volume set is of high value for anyone who is interested in understanding how orchestras work... those who would like a glimpse of how orchestras and opera companies operate and the people who drive their success will glean a tremendous amount of information from this text. The result is a remarkably global and holistic view of a very specific field... this two-volume set will provide a valuable primer for those who are considering exploring this career path. -- Travis Newton, Department of Music, Le Moyne College[...] a rich source of applied theory and practice that goes well beyond the subject specific-case studies in an area which has been under-researched until now. -- David Baker, Plymouth Marjon University, UKTable of ContentsForeword: Maestro Riccardo Muti (Music Director, Chicago Symphony Orchestra) Foreword: Patrick McGinn (MOLA President) Foreword: F. Paul Driscoll (Editor in Chief, Opera News) Introduction Opera Ignites: Forging the Union between Librarians, Conductors, Répétiteurs, and Prompters in Arts; Hsu Wei-En Chapter 1. Peter Conover, Principal Librarian, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chapter 2. Lawrence Tarlow, Principal Librarian, New York Philharmonic OPEN ACCESS Chapter 3. Robert Sutherland, Chief Librarian (retired), The Metropolitan Opera (post-retirement interview) Chapter 4. The Metropolitan Opera’s 50th Anniversary Gala: A Conversation with Robert Sutherland, Chief Librarian OPEN ACCESS Chapter 5. Peter Clark, Director of Archives, Metropolitan Opera Chapter 6. Joshua Luty, Music Librarian, Houston Grand Opera Chapter 7. Shelley Friedman, Orchestra Librarian, Washington National Opera Chapter 8. Jay Rozendaal, Coach/Accompanist and Orchestra Librarian, Seattle Opera Chapter 9. Melisandra Dunker, Music Librarian, Los Angeles Opera Chapter 10. Carrie Weick, Orchestra Librarian, San Francisco Opera Chapter 11. Clinton F. Nieweg, Orchestra Repertoire Proofreader/Editor/Researcher, Principal Librarian (retired), The Philadelphia Orchestra Chapter 12. Karen Schnackenberg, Principal Librarian, Dallas Symphony Orchestra Chapter 13. Jesse Levine, Music Librarian, Personnel Manager, Production Manager, Handel and Haydn Society Chapter 14. Kira Wharton, Chief Librarian and Historian, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band Chapter 15. Kristen Butcher, Orchestra Librarian, The Glimmerglass Festival Chapter 16. Lisa Dempsey Kane, Principal Orchestra Librarian, The Juilliard School Chapter 17. Elaine Li, Orchestra Librarian, Curtis Institute of Music Chapter 18. Mallory Sajewski, Head of the Fennell Music Library, Interlochen Center for the Arts Chapter 19. Nick Jack Agliata III, Bassoonist and National Youth Orchestra of the United States Librarian Apprentice (2018) Chapter 20. Jane Cross, Music Archivist, Music Division, Library of Congress Chapter 21. Wayne Vogan, Music Librarian, Canadian Opera Company Chapter 22. Lucie Brosseau, Music Librarian, Les Violons du Roy (chamber orchestra) and La Chapelle de Québec (chamber choir) Chapter 23. Michel Léonard, Principal Librarian, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Chapter 24. Marcos Escalante, Orchestra Librarian, National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico) Chapter 25. Maria Elisa Pasqualini, Music Library Manager, Municipal Theatre of São Paulo Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAntiracist Library and Information Science: Racial Justice and Community presents the scholarship and insights of seasoned academic researchers and experienced practitioners as well as emerging scholars, graduate students, new professionals and activists in the field of LIS on the topic of antiracism. The chapters represent a combination of critical, scholarly and reflective perspectives on the theory, practice and progress made towards the actualization of antiracism in LIS and the creation of racially just communities. This volume has been divided into three main sections. The first section, ‘Theoretical Groundings,’ addresses the philosophical, ontological, axiological, theoretical and epistemological perspectives on race-based oppression, racial justice and anti-racist values and ethics. The second section, ‘Dimensions of the Problem of Race in LIS and Community,’ presents explorations of the specific problems of racism in LIS practice – racism embedded in the tools and technologies of the profession and its services, in social relations and in the practices of LIS workplaces. The final section, ‘Developing Antiracist LIS and Creating the Beloved Community’ presents practical solutions for realizing the vision of an antiracist LIS and the creation of racially justice communities. The contributors have provided a response and initial solutions for how the LIS professions can meet their espoused ideals for providing the best services for their communities. This work provides scholarship, food for thought, frameworks, and proposals for discussions for achieving the end of racism in LIS and the creation of just world.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Kimberly Black and Bharat Mehra PART I – THEORETICAL GROUNDINGS Chapter 1. Epistemicide and Anti-Blackness in Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Working Towards Equity through Epistemic Justice Practices; Beth J.H. Patin, Melissa Smith, Tyler Youngman, Jieun Yeon, and Jeanne Kambara Chapter 2. Antiracism and Spiritual Practice: An Exegesis of Race and LIS; Kimberly Black Chapter 3. {Reflection Essay} Unearthing Racism in the Soil: Developing Collective Anti-Racist Consciousness in a Library and Information Science; Classroom LaVerne Gray Chapter 4. {Reflection Essay} Dismantling the Myths: Evidence Based Antiracist School Librarianship; Janice Moore Newsum PART II – DIMENSIONS OF THE PROBLEM OF RACE IN LIS AND COMMUNITY Chapter 5. Beyond the Diversity Audit: Uncovering Whiteness in Our Collections Amanda; Rybin Koob, Alexander Watkins, Frederick C. Carey, Xiang Li, Arthur Aguilera, and Natalia Tingle Chapter 6. Shutting Down the Tent Revival: The Call for Inclusive Leadership in LIS; Nicole Cooke and Lucy Santos Green Chapter 7. Slave Cases & Ingrained Racism in Legal Information Infrastructures; Jennifer Elisa Chapman Chapter 8. Collegiality as a Weapon to Maintain Status Quo in a White-Privileged and Entrenched LIS; Academy Bharat Mehra, Laurie Bonnici, and Steven L. MacCall Chapter 9. {Reflection Essay} Bad Things Keep Happening in Our Town; Ferial Pearson, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo, and Gabriel Gutierrez Chapter 10. {Reflection Essay} Cultural Humility and Black Males in the Library; Conrad Pegues Chapter 11. {Reflection Essay} With Head & Heart -Exploring Autoethnographic Antiracist Research in Pediatric Cancer Communities; Shalonda Capers Chapter 12. {Reflection Essay} Publishing while Latina: My Journey as an LIS Scholar in Search of the Academic Stool’s Third Leg; Mónica Colón-Aguirre PART III – DEVELOPING ANTIRACIST LIS AND CREATING THE ‘BELOVED COMMUNITY’ Chapter 13. Black Librarians and Racial and Informational Justice for the Brazilian Black Population; Franciéle Carneiro Garcês da Silva, Dirnele Carneiro Garcez and Leyde Klebia Rodrigues da Silva Chapter 14. Immigrants in Alabama: Community-Engaged Scholarship as a Lens for Racial Justice; Baheya Jaber Chapter 15. White Pricks to Decenter Shades of White Privilege in Professional Association's Leadership Networks of LIS Education towards Antiracist Praxis; Bharat Mehra Chapter 16. {Reflection Essay} Engaging Conversations: Foregrounding Twitter Feeds in Library Guides to Center Traditionally Marginalized Voices and Engage in Critical Discourse; Anders Tobiason Chapter 17. {Reflection Essay} We the People……An Essay on the Survival of America; Robert Johnson Chapter 18. {Reflection Essay} The Charlottesville Virginia Tragedy & Historical Artifacts: An Essay Reviewing Public Culture & Libraries’ Responsibility in Changing the Narrative; Briana Christensen

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Book SynopsisAs a branch of International and Area Studies Librarianship (IASL), East Asian Librarianship has become increasingly important in an age of globalization as scholars engage in interdisciplinary research and study. Volume 1 of Inside Major East Asian Library Collections in North America presents an extensive collection of interviews that give key insights into Japanese and Korean librarianship. East Asian Studies librarianship requires a variety of technical skills, combining deep subject background with knowledge of library processes/workflows, an awareness of research trends, and digital developments in their respective fields. Professionalism, tradition, standards, respected bodies of knowledge and individual practicing professionals’ personality traits are closely examined over both volumes. Inside Major East Asian Library Collections in North America promotes shared understanding of librarians’ work and contribution to society and will enable further collaborations and new services, utilizing the unique and distributed nature of their expertise.Trade ReviewThis compendium of interviews with East Asian librarians in the U.S. and Canada affords the reader insight on multiple levels into the careers of individual librarians and the commonalities and distinctive aspects of individual East Asian collections, particularly rare items. A valuable introduction to the world of East Asian librarianship, the book provides a variety of perspectives on daily work, career paths, administration, problems facing the field, and fulfillment found in the work. Collectively, the essays are an affirmation of the importance of printed collections and a ringing endorsement of East Asian librarianship. -- Gail King (Retired Asian Librarian, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)Someday, when we all realize how special librarians are, we shall find that this book offers a most intimate insight into their lives. With a consistent set of questions, a comparative perspective emerges from this direct methodology—a new dimension to library studies that allow real librarians to speak for themselves.” -- Prof. Lian-Hee Wee (Department of English Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University)I am very glad to hear of the publication of this new book introducing some of the major East Asian library collections and their curators. I am sure it will be read with interest not only by professionals in the field but also by anyone concerned with recent developments in area studies. -- Charles Aylmer (Head of Chinese Department, Cambridge University Library)Inside the World’s Major East Asian Library Collections in North America is a highly informative and much anticipated account of many of the world-renowned Asian book and manuscript collections connecting East and West. Celebrated and supported by their academic institutions locally, the libraries discussed in this comprehensive volume are often unparalleled behemoths of knowledge holding published and archival resources that are at times completely unique and yet accessible regionally, nationally, and internationally. In our globally connected 21st century, these exceptional libraries collect the literary genius and recorded histories of the past and allow present and future scholars to study some of the rarest primary sources to advance our field of study in the decades and centuries to come.” -- Dr. Florian Knothe (Director of the University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong)Inside the World’s Major East Asian Library Collections in North America is an important new title to collections experts of Asian materials. At a time when the world is facing tragedies of anti-Asian racism, it is critical to continue to collect and preserve Asian collections for scholars and students for teaching, research, and learning to continue sustaining awareness and understanding of Asian cultures and histories. The editors of this volume have insight and experience in balancing the languages and areas of academic libraries of North America, focusing not only on CJK, but important ethnic collections from the Okinawan to Cantonese collections. It is an outstanding contribution to the field and serves as a key reference tool for librarians, researchers, and cultural administrators. -- Allan Cho (Community Engagement Librarian, Program Services, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia)A profoundly interesting and useful volume of 42 interviews with librarians administering East Asian collections in North America. It is an excellent read for those interested in developing an international library collection, as well as students and researchers in East Asian Studies. Contributors discuss how they entered this branch of librarianship, developed their collections, and share their practices. As a developer and instructor of the course “ILS 450: Global Perspectives in Librarianship,” this is a perfect model embracing trends in international collections, a specialization path in Library Science, and research on how international collections are developed. Overall, it is a well-articulated compendium of interviews that are addictive and hard to stop reading. -- Dr. Tamara E. Blesh (Adjunct Instructor III, University of Maine at Augusta)The interview-based approach to writing about librarianship is a fascinating choice by editors of this volume. Through conversations with over 40 leading experts in the field,Inside East Asian Collections in North America not only charts the history and landscape of the most important East Asian library collections, but it also brings quiet librarianship to life by offering rare insights into the work-related joys, anxieties, and strategic thinking of these key professionals. Their success stories are just as diverse as their backgrounds and career paths. Highly recommended for anyone interested in East Asian studies or area studies librarianship. -- Dr Shenxiao Tong (East Asian Studies Librarian, Edinburgh University Library)“The library is an important hub for the exchange of human knowledge and an important organizational form for the exchange of different cultures. For a long time, libraries in North America have collected a lot of valuable literature resources from Asia, especially East Asia and Southeast Asia. These resources have become important in promoting inheritance and mutual learning of Eastern and Western civilizations. Professional librarians who contribute to the collection and service of these resources are the civilized messengers and guardians of this culture. The unique achievements of this book reveal their efforts and ideals for us. It is not only worthy of learning and reference by professionals, but it also enables our wider audience to realize the sublimity of this profession.” -- Professor Qingshan Zhou (Department of Information Management, Peking University)“The book, being a collection of interviews with North American East Asian librarians, is extremely informative for professional librarians, oral historians, and enthusiasts for literature and libraries. Furthermore, it is inspiring for East Asian Librarians, and it could enrich their work in terms of building collections and library management. It provides a useful comparison between East Asian collections/libraries in North America—it’s quite an accomplishment for the editors.” -- Katarína Feriančíková (Librarian, Library of Far Eastern Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University)“Ultimately, the success of any library depends on its ability to connect with its users through its resources. This publication is a very unique overview of some of the major East Asian Library Collections found across North America. The librarians’ reflections included here not only highlight the commitment they have to protecting information that is culturally and historically significant, but they also explore their professional obligation and determination to provide users with academic sources that reflect a truly global community. The items housed in these great libraries are no longer curiosities; they are acclaimed and relevant academic resources that do much more than simply supplement university collections. Now, at last, an extensive publication has been produced to showcase the great variety of libraries, librarians, and institutions aiming to empower students to find resources that will enable them to produce academic works of cultural significance and scholarship.” -- Andrew J. Stark (Associate Dean and Head of Libraries and Information Services, The Southport School, Queensland, Australia)This book offers a lively, original, and very instructive introduction to the wealth and diversity of East Asian collections in North America, the largest outside Asia. Focusing on librarians’ perspectives, it underlines the challenges of East Asian librarianship in the context of an ever more globalized and technological world where flexibility, creativity, and cooperation are at the heart of knowledge collecting, sharing, and mediating. As a librarian, I welcome the editors’ approach, which brings to light the passionate efforts of a profession often left in the shadows. These librarians contribute to the essential tasks of advancing knowledge and, even more crucial in these challenging times, helping bridge the gap between cultures. Not only will this book be of special interest for librarians, academics and students in East Asian studies, but it will also prove to be an informative reading for anyone interested in the evolution of area studies librarianship. -- Soline Suchet-Lau (Deputy Head of Collection Development Department; Asia Team Leader; Subject Librarian, Taiwan and Chinese Pre-modern Collections, BULAC: University Library for Languages and Civilisations (Paris))Patrick Lo, Hermina Anghelescu, and Bradley Allard introduce the major East Asian and Southeast Asian collection libraries in North America and their librarians to us through a series of interviews they have conducted. This is a grand tour of librarianship and the wealth of knowledge that is well preserved and developed in these major libraries. -- Prof. Tai-Lok Lui (Chair Professor of Hong Kong Studies; Director, Academy of Hong Kong Studies; Director, Centre for Greater China Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong)“With all of the tensions worldwide, it is important to resolve misunderstandings and build trust. This exploration of East Asian collections in North America, as described by different East Asian Studies librarians, is a doorway to the culture of East Asia.” -- Kazuyuki Sunaga (Professor of Library and Information Science, Kokugakuin University in Tokyo, Japan)Through this volume, Patrick Lo and his co-authors bring to light what is known by some, but unknown by many: that libraries in North America hold some of the world’s greatest collections of East Asian materials. Across Canada and the United States, the range and depth of these collections is brought to light in this fascinating exploration of these major collections. In addition to these explorations, the editors include introductions to the librarians and curators who build and maintain these collections, as well as the scholars who utilize them to serve the growing global interest in East Asian studies. -- Peter E. Sidorko (Senior Consultant and Former University Librarian (2011-2021), The University of Hong Kong)“Librarians are the bridge between readers and books. East Asian librarians are the bridge between Eastern culture and Western culture. This book is the bridge between the outside world and the East Asian library. It brings to light the characteristics and management of East Asian library collections from the perspective of the librarians, making the East Asian Library a place with warmth and vitality. Through the introduction of this book, the general public can learn that there are so many distinctive East Asian libraries in the United States and Canada.” -- Prof. Chao-Chen Chen (Chair Professor of Center for General Education and University Librarian of Chung Yuan Christian University)For so many of us, libraries are a place of sanctuary—a space for contemplation, learning, and inspiration. Inside the World’s Major East Asian Library Collections in North America takes us behind the scenes of world-leading East Asian libraries and offers an intriguing and detailed insight into the working practices of librarians, as well as the challenges and frustrations they face in managing collections both large and small. This two-volume set not only provides a lens through which to understand librarianship today; it also identifies new trends in the field and possibilities for the future. In sum, an inspirational and thought-provoking read. -- Amelia Allsop (Research Manager at the Hong Kong Heritage Project, and Co-founder at History Ink)The book Inside the World’s Major East Asian Collections in North America adopts interviews as a unique approach to capture the vigorous development of East Asian librarianship and East Asian collections in the past thirty-plus years. It paints a colorful picture of librarians in this field. They come from different cultural and academic backgrounds—many entered the field as their second-career choice, but all have devoted their passion, energies, and various professional training to librarianship. They have experienced the dramatic changes in the field and have grown and contributed so much. They are one of the main reasons that we see the flourishing condition of East Asian libraries and collections in North America today.” -- Luo Zhou (Librarian for Chinese studies, International & Area Studies Department, Duke University Libraries)These stories provide a vivid portrait of individual librarians and highlight the multi-cultural community of East Asian librarians. [...] The two-volume set lifts the curtain on East Asian libraries and invites readers to come behind the scenes by highlighting the works and stories of their librarians. Alongside discussing the trends and challenges of East Asian librarianship, interviews delve into the leadership and management of academic libraries, and the myriad of positions held by East Asian librarians. The interviewees include librarians from academic universities and art museums, providing readers with a panoramic view of their work. -- Cecilia Zhang, University of Kansas, Journal of East Asian Libraries (Book Review)Table of ContentsForeword; Ellen Hammond Foreword; Loretta E. Kim Foreword; Matthias Kaun Volume I: Japan and Korean Studies East Asian Librarianship and Library Collections in North America: Introduction Chapter 1. Kuniko Yamada McVey, Librarian for the Japanese Collection, Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University Chapter 2. Reiko Yoshimura, Head Librarian Freer Gallery of Arts and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Library, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Chapter 3. Dr. Kristina Troost, Head, East Asian Collection, Duke University(retired) Chapter 4. Dr. Daniel McKee, Japanese Bibliographer, Cornell University Library Chapter 5. Yunah Sung, Korean Studies Librarian & Project Manager, Asia Library, University of Michigan Chapter 6. Hyo Jin Moon, Subject Specialist for Japanese Studies and Korean Studies, University of California San Diego Chapter 7. Dr. Ann Marie L. Davis, Associate Professor, Japanese Studies Librarian, The Ohio State University Libraries Chapter 8. Dr. Steve Witt, Subject Specialist Librarian for Global Studies and Japanese Studies and Head of the International & Area Studies Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chapter 9. Adam Lisbon, Japanese & Korean Studies Librarian, University of Colorado Boulder Chapter 10. Dr. Rebecca Corbett, Japanese Studies Librarian, University of Southern California Chapter 11. Joy Kim, Curator, Korean Heritage Library, University of Southern California Chapter 12. Ellie Kim, Korea Studies Librarian, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Library Chapter 13. Tokiko Bazzell, Japan Studies Librarian, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Chapter 14. Kana Jenkins, Curator, Gordon W. Prange Collection, East Asian Studies Librarian, University of Maryland Chapter 15. Sharon Domier, East Asian Studies Librarian, University of Massachusetts Amherst Chapter 16. Dr. Beth Sara Katzoff, East Asian Studies Librarian, New York University Chapter 17. Hana Kim, Director, Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, University of Toronto Chapter 18. Shirin Eshghi, Head, Asian Library, University of British Columbia Chapter 19. Katherine Kalsbeek, Head, Rare Books & Special Collections; Saeyong Kim, Korean Studies Librarian; Tomoko Kitayama, Japanese Studies Librarian; Jing Liu, Chinese Studies Librarian; Sarbjit Randhawa, South Asian and Himalayan Studies Librarian, Asian Library, University of British Columbia Chapter 20. David Sulz, Public Services Librarian (includes East Asian Studies) Chapter 21. Dr. Max Dionisio, Acting Department Head, Library and Archives and the Bishop White Committee Library of East Asia, Royal Ontario Museum Chapter 22. Cordes Tarantino, Assistant Librarian, C. Laan Chun Library, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Chapter 23. Dr. Hermina G.B. Anghelescu and Alice Yuet Ling Law, East Asian Librarianship and Library Collections in the United States and Canada: A Selective Bibliography, 2000-2020 East Asian Librarianship and Library Collections in North America: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisVolume 2 of the two part collection Stories and Lessons from the World’s Leading Opera, Orchestra Librarians, and Music Archivists, explores the current trends and practices in the field of music performance librarianship. Featuring interviews and conversations from over twenty orchestra, opera, and ballet librarians and archivists working for some of the world’s leading performing arts and educational institutions from Europe and Asia, this book is a helpful resource to librarians, and archivists who need to manage artifacts in a variety of situations in the world of performing arts. For music and library science professors, this serves as a useful teaching tool or reference material by allowing students to gain a glimpse into the profession of music performance librarianship. Finally, this book functions as a unique and important reference tool for all students who are considering a career in music performance librarianship or a profession in archives in the world of performing arts.Trade ReviewI know music can save lives, heal deep wounds, unify communities and can bring real hope and comfort in the darkest hour. This is why I am an activist. -- Joyce DiDonatoThis two-volume set is of high value for anyone who is interested in understanding how orchestras work... those who would like a glimpse of how orchestras and opera companies operate and the people who drive their success will glean a tremendous amount of information from this text. The result is a remarkably global and holistic view of a very specific field... this two-volume set will provide a valuable primer for those who are considering exploring this career path. -- Travis Newton, Department of Music, Le Moyne CollegeStories and Lessons from the World’s Leading Opera, Orchestra Librarians, and Music Archivists is precisely what it says it is: a series of thoughtful informational interviews with some of the foremost experts in the field. Patrick Lo, Robert Sutherland, Wei-En Hsu, and Russ Girsberger do an excellent job curating and editing these interviews conducted with industry leaders around the globe. This book aims to serve as a reference guide for people considering or currently in the field of music librarianship and to provide insights into different types of librarians in the field, as well as acknowledge these hardworking individuals whose contributions often go unnoticed. -- Benjimen Neal, Music Reference Services QuarterlyTable of ContentsForeword: Maestro Riccardo Muti (Music Director, Chicago Symphony Orchestra) Foreword: Patrick McGinn (MOLA President) Foreword: F. Paul Driscoll (Editor in Chief, Opera News) Introduction Opera Ignites: Forging the Union between Librarians, Conductors, Répétiteurs, and Prompters in Arts; Wei-En Hsu Chapter 1. Richard Payne, Librarian, Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chapter 2. Gordon Grant, Music Librarian, Scottish Opera Chapter 3. Georgina Govier, Head of Music Library, Welsh National Opera Chapter 4. Martyn Bennett, Head of Music Library and Resources, Glyndebourne Festival and Touring Operas Chapter 5. James Halliday, Artistic Advisor and Librarian, Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras Chapter 6. Inger Garcia de Presno, Orchestra Librarian, Berlin Philharmonic Chapter 7. Michael Fritsch, Senior Librarian, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chapter 8. Agnes Thiel and Vincent Marbach, Library Manager, Staatskapelle Dresden/Dresden State Opera Chapter 9. Dr. Katharina Hötzenecker, Chief Librarian, Vienna State Opera Chapter 10. Dr. Silvia Kargl, Historical Archives, Vienna Philharmonic Chapter 11. Cesare Diego Freddi, Music Library Manager, La Scala Theatre Chapter 12. Luca Logi, Music Library Manager, Artistic Direction, Fondazione Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Chapter 13. Virginia Giorgioni, Chief Music Librarian, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli Chapter 14. Stefano Lazzari, Head of Music Library, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Chapter 15. Guido Ricci, Orchestra Librarian, Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia Chapter 16. Guillaume Maessen, Orchestra Librarian, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Chapter 17. Jan-Pieter Lanooy, Librarian, Netherlands Bach Society Chapter 18. Rachel Daliot, Orchestra Librarian, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Chapter 19. Mari Rautio and Juhana Hautsalo, Music Librarians, Finnish National Opera and Ballet Chapter 20. Erik Hvitfeldt, Head of Music Library, Royal Swedish Opera Chapter 21. Erik Hvitfeldt, Head of Archive, Royal Swedish Opera Chapter 22. Liisi Laanemets, Music Librarian, Estonian National Opera Chapter 23. Alastair McKean, Head of Library Services, Sydney Symphony Orchestra Chapter 24. Nadia Myers, Orchestra Librarian, Queensland Symphony Orchestra Chapter 25. Jennifer Fung, Music Library Administrator, and Peter Alexander, Music Librarian, Opera Australia Chapter 26. Hiroshi Tanaka, Librarian, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa (Japan) Chapter 27. Boram Kim, Orchestra Librarian, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Chapter 28. Mei-lee Leung, Assistant Executive Officer (Music), School of Music, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Conclusion

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Book SynopsisHow do we deal with challenging life events? Working across hundreds of research studies, Dealing With Change Through Information Sculpting uncovers how people respond informationally to major life transitions by examining our information behaviours – how we provide, seek, assess, share, use, deny, avoid, and create information – during times of personal change and explains the role of these behaviours in reconstructing ourselves following a life event. Dealing With Change Through Information Sculpting proposes the theory of Information Sculpting to describe how we respond to change and the information behaviours we use to create this response, explaining how we construct solutions to life transitions by a series of information behaviours that are used to gain a sense of coherence, purpose, and value in life. Until now there has been no text that provides an information focus on transitions across the human life span. Dealing With Change Through Information Sculpting looks at information behaviour in relationship creation and breakdown, parenting, starting and ending work, developing sexualities, becoming ill, being a victim of crime, and dying, to show how our we sculpt information solutions that transform our lives and transform ourselves. Supported by a bibliography of over 1,000 works, this book is a major reference point for those interested in how we use information during the most significant times in our lives.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Dealing with Change Chapter 3. Theorising Change – Information Sculpting Chapter 4. Information Behaviour and Change Chapter 5. Families and Relationships Chapter 6. Work Chapter 7. Health Chapter 8. Sex and Sexuality Chapter 9. Crime and Surviving Crime Chapter 10. Information Sculpting and Transitions

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Book SynopsisLibraries seeking to grow or enhance community outreach will welcome Building Community Engagement and Outreach in Libraries to assist them in planning and executing engagement programs. Eight chapters offer a variety of methods and strategies that library managers can employ to broaden and enhance their libraries’ community engagement activities.The volume includes both theoretical frameworks and strategic case studies.Readers will learn how to plan and execute successful community engagement programs with tips on providing leadership for working with staff, fostering relationships with community partners and using assessment to plan for future programming. Specific applications of community engagement practices include using data to inform stakeholders, providing health literacy workshops, staff training for community programs, outreach to engage the community with archives, working with underserved communities and diversity training. This is an important addition to the literature on how libraries can work with their communities to provide critical services and resources. Providing valuable insights about the diverse ways that outreach can be accomplished within and through our communities, this volume serves as a significant resource for both library managers, their staff and their partners.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Library Community Health Outreach: The Role of the Library Manager; Dana L. Ladd, Emily J. Hurst, and Alisa Brewer Chapter 2. Building a Library Outreach Program through Community Engagement; Cinthya Ippoliti Chapter 3. Leveraging Community Connections: Project Management Outreach Expertise from Health Sciences Library and Community-based Organization Leaders; Martha E. Meacham, Tony Nguyen, Tess Wilson, and Abigail Mann Chapter 4. Informing the Community Using Data Purposefully; Lauren Rosenthal and Heather Zabski Chapter 5. From Peripheral to Essential: The Evolution of Outreach as a Core Archival Function; Erin Lawrimore, David Gwynn, and Stacey Krim Chapter 6. Sharing the Same Agenda: The Public Library and the Deaf Community; David Payne Chapter 7. Taking Health Information to the Next level: Strategic Partnerships between NLM and Public Libraries; April Wright, Brittney Thomas, Asih Asikin-Garmager, and Susan M. Wolfe Chapter 8. Diversity Conversations: Enabling Libraries to Serve New Communities; Michelle Brannen, Peter Fernandez, Thura Mack, and Molly Royse

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Book SynopsisThe 2018 West Virginia teachers’ strike in the United States exemplifies the changing shape of dissent and protest in the digital age. The use of social media has changed the ways such events develop and unfold, offering new tools for organizing, strategizing, generating large numbers of participants, and for communicating crucial information widely and quickly. Utilizing in-depth interviews with strike participants, ‘Toward New Possibilities for Library and Information Science: The Use of Social Media in the 2018 West Virginia Teachers' Strike’ takes a critical approach to understanding the role of social media in the 2018 teachers’ strike, the significance of social media to the outcomes of the strike, and the importance of an Appalachian collective identity. It further proposes solutions for changing entrenched practices within library and information sciences education. In this way, it extends the scope and praxis of scholarship and education in information sciences.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Mystery and Wonder Chapter 2. The Strike and Issues of Social Media Chapter 3. Theoretical and Epistemological Frameworks Chapter 4. The Puzzle of Academic Research Chapter 5. Telling the Story Chapter 6. Beyond Rationalism Chapter 7. A Reflective Journey

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Book SynopsisPublic libraries, through their mission, vision, and position in the community, play a significant part in building community sustainability and are already positioned to serve as a “backbone support organization” for collective impact initiatives. However, their efforts are often unrecognized by local governments and other social justice organizations. How Public Libraries Build Sustainable Communities in the 21st Century, through research, case studies, and personal narratives representing both national and international perspectives, examines the capacity of public libraries to impact social change at the community level. The overarching goal is to change the narrative with community stakeholders by presenting illustrative examples of how public libraries are driving community change and how these efforts align with the UN SDGs.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Kaurri C. Williams-Cockfield and Bharat Mehra Section One: Theoretical Foundations and Research Introduction to Section One; Kaurri C. Williams-Cockfield and Bharat Mehra Chapter 1. “The Library Serves as an Amplifier and Connector in the Communities it Serves”1: Building Bridges to Legal Assistance; Brooke Doyle, Lynn Silipigni Connaway, and Lesley A. Langa Chapter 2. Sustaining Ourselves, Sustaining Relationships, Sustaining Communities; Noah Lenstra and Christine D’Arpa Chapter 3. Collective Praxis: Leveraging Local and Heritage-Based Values for Public Librarian Professional Development; Vanessa Irvin Chapter 4. Community Engagement Through Public Library Social Inclusion: The View and Practice of Librarians in Gunungkidul Regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Ida Fajar Priyanto, Agung Wibawa, and Siti Indarwati Chapter 5. Applying ESG to Modern Librarianship: Lessons from the Business World; Samantha Connell and Micaela Porta Section Two: Libraries Advocating for Social Justice Introduction to Section Two; Kaurri C. Williams-Cockfield and Bharat Mehra Chapter 6. Anti-Racism in Practice: The Development of a Black Community Public Library in Canada; Amber Matthews and Pastor Sandie Thomas Chapter 7. Public Library Pride: A Journey of Small Steps Towards Inclusivity; Debra Trogdon-Livingston Chapter 8. A Call to Action: Libraries Leaning in for Unhoused LGBTQ+ Youth; Julie Ann Winkelstein, Kevin D. Strowder, and Stephen A. Jackson Chapter 9. Let’s Learn Together Outside: Families Playing, Building Relationships, and Connecting with their community in Nature; Emily Sedgwick and Wendee Mullikin Chapter 10. Sustainability, Outdoor Life, and Libraries; Hilde Ljødal and Tordis Holm Kverndokk Chapter 11. Older Adults, Public Libraries, and Sustainable Development Goals; Nicole K. Dalmer and Meredith Griffin Section Three: Libraries Mobilizing Climate Change Introduction to Section Three; Kaurri C. Williams-Cockfield and Bharat Mehra Chapter 12. Inspiring Climate Action: A Collaborative Effort and a Perfect Partnership; Lynn Blair, Andrea Bugbee, Paula Sharon, and John Meiklejohn Chapter 13. How Repair Events in Libraries Can Create Socially and Ecologically Compassionate Culture and Resilient Communities; Gabrielle Griffis Chapter 14. A Small Library Making Big Changes: A Case Study of the Baramsup Library; Yong Ju Jung Section Four: Libraries Promoting Economic Development Introduction to Section Four; Kaurri C. Williams-Cockfield and Bharat Mehra Chapter 15. Public Libraries as Key Knowledge Infrastructure Needed to Empower Communities, Promote Economic Development, and Foster Social Justice; Sarah E. Ryan, Sarah A. Evans, and Suliman Hawamdeh Chapter 16. Libraries as Public Health Partners in the Opioid Crisis; Kendra Morgan Chapter 17. Partnering for Social Infrastructure: Investigating the Co-location of a Public Library in an Affordable Housing Building; Kaitlin Wynia Baluk, Ali Solhi, and James Gillett Section Five: Libraries Nurturing Positive Peace Introduction to Section Five; Kaurri C. Williams-Cockfield and Bharat Mehra Chapter 18. Libraries are Sustainability Leaders; Rebekkah Smith Aldrich and Lisa Gangemi Kropp Chapter 19. Reflecting on Public Library-Social Work Collaboration: Current Approaches and Future Possibilities; Rachel D. Williams and Lydia P. Ogden Chapter 20. The Intersection of U.S. Public Libraries and Public Health; Suzanne Grossman Chapter 21. Public Libraries’ Contribution to Sustainable Dementia-Friendly Communities; Timothy J. Dickey Chapter 22. With Literacy and Justice for All: Library Programs for Refugees and Newcomers; Claire Dannenbaum

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Book SynopsisAs a branch of International and Area Studies Librarianship (IASL), East Asian Librarianship has become increasingly important in an age of globalization as scholars engage in interdisciplinary research and study. Volume 2 of Inside Major East Asian Library Collections in North America presents an extensive collection of interviews that give key insights into Chinese, Korean, and Asian American librarianship. East Asian Studies librarianship requires a variety of technical skills, combining deep subject background with knowledge of library processes/workflows, an awareness of research trends, and digital developments in their respective fields. Professionalism, tradition, standards, respected bodies of knowledge and individual practicing professionals’ personality traits are closely examined over both volumes. Inside Major East Asian Library Collections in North America promotes shared understanding of subject area librarians’ work and contribution to society and will enable further collaborations and new services, utilizing the unique and distributed nature of their expertise.Trade ReviewThis compendium of interviews with East Asian librarians in the U.S. and Canada affords the reader insight on multiple levels into the careers of individual librarians and the commonalities and distinctive aspects of individual East Asian collections, particularly rare items. A valuable introduction to the world of East Asian librarianship, the book provides a variety of perspectives on daily work, career paths, administration, problems facing the field, and fulfillment found in the work. Collectively, the essays are an affirmation of the importance of printed collections and a ringing endorsement of East Asian librarianship. -- Gail King (Retired Asian Librarian, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)Someday, when we all realize how special librarians are, we shall find that this book offers a most intimate insight into their lives. With a consistent set of questions, a comparative perspective emerges from this direct methodology—a new dimension to library studies that allow real librarians to speak for themselves. -- Prof. Lian-Hee Wee (Department of English Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University)I am very glad to hear of the publication of this new book introducing some of the major East Asian library collections and their curators. I am sure it will be read with interest not only by professionals in the field but also by anyone concerned with recent developments in area studies. -- Charles Aylmer (Head of Chinese Department, Cambridge University Library)Inside the World’s Major East Asian Library Collections in North America is a highly informative and much anticipated account of many of the world-renowned Asian book and manuscript collections connecting East and West. Celebrated and supported by their academic institutions locally, the libraries discussed in this comprehensive volume are often unparalleled behemoths of knowledge holding published and archival resources that are at times completely unique and yet accessible regionally, nationally, and internationally. In our globally connected 21st century, these exceptional libraries collect the literary genius and recorded histories of the past and allow present and future scholars to study some of the rarest primary sources to advance our field of study in the decades and centuries to come. -- Dr. Florian Knothe (Director of the University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong)Inside the World’s Major East Asian Library Collections in North America is an important new title to collections experts of Asian materials. At a time when the world is facing tragedies of anti-Asian racism, it is critical to continue to collect and preserve Asian collections for scholars and students for teaching, research, and learning to continue sustaining awareness and understanding of Asian cultures and histories. The editors of this volume have insight and experience in balancing the languages and areas of academic libraries of North America, focusing not only on CJK, but important ethnic collections from the Okinawan to Cantonese collections. It is an outstanding contribution to the field and serves as a key reference tool for librarians, researchers, and cultural administrators.” -- Allan Cho (Community Engagement Librarian, Program Services, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia)A profoundly interesting and useful volume of 42 interviews with librarians administering East Asian collections in North America. It is an excellent read for those interested in developing an international library collection, as well as students and researchers in East Asian Studies. Contributors discuss how they entered this branch of librarianship, developed their collections, and share their practices. As a developer and instructor of the course “ILS 450: Global Perspectives in Librarianship,” this is a perfect model embracing trends in international collections, a specialization path in Library Science, and research on how international collections are developed. Overall, it is a well-articulated compendium of interviews that are addictive and hard to stop reading. -- Dr. Tamara E. Blesh (Adjunct Instructor III, University of Maine at Augusta)The interview-based approach to writing about librarianship is a fascinating choice by editors of this volume. Through conversations with over 40 leading experts in the field,Inside East Asian Collections in North America not only charts the history and landscape of the most important East Asian library collections, but it also brings quiet librarianship to life by offering rare insights into the work-related joys, anxieties, and strategic thinking of these key professionals. Their success stories are just as diverse as their backgrounds and career paths. Highly recommended for anyone interested in East Asian studies or area studies librarianship. -- Dr Shenxiao Tong (East Asian Studies Librarian, Edinburgh University Library)The library is an important hub for the exchange of human knowledge and an important organizational form for the exchange of different cultures. For a long time, libraries in North America have collected a lot of valuable literature resources from Asia, especially East Asia and Southeast Asia. These resources have become important in promoting inheritance and mutual learning of Eastern and Western civilizations. Professional librarians who contribute to the collection and service of these resources are the civilized messengers and guardians of this culture. The unique achievements of this book reveal their efforts and ideals for us. It is not only worthy of learning and reference by professionals, but it also enables our wider audience to realize the sublimity of this profession. -- Professor Qingshan Zhou (Department of Information Management, Peking University)The book, being a collection of interviews with North American East Asian librarians, is extremely informative for professional librarians, oral historians, and enthusiasts for literature and libraries. Furthermore, it is inspiring for East Asian Librarians, and it could enrich their work in terms of building collections and library management. It provides a useful comparison between East Asian collections/libraries in North America—it’s quite an accomplishment for the editors. -- Katarína Feriančíková (Librarian, Library of Far Eastern Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University)The diverse experience of East Asian librarians showcased in this book give readers a kaleidoscopic view of this unique group of experts. As an advocate of Eastern culture in the Western world, they ventured into the field with interest and built a successful career with passion. The stories will inspire anyone who listen to their heart. -- Esther Woo (Director of Library Services, The University of Hong Kong Libraries)Ultimately, the success of any library depends on its ability to connect with its users through its resources. This publication is a very unique overview of some of the major East Asian Library Collections found across North America. The librarians’ reflections included here not only highlight the commitment they have to protecting information that is culturally and historically significant, but they also explore their professional obligation and determination to provide users with academic sources that reflect a truly global community. The items housed in these great libraries are no longer curiosities; they are acclaimed and relevant academic resources that do much more than simply supplement university collections. Now, at last, an extensive publication has been produced to showcase the great variety of libraries, librarians, and institutions aiming to empower students to find resources that will enable them to produce academic works of cultural significance and scholarship. -- Andrew J. Stark (Associate Dean and Head of Libraries and Information Services, The Southport School, Queensland, Australia)This book offers a lively, original, and very instructive introduction to the wealth and diversity of East Asian collections in North America, the largest outside Asia. Focusing on librarians’ perspectives, it underlines the challenges of East Asian librarianship in the context of an ever more globalized and technological world where flexibility, creativity, and cooperation are at the heart of knowledge collecting, sharing, and mediating. As a librarian, I welcome the editors’ approach, which brings to light the passionate efforts of a profession often left in the shadows. These librarians contribute to the essential tasks of advancing knowledge and, even more crucial in these challenging times, helping bridge the gap between cultures. Not only will this book be of special interest for librarians, academics and students in East Asian studies, but it will also prove to be an informative reading for anyone interested in the evolution of area studies librarianship. -- Soline Suchet-Lau (Deputy Head of Collection Development Department; Asia Team Leader; Subject Librarian, Taiwan and Chinese Pre-modern Collections, BULAC: University Library for Languages and Civilisations (Paris))Patrick Lo, Hermina Anghelescu, and Bradley Allard introduce the major East Asian and Southeast Asian collection libraries in North America and their librarians to us through a series of interviews they have conducted. This is a grand tour of librarianship and the wealth of knowledge that is well preserved and developed in these major libraries. -- Prof. Tai-Lok Lui (Chair Professor of Hong Kong Studies; Director, Academy of Hong Kong Studies; Director, Centre for Greater China Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong)With all of the tensions worldwide, it is important to resolve misunderstandings and build trust. This exploration of East Asian collections in North America, as described by different East Asian Studies librarians, is a doorway to the culture of East Asia. -- Kazuyuki Sunaga (Professor of Library and Information Science, Kokugakuin University in Tokyo, Japan)Through this volume, Patrick Lo and his co-authors bring to light what is known by some, but unknown by many: that libraries in North America hold some of the world’s greatest collections of East Asian materials. Across Canada and the United States, the range and depth of these collections is brought to light in this fascinating exploration of these major collections. In addition to these explorations, the editors include introductions to the librarians and curators who build and maintain these collections, as well as the scholars who utilize them to serve the growing global interest in East Asian studies. -- Peter E. Sidorko (Senior Consultant and Former University Librarian (2011-2021), The University of Hong Kong)Librarians are the bridge between readers and books. East Asian librarians are the bridge between Eastern culture and Western culture. This book is the bridge between the outside world and the East Asian library. It brings to light the characteristics and management of East Asian library collections from the perspective of the librarians, making the East Asian Library a place with warmth and vitality. Through the introduction of this book, the general public can learn that there are so many distinctive East Asian libraries in the United States and Canada. -- Prof. Chao-Chen Chen (Chair Professor of Center for General Education and University Librarian of Chung Yuan Christian University)For so many of us, libraries are a place of sanctuary—a space for contemplation, learning, and inspiration. Inside the World’s Major East Asian Library Collections in North America takes us behind the scenes of world-leading East Asian libraries and offers an intriguing and detailed insight into the working practices of librarians, as well as the challenges and frustrations they face in managing collections both large and small. This two-volume set not only provides a lens through which to understand librarianship today; it also identifies new trends in the field and possibilities for the future. In sum, an inspirational and thought-provoking read. -- Amelia Allsop (Research Manager at the Hong Kong Heritage Project, and Co-founder at History Ink)The book Inside the World’s Major East Asian Collections in North America adopts interviews as a unique approach to capture the vigorous development of East Asian librarianship and East Asian collections in the past thirty-plus years. It paints a colorful picture of librarians in this field. They come from different cultural and academic backgrounds—many entered the field as their second-career choice, but all have devoted their passion, energies, and various professional training to librarianship. They have experienced the dramatic changes in the field and have grown and contributed so much. They are one of the main reasons that we see the flourishing condition of East Asian libraries and collections in North America today. -- Luo Zhou (Librarian for Chinese studies, International & Area Studies Department, Duke University Libraries)These stories provide a vivid portrait of individual librarians and highlight the multi-cultural community of East Asian librarians. [...] The two-volume set lifts the curtain on East Asian libraries and invites readers to come behind the scenes by highlighting the works and stories of their librarians. Alongside discussing the trends and challenges of East Asian librarianship, interviews delve into the leadership and management of academic libraries, and the myriad of positions held by East Asian librarians. The interviewees include librarians from academic universities and art museums, providing readers with a panoramic view of their work. -- Cecilia Zhang, University of Kansas, Journal of East Asian Libraries (Book Review)Table of ContentsForeword; Anita Dewi Foreword; Martin Heijdra Foreword; Frederick Nesta Volume II: Chinese and Asian American Studies East Asian Librarianship and Library Collections in North America: Introduction Chapter 1. Jim Cheng, Director, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University Chapter 2. Dr. Peter Zhou, Director, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley Chapter 3. Dr. Ying Zhang, Research Librarian for Asian Studies, University of California Irvine Chapter 4. Dr. Hong Cheng, Chinese Studies Librarian, Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Chapter 5. Katrina Lacerna, Asian Pacific Resource Center Librarian, Los Angeles County Library Chapter 6. Xi Chen, Chinese Studies Librarian & East Asia Collection Strategist, University of California San Diego Chapter 7. Mark Stephen Mir, Archivist & Resource Coordinator, Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History, University of San Francisco (retired) Chapter 8. Dr. Brian Vivier, Coordinator, Area Studies Collections, and Chinese Studies Librarian, Interim Middle Eastern Studies Librarian, University of Pennsylvania Chapter 9. Joshua Seufert, Chinese Studies Librarian, East Asian Library, Princeton University Chapter 10. Runxiao Zhu, East Asian Studies Librarian, Oberlin College Chapter 11. John Baky, Dean of Libraries, Emeritus, Curator, Rare Books & Manuscripts and Dr. Heather Willever-Farr, Special Collections Librarian, Connelly Library, La Salle University Chapter 12. Dr. Kenneth Klein, Head, East Asian Library (retired),University of Southern California Chapter 13. Hsi-chu Bolick, Librarian for East Asian Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapter 14. Haihui Zhang, Head, Head, East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh Chapter 15. Dongyun Ni, Department Chair, Asia Collection, Chinese Studies Librarian, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa Chapter 16. Dr. Timothy Davis, Asian Studies Librarian, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University Chapter 17. Nien-lin Xie, Librarian for East Asian Studies, Dartmouth College Chapter 18. Anlin Yang, East Asian Studies Librarian, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chapter 19. Ying Liu, Subject Librarian for Asian Studies, Linguistics, and Religious Studies, University of Victoria Libraries Chapter 20. Dr. Stephen Qiao, Chinese Studies Librarian, Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, University of Toronto Chapter 21. Dr. Jack Hang-tat Leong, Founding Director (2007–2020); Helen Tang Acting Director (2020–2021) Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library University of Toronto Chapter 22. Yue Shu, Librarian, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Library, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Chapter 23. Yue Ma, Director of Collections and Research, Museum of Chinese in America Chapter 24. Dr. William A. Peniston, Librarian/Archivist, The Newark Museum of Art Chapter 25. Dr. Hermina G.B. Anghelescu and Alice Yuet Ling Law, East Asian Librarianship and Library Collections in the United States and Canada: A Selective Bibliography, 2000-2020 East Asian Librarianship and Library Collections in North America: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe need for decolonizing cultural institutions and their mismanagement practices in galleries, libraries, archives, and museums, of First Nations peoples’ materials and knowledge has been widely recognised. However, this has not translated into an information systems design, nor a complementary solution representing an alternative world view. Instead, the entrenched legacy of the neoliberal sector’s curatorial and archival practices remains intact, and their authority stays unquestioned. This edited book’s unique viewpoint is its exploration of projects that investigate innovative data curation strategies through the thematics of visual representation of infrastructure, and bodies of knowledge. Authors from Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds underpin their chapters with a social justice approach to investigations around different knowledge systems. They powerfully challenge entrenched assumptions of knowledge capture and dissemination of the western academy. An emphasis on visualisations of cultural heritage materials across a variety of case studies using technologies that range from augmented and virtual realities to mixed reality aims to raise questions for debate in the way Indigenous data is collected, managed, curated, governed, and represented and by whom.Table of ContentsPOEM; Yali Leanne Windl PREFACE; Kirsten Thorpe INTRODUCTION: Co-design & Social Justice Opportunities in Information System Design; Julie Nichols and Bharat Mehra PART 1: INFRASTRUCTURE [SECTIONAL SYNOPSIS]; Julie Nichols and Bharat Mehra Chapter 1. The Ethics and Cultural Sensitivities of Data Management: Some Considerations; Anna Leditschke, Julie Nichols, Karl Farrow, and Quenten Agius Chapter 2. Enhanced Material Management: Application of Natural Language Processing and Rule Based Modelling for Simplifying Storage Requirements in a Museum; Georg Grossmann, Alice Beale, Harkaran Singh, Ben Smith, and Julie Nichols Chapter 3. Reflections from the Field: Country in a Plastic Bag; Stephen Nova Chapter 4. Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums [GLAM]-focused Games and Gamification; Erik Champion and Susannah Emery PART 2: BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE [SECTIONAL SYNOPSIS]; Julie Nichols and Bharat Mehra Chapter 5. Entwined Vernaculars: Heritages of Tolerances, Reconciliation and Resistance; Julie Nichols and Quenten Agius Chapter 6. Working to Improve the Fire Exhibit of the Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery (AACG); Jared Thomas Chapter 7. An Exploration of Digital Representation of Australian Aboriginal Art in Museums for Immersive Engagement; Rui Zhang and Fanke Peng Chapter 8. Clapsticks: Investigating Curatorial Opportunities; Eloise Labaz, Julie Nichols, Rebecca Agius, and Quenten Agius Chapter 9. Alternate Worldviews: Implications for Design, Architecture, and Cultural Records; Subook Samridhi and Yali Leanne Windl Chapter 10. More Than an Exhibition: Finding Voice, Tiati (truth) and New Perspectives; Julia Garnaut, Lynette Crocker, Jeffrey Newchurch, and Merle Simpson PART 3: BODIES OF EXPERIENCE [SECTIONAL SYNOPSIS]; Julie Nichols and Bharat Mehra Chapter 11. Yarning Journeys: Ngadjuri Perspectives on Cultural Heritage; Julie Nichols, Jeffrey Newchurch, Robert Rigney, Bonita Sansbury, and Tinesha Miller Chapter 12. The Significance of Country: Ngadjuri Voices and Cultural Heritage; Julie Nichols, Lynette Newchurch, Rebecca Agius, Ann Newchurch, and David Weetra Chapter 13. Agency and Authority in Intangible Cultural Heritage; Brye Marshall and Julie Nichols Chapter 14. Aboriginal Cultural Heritage in South Australia: Where to Next?; Deanne Hanchant-Nichols PART 4. REPRESENTATION [SECTIONAL SYNOPSIS]; Julie Nichols and Bharat Mehra Chapter 15. ‘Inter-sites of Knowledge’: Jules Janssen’s Nineteenth-century Astronomical Apparatus and a Contemporary Moving Image System; Deirdre Feeney Chapter 16. AR Storytelling for the Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museum [GLAM] Sector: A case Study with the South Australian Museum Fire Exhibit and Megafauna Displays; Ben Stubbs Chapter 17. Can the Transdisciplinary Co-creation of Extended Reality Experience (XR) Artworks Help Decolonise the GLAM Sector?; Mairi Gunn, Irene Hancy, and Tanya Remana Chapter 18. Beyond the Inanimate Line: Expanding Narratives of Drawings in Contemporary Creative Practice and Architectural Education; Katica Pedisic CONCLUSION; Julie Nichols and Bharat Mehra

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Book SynopsisThere are 50 million people globally living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, and tens of millions further who are their caregivers. As a public service, it is important that library and information professionals learn to serve and assist those with dementia. Designed for seasoned professionals and library science students alike, this book first presents a complete overview of the spectrum disease known as Alzheimer’s dementia, as well as a basic understanding of the information needs of dementia caregivers. It then explores best practices, guidelines, and concrete ideas for serving those with dementia and their caregivers, including: Customer service and communication, with evidence-based suggestions for working with this population; Information resources to best meet the reference needs of the community, as grounded in LIS user studies and health informatics; Collection development for ongoing and appropriate mental and social stimulation of those experiencing cognitive decline; and Programming ideas for both communities, with a wide variety of focus and content. Lifelong learning, mental stimulation, and social connections are central to libraries’ core mission. Readers, both from library and information science and in related social services and social sciences disciplines, will gain a comprehensive toolkit for service both to those in cognitive decline and their caregivers, meeting the needs of both communities with thoughtful and innovative practices.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Knowing your Users: Alzheimer’s Disease, Related Dementias, and Caregivers Chapter 2. Library Customer Service and Communication for the Dementia Community Chapter 3. Reference and Information Services for the Dementia Community Chapter 4. Collection Development for the Dementia Community Chapter 5. Programming for Dementia and Dementia Caregivers

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Book SynopsisThe rampant health injustices that occur daily throughout the world are exacerbated by health information injustice – something which libraries and librarians play an instrumental role in addressing. This volume brings together librarians, LIS students, educators, and researchers, to discuss the many ways that information professionals and libraries serve as agents of securing health information justice. Kicking off with an introductory chapter which covers the central concepts of health information injustice, the following chapters focus on the roles of libraries and librarians in improving consumer health literacy and reducing health disparities in their communities. In the final chapter, the editors draw on the authors’ work to highlight the ways in which libraries and librarians are moving us closer to health justice, and they also discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is both illuminating and intensifying health disparities, reinforcing the need for libraries and librarians to continue their important roles as agents of health information justice to ensure the physical and intellectual accessibility of information for all.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Libraries and Librarians as Agents of Health Information Justice; Beth St. Jean, Paul T. Jaeger, Gagan Jindal and Yuting LiaoPublic Libraries/Healthy Communities Chapter 2. Consumer Health Literacy, the National Library of Medicine, and the Public Library: Bridging the Gaps; Catherine Arnott Smith, Alla Keselman, Amanda J. Wilson and M. Nichelle Midón Chapter 3. Growing Food at and through the Local Library: An Exploratory Study of an Emerging Role; Christine D’Arpa, Noah Lenstra and Ellen Rubenstein Chapter 4. Opioid Consumer Health Information Literacies in Alabama’s Public Libraries: An Exploratory Website Content Analysis; Bharat Mehra and Baheya S. Jaber Chapter 5. Applying a Health Justice Framework to Examine Health and Social Justice in LIS Course Offerings; Emily Vardell and Deborah H. Charbonneau Health Information Assessment Chapter 6. Consumer Health Information Literacy and Information Behavior of Young Adults; Joan C. Bartlett Chapter 7. Asking Good Questions: Developing Skilled Health Information Consumers; Heather Brodie Perry Overcoming Barriers to Health Information Access Chapter 8. Making Health Information Accessible for All: The Impact of Universal Design in Public Libraries; Gerd Berget Chapter 9. Sexual Education is a Human Right: Information Inequities of K-12 Sexual Education and Librarians’ Roles in Supporting Adolescents’ Sexual Health Literacy; Karina Kletscher Serving Disadvantaged Populations Chapter 10. Public Libraries Expanding Health Literacy for Drug Court Participants; Anne M. Dannerbeck Janku, Jenny Bossaller, Denice Adkins and Rachel Thudium Chapter 11. Increasing Health Literacy in Rural Appalachia Tennessee through Outreach, Communication, and Education: How Libraries Can Reduce Health Disparities in their Communities; Kelsey Leonard Grabeel Chapter 12. The Health of a Musician: Documenting and Addressing Health Disparities among Performing Musicians; Loriene Roy Health Information as a Communal Asset Chapter 13. (Im)patient Narratives: Peer-to-Peer Health Information Transfer in the LGBTQ+ Community via Zines from the Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP); Joyce M. Latham and Sarah Cooke Chapter 14. “When it’s Time to Come Together, We Come Together”: Reconceptualizing Theories of Self-efficacy for Health Information Practices within LGBTQIA+ Communities; A. Nick Vera, Travis L. Wagner and Vanessa L. Kitzie Conclusion Chapter 15. Libraries and Librarians as Agents of Health Information Justice: Concluding Thoughts; Beth St. Jean, Gagan Jindal, Paul T. Jaeger, Yuting Liao and Beth Barnett

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Book SynopsisModern academic libraries must respond not only to pedagogical changes, but to technological changes. Accommodating advances in technology into library space, design, and management is a critical challenge. How can modern libraries successfully integrate traditional learnings forms with digital ones? This book presents case studies and empirical evidence which focus on the current landscape and future potential posed by the changing face of libraries. Readers are invited to learn how the re-modelling and new architectural design of existing libraries can revitalise the library space and inculcate digital literacy development within their walls. The authors offer an engaging account of how libraries’ meet users’ needs and utilize stakeholder inputs to design truly innovative library spaces.Trade Review‘This book provides case studies across the physical and virtual information landscape. The chapters offer theoretical context and practical guidance for considering, planning, actualizing, and assessing library learning spaces that are designed to meet 21st century access needs.’ -- Dr. J. Riley Caldwell-O’Keefe, PhD Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Amherst College, USA‘As this fascinating collection reveals, libraries are being transformed into vibrant active and virtual learning spaces. This timely book is inspiring and instructive for all concerned with the role of the contemporary academic library.’ -- Professor Digby Warren, Head of the Centre for Professional and Educational Development, London Metropolitan University, UKTable of ContentsPart 1. Collaborative Learning Space Chapter 1. Introduction to Designing Effective Library Learning Space in Higher Education: Enakshi Sengupta, Patrick Blessinger and Milton D. Cox Chapter 2. From 'Dust to to the Dawn of a New Age: Afra Bolefski Chapter 3. Library Collections at Georgia Tech and the Affordable Learning Georgia Initiative: Alexis Linoski, Sofia Slutskaya and Elizabeth Holdsworth Chapter 4. Designing Effective Library Learning Spaces - Student2StudentScholar: Christena A. McKillop Chapter 5. User Experience Applied At University Libraries: Marina Chagas Oliveira and Adriana Maria de Souza Chapter 6. A Study On Digital Literacy Perceptions when Designing Library Learning for Rural Community Colleges: Nancy Adam-Turner, Dana D. Burnett and Gail K. Dickinson Chapter 7. Live Online Information Literacy Teaching and Learning: Ute Manecke Part 2. Effective Design Chapter 8. Beyond the Classroom: Abigail Moore and Beth Caruso Chapter 9. Designing Library Space to Support Evolving Campus needs: Daniel J. Harper and Katy B. Mathuews Chapter 10. Building a Better Space: Katherine Quinnell

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Book SynopsisThis latest volume of the Advances in Librarianship series presents original research exploring the modern state of democracies and social institutions, the contributions of libraries to the health and progress of democracies, and the political problems currently facing libraries as institutions. It details the best practices of library programs that provide political literacy education and promote civic engagement within communities. These practices include ways in which libraries can help diffuse political polarization, address significant policy issues of our day, promote political information literacy, support civic engagement, and facilitate participation in democratic processes. Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy: Confronting Polarization, Misinformation, and Suppression is structured in three sections - questions of personal and state democracy, investigations of how the information infrastructure shapes these democracies, and explorations of the ways that libraries can and do contribute to democracy. Situating libraries within political conversations, highlighting their centrality to these discussions, Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy focuses on how libraries coordinate their work in political and information literacy and how these efforts can be improved, he recommendations and examples within which will serve as inspiration and motivation to its readers.Table of ContentsSection One: What is Democracy? Chapter 1. Actually-Existing Democracy and Libraries: A Mapping Exercise; John Buschman Chapter 2. A Right to be Misinformed? Considering Fake News as a Form of Information Poverty; Nicole A. Cooke Chapter 3. Facts (Almost) Never Change Minds: Libraries and the Management of Democracy-Supportive Public Perceptions; Bill Crowley Section Two: How the Information Environment Contributes to / Detracts from Democracy Chapter 4. Container Collapse and Misinformation: Why Digitization Creates Challenges for Democracy; Christopher Cyr Chapter 5. Fighting Fake News: The Cognitive Factors Impeding Political Information Literacy; Rajesh Singh and Kyle N. Brinster Chapter 6. Information Obstacle Course: Seeking the Right to Asylum at the US-Mexico Border; Amy Dickinson Section Three: Libraries as Virtual and Physical Spaces for Democracy Chapter 7. Beyond Fake News: Learning from Information Literacy Programs in Ukraine; Maria Haigh, Thomas Haigh, Maryna Dorosh, and Tetiana Matychak Chapter 8. “Politic Talks” in Academic Libraries of the South to Address a Global Democracy Recession in the United States: An Exploratory Website Analysis; Bharat Mehra and Joseph Winberry Chapter 9. Raking the Forests: Information Literacy, Political Polarization, Fake News, and the Educational Roles of Librarians; Paul T. Jaeger and Natalie Greene Taylor Chapter 10. Libraries Of, By, and For the People: Reimagining Strategies to Enhance Democratic Culture within LIS Spaces and Programming; Daniela K. DiGiacomo, Shannon M. Oltmann, and Colleen Hall

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Book SynopsisThe first book-length study of the famous pre-1600 library at Corpus Christi College, one of the few college libraries to survive in its original form and with many of its original books in contemporary bindings. The library of Corpus Christi College is one of the most famous of all of those in Oxford and Cambridge. It is one of the few pre-1600 libraries to survive in something like its original form, and the only one still in use as a library. Its main space is still the original room built in 1517, and its furniture, if not original, is still early, most of it dating from 1604. A high proportion of its earliest book-stock, whether print or manuscript, still survives, and there is a wealth of documentation that makes it possible to chart the process of acquisition, especially the major donations of the Founder, Bishop Fox, and first President, John Claymond. And yet there is no modern, book-length study of the College Library. The present volume is intended to provide a scholarly but attractive and readable account of the Library from its conception in the mind of Richard Fox, to the appearance of its earliest surviving catalogue in 1589. It is extensively illustrated, highlighting the rarely-seen original bindings of the early books.Trade ReviewHandsomely produced and illustrated [it] comprises an expert account of the library of Corpus from its conception to the earliest surviving catalogue of 1589. * OXONIENSIA *The book is handsomely produced and illustrated and will be of great use to all those concerned with the contents and physical structure of late medieval and early modern college libraries, and the spread, or attempted spread, of humanism in English universities. * LIBRARY *This attractive and informative book makes a substantial contribution not only to the history of a single library, but to the history and contents of college libraries in general at a time of intellectual and religious ferment. It also makes important contributions to the history of the spread of humanism and protestantism. * SEHEPUNKTE *Thomson's writing has a concise simplicity that makes reading the volume wholly pleasurable; his underlying scholarly rigour is always present. * PARERGON *Thomson's lectures detail the care with which Corpus's herbarii, from Fox and Claymond to its current librarians and archivist, have nurtured, scrubbed, and tended the library since its foundation. A college account from 1596 serendipitously records outlay "for mending the librarie windowes" alongside "Josephe Scaliger de emendacione temporum" (85). If The Fox and the Bees inspires curiosity rather than sating it, it nonetheless provides rich testimony of a moment when to mend a library was to mend the times. * Speculum *Table of ContentsLecture 1: Richard Fox: The Concept and Foundation of the College Lecture 2: John Claymond: Executor of Fox's Erasmian Programme Lecture 3: The Library in the Age of Elizabeth Appendix A: Surviving Books from the College Library to 1589 Appendix B: A Letter of John Claymond to an unidentified old friend Appendix C: A Letter of Thomas Linacre to John Claymond Appendix D: Extracts from the College Accounts relevant to the Library

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Book SynopsisThe Library of Alexandria was one of the greatest cultural adornments of the late ancient world, containing thousands of scrolls of Greek, Hebrew and Mesopotamian literature and art and artefacts of ancient Egypt. This book demonstrates that Alexandria became - through the contemporary reputation of its library - a point of confluence for Greek, Roman, Jewish and Syrian culture that drew scholars and statesmen from throughout the ancient world. It also explores the histories of Alexander the Great and of Alexandria itself, the greatest city of the ancient world. This new paperback edition offers general readers an accessible introduction to the history of this magnificent yet still mysterious institution from the time of its foundation up to its tragic destruction.Trade Review"These fascinating, far-ranging essays should appeal to the general as well as the academic reader" -Arthur Foss, Anglo-Hellenic Review

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