Library and information services Books
The University of Chicago Press Free to All Carnegie Libraries American Culture
Book SynopsisFamiliar landmarks in hundreds of American towns, Carnegie libraries today seem far from controversial. In this book, however, the author shows that the classical facades and symmetrical plans of these buildings often mask a complex and contentious history.
£28.00
Columbia University Press Media U
Book SynopsisMedia U presents a provocative rethinking of the development of American higher education centered on the insight that universities are media institutions. Mark Garrett Cooper and John Marx argue that the fundamental goal of the American research university has been to cultivate audiences and convince them of its value.Trade ReviewTackling everything from football to general education to the credit hour, Media U helps us understand our turbulent university landscape. With a deep sense of history and careful marshaling of data, Cooper and Marx show us that higher ed is not just a maker of knowledge but also a platform for information—a medium itself. -- Paula M. Krebs, Executive Director, Modern Language AssociationThis book shows that many of the strangest yet most important features of universities come from their status as media operations that try endlessly to increase and manage their audiences. By putting the pieces of our Humpty-Dumpty campuses back together again, the authors offer original insights and even reasons to hope for new directions in higher ed. -- Christopher Newfield, University of California, Santa BarbaraThis book powerfully demonstrates that universities have been media institutions all along, well before the mobile phone and the MOOC. Cooper and Marx challenge us to consider what is at stake when universities approach the educated class as an “audience” and what mindsets and strategies they deploy in the process. Provocative and timely, Media U is bound to stir up discussion and debate. -- Lisa Parks, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThis is a key and compelling study that, more than just in media studies, intervenes in insightful ways in debates about the very nature, purpose, mission, and reach—both real and possible—of the American university. -- Dana Polan, New York UniversityThe authors consider how the university has created, co-opted, and managed its audiences as well as how its audiences have in turn shaped aspects of the university and its labor force....insightful and well researched. * Library Journal *It is an imaginative work that will give fellow scholars and motivated laypeople plenty to think about. It deserves a big audience. I hope it gets one. -- Christopher P. Loss * Academe *Media U delivers a thoughtful and historically grounded account of the commercialization and digitalization of American higher education...[setting] itself apart from the slew of works that inveigh against the rise of the “corporate university”...present[ing] a message that virtually all historians will applaud: current critiques of the American university would profit from a deeper and less polemical understanding of earlier relationships between these institutions and their audiences. -- Scott Gelber, Wheaton College * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Campus Life2. Public Relations3. Communications Complex4. Not Two Cultures5. Television, or New Media6. Cooptation7. Student Immaterial Labor8. By the Numbers9. Bad English: The Culture Wars Reconsidered10. The Long Twentieth CenturyEpilogueNotesIndex
£83.60
Columbia University Press Media U How the Need to Win Audiences Has Shaped
Book SynopsisMedia U presents a provocative rethinking of the development of American higher education centered on the insight that universities are media institutions. Mark Garrett Cooper and John Marx argue that the fundamental goal of the American research university has been to cultivate audiences and convince them of its value.Trade ReviewTackling everything from football to general education to the credit hour, Media U helps us understand our turbulent university landscape. With a deep sense of history and careful marshaling of data, Cooper and Marx show us that higher ed is not just a maker of knowledge but also a platform for information—a medium itself. -- Paula M. Krebs, Executive Director, Modern Language AssociationThis book shows that many of the strangest yet most important features of universities come from their status as media operations that try endlessly to increase and manage their audiences. By putting the pieces of our Humpty-Dumpty campuses back together again, the authors offer original insights and even reasons to hope for new directions in higher ed. -- Christopher Newfield, University of California, Santa BarbaraThis book powerfully demonstrates that universities have been media institutions all along, well before the mobile phone and the MOOC. Cooper and Marx challenge us to consider what is at stake when universities approach the educated class as an “audience” and what mindsets and strategies they deploy in the process. Provocative and timely, Media U is bound to stir up discussion and debate. -- Lisa Parks, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThis is a key and compelling study that, more than just in media studies, intervenes in insightful ways in debates about the very nature, purpose, mission, and reach—both real and possible—of the American university. -- Dana Polan, New York UniversityThe authors consider how the university has created, co-opted, and managed its audiences as well as how its audiences have in turn shaped aspects of the university and its labor force....insightful and well researched. * Library Journal *It is an imaginative work that will give fellow scholars and motivated laypeople plenty to think about. It deserves a big audience. I hope it gets one. -- Christopher P. Loss * Academe *Media U delivers a thoughtful and historically grounded account of the commercialization and digitalization of American higher education...[setting] itself apart from the slew of works that inveigh against the rise of the “corporate university”...present[ing] a message that virtually all historians will applaud: current critiques of the American university would profit from a deeper and less polemical understanding of earlier relationships between these institutions and their audiences. -- Scott Gelber, Wheaton College * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Campus Life2. Public Relations3. Communications Complex4. Not Two Cultures5. Television, or New Media6. Cooptation7. Student Immaterial Labor8. By the Numbers9. Bad English: The Culture Wars Reconsidered10. The Long Twentieth CenturyEpilogueNotesIndex
£25.20
Indiana University Press Growing Good
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBill Hemminger has compiled a dozen stories of seeking, finding, experimenting, succeeding, sometimes losing momentum, all leading me to face his opening challenge, to truthfully answer: "Where Do We Come From"? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" . . . He sets the stage for the stories that show how clusters of caring communities are helping to bring positivity to challenges by opening opportunities for those facing small and huge challenges to become part of their own forward momentum. -- Rita Kohn * NUVO *Table of ContentsIntroduction: "Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?", by William Hemminger1. Why Both Feed the Line and Reduce the Line?, by John A. Elliott2. A Refuge in the City, by Shelley Dewig3. Made for Belonging: Spiritual Practice and the Pleasures of Bridge-Building, by Kyle Kramer4. Standing Up to the Super, by Wendy Bredhold5. Making Your Garden Native and Natural, by Cris G. Hochwender and Anna Jean Stratman6. A Community of Gardeners, by William Hemminger7. Sister Joanna's House of Bread and Peace, by Jes Pope8. Creating Community, by Amy Rich9. Friends and Neighbors: Photographs from the Open Door Community, by R. Calvin Kimbrough Jr.10. Advocating for Children, by Trisha Brown, Yvonne Mans, and Sally Carr11. Books to Open Young Minds: For Preschool through Middle School, by Kamela Jordan12. The Sweet Spot of Climate Action, by Jim Poyser
£14.24
Princeton University Press The Elements of Library Research
Book SynopsisIntroduces various components of information-seeking process. This book focuses on basic concepts, strategies, tools, and tactics for research - in both electronic and print formats. It shows how to avoid plagiarism.Trade Review"George (reference, Princeton Univ. Lib.) has created a research guide for undergraduates. While the focus is on library research, George also briefly covers other methods of research students will encounter in college, such as experimental, field, and observational. The author makes excellent use of checklists and charts, along with 15 'Mary's Maxims' (e.g., 'Don't Settle for What's Handy') to highlight the steps students should take in the research process, as well as explaining important key research terms and how to evaluate sources. The book includes four appendixes, two of which, 'Research Timelines' and 'Questions To Ask Your Instructor,' would be extremely useful for students who are feeling overwhelmed by the research process. While aimed toward students, especially those inexperienced in the research process, the book would also be helpful for any librarians teaching introduction to research courses at their institutions. Recommended for high school and college libraries."--Julie Elliott, Library Journal "Diving into research can be a daunting task, whether the quest for information is conducted by a first-year undergraduate or an experienced graduate student. Realizing that professors may assume a higher level of research proficiency in their students than exists in reality, George offers a fresh, comprehensive, enjoyable discussion for readers of all levels and abilities... Engaging in successful research may be difficult for a novice, but readers of this work will possess a new confidence as they work through their undergraduate or graduate coursework."--C.D. Vidas, Choice "Mary W. George has succeeded at describing the elements of library research in this monograph. She avoids overwhelming the reader with a list of specific titles to consult in each area of research, and instead encourages beginning researchers to dive into the process, take good notes, and produce a well-researched project. Overall, this book is a well-written and well-organized guide for how to turn curiosity into research and learning."--Margie Ruppel, Journal of Academic Librarianship "Written with the student in mind, this volume covers the basic steps involved in library research and will prove to be an excellent resource for both teacher and student. The teacher, whose responsibility it is to provide consistent direction and research evaluation will particularly find this volume a useful tool. The introduction is clearly written and in an instructional style beneficial to both teacher and student... Coupled with a glossary of library research terms, a selected bibliography, and a useful index, this volume will prove a valuable tool for educators for many years."--Joseph P. Hester, American Reference Books AnnualTable of ContentsPreface xi Chapter 1: Introduction to Research as Inquiry 1 Chapter 2: From Research Assignment to Research Plan 14 Chapter 3: Strategy and Tools for Discovery 64 Chapter 4: The Fine Art of Finding Sources 90 Chapter 5: Insight, Evaluation, Argument, and Beyond 126 Appendix A: Good Habits, Helpful Hints, and Wrong Assumptions 145 Appendix B: Mary's Maxims Compiled 147 Appendix C: Research Timelines 149 Appendix D: Questions to Ask Your Instructor 161 Appendix E: Research Appointment Worksheet 163 Glossary of Library Research Terms 165 Selected Bibliography 191 Index 195
£12.34
Princeton University Press Along Came Google
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Readers will find a well-balanced perspective of this issue, covering ethics, finances, intentions, and a glimpse of the future. The book will be of interest to librarians, researchers, publishers, thought leaders, and those interested in digital technology." * Booklist *"This book deserves recognition as the definitive history of the Google book digitization project."---Jeffrey Garrett, ResearchGate"This timely work examines the digitization of libraries and their transformation from collection builders to information access points. . . . Recommended." * Choice *
£25.20
Princeton University Press Along Came Google
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Readers will find a well-balanced perspective of this issue, covering ethics, finances, intentions, and a glimpse of the future. The book will be of interest to librarians, researchers, publishers, thought leaders, and those interested in digital technology." * Booklist *"This book deserves recognition as the definitive history of the Google book digitization project."---Jeffrey Garrett, ResearchGate"This timely work examines the digitization of libraries and their transformation from collection builders to information access points. . . . Recommended." * Choice *
£18.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Hypertext 30 Critical Theory and New Media in an
Book SynopsisThoroughly expanded and updated, this pioneering work continues to be the "ur-textof hypertext studies.Trade ReviewChallenges the reader... Because it invites (and nearly requires) readers to place themselves in more than one position: as a student of communication theory, as a student of computer science, as a student of academic publishing, or as a student of literature. -- Paul Baker Education PR Blog 2007Table of ContentsPreface: Why Hypertext 3.0?Acknowledgments1. Hypertext: An IntroductionHypertextual Derrida, Poststructuralist Nelson?The Definition of Hypertext and Its History as a ConceptVery Active ReadersVannevar Bush and the MemexForms of Linking, Their Uses and LimitationsLinking in Open Hypermedia Systems: Vannevar Bush Walks the WebHypertext without Links?The Place of Hypertext in the History of Information TechnologyInteractive or Ergodic?Baudrillard, Binarity, and the DigitalBooks Are Technology, TooAnalogues to the Gutenberg Revolution2. Hypertext and Critical TheoryTextual OpennessHypertext and IntertextualityHypertext and MultivocalityHypertext and DecenteringHypertext as RhizomeThe Nonlinear Model of the Network in Current Critical TheoryCause or Convergence, Influence or Confluence?3. Reconfiguring the TextReconfiguring the TextThe In MemoriamWebNew Forms of Discursive Prose—Academic Writing and WeblogsProblems with Terminology: What Is the Object We Read, and What Is a Text in Hypertext?Visual Elements in Print TextAnimated TextStretchtextThe Dispersed TextHypertextual Translation of Scribal CultureA Third Convergence: Hypertext and Theories of Scholarly EditingHypertext, Scholarly Annotation, and the Electronic Scholarly EditionHypertext and the Problem of Text StructureArgumentation, Organization, and RhetoricBeginnings in the Open TextEndings in the Open TextBoundaries of the Open TextThe Status of the Text, Status in the TextHypertext and Decentrality: The Philosophical Grounding4. Reconfiguring the AuthorErosion of the SelfHow the Print Author Differs from the Hypertext AuthorVirtual PresenceCollaborative Writing, Collaborative AuthorshipExamples of Collaboration in Hypertext5. Reconfiguring WritingThe Problematic Concept of DisorientationThe Concept of Disorientation in the HumanitiesThe Love of PossibilitiesThe Rhetoric and Stylistics of Writing for E-Space; or, How Should We Write Hypertext?Hypertext as Collage WritingIs This Hypertext Any Good? Or, How Do We Evaluate Quality in Hypermedia?6. Reconfiguring NarrativeApproaches to Hypertext Fiction—Some Opening RemarksHypertext and the Aristotelian Conception of PlotQuasi-Hypertextuality in Print TextsAnswering Aristotle: Hypertext and the Nonlinear PlotPrint Anticipations of Multilinear Narratives in E-SpaceNarrative Beginnings and EndingsMichael Joyce's afternoonStitching Together Narrative, Sexuality, Self: Shelley Jackson's Patchwork GirlQuibbling: A Feminist Rhizome NarrativeStoryworlds and Other Forms of Hypertext NarrativesComputer Games, Hypertext, and NarrativeDigitizing the Movies: Interactive versus Multiplied CinemaIs Hypertext Fiction Possible?7. Reconfiguring Literary EducationThreats and PromisesReconfiguring the InstructorReconfiguring the StudentLearning the Culture of a DisciplineNontraditional Students: Distant Learners and Readers outside Educational InstitutionsThe Effects of Hypermedia in Teaching and LearningReconfiguring Assignments and Methods of EvaluationA Hypertext ExerciseReconceiving Canon and CurriculumCreating the New Discursive WritingFrom Intermedia to the Web—Losses and GainsAnswered Prayers, or the Academic Politics of ResistanceWhat Chance Has Hypertext in Education?Getting the Paradigm RightThe Politics of Hypertext: Who Controls the Text? Can Hypertext Empower Anyone? Does Hypertext Have a Political Logic?The Marginalization of Technology and the Mystification of LiteratureThe Politics of Particular TechnologiesTechnology as ProsthesisThe Political Vision of Hypertext; or, the Message in the MediumHypertext and Postcolonial Literature, Criticism, and TheoryInfotech, Empires, and DecolonizationHypertext as Paradigm for PostcolonialityForms of Postcolonial AmnesiaHypertext as Paradigm inPostcolonial TheoryThe Politics of AccessWho Can Make Links, Who Decides What Is Linked?Slashdot: The Reader as Writer and Editor in a Multiuser WeblogPornography, Gambling, and Law on the Internet—Vulnerability and Invulnerability in E-SpaceAccess to the Text and the Author's Right (Copyright)Is the Hypertextual World of the Internet Anarchy or Big Brother's Realm?NotesBibliographyIndex
£27.45
The University of Alabama Press Public Libraries in Nazi Germany
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMargaret F. Stieg's thoroughly researched study, the first comprehensive examination of public libraries in Nazi Germany, reveals that library policy in the Third Reich was far more complex than we might assume, with the positive and the negative hopelessly entangled.... A solid and welcome contribution. - American Historical Review; ""This book is impressively documented and presents a wealth of new material on the apparatus of censorship and the role of public libraries in cultural politics."" - Central European History; ""[A] well-documented and fascinating work."" - Library Quarterly
£30.56
MP-ALA American Library Assoc Academic Librarianship
Book SynopsisIdeal for practitioners looking to advance their careers and for use in LIS programs, this ""comprehensive overview"" (Journal of Access Services) has been thoroughly revised and updated to provide a timely exploration of the characteristics of academic librarianship and its place in the ever-changing environment of higher education.Trade Review”This volume provides an excellent overview of the academic environment and the role of librarians in that milieu. Pearls of wisdom and interesting facts are tucked throughout the book so that even the most experienced academic librarian will find thought-provoking content in its pages ... this work is a good starting place as it is rich in suggestions of resources for those who would like to read further about particular issues."" — Journal of the Medical Library Association ”A wonderful resource for LIS students and newly graduated professionals interested in pursuing a career in academic libraries. The authors provide an insightful exploration of the unique nature of academic librarianship and the academic environment."" — Journal of Academic Librarianship”Chapters are consistently informative and constantly enriched by the knowledge conveyed in the preceding sections of the book ... a superior textbook."" — Library Management
£60.75
MP-ALA American Library Assoc The Experimental Library A Guide to Taking Risks
Book SynopsisSticking with the status quo is no longer an option; those that experiment are better positioned to adapt to rapidly changing environments and evolving user needs and behaviors. Taking inspiration from the startup sector, The Experimental Library shows how to harness experimentation as a tool for testing ideas and responding to change.Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I A Culture of Experimentation Chapter 1 The Power of Curiosity Chapter 2 What Makes an Experiment? Chapter 3 Everything Is an Experiment Part II The Experimentation Toolbox Chapter 4 Ideate Chapter 5 Design Chapter 6 Experiment Chapter 7 Engage Chapter 8 Assess Part III Mapping Experimentation to Your Organization Chapter 9 Fail Forward Chapter 10 Reskilling the Information Professional Chapter 11 The Experimentation Roadmap Bibliography Index
£48.75
MP-ALA American Library Assoc 52 ReadytoUse Gaming Programs for Libraries
Book SynopsisGaming programs offer many benefits: they encourage interaction among patrons, strengthen community bonds with the library, and when done right they can be incredibly popular. This book presents more than 50 creative programming ideas from public, school, and academic libraries.
£59.62
MP-ALA American Library Assoc Impactful CommunityBased Literacy Projects
Book SynopsisProvides evidence-based practice guidelines for librarians and educators. To optimize results, the projects in this book blend early literacy benefits, fundamental reading skills, and other foundational concepts with culture- or community-specific sensitivity and leveraging.Table of Contents Foreword: Literacy Is Life by Dr. Lois Bridges Introduction Chapter 1 Steps to Literacy Chapter 2 Literacy Projects Chapter 3 Literacy Partners Chapter 4 Literacy Issues Chapter 5 Applied Literacies Chapter 6 Planning Literacy Projects Next Steps
£47.20
John Wiley & Sons Classroom Management for School Librarians
Book SynopsisIneffective classroom management can hamper or completely negate your efforts at creating a strong library program. This powerful resource from Hilda K. Weisburg shows you how to prevent, deal with, and overcome discipline problems you may face when communicating with and teaching K-12 students.Table of Contents Foreword by Gail K. Dickinson Introduction 1. The Library Classroom—It's Different 2. Begin as You Mean to Go On 3. A Library Lesson 4. Cooperation and Collaboration—and Co-Teaching 5. The Curriculum 6. Distractions, Disruptions, and Defiance 7. Time Management, Clubs, and Other Uses of the Library 8. A Safe, Welcoming Space 9. Assessments 10. Ending the Year Right 11. Managing the Whole Index
£999.99
MP-ALA American Library Assoc The Readers Advisory Guide to Genre Blends for
Book SynopsisTable of Contents Series Introduction, by Joyce Saricks and Neal Wyatt Acknowledgments Part I — Foundations Chapter 1 — Genre Blends Their Emergence, Appeal, and Special Considerations Chapter 2 — Reader Appeals and Book Appeals Doorways into the RA Conversation Part II — Annotations Chapter 3 — Graphic Novels Chapter 4 — Historical Fantasies Chapter 5 — Historical Mysteries Chapter 6 — Magical Realism Chapter 7 — Steampunk Fiction Chapter 8 — Verse Novels Subject/Theme/Appeals Index Coping with Challenges Index Author/Title Index
£48.75
MP-ALA American Library Assoc TwentyFirstCentury Access Services On the Front
Book SynopsisTable of Contents Foreword - James G. Neal Introduction - Michael J. Krasulski and Trevor A. Dawes Part 1 Core Access Services Chapter 1 Circulation Karen Glover Chapter 2 Stacks Management David W. Bottorff Part 2 Access Services beyond Circulation Chapter 3 Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Tom Bruno Chapter 4 Course Reserves Management Brice Austin Chapter 5 Building Management Responsibilities for Access Services David W. Bottorff, Katherine Furlong, and David McCaslin Chapter 6 Emerging Technologies and Spaces in Access Services Katherine Furlong and David McCaslin Part 3 Special Topics in Access Services Chapter 7 Access Services within Campus and Library Organizations Stephanie Atkins Sharpe Chapter 8 Access Services Department Organization Brad Warren Chapter 9 Access Services and the Success of the Academic Library Nora Dethloff and Paul Sharpe Chapter 10 Assessing and Benchmarking Access Services David K. Larsen Chapter 11 The Kept-Up Access Services Professional Michael J. Krasulski Conclusion
£42.26
MP-ALA American Library Assoc Now Youre a Manager
Book SynopsisCovering everything from building teams to creating a respectful workplace to managing university politics, Now You're a Manager provides lists, exercises, and techniques for assembling and managing an effective, happy team. This book is designed to meet the specific needs of new mid-level managers in academic libraries, and can be used for individual use and group discussion.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Managing and Building Departments and Teams Chapter 2. Managing Diverse Departments Chapter 3. Creating a Respectful Workplace and Dealing with Problem Employees Chapter 4. Professional Development and Training Chapter 5. Mentoring and Coaching Chapter 6. Conducting Effective Meetings Chapter 7. Managing Between Library Administration and Your Employees Chapter 8. Managing Library and University Politics and Bureaucracy Chapter 9. Managing Change Chapter 10. Managing as a Team
£22.75
Harvard University Press Trophies of War and Empire
Book SynopsisThe foremost authority today on Soviet and post-Soviet archives in Eastern Europe considers the essential problems of Ukrainian archeography.Trade ReviewPatricia Grimstead’s Trophies of War and Empire is a tour de force of scholarship… Her narrative is full of revelations about the unsolved mysteries of wartime looting and her exhaustive documentation, footnotes, and bibliography are an essential resource for all those with an interest in provenance research and restitution. -- Lynn H. Nicholas, author of The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe’s Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War
£16.10
University of Texas Press A Library for the Americas
Book SynopsisThis splendidly illustrated volume presents the treasures of the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austinone of the world's great libraries for the study of Latin America and Latinas/os in the United States.Trade ReviewA fascinating view into the history and contents of one of the most important Latin American archives in the United States...The selected contributions did an outstanding job of shedding light on both the nature of the collection and the experience of scholars who have consulted these archives. * Chiricú *UT Austin has one of the best collections of Latin American rare books and artifacts, and this tome will bring them into your home library. Showcasing the treasures of the library in full color, you'll be able to page through treasures of Latin American history—codexes, paintings, and more. * Remezcla *[A] coffee table collector's item...The book...offers more than 192 sumptuous color plates than span 500 years of Latin American history and recent archives that document Latino life in the United States. * Pasatiempo *[A] long-overdue publication...Julianne Gilland and José Montelongo's edited volume provides the full history of the Benson Library, making abundantly clear its intellectual consequence and relevance for scholars of all species. Although the title might suggest that the book is mainly targeted to specialized audiences, its eight essays are all pleasant and easy to read. * Latin American & Latinx Visual Culture *[A Library for the Americas] sparks much needed dialogue on the circulation of cultural materials…A Library presents as a coffee-table book but engages extant, though still sparse, scholarship linking Latin American studies and library history that identify custodianship with politics...an enticing preview of how varied and animated the discourse on custodial practice has been and will continue to be. * Libraries: Culture, History, and Society *Simply breathtaking and beautiful...This is a book meant to evoke intense emotional and aesthetic reactions. More important, it is a book to evoke curiosity. * Arcade: Literature, the Humanities, & the World *Table of Contents Foreword by Julianne Gilland, José Montelongo, Virginia Garrard, and lorraine j. haricombe Introduction: A Brief History of a Great Library, by David Block Latin American Collections 1. In Praise of the Benson Collection/Elogio de la Colección Benson, by Mauricio Tenorio 2. The Relaciones Geográficas, by Barbara E. Mundy 3. Archive in a Library: The Case of the Saint John d’El Rey Mining Company, by Richard Graham 4. A Walk through the Benson with Lucas Alamán, by Eric Van Young 5. La pasión por lo impreso: historia del Fondo Arturo Taracena Flores, by Arturo Taracena Arriola Plates Latina/o Collections 6. The Benson as an Oppositional Borderlands Archive, by David Montejano 7. Printed Proof: The Cultural Politics of Ricardo and Harriett Romo’s Print Collection, by Tatiana Reinoza 8. Telling Treasures: The Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa Archive at the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, by Norma E. Cantú Plates Acknowledgments Contributors
£35.10
University of Toronto Press Minds Alive
Book SynopsisThis book explores the enduring role and intrinsic value of libraries and archives as public institutions in the digital age.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Foreword Tami Oliphant, University of Alberta and Ali Shiri, University of Alberta Acknowledgments Introduction Patricia Demers, University of Alberta and Toni Samek, University of Alberta I. Enduring Values Libraries: Why Bother? Alice Crawford, University of St. Andrews Academic Library Spaces, Digital Culture, and Communities Guylaine Beaudry, Concordia University The Public Library’s Enduring Importance Marc Kosciejew, Western University II. Public Literacy and Private Oases Loss of the Social, Return of the Private: Acknowledging Public Failure in the Age of Boudoir Surplus Mario Hibert, University of Sarajevo Re-establishing Values, Constructing New Missions: The Value of the Modern Library in the Development of Information and Digital Literacy in Public Life Konstantina Martzoukou, Robert Gordon University III. Transformations and Resistance Libraries’ Shifting Roles and Responsibilities in the Networked Age Michael Carroll, American University Washington College of Law The Interface of the Digital Library: The Perseus Digital Library as a Case Study Geoffrey Rockwell, University of Alberta, Sarah Vela, Lisa M. Cerrato, Mihaela Ilovan, Stan Ruecker, Perseus Digital Library, and the INKE Research Group Wanderbibliotheken: Travelling Books and DIY Libraries Carolyn Guertin, Western University IV. Disciplinary and Institutional Partnerships Is Professionalism Still an Acceptable Goal for Archivists in the Global Digital Society? Richard Cox, Comcast Digital Research with All Our Senses: How the Archivist, the Historian, and the Librarian Can Work Together on the New Frontier Nigel Raab, Loyola Marymount University The Critical, Diverse (and Sometimes Neglected) Roles of Libraries and Archives in a Museum Setting Brendan Edwards, Royal Ontario Museum V. Curation and Commons Beyond Place: Data Curation Possibilities for Post-custodial Archives and Libraries Seamus Ross, University of Toronto "The X-Files": The Truth is in the Archives, but Access is Restricted Frank J. Tough, University of Alberta Works Cited Contributors Index
£47.60
Brandeis University Press The Lost Library
Book SynopsisThe story of the greatest prewar Jewish library in Europe
£28.00
Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and
Book SynopsisLeaders in the field of information literacy, Esther S. Grassian and Joan R. Kaplowitz have revised, expanded, and updated their comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of library instruction. This second edition covers all aspects and modes of information literacy instruction, including history and psychology, as well as how to create and design teaching materials, how to use new technology to support pedagogy, and how to utilize new developments in the field since the publication of the previous edition. The recommended readings and exercises at the end of each chapter help put ideas and concepts into practice. The companion CD-ROM includes institutional and library mission statements related to information literacy, a table listing pros and cons of assessment tools, a brief overview of learning styles table, examples of minimalist documentation, a sample PowerPoint slide show, a sample class outline, a two-minute yoga exercise, suggestions for further reading and the complete book bibliography, both with links to web pages.
£70.40
Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc Early Literacy Programming En Espanol: Mother
Book SynopsisEngage your Latino users with proven, effective bilingual early childhood programming - even if you're not a Spanish speaker! Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen, award-winning creator of the widely-successful Mother Goose on the Loose[registered] (MGOL) early literacy program, has done it again! Using a combination of translated MGOL songs and traditional Spanish songs from around the world, this lively program helps children develop school readiness skills and presents child development tips to the adults in their lives. Diamant-Cohen, a much in-demand speaker at workshops throughout the United States and Canada, provides a complete, ready-to-use script for MGOL en Espanol in English and Spanish that is packed with rhymes, songs, large-motor activities, animal adventures, lullabies, and musical instrument exploration which provides all you need to joyfully engage bilingual learners in this exceptional program. Librarians will benefit from the book's wealth of lyrics, rhymes, activities, developmental tips, program aids, set-up instructions, worksheets, and bibliographies in both English and Spanish. Valuable advice for transforming the library into a welcoming environment for non-English speaking users, an explanation of the '80 per cent repetition formula', and practical suggestions for finding Spanish-speaking cultural partners to help plan and present these programs make program construction easy. There is a companion CD-ROM that includes a complete MGOL script along with reproducible forms and flannel board templates simplifies planning even more. This easy-to-follow, highly practical guide is essential for any librarian serving Spanish-speaking children.
£57.75
Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc Developing 21st Century Literacies: A K-12 School
Book SynopsisHere is a guide that shows you how to help student’s develop the critical thinking and learning skills necessary for effective and engaged citizens in the 21st Century. It provides tools and strategies to deliver a cutting-edge school library curriculum.
£62.25
Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc Information Literacy Instruction that Works: A
Book SynopsisInformation literacy and library instruction are at the heart of the academic library's mission. But how do you bring that instruction to an increasingly diverse student body and an increasingly varied spectrum of majors? In this updated, expanded new second edition, Ragains and 16 other library instructors share their best practices for reaching out to today's unique users. Readers will find strategies and techniques for teaching college and university freshmen, community college students, students with disabilities, and those in distance learning programs. Alongside sample lesson plans, presentations, brochures, worksheets, hand-outs, and evaluation forms, Ragains and his contributors offer proven approaches to teaching students in the most popular programs of study, including English Literature Art and Art History Film Studies History Psychology Science Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Hospitality Business Music Anthropology Engineering Coverage of additional special topics, including legal information for non-law students, government information, and patent searching, making this a complete guide to information literacy instruction.
£71.25
University of Massachusetts Press Institutions of Reading: The Social Life of Libraries in the United States
Book SynopsisTracing the evolution of the library as a modern institution from the late eighteenth century to the digital era, this book explores the diverse practices by which Americans have shared reading matter for instruction, edification, and pleasure. Writing from a rich variety of perspectives, the contributors raise important questions about the material forms and social shapes of American culture. What is a library? How have libraries fostered communities of readers and influenced the practice of reading in particular communities? How did the development of modern libraries alter the boundaries of individual and social experience, and define new kinds of public culture? To what extent have libraries served as commercial enterprises, as centers of power, and as places of empowerment for African Americans, women, and immigrants? ""Institutions of Reading"" offers at once a social history of literacy and leisure, an intellectual history of institutional and technological innovations that facilitated the mass distribution and consumption of printed books and periodicals, and a cultural history of the symbolic meanings and practical uses of reading in American life. In addition to the editors, contributors include Elizabeth Amann, Michael Baenen, James Green, Elizabeth McHenry, Barbara Mitchell, Christine Pawley, Janice Radway, James Raven, Karin Roffman, and Roy Rosenzweig.Trade ReviewThis is a first-rate publication. It adds to the scholarly literature on the history of libraries and reading, and provides us with a dozen interesting and well-done case studies cutting across a variety of types of libraries, ethnic and racial groups, women, technological issues, and eras.... The book will appeal to historians of reading and libraries and to librarians interested in the origins of their institutions. - Richard J. Cox, University of Pittsburgh ""A much-needed addition to the field of library history, a field in which a great deal of research remains to be done. It will be useful also to cultural historians and scholars interested in the history of the book.... One of the real strengths of the work is the fact that it addresses issues from colonial times up to the present and into the future, presenting an overview of current scholarship in the field."" - Thomas G. Knoles, American Antiquarian Society
£999.99
Purdue University Press Teaching and Collecting Technical Standards: A
Book SynopsisTechnical standards are a vital source of information for providing guidelines during the design, manufacture, testing, and use of whole products, materials, and components. To prepare students—especially engineering students—for the workforce, universities are increasing the use of standards within the curriculum. Employers believe it is important for recent university graduates to be familiar with standards. Despite the critical role standards play within academia and the workforce, little information is available on the development of standards information literacy, which includes the ability to understand the standardization process; identify types of standards; and locate, evaluate, and use standards effectively.Libraries and librarians are a critical part of standards education, and much of the discussion has been focused on the curation of standards within libraries. However, librarians also have substantial experience in developing and teaching standards information literacy curriculum. With the need for universities to develop a workforce that is well-educated on the use of standards, librarians and course instructors can apply their experiences in information literacy toward teaching students the knowledge and skills regarding standards that they will need to be successful in their field. This title provides background information for librarians on technical standards as well as collection development best practices. It also creates a model for librarians and course instructors to use when building a standards information literacy curriculum.
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Purdue University Press Teaching and Collecting Technical Standards: A
Book SynopsisTechnical standards are a vital source of information for providing guidelines during the design, manufacture, testing, and use of whole products, materials, and components. To prepare students—especially engineering students—for the workforce, universities are increasing the use of standards within the curriculum. Employers believe it is important for recent university graduates to be familiar with standards. Despite the critical role standards play within academia and the workforce, little information is available on the development of standards information literacy, which includes the ability to understand the standardization process; identify types of standards; and locate, evaluate, and use standards effectively.Libraries and librarians are a critical part of standards education, and much of the discussion has been focused on the curation of standards within libraries. However, librarians also have substantial experience in developing and teaching standards information literacy curriculum. With the need for universities to develop a workforce that is well-educated on the use of standards, librarians and course instructors can apply their experiences in information literacy toward teaching students the knowledge and skills regarding standards that they will need to be successful in their field. This title provides background information for librarians on technical standards as well as collection development best practices. It also creates a model for librarians and course instructors to use when building a standards information literacy curriculum.
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Information Age Publishing The Time is Now: Creating Community Through
Book SynopsisHigh school students, teachers, community members, and leaders come together in this innovative book to share the profound influence of artmaking and justice- oriented work. Authors paint vibrant images of being empowered and engaging in social change. Throughout their art-based meaning making, authors pose critical questions and unlock possibilities. Their first-tellings regarding the power of art provide readers with a lens to understand how they navigate injustices they endure and ways in which artmaking is a vehicle for transformation. Their artmaking is a call for change.Authors emphasize how artmaking bridges relationships and brings diverse community members together with purpose. Together, they engage in new understandings of self and other. Authors identify how their arts-based collaborations publicly showcase their justice-oriented work, but more importantly, promote possibility and hope. Youth explore how artmaking plays a vital role in promoting collective efficacy and engaging diverse communities in social transformation.Artmaking mobilizes people. And once activated, these authors utilize their newly cultivated communities to foster justice-oriented work throughout schools and communities. Their justice-oriented artmaking affords community members opportunities to respond in new ways by embracing community strengths and students' lived experiences. This authentic collaboration empowers the artmaker and community to promote justice-oriented work and practices centered on diversity and inclusivity.Trade ReviewReading Christa Boske's The Time is Now is to find a profound sense of joy, wholeness, and energy to push out the borders of consciousness too tightly bound to the hyperrationalism of the workday world grounded in materialism and business transactions. The collected authors in Christa's book give form to the spirit world, and its proclivity to allow the whole human being to embrace it, putter in it, explore it and find themselves in the journey. Artmaking is about self-discovery and emancipation. It's a must read for anyone who wants re-establish a belief in themselves and in humanity."" — Fenwick W. English, Professor and Department Chair, Ball State University""Read this compelling new resource if you want to engage the next generation of youth activists in transforming our world. Truly, The Time is Now offers school leaders the most exciting, creative avenues for generating justice we've seen in a long time. This book rises to the challenge of being real when so much is at stake."" —Margaret Grogan, Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy, Chapman University""The Time is Now. A profound title that encapsulates so much regarding what we need in today's world. Woven through the various narratives, we accept the invitation to hear the stories of artists and explorers in their respective communities. An authentic confrontation of the many tensions that exist in our quest to seek out equity in the areas of diversity, inclusivity, and lived experiences. Voices that ring of radical change, the reconceptualization of freedom, and the agentive stance we are called to take to realize a higher state of being and a more noble existence. The stories remind us that the dream of transformation is our most compelling force- this book gives us a map of all that is possible if we work together."" — Lillian McEnery-Benavente, Director and Professor, University of Houston""Christa Boske's edited book, The Time is Now, provides readers with a profound sense of what it means to live through injustice. The book, though, is not just a collection of heartbreaking stories, but a chronicle of triumphs, as the previously unheard are finally given a voice through artmaking. In chapter after deeply moving chapter, I was struck by the simultaneous vulnerability and bravery of the artists who shared their stories. What was clear, was that artmaking was a form of awakening for the artmakers: awakening to social justice issues, awakening to their ability to connect to the community through art and even awakening to their own value, which for so many, had been wholly unrecognized prior to this experience. This book comes at a time of deep reflection on equity, diversity and inclusion in our nation and the stories remind us that our children are absorbing these conversations. They are living these experiences and their voices are an essential part of the dialogue."" — Habeebah R. Grimes, Chief Executive Officer
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Information Age Publishing The Time is Now: Creating Community Through
Book SynopsisHigh school students, teachers, community members, and leaders come together in this innovative book to share the profound influence of artmaking and justice- oriented work. Authors paint vibrant images of being empowered and engaging in social change. Throughout their art-based meaning making, authors pose critical questions and unlock possibilities. Their first-tellings regarding the power of art provide readers with a lens to understand how they navigate injustices they endure and ways in which artmaking is a vehicle for transformation. Their artmaking is a call for change.Authors emphasize how artmaking bridges relationships and brings diverse community members together with purpose. Together, they engage in new understandings of self and other. Authors identify how their arts-based collaborations publicly showcase their justice-oriented work, but more importantly, promote possibility and hope. Youth explore how artmaking plays a vital role in promoting collective efficacy and engaging diverse communities in social transformation.Artmaking mobilizes people. And once activated, these authors utilize their newly cultivated communities to foster justice-oriented work throughout schools and communities. Their justice-oriented artmaking affords community members opportunities to respond in new ways by embracing community strengths and students' lived experiences. This authentic collaboration empowers the artmaker and community to promote justice-oriented work and practices centered on diversity and inclusivity.Trade ReviewReading Christa Boske's The Time is Now is to find a profound sense of joy, wholeness, and energy to push out the borders of consciousness too tightly bound to the hyperrationalism of the workday world grounded in materialism and business transactions. The collected authors in Christa's book give form to the spirit world, and its proclivity to allow the whole human being to embrace it, putter in it, explore it and find themselves in the journey. Artmaking is about self-discovery and emancipation. It's a must read for anyone who wants re-establish a belief in themselves and in humanity."" — Fenwick W. English, Professor and Department Chair, Ball State University""Read this compelling new resource if you want to engage the next generation of youth activists in transforming our world. Truly, The Time is Now offers school leaders the most exciting, creative avenues for generating justice we've seen in a long time. This book rises to the challenge of being real when so much is at stake."" —Margaret Grogan, Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy, Chapman University""The Time is Now. A profound title that encapsulates so much regarding what we need in today's world. Woven through the various narratives, we accept the invitation to hear the stories of artists and explorers in their respective communities. An authentic confrontation of the many tensions that exist in our quest to seek out equity in the areas of diversity, inclusivity, and lived experiences. Voices that ring of radical change, the reconceptualization of freedom, and the agentive stance we are called to take to realize a higher state of being and a more noble existence. The stories remind us that the dream of transformation is our most compelling force- this book gives us a map of all that is possible if we work together."" — Lillian McEnery-Benavente, Director and Professor, University of Houston""Christa Boske's edited book, The Time is Now, provides readers with a profound sense of what it means to live through injustice. The book, though, is not just a collection of heartbreaking stories, but a chronicle of triumphs, as the previously unheard are finally given a voice through artmaking. In chapter after deeply moving chapter, I was struck by the simultaneous vulnerability and bravery of the artists who shared their stories. What was clear, was that artmaking was a form of awakening for the artmakers: awakening to social justice issues, awakening to their ability to connect to the community through art and even awakening to their own value, which for so many, had been wholly unrecognized prior to this experience. This book comes at a time of deep reflection on equity, diversity and inclusion in our nation and the stories remind us that our children are absorbing these conversations. They are living these experiences and their voices are an essential part of the dialogue."" — Habeebah R. Grimes, Chief Executive Officer
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Society Publishing Library Administration
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Emerald Publishing Limited Advances in Library Administration and
Book SynopsisAs it continues to publish work that is relevant for both researchers and library practitioners, Volume 30 of "Advances in Library Administration and Organization" contains articles describing efforts at cooperation and collaboration within the library profession. This volume includes scholarship that illustrates both concepts, best defined in one of the chapters as terms 'often used loosely to describe relationships among entities or people working together.' Topics explored within the volume include an examination of public and academic libraries as places that provide purposeful spaces specific to providing user need fulfilment; library services in juvenile detention centers; and, the contribution of school library media specialists. The development of electronic institutional repositories, primarily in academic libraries and based on efforts to encourage campus community involvement and partnerships between librarians and the faculty they serve is discussed. Successful fund raising in libraries is explored through the examination of the impact of organizational placement of the library development officer in universities.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Introduction. A Critical Analysis of the Discourse on Academic Libraries as Learning Places. The Rural Public Library as Place: A Theoretical Analysis. A Framework for Institutional Repository Development. Interagency Cooperation in Juvenile Detention Center Library Services: An Introduction to the Issues. Perceptions of School Library Media Specialists Regarding the Practice of Instructional Leadership. The Perceptions of High School Teachers on the Roles and Responsibilities of Library Media Specialists. About the Authors. Advances in library administration and organization. Advances in library administration and organization. Advances in library administration and organization. Copyright page.
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Digital Libraries and Crowdsourcing
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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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Fox and the Bees: The Early Library of Corpus
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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Liverpool University Press Social Information Science: Love, Health and the
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Prestel The Cathedral of Music: The Archivo Storico
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and captivating book follows the evolution of Milan's Ricordi archive, from its founding in 1808 by publisher Giovanni Ricordi to its present-day holdings of thousands of scores, letters, libretti, sketches of opera scenery and costume design, photographs, and Art Nouveau and Art Deco posters. In addition, the original manuscripts of nearly all of the operas written by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, and Paganini are preserved inside its hallowed vaults. The book contains an overview of the archive's entire collection whilst also examining rare autographs, the often-unacknowledged significance of the libretto, and the phenomenon of Italian opera and its important contributions to the world of music and culture. Revealing fascinating stories of uncovered secrets and biographical insights into the composers this book is a treasure trove of musical ephemera which pays tribute to the glorious, dynamic, and colorful history of making, presenting, promoting, and preserving music for the ages.
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New India Publishing Agency Library Services in The Knowledge Web
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New India Publishing Agency Library Services in The Knowledge Web
Book SynopsisLIBRARY SERVICES IN THE KNOWLEDGE WEB: Now more than ever, thanks to capabilities made available by the web and Internet, libraries are making materials available to patrons on an almost immediate basis provided those patrons have Internet access. Many journal articles are now made available online by libraries, provided patrons have the right entry id or password, these articles can now be accessed without any need to go to a physical library. The present Festschrift volume is a humble presentation to Dr Madan Kumar Stanley by his professional colleagues and friends to mark his professional valuable contributions and service to the library & information science community, especially to Agricultural Librarianship even after his retirement. A look of contributors of this volume and over whelming response received shows the affection and respect towards his senior professional Dr M.K. Stanely. We extend our sincere thanks to the learned contributors and grateful acknowledges to their contributions. A look of contributors of this volume and over whelming response received shows the affection and respect towards his senior professional Dr M.K. Stanely. We extend our sincere thanks to the learned contributors and grateful acknowledges to their contributions.Table of Contents1. Gigantic role of e-books: an overview of future libraries/K. Veeranjaneyulu and L.S.R.C.V. Ramesh. 2. Electronic resources collection development : policies and practices in university libraries/Avineni Kishore. 3. Adoption of E-resources in Indian libraries for countering economic challenges/L.S.R.C.V. Ramesh and Mohd. Vali Hussain. 4. Library services and resources in Christian Mission Hospitals in Tamil Nadu with special reference to CMC&H, Vellore/D. Joyson Soundrarajan and B. Ramesh Babu. 5. Agro-informatics: changing trend of using information and communication technology in agricultural sector/Rabindra K. Mahapatra. 6. Electronic resources management : opportunities and challenges in digital era/K. Veeranjaneyulu, N.P. Ravi Kumar and T. Sreenivasa Rao. 7. Electronic publishing: impact of information communication technology on research knowledge resource centres/Rajpal Walke and N.K. Wadhwa. 8. Bibliometric analysis of the nursing literature: a study at Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences University, Tirupati/V. Nireekshan Babu, M.R. Murali Prasad and A. Omkar Murthy. 9. User education in the age of information technology/M. Suresh Babu and D. Chandran. 10. The diffusion of library and information science in the modern age in Andhra Pradesh/R. Pommal Rao and M. Muniya Naik. 11. User education in agricultural libraries in digitized environment/Monisha Mishra and Rabindra K. Mahapatra. 12. Awareness of information literacy and computer literacy awareness among teachers: a case study/D. Konappa, K. Kumar, M. Tholkappian and D. Chandran. 13. Total quality management approaches in agricultural libraries in India: an introspection/D.R. Meher and Rabindra K. Mahapatra. 14. Usage pattern of electronic resources by physics and chemistry research scholars in Periyar University, Salem/N. Subramanian. 15. Use of digital information resources: a librarians perspective/C. Krishna Reddy and M. Anjaiah. 16. Institutional repository IR: need and future trends in Indian libraries/Sunil Kumar Satpathy. 17. Hybrid library and information services to agriculture in the landscape need to develop self-service among users/S.M. Rokade. 18. Digital rights management issues/copyright issues/A.A. Abbas Khan. 19. Role of digital library in e-learning: concept and challenges/N.P. Ravi Kumar and M. Sandhya. 20. Safeguarding digital library materials: a study/M. Tholkappian, M. Suresh Babu, Doraswamy Naick and D. Chandran. 21. Metadata encoding and transmission standards METS in digital libraries : Indian scenario/K. Kumar, D. Konappa and D. Chandran. 22. nthropology online: a review of open courseware content of MIT on anthropology/Shriram Venkatraman, V. Seetha Lakshmi and P. Govinda Reddy. 23. A survey of e-library environment in IITs/Usha M. Dangre and Ashwini P. Paradkar. 24. Library network and consortia/Amit Dhar, Ajay Kaundal and Dev Walia. 25. Consortia and prospects of libraries in academic environment: an outline/M.K.G. Rajev. 26. Information literacy skills for LIS professionals/B. Ramesh Babu. 27. Knowledge management in academic libraries/Dipak Krushnarao Bhalekar and Prashant P. Deshmukh. 28. Web 2.0 for enhancement of library and information services : focus on weblog/Shalini R. Lihitkar and Ramdas Lihitkar. 29. E-learning and web based library and information services: an overview/Prabhu B. Gaddimani and Satish Kanamadi. 30. Web credibility of selected national library websites : a study/R. Jeyshankar. 31. Open source software in development of ICTs: issues and challenges/Y. Uma Devi, T. Sreenivasa Rao and V. Shailaja. 32. Library science : a new dimension of information industry yet to open/Arun Modak and Sonal Singh. 33. Revamping of the school libraries: a requirement to fulfill the right to education act - 2009/V. Nireekshan Babu and M.R. Murali Prasad. 34. Public libraries in the service of society/Md. Nurul Islam.
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OUP USA Thieves of Book Row
Book SynopsisNo one had ever tried a caper like this before. The goods were kept in a secure room under constant scrutiny, deep inside a crowded building with guards at the exits. The team picked for the job included two old hands known only as Paul and Swede, but all depended on a fresh face, a kid from Pinetown, North Carolina. In the Depression, some fellows were willing to try anything--even a heist in the rare book room of the New York Public Library.In Thieves of Book Row, Travis McDade tells the gripping tale of the worst book-theft ring in American history, and the intrepid detective who brought it down. Author of The Book Thief and a curator of rare books, McDade transforms painstaking research into a rich portrait of Manhattan''s Book Row in the 1920s and ''30s, where organized crime met America''s cultural treasures in dark and crowded shops along gritty Fourth Avenue. Dealers such as Harry Gold, a tough native of the Lower East Side, became experts in recognizing the value of books and Trade ReviewThieves is an engaging cat-and-mouse account of porous libraries, scouts armed with 'gall, confidence, and oversized coats,' complicit salesmen and of G. William Bergquist, the dogged New York Public Library investigator who cracked the gang's most audacious caper: the theft in 1931 of first editions of The Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick and a rare Edgar Allan Poe collection. * New York Times *McDade does a superb job of drawing a complete picture of the environment in which the Romm Gang operated. McDade makes a smart choice to spin his tale around the mostly forgotten individuals who participated in a widespread scheme to steal library books. * Los Angeles Times *McDade's account is a better-informed account of [thief Harry] Gold than those in other sometimes misty-eyed and less hard-nosed portraits of Book Row. By concentrating on just a few men, McDade not only avoids many pitfalls in writing about the trade more generally, but also manages to bring this tale chronologically to a conclusion. It is not a very satisfactory conclusion, for this book raises larger questions: pointing a moral as well as adorning a tale. * Times Literary Supplement *Definitive history... a fantastically colorful cast of characters and rich period detail will hook book lovers and historians of N.Y.C * Publishers Weekly *A compelling history. Rich in characterization and vividly set, this tale of Manhattan's Fourth Avenue, known then as 'Book Row,' and its bookleggers makes for grand reading. * Library Journal *With wit, erudition, and a nice sense of timing, McDade recreates the seamy side of the antiquarian book business in Depression-era New York and Boston. This immensely engaging story will appeal to cultural historians, literary scholars, bibliophiles, and true-crime lovers alike. * Joan Shelley Rubin, Professor of History, University of Rochester and author of Songs of Ourselves: The Uses of Poetry in America *Thieves of Book Row chronicles a fascinating chapter in the history of the book trade, libraries, and organized crime. In a highly engaging narrative, McDade provides a wonderful portrait of books stolen and recovered and of many colorful characters ranging from rare book legends to petty thieves. * Thomas Hyry, Director of Special Collections, UCLA Library *Thieves of Book Row is an astonishing account of a highly organized and intrepid book-theft ring in New York during the 1920s and 1930s. * Renae Satterly, Library & Information History *McDade's narrative flows so well you forget you're reading actual events. He is somehow able to emphasise the close-calls and suspense of the story without sensationalising or exaggerating what occurred ... The book is very descriptive and involved, and I highly recommend it. * Diana La Femina, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Newsletter *Table of ContentsPrologue ; Chapter 1: The Antics of the Leading Industrials ; Chapter 2: The Accumulated Wisdom ; Chapter 3: A Purloined Poe ; Chapter 4: Scholarship and Investigation ; Chapter 5: The Boston Scene ; Chapter 6: Someone Qualified as a Bookman ; Chapter 7: The People of the State of New York and their Dignity ; Chapter 8: That's the End of the Rare Book ; Epilogue ; Index
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