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Using LibGuides to Enhance Library Services

Author : Aaron W. Dobbs
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 1555708803
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book Using LibGuides to Enhance Library Services written by Aaron W. Dobbs and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2013 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The easy-to-use tools in Springshare’s LibGuides help you organize webpages, improve students’ research experience and learning, and offer an online community of librarians sharing their work and ideas. Editors Dobbs, Sittler, and Cook have recruited expert contributors to address specific applications, creating a one-stop reference. Readers will be able to create subject guides that achieve the full potential of LibGuides with advice on such topics as Learning from the best—a showcase of 28 LibGuides with exceptional design and pedagogy Collaborating with faculty to embed LibGuides in course management systems Creating a customized look to your LibGuides with design flair and enhanced functionality Getting ready for smart-phone users with a plan for the mobile web Setting up Google Analytics on a LibGuide site Teaching with LibGuides

Integrating LibGuides into Library Websites

Author : Aaron W. Dobbs
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442270349
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Integrating LibGuides into Library Websites written by Aaron W. Dobbs and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating LibGuides into Library Websites introduces ideas and options for both newer users and administrators. This book covers responsive, mobile-first web design, and provides overviews and in-depth information for LibGuides authors and administrators. Topics covered include: Introduction: If you’re new to LibGuides, learn the ins and outs as well as how to maximize functionality through the use of the new version and LibApps Administration and Management: Learn about the administrator’s role in LibGuides and how you foster cooperation and integration between content creators and users Usability and Accessibility: Using theoretical and concrete ideas, improve LibGuides content and user experience Pedagogy: Through tips and best practices, learn how to enhance the classroom experience by incorporating LibGuides into teaching Level-up your LibGuides content with improved accessibility and usability. Imbue your LibGuides instructional support with sound pedagogical theory. It’s great to have a useful, accessible site as a starting point. Take your LibGuides to the next level using sound pedagogical design and practices. Through detailed instructions and real life examples, this authoritative LITA Guide provides you with the tools and knowledge to enhance and invigorate your LibGuides experience.

Government Information Essentials

Author : Susanne Caro
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 0838915973
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Government Information Essentials written by Susanne Caro and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government documents, both physical and electronic, constitute a rich and varied resource that calls for special attention. And because government information is useful and pervasive in nearly every kind of library, more and more librarians of all types need to know how to work effectively with federal, state, and international resources. This contributed volume gathers the expertise of experienced government information librarians from across the country. Providing real-world insight into the work, collections, and interests of this discipline, this book surveys the wide variety of government information and the people who use it;discusses what it’s like to be a government documents librarian, from the first day on the job through taking on a management role;addresses networking, training, and other essential tools for collaboration and learning;covers space planning, streamlining, disaster preparedness and response, the increasing prevalence of digital information, and other key collection issues;offers best practices for connecting library users with government information;looks at research guides, workshops, and other teaching and training topics; andexplores advocating for transparency and access to information, promoting government documents to library users, and using exhibits as community outreach. With more government publications becoming freely available, this volume fills an important need, presenting concrete guidance that will help librarians flourish in this crucial field.

Changing the Scope of Library Instruction in the Digital Age

Author : Bhattacharyya, Swati
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522528032
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Changing the Scope of Library Instruction in the Digital Age written by Bhattacharyya, Swati and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current digital age is impacting the contents and delivery of instructional service in many ways. Instructional sessions not only describe various features of a resource, but these sessions also bring issues like the ethical use of information, copyrights, and the value of open knowledge to light. Librarians are required to help users to learn use these tools. Changing the Scope of Library Instruction in the Digital Age provides emerging information on data visualization tools, creating effective instructions, and instructional design in library sciences. While highlighting the challenges of effectively training new and seasoned librarians in these various aspects of data technology and teaching methods, readers will learn the importance of giving librarians the tools they need to complete their new responsibilities. This book is an important resource for entry level and seasoned librarians, researchers, and instructional design specialists seeking current research on up to date library instruction in the modern technology age.

Cloud-Based Services for Your Library

Author : Erik T. Mitchell
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 1555708781
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book Cloud-Based Services for Your Library written by Erik T. Mitchell and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By exploring specific examples of cloud computing and virtualization, this book allows libraries considering cloud computing to start their exploration of these systems with a more informed perspective.

Creating and Promoting Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries

Author : Donna L. Gilton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442269537
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Book Synopsis Creating and Promoting Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries by : Donna L. Gilton

Download or read book Creating and Promoting Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries written by Donna L. Gilton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating and Promoting Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries: Tools and Tips For Practitioners is the sequel to Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries: Principles, Programs, and People. On the one hand, Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries focuses on the information needs and the developmental and psychological characteristics of diverse library users of all ages. It endorses the use of ILI to promote lifelong learning in public libraries, both by borrowing techniques from academic and school libraries and by building on existing public library traditions of programming and outreach. This book also compares lifelong learning in public libraries to informal and nonformal education in museums, community organizations and agencies, places of worship, and other organizations. In addition, Lifelong Learnng in Public Libraries describes basic steps that librarians can execute in order to get started. On the other hand, Creating and Promoting Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries focuses much more on how public librarians can specifically plan and implement their instruction with chapters on planning for instruction, using teaching methodologies, teaching with and about technology, and bringing ILI together with more traditional public library services, programming, and activities, such as reference and Readers’ Advisory services, bibliotherapy, and cultural and literacy programming. Changes in ILI standards and comparisons of ILI with basic reading, media, digital, and cultural literacies are also described. Both books together should act as basic manuals for public librarians who promote lifelong learning. Creating and Promoting Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries also have helpful teaching hints for all librarians and other professionals who teach in a variety of settings.

Metaliteracy in Practice

Author : Trudi E. Jacobson
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 0838913792
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Metaliteracy in Practice written by Trudi E. Jacobson and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Knowledge Management for Libraries

Author : Valerie Forrestal
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442253045
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge Management for Libraries written by Valerie Forrestal and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-08-14 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libraries are creating dynamic knowledge bases to capture both tacit and explicit knowledge and subject expertise for use within and beyond their organizations. In this book, readers will learn to move policies and procedures manuals online using a wiki, get the most out of Microsoft SharePoint with custom portals and Web Parts, and build an FAQ knowledge base from reference management applications such as LibAnswers. Knowledge Management for Libraries guides readers through the process of planning, developing, and launching their own library knowledge base. This A-Z guidebook will teach you how to implement tools that will help your colleagues communicate, collaborate, share documents and files, and greatly clarify and simplify workflows through projects such as: How to Create a Document Management System with Google Drive How to Construct a Web-Based Knowledge Base Using Wiki Software How to Set Up a Private Social Network for Your Staff with Yammer How to Create an Organizational Commons with WordPress How to Build a Library Intranet Site in Microsoft SharePoint How to Create a Dynamic FAQ with Springshare’s LibAnswers

Map Librarianship

Author : Susan Elizabeth Ward Aber
Publisher : Chandos Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0081000456
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Map Librarianship written by Susan Elizabeth Ward Aber and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Map Librarianship identifies basic geoliteracy concepts and enhances reference and instruction skills by providing details on finding, downloading, delivering, and assessing maps, remotely sensed imagery, and other geospatial resources and services, primarily from trusted government sources. By offering descriptions of traditional maps, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, and other geospatial technologies, the book provides a timely and practical guide for the map and geospatial librarian to blend confidence in traditional library skill sets. Includes rarely discussed concepts of citing and referencing maps and geospatial data, fair use and copyright Creates an awareness and appreciation of existing print map collections, while building digital stewardship with surrogate map and aerial imagery collections Provides an introduction to the theory and applications of GIS, remote sensing, participatory neogeography and neocartography practices, and other geospatial technologies Includes a list of geospatial resources with descriptions and illustrations of commonly used map types and formats, online geospatial data sources, and an introduction to the most commonly used geospatial software packages available, on both desktop and mobile platforms

Embedded Librarianship

Author : Alice L. Daugherty
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610694147
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Embedded Librarianship written by Alice L. Daugherty and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the ongoing evolution of the academic library, embedded librarianship has become an important topic of debate across levels and departments. This book delves into the concept, examining everything from theory to best practices. Is the embedded librarian an equal partner in the course, or is the librarian perceived as a "value-added" extra? What is the place of technology in this effort? Is there a line librarians should not cross? Taking into account both theory and practice to discuss multiple facets of the subject, Embedded Librarianship: What Every Academic Librarian Should Know thoroughly examines these questions and more from the perspectives of experienced embedded librarian contributors who have worked in higher education settings. The chapters illuminate the benefits and challenges of embedding, explain the planning required to set up an embedded course, identify the different forms of embedding, and consider information literacy instruction in various contexts. Readers who will benefit from this work include not only academic librarians but any professor who wants their students to be able to do better research in their fields.

Foundations of Library Services

Author : Hali R. Keeler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 153813568X
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Library Services written by Hali R. Keeler and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-03-12 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trained library support staff play a critical role in assisting the user in locating and interpreting the resources available in libraries. To do so requires the knowledge and practice of library missions and roles in different types of libraries and the delivery of that information to an increasingly diverse clientele. The plethora of resources available today requires that support staff understand and implement the basic principles of information services as well as the responsibility and relationships among library departments and functional areas. Foundations of Library Services is both a text for professors who teach in library support staff programs and an introductory reference manual for support staff who work in libraries. As part of the Library Support Staff Series, this updated edition will guide the LSS to be able to: Understand the mission and role of the library in its community Be familiar with the ethics and values of the profession, including those of the Library Bill of Rights, the ALA Code of Ethics, freedom of information, confidentiality of library records and privacy issues Know the responsibility and relationships among library departments Practice the basic principles of circulation, including interlibrary loan; current cataloging and classification systems; and acquisitions and collection development policies. Understand how libraries are governed and funded within their organizations or government structures Realize the value of cooperation to enhance services Practice quality customer service Communicate and promote the library’s values and services Recognize and respond to diversity in user needs

Using Digital Information Services in the Library Workplace

Author : Marie Keen Shaw
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538145413
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Using Digital Information Services in the Library Workplace written by Marie Keen Shaw and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Library collections have rapidly evolved from a predominance of print books and journals to an ever growing mix of digital and print resources. Support staff are expected to know how to help patrons select and use digital information services such as databases, digital collections, digital archives, ebooks, steaming video, discovery search products, the Internet and user-focused library interfaces and applications. Yet most library support staff (LSS) has not had training to become proficient in finding, using, and instructing others in the wide range of digital library services. Using Digital Information Services in the Library Workplace: An Introduction for Support Staff is an up-to-date text for professors who teach digital information use and management in library support staff programs and a handbook for those working in libraries who want to keep current as they expand their knowledge and skills. This book will help support staff members to: Know and use terms and concepts used in digital information services. Use digital information services effectively Know how to evaluate and select databases and services Understand issues and trends in the library digital information industry Distinguish key features and enhancements found among vendors and providers of digital libraries, digital collections, databases, and e-texts; Plan, budget, and write grants for digital services; Understand the complexity and options of licensing and usage agreements for digital information services; Know copyright permissions and acceptable use guidelines for digital information services. Use government databases and other digitized systems and information sources; Locate digital collections of museums, universities, and other sources that librarians can share with patrons. Understand the concepts of preservation using digital technologies. Create local digital resources of primary and historical materials and artifacts with metadata and cataloging for searchable access. The Library Support Staff series is aimed for staff that work in libraries and want to enhance their skills, college professors who teach library support staff instruction, and/or students who seek academic credit. Each book in the series addresses a specific topic in an academic curriculum for library support staff. Content of each book in the series is aligned with American Library Association competencies for accredited programs and learning for library support staff (ALA-LSSC). The text is written in clear language with practical examples of how performance can contribute to exemplary library service.

The Neal-Schuman Library Technology Companion, Fourth Edition

Author : John J. Burke
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 155570915X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book The Neal-Schuman Library Technology Companion, Fourth Edition written by John J. Burke and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2013 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of Burke's comprehensive resource, newly revised and updated, is a perfect primer for LIS students and should be at the top of the list for any current or future library professional looking to stay at the forefront of technological advancement. This all-in-one guide helps readers contribute to improving institutional performance, boost productivity, and stay connected to the latest library technology topics and tools by offering incisive coverage of Library technology basics, with a historical overview providing context, suggested resources for staying up to date, and a chapter on appraising and purchasing equipment and putting systems into operation Technology tools, including computers of all kinds (desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices), office applications, the wireless world, the vast changes and potential of library catalogs and databases, social media, and much more How libraries put technology to work through adaptive/assistive technology, virtual reference, blogs, screencasting, distance learning, and other day-to-day workflow Building and maintaining technology, offering guidance on spam, spyware, security strips, and other dangers of the cyberworld, plus troubleshooting tips for typical technology problems and advice on making technology environments comfortable for users The importance of long-range technology planning and how to take steps to start the planning process

Online Searching

Author : Karen Markey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442238860
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Online Searching written by Karen Markey and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Online Searching is a complete guide for the aspiring expert searcher, explaining important online searching concepts and practices, demonstrating them visually in figures and videos, and inviting you to get hands-on practice by completing its end-of-the-chapter questions and comparing your online experiences with its suggested answers.

The Academic Librarian as Blended Professional

Author : Michael Perini
Publisher : Chandos Publishing
ISBN 13 : 008101015X
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Academic Librarian as Blended Professional written by Michael Perini and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-06 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Academic Librarian as Blended Professional employs a model that allows for individual and managerial reconceptualization of the librarian's role, also helping to mitigate obstacles to professional development both internal and external to the library. Using traditional and personal narrative, the book extends Whitchurch’s blended professional model, designed to consider the merging of academicians’ roles across several spheres of professional and academic influence in a higher education setting, to academic librarians. The book is significant due to its use of higher education theory to examine the professional identity of academic librarians and the issues impacting librarian professional development. The work offers a constructive, replicable research design appropriate for the analysis of librarians in other academic settings, providing additional insights into how these professionals might perceive their roles within the larger context of a higher education environment. Following the application of the blended professional model, this book contends that academic librarians have similar roles concerning research, instruction, and service when compared to an institution’s tenure-track faculty. The scope of professional productivity and the expectation of the librarians, though, are much less regimented. Consequently, the academic librarians find themselves in a tenuous working space where their blended role is inhibited by real and perceived barriers. Uses a model from the discipline of higher education in order to better conceptualize and understand the academic librarian's role in the institution Allows for the analysis and understanding of the librarian's identity and role in a context familiar to those outside of the academic library system Provides a unique understanding of both the library system and its librarians, explaining the nuances of the greater higher education collective

African Pentecostal Theology

Author : Mookgo Solomon Kgatle
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666953679
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book African Pentecostal Theology written by Mookgo Solomon Kgatle and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Pentecostal Theology: Modality, Disciplinarity, and Decoloniality explores research methodology, theological disciplines, and contextualization as important aspects in the process of studying Pentecostal theology in an African context. Mookgo Solomon Kgatle outlines different data collection and data analysis methods, including the skills of interpreting and presenting research findings in a responsible manner. This book illustrates that Pentecostal theology, given its pneumatological approach, goes beyond conventional theological disciplines in transdisciplinary research. The development of knowledge in African Pentecostal Theology should recognize African Indigenous Knowledge Systems (AIKS), African oral and traditional cultures, and African indigenous languages to be relevant to Africans. Pentecostal theologians from different theological disciplines in Africa and globally will find this book a worthwhile read.

Library Services for Multicultural Patrons

Author : Carol Smallwood
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810887223
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Library Services for Multicultural Patrons written by Carol Smallwood and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly, libraries are struggling to deal with a growing diversity in the cultural background of their patrons. Problems arising from this cultural diversity afflict all library types--school, public and academic. Library Services for Multicultural Patrons is by and for all libraries that are striving to provide multicultural services to match the growing diversity in the cultural background of patrons. The book is designed to offer helpful tips and practical advice to academic, public, and school librarians who want to better serve the multicultural groups in their communities. The contributors to the book are themselves practicing librarians and they share creative ideas for welcoming multicultural patrons into libraries and strategies for serving them more effectively. Librarians will find in these chapters tried and true tips and techniques for marketing and promotion, improving reference services for speakers of English as a second language, and enhancing programming that they can easily implement in their own libraries and communities. The chapters are divided into the following categories for ease of access: 1) Getting Organized and Finding Partners, 2) Reaching Students, 3) Community Connections, 4) Applying Technology, 6) Outreach Initiatives, 6) Programming and Events, and 7) Reference Services. Librarians of all types will be pleased to discover easy-to-implement suggestions for collaborative efforts, many rich and diverse programming ideas, strategies for improving reference services and library instruction to speakers of English as a second language, marketing and promotional tips designed to welcome multicultural patrons into the library, and much more.