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  • The Art of People Management in Libraries

    Tips for Managing your Most Vital Resource

    Series series Chandos Information Professional Series
    This book explores recent trends in human resource management practices and presents options for their application within the special context of libraries, especially academic and research libraries. It lays out a set of the most pressing HR management issues facing senior library leaders in the context of continuous organisational change in the 21st century and offers library practitioners ... Read more

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    Charleston Conference Proceedings, 2011

    Series series Charleston Conference Proceedings
    The theme of the 2011 Charleston Conference, the annual event that explores issues in book and serial acquisition, was "Something's Gotta Give." The conference, held November 2-5, 2011, in Charleston, SC, included 9 pre-meetings, more than 10 plenaries, and over 120 concurrent sessions. The theme reflected the increasing sense of strain felt by both libraries and publishers as troubling economic ... Read more

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  • Evaluating Demand-Driven Acquisitions

    Evaluating Demand-Driven Acquisitions examines recent research in demand-driven acquisitions in an effort to develop an evaluation framework specific to demand-driven programs. The chapters in this volume focus on the criteria and methods that are used to evaluate the results of demand-driven programs in research. Case studies and pilot programs from all types of libraries—including interlibrary ... Read more

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  • The Picture Book Almanac

    Picture Books and Activities to Celebrate 365 Familiar and Unusual Holidays

    This essential guide has exactly the right books to help you celebrate special days throughout the year—even "holidays" you've never heard of—and provides hundreds of fun titles and activities that could inspire your students to become life-long readers.Young students need to continually be presented with a vast variety of types of books, authors, illustrators, and subject matter in order to find ... Read more

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  • Managing eBook Metadata in Academic Libraries

    Taming the Tiger

    Managing ebook Metadata in Academic Libraries: Taming the Tiger tackles the topic of ebooks in academic libraries, a trend that has been welcomed by students, faculty, researchers, and library staff. However, at the same time, the reality of acquiring ebooks, making them discoverable, and managing them presents library staff with many new challenges. Traditional methods of cataloging and managing ... Read more

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  • Making a Collection Count

    A Holistic Approach to Library Collection Management

    Series series Chandos Information Professional Series
    Library collection management is a vital part of any library's operations. Making a Collection Count takes a holistic look at library collection management, connecting collection management activities and departments, and instructs on how to gather and analyse data from each point in a collection's lifecycle. Relationships between collections and other library services are also explored. The ... Read more

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  • Strategic Business Development for Information Centres and Libraries

    Series series Chandos Information Professional Series
    This book is aimed at guiding managers towards systematic approaches to improve and facilitate necessary strategic business development and planning. Conditions in the workplace for the Library and Information Services (LIS) are rapidly changing: many organizations are experiencing budget restrictions as well as stakeholders questioning the value of the services. Strategic Business Development for ... Read more

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  • Teens Have Style!

    Fashion Programs for Young Adults at the Library

    Authors Sharon Snow and Yvonne Reed present fashion as a way to offer a fun and interesting program for teens in the library—and not just for girls. Today's fashion-savvy teenaged guys are just as likely to be eager participants.Teens Have Style!: Fashion Programs for Young Adults at the Library provides an easy-to-follow template for creating popular programs within the public or school library ... Read more

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  • School Library Collection Development

    Just the Basics

    Series series Just the Basics
    This practical manual demystifies the process of creating and maintaining a quality school library collection—an invaluable resource for anyone working in a library media center.Today's school librarians have many different responsibilities, but arguably the most important aspect of their job is developing and maintaining a collection that their library customers love. School Library Collection ... Read more

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  • Facelifts for Special Libraries

    A Practical Guide to Revitalizing Diverse Physical and Digital Spaces

    Series series Chandos Information Professional Series
    Libraries/information centres are continuously evolving to keep up with rapid changes in information gathering, processing, and distribution. Corporate and non-profit special libraries face special challenges in revitalizing their physical space and providing efficient access to digital content. This book provides solo-librarians or special library managers with practical advice as to revitalize ... Read more

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