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Ask, Listen, Empower: Grounding Your Library Work in Community Engagement
$65.00
Community engagement isn’t simply an important component of a successful library—it’s the foundation upon which every service, offering, and initiative rests. Working collaboratively with community members—be they library customers, residents, faculty, students or partner organizations— ensures that the library works, period. This important reso...

Gather ‘Round the Table: Food Literacy Programs, Resources, and Ideas for Libraries
$75.00
Food is more than just a basic human need—learning about it and enjoying it can be important social activities. With ties to information needs, social justice, and the maker movement, food literacy initiatives are a natural fit for libraries. And, as this book demonstrates, efforts can extend far beyond a hearty collection of cookbooks in the st...

Student Wellness and Academic Libraries: Case Studies and Activities for Promoting Health and Success
$108.00
Postsecondary institutions are high stress environments for many students: Undergraduates may be living on their own for the first time, coping with demanding academic requirements, and experimenting with drugs, alcohol, and new social relationships and identities. Advanced degree students tend to have a high level of job insecurity and are also...

The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books, 2020 Edition
$46.00
Author: Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) This annual favorite, newly updated to include the 2020 award and honor books, gathers the books deemed most distinguished in American children's literature and illustration since the inception of the renowned prizes. A trusted guidebook for quick reference and collection development, ...

Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World
$69.99
Author: Rebekkah Smith Aldrich How we talk about what we do is just as important as what we do, and in communicating the value of libraries to our society what our profession needs is confidence, determination, and the will to succeed. In this inspiring and pragmatic new book, Aldrich shows that the first step towards a sustainable library is s...

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Action: Planning, Leadership, and Programming
$74.99
Author: Christine Bombaro All too often, in a hurried attempt to “catch up,” diversity training can create division among staff or place undue burdens on a handful of employees. Instead, academic libraries need approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) that position these priorities as ongoing institutional and professional goals. Thi...

Young Activists and the Public Library: Facilitating Democracy
$66.50
Author: Virginia A. Walter Assisted by social media and other digital tools, today’s children and teens are energetic and active participants in a host of social causes, from climate change and gun control to voting rights and racial equity. Public libraries can facilitate their activism by providing trustworthy information and creating opportun...

Enhancing Teaching and Learning: A Leadership Guide for School Librarians, Fourth Edition
$58.50
Author: Jean Donham Chelsea Sims Rapid change calls for informed leadership. The goal of Donham’s text has always been to help school library professionals make a difference in the educational experience and academic attainment of students in their schools. With the addition of new co-author Sims, a junior high school librarian, this newly revis...

The Library Workplace Idea Book: Proactive Steps for Positive Change
$92.00
Author: Heather L. Seibert Amanda Vinogradov Amanda H. McLellan Every day you strive to ensure that the library is working for its users—but how is it working for you? And what can we all do to make the library an inclusive and positive workplace? Offering both case studies and personal narratives, this idea book draws on contributions from lib...

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Library Services
$84.00
Author: Rebecca Tolley We are only now coming to terms with how common trauma really is; a landmark Kaiser study that surveyed patients receiving physicals found that almost two-thirds had experienced at least one form of abuse, neglect, or other trauma as a child. Though originating in the fields of health and social services, trauma-informed ...

Libraryland: It's All about the Story
$69.99
Author: Ben Bizzle Sue Considine Libraries are community connectors, places where people come together, think together, and learn together. Libraries support and nurture strong, resilient communities. Day in and day out, the library workers at these institutions are doing much more than ensuring equal and equitable access to information; and the...

Proving Your Library’s Value: Persuasive, Organized, and Memorable Messaging
$34.99
Author: United for Libraries Alan Fishel Jillian Wentworth You know the value of your library, but elected officials, donors, community leaders, funders, and other important stakeholders may not. How can you make the library a priority for these groups, who may have preconceived notions about what the library does, as you compete with other imp...

52 Ready-to-Use Gaming Programs for Libraries
$97.99
Author: Ellyssa Kroski Gaming programs offer many benefits: they encourage interaction among patrons, strengthen community bonds with the library, and when done right they can be incredibly popular. Kroski, a bestselling author as well as an avid gamer herself, has gathered more than 50 creative programming ideas from public, school, and academi...

Rainy Day Ready: Financial Literacy Programs and Tools
$84.00
Author: Melanie WelchPatrick HoganPublic Programs Office (PPO) "Libraries are perfectly positioned to carry out the work of empowering people to achieve their life goals. Building personal finance concepts into programs you’re already doing, such as storytimes, reach an audience you already have." Read an interview with Melanie Welch now! A sur...

Gin Austen: 50 Cocktails to Celebrate the Novels of Jane Austen
$20.50 $24.50
Raise your glass to Sense and Sensibility with a Brandon Old-Fashioned, Elinorange Blossom, Hot Barton Rum, or Just a Dashwood. Toast Pride and Prejudice with a Cousin Collins, Fizzy Miss Lizzie, Gin & Bennet, or Salt & Pemberley. Brimming with enlightening quotes from the novels and Austen’s letters, beautiful photographs, and period de...
Gone with the Gin: Cocktails with a Hollywood Twist

Gone with the Gin: Cocktails with a Hollywood Twist
$22.00 $24.50
Gone With the Gin includes 50 delicious drinks paired with winking commentary on history's most quotable films. Drinks include: Fight Club Soda A Sidecar named Desire Ben-Hurricane Ti-tonic The Big Le-Brewski Monty Python and the Stoli Grail Bloody Mary Poppins and more! Author: Tim Federle
Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist

Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist
$22.00 $24.50
Tequila Mockingbird is the world's bestselling cocktail book for the literary obsessed. Drinks include: The Pitcher of Dorian Grey Goose The Last of the Mojitos Love in the Time of Kahlua Romeo and Julep A Rum of One's Own Are You There, God? It's Me, Margarita Vermouth the Bell Tolls and more!
Book Nerd Face Masks

Book Nerd Face Masks
$12.00
Product Details Non-medical adult face mask Outer layer: 100% polyester Inner layer: 95% cotton/5% lycra Stretch polyester ear loops Oversized design for full coverage over nose & chin Fitted at nose and chin Works with inserts (not included) Wash with soap after each use in warm water. Hang dry. Do not bleach. Due to the printing process, ...
Bookshelf Face Mask

Bookshelf Face Mask
$12.00
Product Details Non-medical adult face mask Outer layer: 100% polyester Inner layer: 95% cotton/5% lycra Stretch polyester ear loops Oversized design for full coverage over nose & chin Fitted at nose and chin Works with inserts (not included) Wash with soap after each use in warm water. Hang dry. Do not bleach. Due to the printing process, ...

Lavatory Mist - This S**t is Bananas
$11.99
How many other bathroom sprays do you know of that come with their very own crossword on the back? None other, that's how many! Scented with Citrus, Basil and Geranium. 5.3 fl. oz./156 ml
Superpower Handy Tote

Superpower Handy Tote
$13.99
Not all heros wear capes... but every single one of them needs a cool and sturdy bag in which to carry their lunch. 95% recycled woven polypropylene. 10"h x 8.5"w x 4.5"d
Flower Garden Handy Tote

Flower Garden Handy Tote
$13.99
This bag isn't scratch-n-sniff, but I promise if it were, it would smell super freakin' amazing. 95% post consumer recycled material. 10"h x 8.5"w x 4.5"d
Double Wonder Coin Purse

Double Wonder Coin Purse
$5.99
Do you think that our camel friend really loves that Black Eyed Peas song from the early aughts? You know the one called My Humps? I bet it does. 95% post consumer recycled material. 3"h x 4"w

Spending an Arm & a Leg On My Feet Coin Purse
$5.99
If I eat PB+J for the next month, I think I can afford those red pumps. Worth it! 95% post consumer recycled material. 3"h x 4"w
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