Romance Authors: A Research Guide <em>(Author Research Series)</em>

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This book explains that what is really important about the movement is not the space, but the creativity, innovation, and resilience that go along with a successful maker program. All it takes is making some important changes to a library's programs, services, and collections to facilitate the maker mentality in their patrons, and this book shows you how.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author explains what a maker is, why this movement is important, and how making fits in with educational initiatives such as STEM and STEAM as well as with library service. Her book supplies practical advice for incorporating the principles of the maker movement into library services—how to use small spaces or mobile spaces to accommodate maker programs, creating passive maker programs, providing access to making through circulating maker tools, partnering with other organizations, hosting maker faires, and more. 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This guide lays the framework for helping turn your school library into a whole school library learning commons (WSLLC)—a space where traditional academics merge with the latest technologies to engage learners in a way never before realized. \u2028\u2028Author Judith Anne Sykes contends that since the WSLLC philosophy allows staff and students to co-create knowledge in a shared space, it is more effective than the traditional approach. Sykes addresses the differences between a school library and a WSLLC, provides reasons to champion its creation in your institution, and discusses how to use mentoring as a means to sustain its survival. The book explores the roles and responsibilities of educators in developing WSLLC goals and presents strategies for using typical assessment tools—including standardized tests, report cards, and anecdotal assessments—to help support its philosophy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLinks the use of the WSLLC to standards in education\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents a doable plan to implement and sustain the learning commons approach in school\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrates how the WSLLC can be a means of increasing student engagement and improving academic achievement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides ideas for promoting the WSLLC concept to the education community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers suggestions for assessing the effectiveness of the WSLLC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures strategies, standards, and checklists to support the program\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","published_at":"2016-10-05T10:40:00-04:00","created_at":"2016-10-05T10:45:49-04:00","vendor":"Libraries Unlimited","type":"Book","tags":["Publisher_Libraries Unlimited","Subject_Educational Technology \u0026 Classroom Instruction","Subject_Learning Commons"],"price":6300,"price_min":6300,"price_max":6300,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":29946692172,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781440844201","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Whole School Library Learning Commons: An Educator's Guide","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":6300,"weight":380,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"9781440844201"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781440844201.JPG?v=1533237168"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781440844201.JPG?v=1533237168","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJudith Anne Sykes; foreword by David V. 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Particular attention is given to problems that may arise when cataloging books as well as multimedia combinations, 3-D items, toys, natural objects, maps, printed and performed music, bilingual materials, and electronic files. Through the exercises, you will better understand the overall process of cataloging an item and making a record, the application of RDA in producing records, the steps for cataloging new media, and the differences in records using RDA or AACR2r.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo enhance the exercises, the workbook incorporates photographs of real materials and offers questions for consideration. There is also a companion website with enlargeable color graphics. The site provides complete answer records and additional indexes for instructors to use in selecting examples for specific elements in the record. 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Particular attention is given to problems that may arise when cataloging books as well as multimedia combinations, 3-D items, toys, natural objects, maps, printed and performed music, bilingual materials, and electronic files. Through the exercises, you will better understand the overall process of cataloging an item and making a record, the application of RDA in producing records, the steps for cataloging new media, and the differences in records using RDA or AACR2r.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo enhance the exercises, the workbook incorporates photographs of real materials and offers questions for consideration. There is also a companion website with enlargeable color graphics. The site provides complete answer records and additional indexes for instructors to use in selecting examples for specific elements in the record. 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{"id":8141606854,"title":"RDA Made Simple: A Practical Guide to the New Cataloging Rules","handle":"rda-made-simple","description":"\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmy Hart \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781610694858 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e176 pages • \u003cspan\u003e6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e⅛\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003ex 9¼\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear Published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is the perfect resource for librarians who catalog a wide variety of materials as well as for those charged with planning or managing the implementation of RDA cataloging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking for a comprehensive, all-one guide to RDA that keeps it simple and provides exactly what you need to know? This book covers planning and training considerations, presents relevant FRBR and FRAD background, and offers practical, step-by-step cataloging advice for a variety of material formats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe new cataloging standard, Resource Description and Access (RDA), will have far-reaching impacts on your library in terms of how it approaches resource description and access. RDA has been in use at the U.S. Library of Congress since early 2013 and is being widely adopted in the international library community. Today's catalogers need to understand RDA's basic concepts and principles as well as how to apply its rules in order to provide relevant information services in the 21st century. This book helps you tackle the challenges of implementing the new cataloging code (RDA\/Resource Description and Access) in the MARC environment, providing emphasis on practical, straightforward RDA advice for today's busy cataloger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a general discussion on planning and training for RDA, the author—a technical services\/systems librarian with more than two decades' experience—presents a comprehensive review of RDA's conceptual basis in FRBR and FRAD before providing easy-to-follow, practical guidance on cataloging today's diverse library resources using the new code, covering print, audiovisual, and digital materials. The book is a must-have resource for librarians who catalog on a broad, general level, with or without authority work, and who may or may not be cataloging specialists, but are responsible for handling many different formats. 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This book covers planning and training considerations, presents relevant FRBR and FRAD background, and offers practical, step-by-step cataloging advice for a variety of material formats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe new cataloging standard, Resource Description and Access (RDA), will have far-reaching impacts on your library in terms of how it approaches resource description and access. RDA has been in use at the U.S. Library of Congress since early 2013 and is being widely adopted in the international library community. Today's catalogers need to understand RDA's basic concepts and principles as well as how to apply its rules in order to provide relevant information services in the 21st century. This book helps you tackle the challenges of implementing the new cataloging code (RDA\/Resource Description and Access) in the MARC environment, providing emphasis on practical, straightforward RDA advice for today's busy cataloger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a general discussion on planning and training for RDA, the author—a technical services\/systems librarian with more than two decades' experience—presents a comprehensive review of RDA's conceptual basis in FRBR and FRAD before providing easy-to-follow, practical guidance on cataloging today's diverse library resources using the new code, covering print, audiovisual, and digital materials. The book is a must-have resource for librarians who catalog on a broad, general level, with or without authority work, and who may or may not be cataloging specialists, but are responsible for handling many different formats. Catalogers at busy libraries committed to getting their new materials out to their users as quickly as possible will also find this work extremely helpful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplies an accessible, up-to-date guide to RDA in a single resource\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers history and development of the new cataloging code, including the results of the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee Report\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents the latest information on RDA cataloging for multiple material formats, including print, audiovisual, and digital resources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplains how RDA's concepts, structure, and vocabulary are based on FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) and FRAD (Functional Requirements for Authority Data), both of which are reviewed in the book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e"}

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Today's librarians are often barraged with increasingly complex questions from their patrons about technology—from loading eBooks onto their readers to helping resurrect dead laptops. Why not capitalize on this opportunity and transform your library into a first-stop, go-to resource for your community's tech needs?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eRaising the Tech Bar at Your Library: Improving Services to Meet User Needs\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates a variety of ways to expand library services to better serve your community, including how to establish tech bars and tech centers, provide tech training and one-on-one tech help, host drop-in demos, and create a coding \"dojo.\" The book covers after-school programs, makerspaces, and embedded librarianship as well. The authors draw on their personal experience to offer a practical blueprint for launching your tech initiative, starting with the preliminary steps of evaluating community needs and getting administrative and public buy-in to obtaining funding, training non-tech staff, setting up and launching your program, and evaluating the services you've established. The book ends with a look to the future that supplies provocative and exciting ideas of how libraries with innovative, tech-focused leadership can push the edge even further. This book serves a wide audience—all public librarians as well as library administrators, those who work in IT departments as well as adult or youth services, and reference librarians who are interested in expanding into this important and exciting area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers librarians a new way to meet diverse users' needs and build community support\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides librarians with a variety of ways—suited to different sizes and types of libraries—to expand their tech services\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents practical guidelines that lead readers through a step-by-step process to reach their goals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplies guidance derived from the authors' personal experiences and those of their colleagues that illustrate the directives and clearly identify both what to do and mistakes to avoid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","published_at":"2017-06-21T10:09:43-04:00","created_at":"2017-06-21T10:13:34-04:00","vendor":"Libraries Unlimited","type":"Book","tags":["Publisher_Libraries Unlimited","Subject_Adult Programs \u0026 Services","Subject_Information Systems \u0026 Technology"],"price":7000,"price_min":7000,"price_max":7000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41667582796,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781440844966","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Raising the Tech Bar at Your Library: Improving Services to Meet User Needs","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":7000,"weight":113,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":""}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781440844966.jpg?v=1533237713"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781440844966.jpg?v=1533237713","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNick D. 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The book ends with a look to the future that supplies provocative and exciting ideas of how libraries with innovative, tech-focused leadership can push the edge even further. 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The inherent creativity and inventiveness of the Maker Movement, embracing both classic and innovative technological activities, provides the perfect bridge to invigorate, expand, and update these programs. This alternative to conventional library literacy programming will help children learn throughout all subject areas, see additional possibilities, and make connections in the world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this guide, readers can discover how to apply maker literacy to introduce connections that help children better understand that their experiences in life are interrelated—that art can be made on a 3D printer and that science and technology are an essential part of design. This holistic approach provides a myriad of creative opportunities for both teaching staff and the children they serve. A great resource for youth services librarians in public libraries, this guide to infusing library programs with technology and maker activities to motivate learning will also appeal to preschool and elementary librarians, educators, and parents.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2016-08-19T13:51:00-04:00","created_at":"2016-08-19T13:51:10-04:00","vendor":"Libraries Unlimited","type":"Book","tags":["Publisher_Libraries Unlimited","Subject_Children's Programs \u0026 Services","Subject_Young Adult Programs \u0026 Services"],"price":5600,"price_min":5600,"price_max":5600,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":26926536070,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781440843808","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Maker Literacy: A New Approach to Literacy Programming for Libraries","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":5600,"weight":500,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"9781440843808"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781440843808.jpg?v=1533234322"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781440843808.jpg?v=1533234322","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLynn Pawloski and Cindy Wall \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781440843808 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e150 pages • 7 x 10 \u003cbr\u003e 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book takes the creativity and inventiveness of the maker movement and applies that energy in a new way to help children learn across all subject areas as well as broaden their world view.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraditional library literacy programs have helped many children foster a love of reading, but to prepare this next generation of learners, this programming needs to be modified to include technology. The inherent creativity and inventiveness of the Maker Movement, embracing both classic and innovative technological activities, provides the perfect bridge to invigorate, expand, and update these programs. This alternative to conventional library literacy programming will help children learn throughout all subject areas, see additional possibilities, and make connections in the world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this guide, readers can discover how to apply maker literacy to introduce connections that help children better understand that their experiences in life are interrelated—that art can be made on a 3D printer and that science and technology are an essential part of design. This holistic approach provides a myriad of creative opportunities for both teaching staff and the children they serve. A great resource for youth services librarians in public libraries, this guide to infusing library programs with technology and maker activities to motivate learning will also appeal to preschool and elementary librarians, educators, and parents.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":9692753484,"title":"Beginning Cataloging, 2\/e","handle":"beginning-cataloging-2-e","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean Weihs and Sheila S. Intner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781440838446\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e148 pages • 7 x 10 \u003cbr\u003e 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNow thoroughly updated to include recent changes with RDA, this easy-to-use primer provides an introduction to standardized cataloging that will benefit library technicians as well as students in library technician and teacher librarian programs.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"dnn_ctr936_ProductView_narrativeP\"\u003eThis easy-to-use primer provides a complete introduction to current standard cataloging practice. 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{"id":9203022028,"title":"Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, 7\/e","handle":"genreflecting-a-guide-to-popular-reading-interests-7-e","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eedited by Cynthia Orr and Diana Tixier Herald\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e622 pages • 7 x 10 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear Published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe gold standard for readers' advisory, this book represents an essential resource for LIS students and practicing librarians who want to better understand readers, reading interests, and fiction and nonfiction genres.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFor readers' advisory librarians with patrons looking for their next great read, professors teaching readers' advisory service, or even enthusiastic readers who prefer to help themselves, \u003ci\u003eGenreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests\u003c\/i\u003e serves all of their needs. A new introductory section covering the role of readers' advisory service in the library and the basics of readers' advisory service is followed by chapters that list best-known titles organized by subgenres, identifying popular genres, describing their characteristics, and explaining their appeal. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis seventh edition expands on the previous with chapters on nonfiction, mainstream fiction, and women's lives; as well as on emerging genres and formats such as urban lit, graphic novels, and Christian fiction. The expanded coverage makes the book an ideal text and resource for students in library school classes on readers' advisory service or introduction to genres as well as to trainers working with new library staff.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"ul1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li5\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eProvides an outstanding introduction to readers' advisory service, updated to reflect changing trends in popular reading\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li5\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eServes as a textbook or supplementary text for classes regarding popular reading, readers' advisory service, or reference\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li5\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHelps readers' advisors identify read-alikes for patrons' favorite titles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","published_at":"2016-12-15T10:23:00-05:00","created_at":"2016-12-15T10:28:28-05:00","vendor":"Libraries Unlimited","type":"Book","tags":["Publisher_Libraries Unlimited","Subject_Readers' Advisory","Subject_Reference \u0026 Information Services"],"price":8450,"price_min":8450,"price_max":9750,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":31905998540,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781598848410","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, 7\/e - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":8450,"weight":1090,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"9781598848410"},{"id":31905998604,"title":"Hardcover","option1":"Hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781598848403","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, 7\/e - Hardcover","public_title":"Hardcover","options":["Hardcover"],"price":9750,"weight":1090,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"9781598848403"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781598848403.jpg?v=1533237269"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781598848403.jpg?v=1533237269","options":["Binding"],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eedited by Cynthia Orr and Diana Tixier Herald\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e622 pages • 7 x 10 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear Published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe gold standard for readers' advisory, this book represents an essential resource for LIS students and practicing librarians who want to better understand readers, reading interests, and fiction and nonfiction genres.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFor readers' advisory librarians with patrons looking for their next great read, professors teaching readers' advisory service, or even enthusiastic readers who prefer to help themselves, \u003ci\u003eGenreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests\u003c\/i\u003e serves all of their needs. A new introductory section covering the role of readers' advisory service in the library and the basics of readers' advisory service is followed by chapters that list best-known titles organized by subgenres, identifying popular genres, describing their characteristics, and explaining their appeal. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis seventh edition expands on the previous with chapters on nonfiction, mainstream fiction, and women's lives; as well as on emerging genres and formats such as urban lit, graphic novels, and Christian fiction. 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{"id":9693765772,"title":"Collaborating for Inquiry-Based Learning: School Librarians and Teachers Partner for Student Achievement, 2\/e","handle":"collaborating-for-inquiry-based-learning-school-librarians-and-teachers-partner-for-student-achievement-2-e","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVirginia L. Wallace and Whitney N. Husid\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781440852848\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e134 pages • 8½ x 11 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear Published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"dnn_ctr936_ProductView_narrativeP\"\u003eWant to learn how to easily put inquiry theory into practice in your school library? This newly revised and expanded practical resource links pedagogical theory, research, and practical application of Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL). An important resource for school librarians, classroom teachers, and school library preparation programs, this thoroughly updated second edition of \u003ci\u003eCollaborating for Inquiry-Based Learning\u003c\/i\u003e explores Inquiry-Based Learning in greater depth and addresses new educational insights. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders will learn the new research model PLAN and understand how the steps Prepare, Learn, Analyze, and New Discoveries define a deliberative, metacognitive process that offers simplicity and flexibility. This step-by-step guide moves new and experienced educators seamlessly from assessment of students' needs and prior knowledge through formative and summative assessments to reflection. It offers practical applications for immediate use by educators with students and makes it clear why the school librarian is ideally suited to be the lead in the collaborative process of inquiry-based teaching. 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{"id":8141452358,"title":"Adding Value to Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Harnessing the Force That Drives Your Organization's Future","handle":"adding-value-libraries-archives-museums","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph R. Matthews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781440842887\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e175 pages • 8½ x 11 \u003cbr\u003e 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book explains the concept of adding value and shows staff at libraries and other organizations why they need to take steps now to ensure they are adding new value to their communities—whether it be a local town or neighborhood, a faculty and student body, or a school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eValue is at the core of every organization's purpose. Without value, organizations die. Libraries—as well as museums, archives, and galleries—have traditionally added value to their communities through their collections and services, but yesterday's collections and services are no longer enough. In order to remain sustainable, today's libraries, archives, museums, and galleries must explore new ways to add value that resonate in the lives of their customers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unique book explains how addressing the \"5 C's\" of adding value—content, context, connection, collaboration, and community—enables organizations to find new ways to invigorate their services, better serve their communities, and thrive today and tomorrow. It addresses adding value in the context of other key topics, such as collaboration, crowdsourcing, embedded librarianship, makerspaces, self publishing, and repurposing spaces. Filled with charts, tables, screenshots, and other visual representation, this is a useful and provocative guide that anyone interested in vesting in the successful future of libraries, archives, and museums needs to read.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2016-08-19T13:51:00-04:00","created_at":"2016-08-19T13:51:09-04:00","vendor":"Libraries Unlimited","type":"Book","tags":["Publisher_Libraries Unlimited","Subject_Archives \u0026 Records Management","Subject_Librarianship"],"price":9800,"price_min":9800,"price_max":9800,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":26926535366,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781440842887","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Adding Value to Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Harnessing the Force That Drives Your Organization's Future","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":9800,"weight":1000,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"9781440842887"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781440842887.JPG?v=1533234319"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781440842887.JPG?v=1533234319","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph R. 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{"id":8141553030,"title":"Graphic Novels II: A Guide to Comic Books, Manga, and More \u003cem\u003e(Genreflecting Advisory Series)\u003c\/em\u003e","handle":"graphic-novels-2","description":"\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Pawuk and David Serchay \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781598847000 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e719 pages • 7 x 10 \u003cbr\u003e 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCovering genres from action\/adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast and expanding terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles as well as providing information that will help librarians to build and balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. 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