Bøger udgivet af American Library Association

Offers to-the-point guidance on welcoming people with substance use disorders and their loved ones through policy, materials, outreach, collaboration, programs, and services. The book presents the personal experiences of the author, a frontline librarian.

Assisted by social media and other digital tools, today's children and teens are energetic and active participants in a host of social causes. Public libraries can facilitate their activism by providing trustworthy information and creating opportunities. This book demonstrates how.

Presents more than two dozen ready-to-use projects on environmental topics that can be integrated into K-5 educational lesson plans and library programming for children aged 4-10. Starting with a representative picture book as a foundation, children are guided through each topic using a hands-on project that reinforces learning.

With a renewed emphasis on facilitating learning, supporting multiple literacies, and advancing equity and inclusion, the thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this trusted text provides models and tools that will enable library staff who serve youth to create and maintain collections that provide equitable access to all youth.

The unique challenges of developing and managing a graphics novels collection have led the Association of Library Collections and Technical Services to craft this guide. Examining the ever-changing ways that graphic novels are created, packaged, marketed, and released, this resource gathers a range of voices from the field.

The ideas in this book are all about helping your library building become a more exciting, interesting, experiential space where people are engaged and want to spend time. Taking inspiration and examples from companies and non-profits outside the library world, this book is full of engaging ideas.

Covering all aspects of the school system, including students, curriculum and instruction, principals, district administration, and the community, this book demonstrates how to interact and collaborate in order to integrate the school library program.

Like other workplaces, libraries can sometimes be stressful. Following up their acclaimed examination of the dysfunctional library, here the authors present a book of proactive solutions and guidance culled from their own research, including interviews with library administrators and staff.

While the profession has generated many books on information literacy, none to date have validated exactly why it is so difficult to teach. In her new book, Reale posits that examining and reflecting on the reality of those factors is what will enable practitioners to meet the challenge of their important mandate.

The goal of exposing cultural institutions' records to the web is as important as ever-but for the non-technically minded, linked data can feel like a confusing morass of abstraction, jargon, and acronyms. Get conversant in linked data with this basic introduction from the Association of Library Collections and Technical Services.

Librarians are in ideal positions to collaborate with educators to not only protect the freedom to read but also ensure that books are not quarantined from the readers for whom they were written. Champion of children's literature Scales shows that there is a way to teach these books while respecting all views.

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 stacks.

Written by leading practitioners and visionaries, this groundbreaking survey of current practices and future trends offers an incisive examination of the evolving roles for law librarians. Readers will learn how AI technology is changing law school curricula, lawyer practice, marketing, and other key aspects of the field.

The figures are eye-opening: more than 1.6 billion works on 9 million websites are licensed under Creative Commons (CC). This isthe first-ever print complement to the Creative Commons Certificate program, providing in-depth coverage of CC licenses, open practices, and the ethos of the Commons.

Presents an all-new calendar of ready-to-go programs guaranteed to provide fun all year round. The book also offers a series of themed programs specially designed for clubs, with pointers on hosting meetings of clubs and activities that compliment these gatherings. Best of all, these ideas are easily adaptable for a variety of participants.

Demystifying the instructional design and development process used to create online learning objects, this book will help you understand how instructional design principles and approaches can benefit your learners.

Tiny, adorable, even cuddly: Kawaii, born in Japan, is the culture of cuteness, and its influence is seen worldwide in clothing, accessories, games, and food. Kawaii projects at your library will get a new crowd using your 3D printer and introduce anime and manga enthusiasts to crafting.

Data manipulation and analysis are easier than you might imagine. Using tools that come standard with your desktop computer, you can learn how to extract, manipulate, and analyse data of any size and complexity. This book familiarizes readers with easily digestible but powerful concepts that will enable you to feel confident working with data.

Offers succinct writings that will refresh your view of librarianship and invigorate your work. Stephens encourages curiosity and creativity in his students and all library workers by connecting trends from outside the profession to its bedrock values.

With the emphasis on incorporating STEM activities in children's curriculum at ever earlier ages, often neglected are opportunities to explore subjects outside the sciences, and give children the space to use their imagination. This book will spark their interest in history, geography, events, and landmarks around the world, and nourish creativity.

Part of the Shared Foundations series, this book examines effective implementation of the Shared Foundation Engage from the National School Library Standards.

Part of the Shared Foundations series, this book examines effective implementation of the Shared Foundation Explore from the National School Library Standards.

Using the AASL Standards Framework for Learners, this book demonstrates ways to use the Shared Foundations and Domains in your instructional design while collaboratively planning personalized learning experiences with content-area educators.

Applying an informal and practical approach, Kerby provides beginning librarians with the essential steps to effectively manage a vibrant school library collection. Kerby argues that building a quality collection is no longer enough and offers strategies to ensure that learners actively engage with the materials.

Get ready to break out of your storytime routine by encouraging children's natural instincts to move, sing, and play! Unlike traditional storytimes, music and movement storytimes encourage children to learn by getting inside stories while interacting with others.

While libraries are often well-versed in protecting the right to read books, many lack policies and experience in addressing censorship of resources and services. This resource uses specific case studies to offer practical guidance on safeguarding intellectual freedom related to library displays, programming, and other librarian-created content.

New public library directors quickly learn what seasoned directors already know: running a library means you've always got your hands full. This book walks you through the core components of getting up to speed and then provides templates, sample documents, checklists, and other resources that will make your job easier.

Are you spending money wisely? If you're a technical services manager at an academic library, an administrator, or a dean, you're tasked with proving it. Incorporate assessment and analysis work into your library's existing workflow with the guidance of this new collection from the Association of Library Collections and Technical Services.

Offers a framework for coaching copyright, empowering users to take a practical approach to specific situations. Complete with in-depth case studies, this collection provides valuable information rooted in pragmatic techniques.