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Library Programs and Services
COMING SOON
The Fundamentals
9TH EDITION | STACEY GREENWELL AND G. EDWARD EVANS
The ninth edition of Library Programs and Services: The Fundamentals builds on the strong foundation of the previous editions. Award-winning and widely published author G. Edward Evans returns with a new co-author, Stacey Greenwell, in this update that combines their signature style of textbook readability, informality, and sometimes humor, as well as their knack for balancing foundational topics and new trends.
A new feature in the ninth edition is the incorporation of the concept of “library social work” through “Social Work Connections” sidebars in each chapter. Anecdotes throughout the text and “Career Tip” sidebars offer practical advice and specific current examples. Greenwell and Evans have combined several chapters from the previous edition and expanded discussions of new trends while retaining and updating the fundamentals. The ninth edition is a welcome update for library and information science courses and a valuable handbook for public services librarians.
FEATURES
• The ninth edition includes updates throughout, anecdotes, career tips, and references to “library social work” in each chapter • This popular textbook covers a wide range of services in all types of libraries • Works as a handbook for public service librarians
April 2023, 360pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7998-2 $95.00, £71.00, €82,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7870-1 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7869-5 $65.00, £49.00, €57,00
STACEY GREENWELL, EdD, is the coordinator of educational services and an instructional designer at the University of Kentucky Libraries, and she provides liaison support to the School of Information Science and the Lewis Honors College. G. EDWARD EVANS, PhD, is a semi-retired, award-winning author and Fulbright Scholar. He retired from full-time work as associate academic vice president for libraries and information resources at Loyola Marymount University.
Storytelling
Art and Technique
5TH EDITION | JANICE M. DEL NEGRO, EDITOR
—Jamie Campbell Naidoo, PhD, Foster-EBSCO Professor, University of Alabama, SLIS, February 26, 2021
Storytelling: Art and Technique serves professors, students, and practitioners alike as a textbook, reference, and professional guide. It provides practical instruction and concrete examples of how to use the power of story to build literacy and presentation skills, as well as to create community in those same educational spaces.
FEATURES
• Offers readers a thorough overview of the role of story and storytelling in the library • Gives a convincing argument for the value of storytelling • Provides practical tips on selecting, preparing, and telling stories
June 2021, 449pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7208-2 $65.00, £49.00, €57,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7209-9
JANICE M. DEL NEGRO, PhD, is tenured associate professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University in River Forest, IL.
March 2024, 150pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7876-3 $55.00, £41.00, €48,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7877-0
MARY DEJONG is an associate librarian at Northern Arizona University’s Cline Library.
February 2022, 196pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7819-0 $50.00, £38.00, €44,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7820-6
SCOTT LANNING is associate professor and librarian at Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT. CAITLIN GERRITY is associate professor and librarian at Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT.
COMING SOON
Concepts and Skills
MARY DEJONG
Students majoring in science and engineering disciplines will be entering careers in which they must be skilled at finding, evaluating, and using information. However, because mastering information literacy skills within these disciplines is uniquely complex and challenging, these students need specialized training.
This book teaches students basic skills to do well by decoding real-world information literacy problems. It also offers details about the utility, structure, and packaging of information, giving students the strong foundation they need to absorb more advanced concepts in scientific communication. Mary DeJong provides students with a compelling context and rationale for the skills they are being asked to learn, helping them learn to appreciate the value of these skills for career success. Explicit connections are made between practical information literacy skills and the threshold concepts outlined by the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Most important, the book is written specifically for students, so it’s appropriately thorough, well-paced, and engaging. In fact, it’s often funny!
FEATURES
• Helps science and engineering students understand foundational concepts in information literacy and scientific communication using infographics, illustrations, and real-life examples
NEW
Concise Guide to Information Literacy
3RD EDITION | SCOTT LANNING AND CAITLIN GERRITY
“Academic libraries and faculty professional development centers are strongly advised to consider this valuable work.” —Library Journal, June 1, 2022
Both a students’ textbook and an instructional reference for educators, this brief but information-rich text teaches students what information literacy is and why it’s such an important skill to develop. Authors Scott Lanning and Caitlin Gerrity concentrate on developing skills and behaviors that positively impact the information literacy process. They teach such skills as evaluating and using information and behaviors like exploring, analyzing, and creating.
Updated to incorporate the new AASL standards, this third edition of Concise Guide to Information Literacy includes new information on the value of curiosity and choice in the research process, offers a new model of the research process (the Reflective Inquiry Model), and updates the Decision Points Information Seeking Model that describes how student researchers choose to use the information they’ve found. This book has proven to be invaluable for high school and college students learning about information literacy and librarians and teachers in upper high school and community college settings.
Instructional Design for LIS Professionals
A Guide for Teaching Librarians and Information Science Professionals
MELISSA A. WONG
—Library Journal, August 1, 2019
Many librarians are thrust into positions where they are asked to teach colleagues. Others choose to share their knowledge and experience by preparing the next generation of librarians in graduate programs. However, few such librarians have received any formal education in instructional design. In this book, Melissa A. Wong, an expert instructional designer, helps information professionals to prepare for their roles as teachers of current and future librarians.
FEATURES
• Faculty and librarians new to teaching will appreciate the concise, practical advice for designing courses for effective learning • All faculty will appreciate tips on authentic assignment design and effective feedback, engaging and supporting students, and managing their workload • The book has a unique focus on teaching graduate students and adults in the LIS field
May 2019, 280pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Paperback: 978-1-4408-6713-2 $85.00, £63.00, €74,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-6714-9
MELISSA A. WONG has been an adjunct instructor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science since 2001 and currently teaches courses in instruction, eLearning, reference, and academic librarianship.
Transforming Information Literacy Instruction
Threshold Concepts in Theory and Practice
AMY R. HOFER, SILVIA LIN HANICK, AND LORI TOWNSEND
—Public Services Quarterly, June 4, 2019
A model that emerged from the Enhancing Teaching-Learning Environments project in Great Britain, threshold concepts are those transformative core ideas and processes in a given discipline that define the ways of thinking and practicing shared by experts. Once a learner grasps a threshold concept, new pathways to understanding and learning are opened up. The authors of this book provide readers with both a substantial introduction to and a working knowledge of this emerging theory and then describe how it can be adapted for local information literacy instruction contexts.
Five threshold concepts are presented and covered in depth within the context of how they relate and connect to each other. The chapters offer an in-depth explanation of the threshold concepts model and identify how it relates to various disciplines (and our own discipline, information science) and to the understandings we want our students to acquire. This text will benefit readers in these primary audiences: academic librarians involved with information literacy efforts at their institutions, faculty teaching in higher education, upper-level college administrators involved in academic accreditation, and high school librarians working with college-bound students.
November 2018, 255pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Paperback: 978-1-4408-4166-8 $65.00, £49.00, €57,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-4167-5
AMY R. HOFER, MLIS, is coordinator of Statewide Open Education Library Services at Open Oregon Educational Resources. SILVIA LIN HANICK, MLIS, MA, is the first year experience librarian and an assistant professor at LaGuardia Community College, a CUNY institution.
LORI TOWNSEND, MLIS, is learning services coordinator and an associate professor for the University Libraries at the University of New Mexico (UNM).
May 2023, 382pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7999-9 $95.00, £71.00, €82,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7930-2 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7929-6 $65.00, £49.00, €57,00
SAMPLE TOPICS
• Advocacy • Assessment • Collection
Development • Curriculum • Leadership • Management • Online Education • Outreach • Personnel • Professional
Development
BLANCHE WOOLLS is a former school librarian, school district supervisor, professor, and LIS director who has served as president of AASL. JOYCE KASMAN VALENZA is associate teaching professor of library and information science at Rutgers University. APRIL M. DAWKINS teaches in the areas of school libraries, intellectual freedom, information literacy, and children’s and young adult literature at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
COMING SOON
The School Library Manager
Leading through Change
7TH EDITION | BLANCHE WOOLLS, JOYCE KASMAN VALENZA, AND APRIL M. DAWKINS
Learn how to manage a school library—even when facing challenges like budget cuts, reduced staffing, and distance learning.
In an era of budget cuts, reduced staffing, and a global pandemic, it’s more important than ever for new LIS professionals and established school librarians and administrators to demonstrate the value of school libraries to decision makers.
This revised and updated edition of a classic text adds two well-known authors to help lead readers through the many essential management tasks and skills required to administer the successful school library program. It emphasizes the importance of the school librarian in providing digital access to information for teachers and students, describes how facilities are being modified to accommodate new resources and programming, and offers new ways to use AASL standards to evaluate programs.
All chapters are updated, and the text addresses such timely subjects as providing information resources when students, teachers, and librarians are interacting online. A new chapter highlights the importance of the school librarian’s leadership in schools, districts, and communities. This invaluable textbook teaches practical skills for school library management and offers inspiration and guidance for growing LIS careers.
FEATURES
• Provides information that progresses logically from preparing for the profession and seeking a job to working and managing as a school librarian • Teaches school librarians to be effective leaders and advocates • Includes several appendixes of practical information • Provides newly updated chapters that include timely information on digital access and working in an online environment • Includes an expanded author team with well-known library educators • Emphasizes the value of school librarians in education and student achievement
COMING SOON
The School Librarian’s Compass
Stories and Reflections to Help You Find Your Way
REBECCA J. MORRIS
These powerful stories prepare school librarians to solve challenges and take advantage of opportunities.
In their preparation for school librarianship, library students learn foundational ideals and observe best practices that center and guide their work. However, discussions of aspirational versions of school librarianship often leave out sufficient practice in managing the many challenges and decisions school librarians face on the job. In this book, veteran educator Rebecca J. Morris uses stories of day-to-day librarianship to empower school librarians as they navigate and manage the complex interactions, decisions, and opportunities of their work.
The book’s alignment with the AASL/CAEP standards makes it helpful to school library educators planning curriculum, syllabi, and course activities. Perfect for reading or study groups, graduate classes, and professional development, these stories invite reflection and lively conversation.
FEATURES
• Aligned to the ALA/AASL/CAEP school librarian preparation standards • Appendices include learning exercises, discussion protocols, and course assignments • Stories invite reflection and conversation about applying professional principles and standards to day-to-day librarianship • Stories prepare school librarians to tackle emerging challenges in the profession
August 2023, 200pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7919-7 $50.00, £38.00, €44,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7920-3
SAMPLE TOPICS
• Co-teaching Inquiry and Research
• Assessing
Student Learning • Teaching Digital
Citizenship • Facilitating
Reading Discussions • Building Culturally
Competent Library
Collections • School Library
Advocacy
REBECCA J. MORRIS, MLIS, PhD, is teaching associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Her recent research has centered on teen access to library services in the pandemic, digital storytelling, and research methods in school librarianship.
July 2021, 320pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7872-5 $90.00, £67.00, €78,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7664-6 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7663-9 $70.00, £52.00, €61,00
MARCIA A. MARDIS is an associate professor at Florida State University’s iSchool and editor of IASL’s School Libraries Worldwide.
March 2022, 315pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7745-2 $65.00, £49.00, €57,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7746-9
CARL A. HARVEY II, MSED, MLS, is associate professor of school librarianship at Longwood University. AUDREY P. CHURCH, PhD, is professor of school librarianship at Longwood University.
The Collection Program in Schools
Concepts and Practices
7TH EDITION | MARCIA A. MARDIS
—Dr. Heather Moorefield-Lang, Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, May 4, 2021
This seventh edition of The Collection Program in Schools is updated in several key areas. It provides an overview of key education trends affecting school library collections, such as digital textbooks, instructional improvement systems, STEM priorities, and open educational resources (OER) use and reuse. Topics of discussion include the new AASL standards as they relate to the collection; the idea of crowdsourcing in collection development; and current trends in the school library profession, such as Future Ready Librarians and new standards from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Each chapter has been updated and revised with new material, and particular emphasis is placed on disaster preparedness and response as they pertain to policies, circulation, preservation, and moving or closing a collection. This edition also includes updates to review of curation and community analysis principles as they affect the development of the library collection.
FEATURES
• Serves as a complete guide to collection management for students as well as practitioners
NEW
School Library Management
8TH EDITION | CARL A. HARVEY II AND AUDREY P. CHURCH, EDITORS
This 8th edition of School Library Management offers a fully updated collection of articles designed to guide both new and practicing school librarians. It gathers information about the issues and trends in the field, programming ideas, and advice from school library leaders. Contemporary articles from the past five years of School Library Connection bring this edition up to the present.
Carefully curated chapters address today’s best practices to improve school library programs, integrating technology considerations throughout each of the sections. Authors cover timely topics such as equity, diversity, and inclusion; budgets; copyright; librarian professional development; evaluation; and advocacy. Each chapter begins with an introduction to put issues into context and ends with activities that will help librarians further explore.
All readers will appreciate this volume as “one-stop shopping” for readings that address best practices in light of major new guiding documents and standards in the school library field.
FEATURES
• Presents a fully updated collection of School Library Connection articles • Reflects the knowledge of authors who teach required school library management courses • Includes questions and activities to aid in instruction
Core Values in School Librarianship
Responding with Commitment and Courage
JUDI MOREILLON, EDITOR
The school library profession has been in “crisis” for more than a decade. Educational decision-makers have not been made aware of or sold on the core values of school librarianship and its value to students, classroom teachers, administrators, and the entire school community. Budgetary priorities often do not include school librarians, resulting in a lack of funding and the elimination of many positions, which can cause many school librarians to feel vulnerable and afraid. Guideposts are needed to offer today’s school librarians a chance to connect or reconnect with their passion for literacy, learning, and serving that led them to the profession.
Core Values in School Librarianship: Responding with Commitment and Courage provides preservice, newly practicing, and seasoned school librarians with opportunities for thoughtful reflection alongside inspiring strategies for gathering courage and enacting four core values of the profession. It is an important and visionary book that all school librarians should read as they develop in their role as leaders in their schools.
FEATURES
• Guides readers to connect or reconnect with passion and purpose for school librarianship, both of which are essential during times of crisis and change
May 2021, 185pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7815-2 $45.00, £34.00, €39,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7816-9
JUDI MOREILLON, PhD, is a literacies and libraries consultant. She has taught preservice school librarians since 1995. Her research and publications focus on school librarian leadership and classroom teacher–school librarian instructional partnerships.
New Directions for School Libraries
4TH EDITION | NANCY PICKERING THOMAS, SHERRY R. CROW, JUDY A. HENNING, AND JEAN DONHAM
The development of information literacy skills instruction can be traced from its basis in traditional reference services to its current growth as an instructional imperative for school librarians. Reviewing the scholarly research that supports best practices in the 21st century school library, this book contains insights into improving instruction across content areas—drawn from the scholarly literatures of library and information studies, education, communication, psychology, and sociology—that will be useful to school, academic, and public librarians and LIS students.
In this updated fourth edition, special attention is given to recent studies of information seeking in changing instructional environments made possible by the Internet and new technologies. This new edition also includes new chapters on everyday information seeking and motivation and a much-expanded chapter on Web 2.0. The new AASL standards are included and explored in the discussion. This book will appeal to LIS professors and students in school librarianship programs as well as to practicing school librarians.
FEATURES
• Offers information literacy research and applications to instruction useful to all types of libraries • Expands on previous editions of a textbook widely adopted by school library preparation programs • Discusses the newest AASL standards as they relate to information literacy and instruction
June 2020, 272pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-4451-5 $55.00, £41.00, €48,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-4452-2
NANCY PICKERING THOMAS, PhD, is professor emeritus in the School of Library and Information Management at Emporia State University. SHERRY R. CROW is professor and administrator of the school librarian endorsement program at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. JUDY A. HENNING is assistant professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. JEAN DONHAM is a retired professor of school library studies, a position she held at the University of Northern Iowa.
January 2021, 373pp, 8 1/2x11 Paperback: 978-1-4408-6483-4 $65.00, £49.00, €57,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-6484-1
SAMPLE TOPICS
• Creative Commons and Other
Automatic Licenses
• Digitization • Differences between “Copyright
Free,” “Royalty
Free,” “License,” and “Lease” • Fair Use Analysis • History of
Copyright Law • Internet-Based
Applications • Issues Specific to
Media by Type • The Marrakesh
Agreement and
Its Influence on
Copyright and
Students with
Disabilities • Potential Changes in
Library Procedures
Based on Recent
Court Cases • Public Domain and How to Use It
Effectively • Recent Legislative
Changes in Music
Copyright
CAROL SIMPSON is a practicing attorney, retired associate professor of library and information science, and former school librarian, teacher, and district library administrator. SARA E. WOLF is an associate professor at Auburn University. Her interest in copyright began more than 25 years ago and has grown to include speaking, teaching, and institutional policy development activities.
Copyright for Schools
A Practical Guide
6TH EDITION | CAROL SIMPSON AND SARA E. WOLF
This newly updated edition explains copyright law as it applies to education.
This updated edition of Copyright for Schools explains U.S. copyright law as it applies to education settings clearly and concisely for teachers and school librarians.
Topics new to this edition include copyright implications related to the use of such streaming services as Netflix™ and Pandora™, links to online tools that teachers can use to assist them in making their own daily decisions regarding the use of copyrighted materials, and implications relating to the use of anonymous internet publishing tools such as Snapchat™ and use of Cloudbased sharing. Other new topics include issues related to disability, how to appropriately respond to cease and desist letters and other legal inquiries, implications of the Music Modernization Act, and expanded discussion of open resources such as Creative Commons licenses.
This edition also adds a concordance in a “Scope and Sequence” table format, so all information related to U.S. copyright knowledge is accessible no matter where it resides within the text, and provides links to online tools and resources that can be used to guide users of copyrighted materials in making decisions about how to use them. Still included are the real-world applications and the Q&A sidebars from prior editions.
FEATURES
• Concordance linking copyright concepts to concepts featured elsewhere in the text • Revised and expanded lists of free and licensed materials for use in teaching and learning • New chapter discussing issues related to disability • New chapter discussing appropriate responses to cease and desist letters and other legal inquiries • Links to online tools and resources that can be used to guide users of copyrighted materials in making decisions about how to use them
Intellectual Freedom Issues in School Libraries
APRIL M. DAWKINS, EDITOR
School librarians continue to advocate for and champion student privacy and the right to read and have unfettered access to needed information. Updated and current information concerning these issues is critical to school librarians working daily with students, parents, and faculty to manage library programs, services, and print and digital collections. This volume is an invaluable resource as school librarians revisit collection development, scheduling, access, and other policies.
Library science professors will find this updated volume useful for information and discussion with students. Drawing on the archives of School Library Connection, Library Media Connection, and School Library Monthly magazines—and with comprehensive updates throughout—chapters tackle privacy, the right to read, censorship, equal access to information, and other intellectual freedom issues.
New laws and legal and ethical opinions continue to appear and help inform the daily response school librarians have to current issues. This volume updates all included articles with current legal thought and opinion. Intellectual freedom expert April Dawkins offers practical advice and commentary throughout.
FEATURES
• Includes up-to-date coverage of a wide range of intellectual freedom topics • Looks at current and applicable laws • Features important topics for discussion in LIS classes • Immediately usable in schools and for school district staff development
November 2020, 217pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7236-5 $45.00, £34.00, €39,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7237-2
APRIL M. DAWKINS, PhD, is assistant professor in library and information studies at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.
Evaluating the School Library
Analysis, Techniques, and Research Practices
2ND EDITION | NANCY EVERHART
—Booklist Online, April 30, 2021
This new edition of an important tool for school librarians and administrators describes how and why to conduct evaluations of school libraries and explains the evaluation of curriculum, collections, facilities, student programs and services, and library personnel. The results can be used for strategic planning, curriculum development, and conducting action research.
New topics to this edition include explorations of community, faculty, students, and school library research, discussing how to bring all stakeholders to the table when evaluating the school library program, personnel and services, and the collection and facilities. Other new topics include information on high-stakes testing, multiculturalism, special needs students, advocacy, school librarians’ self-evaluation, dispositions for learning, and evidence-based practice. This title will be of value to new school librarians in assessing how their program compares to others, as well as to school library professors, who will find this book useful in management and administration courses.
October 2020, 178pp, 8 1/2x11 Paperback: 978-1-4408-5586-3 $50.00, £38.00, €44,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-5587-0
NANCY EVERHART is professor at the iSchool at Florida State University. She is an award-winning researcher and author of more than 100 professional articles focusing on school librarians and school libraries.
August 2019, 233pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7308-9 $50.00, £38.00, €44,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7309-6
KATHLEEN W. CRAVER, PhD, is a school library consultant and former head librarian at National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C.
School Libraries in a Time of Change
How to Survive and Thrive
KATHLEEN W. CRAVER
During this time of rapid modernization of technology and educational reform, this book is a must-read for school librarians tasked with ensuring their libraries meet evolving standards. This title provides the research and organizational techniques and skills they need to gain seats at the table of the three power committees: technology, curricula, and strategic planning.
School librarians need to collect and publicize national and local school-based evidence that shows the positive correlations between school librarians and student achievement. Craver notes correlative sources and provides ideas to employ them to ensure that school librarians remain indispensable. In addition, acquiring technological skills and becoming expert at their application are paramount for librarians. Even more important is the need for librarians to assume sole responsibility for designing and integrating information literacy and critical thinking skills throughout the curriculum. Craver analyzes studies that show students’ inability to discern fact from fiction, ads from news, and information bias in electronic information sources and recommends six actions that school librarians take to ensure that they become active participants in their future rather than its victims.
FEATURES
• School librarians will recognize the need to become future forecasters in an age of rapid technological change
March 2017, 184pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-4897-1 $50.00, £38.00, €44,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-4898-8
SHARON COATNEY is retired from her work as a Kansas school librarian and senior acquisitions editor at Libraries Unlimited. She is coeditor with Violet Harada of Libraries Unlimited’s Inquiry and the Common Core: Librarians and Teachers Designing Teaching for Learning. VIOLET H. HARADA is professor emeritus at the University of Hawaii. For 20 years, she coordinated the school library specialization for the library and information science program.
The Many Faces of School Library Leadership
2ND EDITION | SHARON COATNEY AND VIOLET H. HARADA, EDITORS
“The editors and contributors do a competent job of expanding upon the ideas and resources explored in the first edition…. Readers are provided a plethora of information on how to become a leader…. This book will be especially helpful for public school librarians, and those studying library and information studies.”
—VOYA, August 3, 2017
In today’s educational landscape, school librarians need to lead the way in many areas, including advocacy, literacy, technology, curriculum, vision, collaborative instruction, and intellectual freedom. All of these areas are vital to building and sustaining a school library program that enhances and encourages student achievement, as well as to providing enhanced services to students and faculty.
This revised edition of The Many Faces of School Library Leadership offers invaluable insights from recognized leaders in the field of school librarianship that detail leadership roles embraced by accomplished practitioners and consider the research regarding best practices. An essential read for practicing school librarians as well as for pre-service school librarians, it offers today’s school librarians actionable advice for strengthening their roles, underlining their value, and protecting their future—all while boosting student learning and achievement. The expert guidance and perspectives in this book will bolster those who are facing enormous challenges to meet them and allow school library staff to protect their jobs and to save school library programs from extinction.
The School Librarian as Curriculum Leader
JODY K. HOWARD
—VOYA, August 3, 2017
This reference provides school library professors with strategies and tips for creating future school leaders out of current LIS students. Drawing upon her extensive experience as a school librarian, author Jody K. Howard heralds the library professional’s role as information specialist, instructional partner, and curriculum advocate. Her insider’s perspective is rich with tested strategies to help students seamlessly integrate the responsibilities of their multiple roles into daily activities.
The work explains the process of curriculum mapping and collection development with an eye on teaching these tools to those new to the profession. The content provides methods for developing guided inquiry lessons in collaboration with teachers, illustrates ways to develop leadership skills while aligning the collection with the curriculum, and offers strategies for working alongside curriculum committees and classroom teachers to build a cohesive educational program. The final chapter explores the roles and responsibilities of school librarians at the district, state, and national level.
FEATURES
• Includes charts, tables, models, and discussion questions to aid school library professors • Provides strategies for developing, aligning, and evaluating curriculum
March 2017, 116pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-59884-990-5 $45.00, £34.00, €39,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-4407-2
JODY K. HOWARD, PhD, has educated school librarians and other library professionals at Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Old Dominion University, and Emporia State University.
Social Justice and Cultural Competency
Essential Readings for School Librarians
MARCIA A. MARDIS AND DIANNE OBERG, EDITORS
Education systems today are expected to advance national goals related to fairness, equity, and social cohesion. Comprising articles written and collected in the journal of the International Association of School Librarianship and new articles written especially for this anthology, this book documents both empirical research and promising practices to help school librarians and teachers work together to promote social justice and develop learners’ and educators’ cultural competence.
Both coeditors are experienced in working with authors from around the world and have participated in the development of effective and ethical standards and guidelines for school library practitioners. Brief real-life case studies of school librarians and teachers in action showcase efforts to improve the lives of marginalized or under-served students. School librarians inside and outside of the United States, school library educators and policymakers, and academic librarians building school librarianship collections will find this guide valuable.
FEATURES
• Includes evidence-based approaches to dealing with challenges to the educational and moral purposes of schools • Features fresh perspectives on shared concerns from colleagues • Provides access to research and promising practices
November 2019, 178pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7120-7 $50.00, £38.00, €44,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7123-8
MARCIA A. MARDIS is associate professor and assistant dean at Florida State University. Marcia was editor and lead writer of the AASL National School Library Standards. DIANNE OBERG is professor emerita at the University of Alberta, Canada. She served on the IFLA School Libraries Standing Committee for 12 years and has been an active member of IASL since 1982.
October 2019, 127pp, 8 1/2x11 Paperback: 978-1-4408-6709-5 $50.00, £38.00, €44,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-6710-1
ANN MARLOW RIEDLING, PhD, served as a professor at numerous universities for over 30 years. She has served four Fulbrights and has written 18 books.
CYNTHIA HOUSTON, MSLIS, PhD, is professor in the Libraries, Informatics, and Technology in Education program at Western Kentucky University.
Reference Skills for the School Librarian
Tools and Tips
4TH EDITION | ANN MARLOW RIEDLING AND CYNTHIA HOUSTON
This fourth edition of Reference Skills for the School Librarian: Tools and Tips acknowledges the vital importance of reference skills in school libraries. It focuses on new reference skills for school librarians and includes more online materials such as Webliographies and a glossary.
Teaching reference skills and providing reference services to students and staff in schools are extremely important tasks and are required of librarians on a regular basis. Aimed at pre-service and in-service school librarians, this book covers all types of reference materials including almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and other standard information sources, giving extra emphasis to the online sources to which students increasingly turn. This edition addresses more online reference resources than previous editions and offers practical suggestions for use in K–12 student instruction.
FEATURES
• Includes updated content in every chapter • Expands on online reference skills and resources • Explains how to combine online reference skills with student questioning skills • Offers librarians the chance to practice their skills with scenarios and exercises
December 2015, 230pp, 8 1/2x11 Paperback: 978-1-4408-3580-3 $60.00, £45.00, €52,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-3581-0
ALLISON G. KAPLAN, EdD, is faculty associate at the School of Library and Information Studies, the iSchool at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Catalog It!
A Guide to Cataloging School Library Materials
3RD EDITION | ALLISON G. KAPLAN
—Technicalities, November 14, 2016
Since the last edition of this invaluable text was published, the library world has experienced a revolution in descriptive cataloging the likes of which has not been seen since the early 1980s. This updated, third edition of an established and well-respected guide makes it easy for you to stay in step with those monumental changes. The book will help you understand the latest fundamentals of cataloging so you can get items on the library shelves quickly and efficiently.
Every chapter has been revised. Changes in standards, including RDA and BISAC, that were alluded to in the second edition are discussed in depth and illustrated with explanations, and sample problem sets are included so you can put theory into practice. In addition, the book provides you with clear headings for easy scanning as well as cheat sheets and templates for creating records for book and non-book items. Previous editions of this text have been used by library practitioners and library and information science professors across the country because of its spot-on, easy-to-follow guidance on cataloging for school libraries. This new edition builds upon those strengths, adding everything you need to know about current, groundbreaking changes.
FEATURES
• Thoroughly updates a best-selling, essential guide to cataloging • Addresses the new standards specifically as they apply to school libraries
SUBJECTMAIN1 / SUBJECTSUB1 REFERENCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES AND TOOLS Librarian’s Guide to Online Searching
Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction
6TH EDITION | CHRISTOPHER C. BROWN
“This is a wonderful introductory textbook for undergraduate and graduate students aiming to learn the art of searching library databases and using search engines on the open Web. It is also very valuable for practitioners seeking to brush up on their searching skills. As someone who has used each prior version of this textbook for many years, I highly recommend this extremely useful book to students and faculty as well as to practicing librarians and information professionals more broadly.”
—Beth St. Jean, Associate Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, February 16, 2021
An indispensable book for learning about databases.
Librarians need to know of existing databases, and they must be able to teach search capabilities and strategies to library users. This practical guide introduces librarians to a broad spectrum of fee-based and freely available databases and explains how to teach them.
The updated 6th edition of this well-regarded text covers new databases on the market as well as updates to older databases. It also explains underlying information structures and demonstrates how to search most effectively. It introduces readers to several recent changes, such as the move away from metadata-based indexing to full text indexing by vendors covering newspaper content. Business databases receive greater emphasis.
As in the previous edition, this book takes a real-world approach, covering topics from basic and advanced search tools to online subject databases. Each chapter includes a thorough discussion, a recap, concrete examples, exercises, and points to consider, making it an ideal text for courses in database searching as well as a trustworthy professional resource.
FEATURES
• Helps librarians and students understand the latest developments in library databases • Looks not only at textual databases but also numerical, image, video, and social media resources • Includes changes and trends in database functionality since the 5th edition
June 2021, 371pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7873-2 $80.00, £60.00, €69,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7824-4 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7823-7 $60.00, £45.00, €52,00
SAMPLE TOPICS
• Controlled
Vocabularies • Database
Instruction • Database Interfaces • Database Searching • Evaluating
Databases • Google Search Tools • Library Instruction • Licensing Databases • User Behaviors • Web-Scale
Discovery Tools
CHRISTOPHER C. BROWN, professor, is reference librarian and coordinator of government documents at the University of Denver, Main Library.
April 2020, 419pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7250-1 $75.00, £56.00, €65,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7251-8
CHRISTOPHER C. BROWN is reference librarian and coordinator of government documents at the University of Denver, Main Library. Brown has taught as an adjunct professor in the University of Denver Library School for 20 years, and many students have taken his government publications course.
Mastering United States Government Information
Sources and Services
CHRISTOPHER C. BROWN
> AWARD WINNER
LJ Best Reference of 2020 –Library Journal, March 1, 2021
—Booklist, May 15, 2020
When information professionals are asked questions involving government information, they often experience that “deer in the headlights” feeling. Mastering United States Government Information helps them overcome any trepidation about finding and using government documents.
Written by Christopher C. Brown, coordinator of government documents at the University of Denver, this approachable book provides an introduction to all major areas of U.S. government information. It references resources in all formats, including print and online. It serves as a practical and current guide for practitioners as well as a text or supplementary reading for students of library information studies and for in-service trainings.
May 2020, 748pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-6883-2 $90.00, £67.00, €78,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-6884-9 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7504-5 $75.00, £56.00, €65,00
MELISSA A. WONG has been an online instructor for the University of Illinois since 2001, teaching courses in reference, instruction, management, and academic librarianship. LAURA SAUNDERS is associate professor at Simmons University School of Library and Information Science, teaching in the areas of reference, instruction, and academic libraries.
Reference and Information Services
An Introduction
6TH EDITION | MELISSA A. WONG AND LAURA SAUNDERS, EDITORS, FOREWORD BY LINDA C. SMITH
—Library Journal, Starred Review, August 1, 2020
Reference and Information Services is the go-to textbook for MSLIS and i-School courses on reference services and related topics. It is also a helpful handbook for practitioners. Authors include LIS faculty and professionals who have relevant degrees in their areas and who have published extensively on their topics.
The first half of the book provides an overview of reference services and techniques for service provision, including the reference interview, ethics, instruction, evaluation and assessment, and services to diverse populations including children. This part of the book establishes a foundation of knowledge on reference service and frames each topic with ethical and social justice perspectives.
The second part of the book offers an overview of the information life cycle and dissemination of information, followed by an in-depth examination of information sources by type—including dictionaries, encyclopedias, indexes, and abstracts—as well as by broad subject areas including government, statistics and data, health, and legal information. This second part introduces the tools and resources that reference professionals use to provide the services described in the first half of the text.
Envisioning the Future of Reference
Trends, Reflections, and Innovations
DIANE ZABEL AND LAUREN REITER, EDITORS
—Choice, January 1, 2021
For the past decade, librarians have been lamenting the demise of reference services. Encouraging recent research shows that reference librarians are actually in more demand than ever; however, nearly everything about reference has changed—from technologies, tools, and techniques to models of service.
What are these changes, and how can the profession respond to and prepare for shifting priorities and user needs? In this volume, business librarians Diane Zabel and Lauren Reiter bring together a host of experts to answer these timely questions. Topics range from the education and training of professionals to meeting the needs and wants of employers. Covered are trends in chat reference, research consultations, do-it-yourself reference, tracking trends with user populations, assessment, and data-driven decisions about reference services.
Grounded in the principle that, regardless of the evolutions in service, the user remains at the center of reference, this guide offers readers an exciting look at the future of this important public service.
February 2020, 193pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-6737-8 $65.00, £49.00, €57,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-6738-5
DIANE ZABEL is Louis and Virginia Benzak Business Librarian and head of the Schreyer Business Library at The Pennsylvania State University. LAUREN REITER is Sally W. Kalin Librarian for Learning Innovations and business liaison librarian at The Pennsylvania State University Libraries.
Strauss’s Handbook of Business Information
A Guide for Librarians, Students, and Researchers
4TH EDITION | HAL P. KIRKWOOD
> AWARD WINNER
2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title –Choice, December 1, 2021
—Booklist Online, October 23, 2020
Strauss’s Handbook of Business Information is a resource for finding and understanding business information. It contains explanation and instruction on the key facets of business information and provides detailed descriptions of key resources within both broad and specific categories. It can be used as a guide to further understanding the what, how, and why of business information research.
The changing arena of business information requires regular updating and awareness. This new edition has been thoroughly updated with three new chapters: Entrepreneurship, Competitive Intelligence, and Corporate Social Responsibility. Other additions of note include subsections on internet and mobile marketing and tax havens and related issues; coverage of new legislation (e.g., Dodd-Frank); and subsections on index funds, investment communities, regulatory bodies and laws, hedge funds, venture capital companies, assessing risks, robo-advisors, and more.
August 2020, 403pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-5130-8 $100.00, £75.00, €87,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-5131-5
HAL P. KIRKWOOD is Bodleian Business Librarian at the Sainsbury Library of Said Business School, Oxford University. Previously, he served as associate professor at the Parrish Library of Management & Economics at Purdue University.
May 2019, 459pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-5847-5 $75.00, £56.00, €65,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-5848-2
DIANA TIXIER HERALD is youth collection librarian at Mesa County Libraries in Colorado, an author, and a readers’ advisory consultant, workshop presenter, and speaker. She is winner of NoveList’s Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award.
SAMUEL STAVOLE-CARTER is a product support specialist at OverDrive and a former teacher and librarian.
July 2018, 454pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Paperback: 978-1-4408-6061-4 $65.00, £49.00, €57,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-6062-1
STEVEN W. SOWARDS is associate director for collections and past head of reference at the Michigan State University Libraries. He has written scores of reviews and articles on the reference world and print-to-digital migration of library resources. JUNEAL CHENOWETH is an historian and long-time editor of America: History and Life. Managing editor of American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) and ARBAonline, Chenoweth works with an advisory board to track the reference world for librarians and educators.
Genreflecting
A Guide to Popular Reading Interests
8TH EDITION | DIANA TIXIER HERALD AND SAMUEL STAVOLE-CARTER
Next to author, genre is the characteristic that readers use most to select reading material and the most trustworthy consideration for finding books readers will enjoy. With its detailed classification and pithy descriptions of titles, this book gives users valuable insights into what makes genre fiction appeal to readers. It is an invaluable aid for helping readers find books that they will enjoy reading.
Providing a handy roadmap to popular genre literature, this guide helps librarians answer the perennial and often confounding question “What can I read next?” Herald and StavoleCarter briefly describe thousands of popular fiction titles, classifying them into standard genres such as science fiction, fantasy, romance, historical fiction, and mystery. Within each genre, titles are broken down into more specific subgenres and themes. Detailed author, title, and subject indexes provide further access.
As in previous editions, the focus of the guide is on recent releases and perennial reader favorites. In addition to covering new titles, this edition focuses more narrowly on the core genres and includes basic readers’ advisory principles and techniques.
FEATURES
• Helps librarians answer the challenging question “What should I read next?” • Helps LIS students understand popular genres and better select books for which readers are looking
The Reference Librarian’s Bible
Print and Digital Reference Resources Every Library Should Own
STEVEN W. SOWARDS AND JUNEAL CHENOWETH, EDITORS
—Library Journal, November 1, 2018
Drawing on their collective experience in reference services and sifting through nearly 30,000 reviews in ARBAonline, editors Steven Sowards, associate director for collection at Michigan State University Libraries, and Juneal Chenoweth, editor of American Reference Books Annual, curated this collection of titles, most of which have been published since 2000, to serve collections and reference librarians in academic and public libraries.
From the Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences and Encyclopedia of the Civil War to the Encyclopedia of Physics, Encyclopedia of Insects, and Taylor’s Encyclopedia of Garden Plants to the formidable Oxford English Dictionary, The Reference Librarian’s Bible encompasses every subject imaginable and will be your first stop for choosing and evaluating your library’s collections as well as for answering patrons’ questions.
FEATURES
• Critically assesses the most widely held reference titles • Includes LC and Dewey classifications for every title • Makes finding titles easy with organization by subject
SUBJECTMAIN1 / SUBJECTSUB1 RESEARCH METHODS, STATISTICS, AND DATA Research Methods in Library and Information Science
7TH EDITION | LYNN SILIPIGNI CONNAWAY AND MARIE L. RADFORD
“This latest edition of Connaway and Radford’s classic textbook provides an excellent foundation in research methods for students in the discipline. Substantially updated from previous editions, it is logically organized, covers the full range of commonly used methods in LIS, and provides many examples of important concepts from published research. Especially significant, it points to current trends in research, including a focus on social justice and anti-colonial approaches, ensuring its relevance in the contemporary research landscape.”
—Heidi Julien, Professor, SUNY at Buffalo, January 28, 2021
An essential guide to quantitative and qualitative research methods in library and information science.
The revised seventh edition of this popular text provides instruction and guidance for professionals and students in library and information science who want to conduct research and publish findings, as well as for practicing professionals who want a broad overview of the current literature.
Providing a broad introduction to research design, the authors include principles, data collection techniques, and analyses of quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as advantages and limitations of each method and updated bibliographies. Chapters cover the scientific method, sampling, validity, reliability, and ethical concerns along with quantitative and qualitative methods. LIS students and professionals will consult this text not only for instruction on conducting research but also for guidance in critically reading and evaluating research publications, proposals, and reports.
As in the previous edition, discipline experts provide advice, tips, and strategies for completing research projects, dissertations, and theses; writing grants; overcoming writer’s block; collaborating with colleagues; and working with outside consultants. Journal and book editors discuss how to publish and identify best practices and understudied topics, as well as what they look for in submissions.
FEATURES
• Features new or expanded sections on social justice research; virtual collaboration, data collection, and dissemination; scholarly communication; computer-assisted qualitative and quantitative data analysis; scholarly identity research and guidelines; data science; and visualization of quantitative and qualitative data • Provides a broad and comprehensive overview and update, especially of research published over the past five years • Highlights school, public, and academic research findings
May 2021, 528pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7871-8 $90.00, £67.00, €78,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7858-9 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7857-2 $65.00, £49.00, €57,00
SAMPLE TOPICS
• Experimental
Research • Individual
Interviews
• Participatory
Research • Qualitative Methods • Quantitative
Methods • Research Analysis • Research Studies • Survey Research • Textual Analysis • Writing Research
Proposals
LYNN SILIPIGNI CONNAWAY is director of library trends and user research at OCLC Research.
MARIE L. RADFORD is chair and professor in the Department of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University.
Research Methods for Librarians and Educators
Practical Applications in Formal and Informal Learning Environments
RUTH V. SMALL AND MARCIA A. MARDIS, EDITORS
April 2018, 310pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-4962-6 $65.00, £49.00, €57,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-4963-3
“Well organized, readers can choose to use this text in a variety of ways, increasing the book’s value as a go-to
resource. ” —ARBA, August 4, 2018
Using an innovative, real-world approach that makes the research problem and method relevant and valuable to the reader, this book provides a broad overview of research methods used in library and information studies and associated fields.
FEATURES
• Explains the complex topic of research methodology and statistics in simple, straightforward language
RUTH V. SMALL is Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Information Studies at Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY. MARCIA A. MARDIS is an associate professor and assistant dean at the College of Communication & Information at Florida State University (FSU).
Applications of Social Research Methods to Questions in Information and Library Science
2ND EDITION | BARBARA M. WILDEMUTH, EDITOR
November 2016, 433pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-3904-7 $75.00, £56.00, €65,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-3905-4
The second edition of this innovative textbook illustrates research methods for library and information science, describing the most appropriate approaches to a question—and showing you what makes research successful.
FEATURES
• Provides comprehensive coverage of research methods used in library and information science, discussing their strengths, weaknesses, and biases • Presents completely updated content that includes several new chapters on innovative methods (mixed methods research and social network analysis), and more than half of the methods chapters focus on critiquing new research studies • Covers both qualitative and quantitative methods as well as mixed methods • Analyzes examples of award-winning library research
BARBARA M. WILDEMUTH is professor and associate dean in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Streamlining LIS Research
A Compendium of Tried and True Tests, Measurements, and Other Instruments
AMY J. CATALANO
June 2016, 193pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-4506-2 $75.00, £56.00, €65,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-4507-9
This collection of the best library research instruments will help you to streamline efforts and save time when researching.
FEATURES
• Includes a primer for establishing validity and reliability • Offers full text of each test when available • Features a variety of tests, including the Beile Test of Information Literacy for Educators, Project SAILS, and the
Library Anxiety Scale • Contains the most up-to-date versions of tests, a compilation of citations that have used the tools, and contact information for their authors
AMY J. CATALANO is associate professor of library services and curriculum materials librarian at Hofstra University.
SUBJECTMAIN1 / SUBJECTSUB1ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT The Organization of Information
4TH EDITION | DANIEL N. JOUDREY AND ARLENE G. TAYLOR, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF KATHERINE M. WISSER
—ARBA, June 1, 2018
From those who work in archives to cataloging, indexing to technical services, almost all library specialists need a solid foundation of knowledge regarding the functions of information organization.
This latest edition of The Organization of Information is a key resource for anyone in the beginning stages of their LIS career as well as longstanding professionals and paraprofessionals seeking accurate, clear, and up-to-date guidance on information organization activities across the discipline. The book begins with a historical look at information organization methods, covering libraries, archives, museums, and online settings. It then addresses the types of retrieval tools used throughout the discipline—catalogs, finding aids, indexes, bibliographies, and search engines—before describing the functionality of systems, explaining the basic principles of system design, and defining how they affect information organization. The principles and functionality of metadata is next, with coverage of the types, functions, tools, and models (particularly FRBR, IFLA-LRM, RDF) and how encoding works for use and sharing—for example, MARC, XML schemas, and linked data approaches.
The latter portion of the resource describes specific activities related to the creation of metadata for resources. These chapters offer an overview of the major issues, challenges, and standards used in the information professions, addressing topics such as resource description (including standards found in RDA, DACS, and CCO), access points, authority control, subject analysis, controlled vocabularies—notably LCSH, MeSH, Sears, and AAT—and categorization systems such as DDC and LCC.
FEATURES
• Provides an essential overview of information organization—a central activity in library and information science—that describes approaches to organizing in libraries, archives, museums, online settings, indexing services, and other environments • Newly revised and updated to reflect changes in cataloging rules, address new standards, and introduce upcoming changes • Expands the scope of content relating to information organization in non-library settings
November 2017, 722pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-59884-859-5 $75.00, £56.00, €65,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-6129-1 Paperback: 978-1-59884-858-8 $60.00, £45.00, €52,00
SAMPLE TOPICS
• Archival Description • Cataloging • Classification • Controlled
Vocabulary • Encoding • Indexing • Information
Organization • Metadata
• Museum
Registration • Semantic Web • Subject Analysis • System Design
DANIEL N. JOUDREY, MLIS, PhD, is professor in the School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, MA, where he teaches information organization, subject cataloging and classification, and descriptive cataloging. ARLENE G. TAYLOR, MSLS, PhD, is professor emerita, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. Her experience as a library school educator covered more than 30 years, and she was active in the American Library Association for more than 30 years. KATHERINE M. WISSER, MA, MSLS, PhD, is associate professor at the School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, MA, where she teaches information organization, archival access and use, metadata, indexing and thesaurus construction, and the history of libraries.
Beginning Cataloging
2ND EDITION | JEAN WEIHS AND SHEILA S. INTNER
December 2016, 148pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-3844-6 $60.00, £45.00, €52,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-3845-3
Now thoroughly updated to include recent changes with RDA, this easy-touse primer provides an introduction to standardized cataloging that will benefit library technicians as well as students in library technician and teacher librarian programs.
FEATURES
• Provides clear and comprehensible explanations of the rules and tools used by libraries to catalog and classify their materials • Illustrative examples for each aspect of cataloging, classification, RDA, and
MARC computer encoding • Covers all types of material formats, including books, audiovisuals, images, sound, electronic resources, and more • Offers numerous practical exercises as well as a glossary of cataloging terms and tools
JEAN WEIHS has taught cataloging to librarians, library technicians, and school librarians in Canada for 50 years and was a visiting professor at two U.S. universities.
SHEILA S. INTNER is professor emerita of library and information science at Simmons University, Boston, MA, and was founding director of its MLIS program at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.
Guide to the Library of Congress Classification
6TH EDITION | LOIS MAI CHAN, SHEILA S. INTNER, AND JEAN WEIHS
September 2016, 373pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-4433-1 $75.00, £56.00, €65,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-4434-8
—ARBA, November 1, 2017
Like earlier editions, this thoroughly updated sixth edition of the classic textbook provides readers with a basic understanding of the Library of Congress Classification system and its applications.
LOIS MAI CHAN was professor, College of Library and Information Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington. SHEILA S. INTNER is professor emerita of library and information science at Simmons University, Boston, MA, and was founding director of its MLIS program at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. JEAN WEIHS was director of the library techniques program at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto, Canada, until her retirement.
Introduction to Cataloging and Classification
11TH EDITION | DANIEL N. JOUDREY, ARLENE G. TAYLOR, AND DAVID P. MILLER
September 2015, 1048pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-59884-857-1 $90.00, £67.00, €78,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-3745-6 Paperback: 978-1-59884-856-4 $75.00, £56.00, €65,00
—Technical Services Quarterly, September 9, 2016
A new edition of this best-selling textbook reintroduces the topic of library cataloging from a fresh, modern perspective.
DANIEL N. JOUDREY, MLIS, PhD, is professor in the School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, MA.
ARLENE G. TAYLOR, MSLS, PhD, is professor emerita, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, and distinguished adjunct professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. DAVID P. MILLER, MA, MSLIS, is professor and head of technical services at the Levin Library, Curry College, Milton, MA.
JOHN SCHLIPP
“A welcome resource for librarians across the profession in understanding issues related to intellectual property.” —Library Journal, January 1, 2020
Comprehending intellectual property rights is critical in today’s world in order to negotiate the challenges associated with all kinds of intellectual properties, from patents to trademarks to copyright. Created for courses but useful for a wide range of readers, Intellectual Property and Information Rights for Librarians teaches intellectual property literacy, allowing teachers and students to easily understand the range of intellectual property issues, including both creator and consumer rights.
Author John Schlipp, an intellectual property librarian and professor, guides readers through intellectual property and information rights issues for today’s professionals in information-based careers. Real-world issues are emphasized, including fair use, which is covered in reference to the First Amendment. Information rights topics examined include legal and ethical issues such as freedom of information, internet regulations, privacy, cybercrime, and security. This text serves as a comprehensive reference and a collection of best practices that addresses all types of intellectual properties in one book.
September 2019, 317pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7070-5 $65.00, £49.00, €57,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7071-2
JOHN SCHLIPP is an intellectual property librarian and professor at W. Frank Steely Library at Northern Kentucky University. He manages the Intellectual Property Awareness Center, which represents the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Library and Information Center Management
9TH EDITION | BARBARA B. MORAN AND CLAUDIA J. MORNER
“It is essential to teach our future leaders not only to expect this rate of change, but also to master it whenever possible. Library and Information Center Management, now in its ninth edition, attempts to take on that teaching role. . . . Every chapter has been revised using feedback from users of previous editions.”
—Booklist Online, March 7, 2018
Strategic planning. Facilities management. Leadership, ethics, communication, and motivation. Human resources and staffing. Change, library development, and innovation. Marketing. Measurement and evaluation. Fiscal responsibility and control. These are just some of the wide range of responsibilities and necessary skills of contemporary library managers—not all of which are typically covered in detail in LIS educational programs.
Now updated and expanded for its ninth edition, Libraries Unlimited’s Library and Information Center Management is the core management text for library information science programs. This latest text adds new information on grant writing as well as more about budgets, marketing, financial management, assessment, and evidence-based management. The authors include various real-world examples from international settings to help readers understand and conceptualize the place of the library and information center in our global world. Each chapter ends with two helpful sections that present numerous examples and opportunities to apply newly gained information: “Practice Your Skills” and “Discussion Questions.”
November 2017, 548pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-5447-7 $60.00, £45.00, €52,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-5448-4
BARBARA B. MORAN, PhD, was Louis Round Wilson Distinguished Professor at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she served as dean from 1990 to 1998.
CLAUDIA J. MORNER, PhD, was dean/ professor emerita at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
October 2017, 446pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-5536-8 $65.00, £49.00, €57,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-5537-5
JOSEPH R. MATTHEWS is president of JRM Consulting and has provided consulting assistance to numerous academic, public, and special libraries and local governments. He is editor of Public Library Quarterly and is on the editorial boards of Performance Measurement and Metrics and Library Hi Tech.
The Evaluation and Measurement of Library Services
2ND EDITION | JOSEPH R. MATTHEWS, FOREWORD BY LISA HINCHLIFFE
—Technical Services Quarterly, April 12, 2019
It’s a fact: today’s libraries must evaluate their services in order to find ways to better serve patrons and prove their value to their communities. In this greatly updated and expanded edition of Matthews’ seminal text, you’ll discover a breadth of tools that can be used to evaluate any library service, including newer tools designed to measure customer and patron outcomes.
The book offers practical advice backed by solid research on virtually every aspect of evaluation, including quantitative and qualitative tools, data analysis, and specific recommendations for measuring individual services, such as technical services and reference and interlibrary loan. New chapters give readers effective ways to evaluate critical aspects of their libraries such as automated systems, physical space, staff, performance management frameworks, eBooks, social media, and information literacy.
October 2017, 377pp, 7x10 Paperback: 978-1-4408-4170-5 $65.00, £49.00, €57,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-4171-2
G. EDWARD EVANS is an award-winning author and Fulbright Scholar who has been an administrator, researcher, teacher, and writer. He formerly taught at the Graduate School of Librarianship and Information Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. HOLLAND CHRISTIE, MLS, is the public services manager at the Flagstaff CityCoconino County Public Library, where she supervises the reference, circulation, and youth services departments.
Managerial Leadership for Librarians
Thriving in the Public and Nonprofit World
G. EDWARD EVANS AND HOLLAND CHRISTIE
“This is a great book for those wanting to jump-start or enhance various aspects of their managerial leadership skills.” —ARBA, June 1, 2018
Managing a library presents a significantly different challenge than managing a small business, a corporation, or even a school or charity organization. To be effective managers and excel in their careers, librarians must understand their unique position in the social landscape and leverage that role to become influential leaders. This guide shows librarians how to make the most of their inherent skills and develop new leadership strengths in order to become better library managers, advance their careers, and sustain their libraries—in spite of changing environments and shrinking budgets.
The book examines many facets of managerial leadership, defines what managerial leadership is, and describes how to assess and increase leadership skills. The chapters also identify the constraints unique to libraries and explain how you can develop positive relationships with government boards, turn a vision into a practical strategic plan, and exercise fiscal control. You will gain invaluable knowledge about fund raising, developing political skills, advocacy and lobbying, and legal and ethical concerns, specifically in the library environment. The final section of the book is devoted to people skills— understanding yourself and others, developing staff, collaboration, negotiation, meetings and presentations, and creating future success.
