Reviews of books for library professionals, evaluations of practical and scholarly information concerning the field of of librarianship.
Professional Media 08/15/2009
These new titles aim to keep your library on top of public service and collections management trends and to enable you to exceed the expectations of your patrons and colleagues. More
Professional Media 05/05/2009
Moving beyond—in RA, fundraising, reference, teaching, your career! These new books will show you how!
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Professional Media 03/11/2009
Ever considered offering library reference via Second Life? See LJ's latest reviews in Professional Media.
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Professional Media 12/15/2008
Information Consumption Digital Consumers: Reshaping the Information Professions . Facet , dist. by Neal-Schuman. 2008. 226p. ed. by David Nicholas & Ian Rowlands . index. ISBN 978-1-85604-651-0 . $115. Library users, whether students, researchers, scholars, or citizens at their public library, now orient their information search as a kind of commodity purchase, effectively becoming e-sho...
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Professional Media 11/15/2008
Pop Culture HQ Brookover, Sophie & Elizabeth Burns . Pop Goes the Library: Using Pop Culture To Connect with Your Whole Community . Information Today . 2008. 298p. index. ISBN 978-1-57387-336-9 . pap. $40. This entertaining book by the creators of the "Pop Goes the Library" blog is a breath of fresh air for those progressive librarians wanting to secure their library's future by making pa...
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Professional Media 09/15/2008
The New Starbucks? Doucett, Elisabeth . Creating Your Library Brand: Communicating Your Relevance and Value to Your Patrons . American Library Assn. 2008. 160p. index. ISBN 978-0-8389-0962-1 . pap. $45. As libraries compete with Netflix, Barnes and Noble, and Starbucks, they must use branding to remain visible in a saturated market.
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Professional Media 08/15/2008
Rethinking the Profession Crowley, Bill . Renewing Professional Librarianship: A Fundamental Rethinking . Libraries Unlimited: Greenwood . (Beta Phi Mu Monograph). 2008. 173p. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-59158-554-1 . pap. $45. When is library science not library science? When it is enveloped into information science with its triad of information, communication, and metadata, as opposed to the ...
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Professional Media By Staff - 07/15/2008
Managing Your Relevancy Defining Relevancy: Managing the New Academic Library . Libraries Unlimited: Greenwood . (Library Management Collection). 2008. 274p. ed. by Janet McNeil Hurlbert . index. ISBN 978-1-59158-419-3 . pap. $45. Edited by Hurlbert (associate dean and director, libraries services, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA) and featuring chapters written by more than 20 librarians, l...
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Design Institute 2007 December 11, 2007 at Chicago's Harold Washington Library Center:Design Institute 2007
Learning Gardens New York's GreenBranches program links the library to the street.
Green Picks: LBD May 2007 Want to reduce your library's carbon footprint? Join the Cradle-to-Cradle revolution. Helen Milling shares the green products her firm is using.
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