Continuing Change, Constant Engagement considers the current environment, impact, and future directions of academic libraries in the Caribbean. Continuing Change, Constant Engagement considers the current environme...Loe edasi...
This volume shares some of the ways that librarians and library scholars are incorporating Critical Race Theory (CRT) into the field of library and information studies. CRT provides a theoretical and analytical lens through which librarians can ch...Loe edasi...
Reading Workplace Dynamics offers a renewed ethos for public librarianship synthesizing frontline practitioner outcomes with scholarship via a blend of chapters presenting innovative and bold testimony on ways in which COVID-19 forever ch...Loe edasi...
The need for decolonizing cultural institutions and their mismanagement practices in galleries, libraries, archives, and museums, of First Nations peoples’ materials and knowledge has been widely recognised. However, this has not translated into a...Loe edasi...
Public libraries, through their mission, vision, and position in the community, play a significant part in building community sustainability and are already positioned to serve as a “backbone support organization” for collective impact initiatives...Loe edasi...
Critical, scholarly, and reflective perspectives on the theory, practice and progress made towards achieving antiracism in the various domains of Library and Information Science and towards creating racial justice in communities through the work o...Loe edasi...
The 2018 West Virginia teachers’ strike in the USA exemplifies the changing shape of dissent and protest in the digital age. The use of social media has changed the ways such events develop, offering new tools for organizing, strategizing, generat...Loe edasi...
Librarians reflect on the place and role of their institutions within democracy, and how they can help stem the tide of misinformation that is threatening democracy in the US and around the world. After an introduction on anticipating 2020 and be...Loe edasi...
Offering examples from around the world, from Tasmania to Mississippi, international contributors in library and information sciences, library technology, and human information behavior explore issues of staffing, best practices, and collaboratio...Loe edasi...
In sections on hope is part of the plan, diverse and inclusive, creating community, and the future is waiting, researchers and practitioners of librarianship explain how libraries shape the future of societies and the world. Among their topics ar...Loe edasi...
Consisting of 15 chapters by information science, library and information studies, and other specialists from the US, this volume examines the ways libraries and librarians increase peoples health literacy and reduce health disparities in their...Loe edasi...
Informed Learning Applications is the latest volume of rigorous research in the Advances in Librarianship series. Edited by experienced librarian Kim L. Ranger, the eight contributions to this volume describe various practices extending...Loe edasi...
Libraries are at the heart of many of the communities they serve. Increasingly, it is important for them to adjust to serve minority groups, including LGBTQ+ communities. This collection presents original scholarship on the emerging directions of adv...Loe edasi...
At the heart of any discussion about the future of libraries is the future of librarians—and how well our instructional programs, especially the Master of Library Science (MLS) degree, prepare them for their careers. Building on the Re-envisioning th...Loe edasi...
At the heart of any discussion about the future of libraries is the future of librarians—and how well our instructional programs, especially the Master of Library Science (MLS) degree, prepare them for their careers. Building on the Re-envisioning th...Loe edasi...
Rural and small public libraries provide invaluable services to their communities. These information institutions operate in areas that, when compared to national averages, have poor broadband accessibility and weaker connection speeds, low home inte...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Dec-2016, Hardback, Kirjastus: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, ISBN-13: 9781786359339)
Celebrating the James A. Partridge Outstanding African American Information Professional Award the authors examine issues of race, inclusion, diversity, and justice in the field of library and information science. The award recognizes information pro...Loe edasi...
John Carlo Bertot, Paul T. Jaeger, Ursula Gorham, Natalie Greene Taylor, Paul T. Jaeger
Sari: Advances in Librarianship
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Mar-2016, Hardback, Kirjastus: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, ISBN-13: 9781786350589)
Editors Gorham, Taylor, and Jaeger present readers with a collection of academic and working professional perspectives on contemporary and emerging trends in the field of library science and what it means to be a librarian. The contributions are focu...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Dec-2015, Hardback, Kirjastus: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, ISBN-13: 9781785606533)
All libraries have patrons and staff members with disabilities, making equitable service a priority for these organizations as they provide diverse services to their entire communities. Although rapid technological changes in recent years have offere...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2015, Hardback, Kirjastus: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, ISBN-13: 9781784416386)
This volume is unusual in that the theme is quite broad in scope yet focused on a specific topic; innovations and boundary-pushing studies in areas not usually found in library literature. It represents a look at the periphery of the field surveyed i...Loe edasi...
