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Author: Jason König Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107244587 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 501
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The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. However, books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a fundamental reassessment of how ancient libraries came into being, how they were organized and how they were used. Drawing on papyrology and archaeology, and on accounts written by those who read and wrote in them, it presents new research on reading cultures, on book collecting and on the origins of monumental library buildings. Many of the traditional stories told about ancient libraries are challenged. Few were really enormous, none were designed as research centres, and occasional conflagrations do not explain the loss of most ancient texts. But the central place of libraries in Greco-Roman culture emerges more clearly than ever.
Author: P. i p i kids Publisher: Pi Kids ISBN: 9780785373957 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 120
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Introduce your child to 12 classic Mother Goose nursery rhymes with this first library of sturdy board books sized perfectly for little hands. The brightly illustrated three-inch-square board books perfect for little hands to manage easily fit neatly inside a colorful carrying case. The books thick cardboard pages withstand rips and tears and are coated for easy cleanup. Read and relive treasured tales like Jack and Jill, Rock-a-Bye, Baby, Little Boy Blue, and Humpty Dumpty today!
Author: Linda W. Braun Publisher: Young Adult Library Services Association (Yalsa) Young Adult Library Services Association (Yalsa) a ISBN: 9780838989616 Category : Libraries and teenagers Languages : en Pages : 178
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In this collection of essays, staff working directly with teens explore ideas, services and programs that continue to evolve within their libraries. The challenges revealed emphasize the fact that neglecting teen library services risks a future in which libraries themselves are no longer valuable to the community and the potential advocates which todays teenagers will someday become.
Author: Fausto Gilberti Publisher: Phaidon Press ISBN: 9781838660802 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Yayoi Kusama dreamed of becoming a famous artist. Day and night she painted hundreds and hundreds of dots onto large canvases. The dots soon came off her pictures and ended up on her dresses, tables, and walls. But she wasn't sorry! An inspiring story about one of the most popular contemporary artists in the world.
Author: Herman Parish Publisher: Greenwillow Books ISBN: 9780062095121 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Generations of children have fallen in love with Amelia Bedelia, the housekeeper so literal-minded that she puts sponges in her sponge cake and pitches a tent by throwing it into the woods. Now fans can find out what Amelia Bedelia was like when she was a little girl just starting school. In the picture book Amelia Bedelia's First Library Card, young Amelia Bedelia and her classmates visit the library. Exploring the shelves of books, volunteering at the front desk, and meeting the librarians is so fun! But Amelia Bedelia’s favorite part is getting her very own library card. Amelia Bedelia’s First Library Card is a love letter to reading, libraries, librarians, and books. Author Herman Parish is a nephew of Peggy Parish, the creator of Amelia Bedelia.
Author: Donald L. DeWitt Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317951778 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 122
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Explore the ARL’s initiatives for identifying, formulating, and testing new criteria for evaluating academic libraries in the digital age! The proliferation of electronic information resources in the past decade has changed the ways in which research libraries evaluate their service and holdings. This collection of articles (thirteen of which previously appeared in ARL’s bimonthly newsletter/report on research issues and actions) examines new measures for library evaluation that are being developed by the Association of Research Libraries. It presents an overview of how the Association of Research Libraries’ “new measures” initiative developed, plus insightful reports on the details of the SERVQUAL, LibQUAL+, and E-metrics projects. Handy flow charts and tables make the information easily accessible and understandable. From the editor: “The profound changes in library management and collection development brought about by digital technology in the closing decade of the twentieth century have changed the way we think about libraries. If we were to ask librarians who have been in the profession for more than a decade how they evaluated a library, we probably would hear statistics about the number of volumes held and added annually, the number of serial subscriptions, how much money a library has to spend, and how many professionals are on staff. These are the traditional criteria by which libraries have been judged throughout much of the twentieth century. Newer librarians, however, especially those who entered the profession in the late 1980s and 1990s, use a different yardstick and frequently recite different statistics that include terms such as user satisfaction, spending on electronic resources and services, document delivery services, numbers of databases and electronic journals available, and services provided to distance learners.” In Evaluating the Twenty-First Century Library, you’ll find valuable information on: current performance measures for academic libraries the continuing search for accurate new performance measures the uses of learning outcomes assessment SERVQUAL, LibQUAL+, and the ARL LibQUAL+ Pilot Project the results of the 2000 Symposium on Measuring Library Service Quality the uses of E-metrics in assessing the academic networked environment and accurately measuring use, users, services, resources, and other factors an insightful discussion of the rise in spending on electronic information by research libraries
Author: Xan Arch Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 154
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Presenting strategies for improving academic library services for first-generation students, this timely book focuses on programs and services that will increase student academic engagement and success. Demographic data and secondary school graduation rates suggest that colleges and universities will enroll growing numbers of first-generation students over the next decade. Academic Library Services for First-Generation Students focuses on ways academic libraries can uniquely contribute to the successful transition to college and year-to-year retention of first-generation students. The practical recommendations in this book include a wide range of ideas for the design and modification of library services and facilities to be more inclusive of the needs of first-generation students. All of the recommendations are specifically aimed at addressing challenges faced by first-generation students. Topics covered range from study spaces and service points to information literacy instruction and campus partnerships. The book makes the case—both explicitly and implicitly—that academic libraries can help address known risk factors (e.g., by helping students build academic cultural competencies) and thereby improve success, persistence, and retention for first-generation students. Academic library professionals in both leadership roles and public service positions will benefit from the actionable strategies presented here.
Author: Catherine M. Parisian
Author: Catherine M. Parisian
Author: Jason König
Author: P. i p i kids
Author: Linda W. Braun
Author: Page Publications
Author: Fausto Gilberti
Author: Herman Parish
Author: Donald L. DeWitt
Author: Xan Arch
Author: Elfriede Hulshoff Pol