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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (NJ1), 2007
The Guidelines are focused on the library services to babies and toddlers, their families and supporting organizations dealing with early literacy and appropriate services for the very young. Early brain development research has shown the unequivocal impact that talking, singing and reading to babies and toddlers can have on their acquisition of…
Descriptors: Libraries, Public Libraries, Library Services, Guidelines
Evans, G. Edward – 1995
Designed to help library students gain an understanding of building library collections for specific communities of users, this text presents the process of collection development. Emphasizing collection development in general, rather than the process in any particular institutional setting, the book provides a discussion of needs assessment,…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection, Library Policy
Hayes, Robert M.; Walter, Virginia A. – 1996
Public libraries must operate in a time of increasing change, both within the library community and throughout the larger social and economic environments in which the library must function. This book is a guide to the strategic management of change in community libraries. It addresses the unique circumstances and needs of public libraries and…
Descriptors: Change, Change Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Library Administration
1991
This manual of microcomputer operations for the media center is intended to serve as a guide for students, faculty and staff of West Orange High School, Florida. The philosophy behind the media center is that students and teachers benefit from library services, and that all related equipment, schedules, procedures, and materials should be…
Descriptors: Computer Centers, Computer Software, Copyrights, High Schools
Kingma, Bruce R. – 1996
This book provides readers with an introduction to economics and cost-benefit analysis and will be particularly valuable to individuals who are, or plan to be, managers of information services in academic, public, or special libraries. Part 1 provides a rational for economic studies in librarianship, specifically, gaining understanding of consumer…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Economic Factors
Prostano, Emanuel T.; Prostano, Joyce S. – 1999
Focusing on successful management of the school library media center (SLMC) as a system, this latest edition of an authoritative work addresses and integrates the many trends and developments of the past decade while maintaining the vision of the SLMC as the nerve center of the media system--a network of services oriented to the educational…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Technology, Learning Resources Centers
Chen, Chiou-Sen Dora – 1995
This book advises librarians, paraprofessional library supervisors, and library school students on problems unique to the management of serials. Chapter 1 explains the character and publication patterns of serials. Chapter 2 discusses the scope and the organizational structure of serials management, and the role of the serials manager. Chapter 3…
Descriptors: Authority Control (Information), Bibliographic Records, Futures (of Society), Information Management
Panella, Deborah S. – 1991
This document is an introductory guide to all aspects of law librarianship. Chapters 1 and 2 provide an overview of the history and nature of law libraries and the nature of the legal field and legal clientele. Collection development is discussed in chapter 3, covering such aspects as acquisitions, alternatives to purchasing materials, selection…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Technology, Law Libraries, Library Acquisition
Clyde, Laurel A. – 1999
The aim of this book is to provide an overview of the management and use of information technology (infotech) in school library media centers, with emphasis on the possible applications of infotech in the school library program (including its use in school library management, in information services, and in curriculum-related applications) and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Management
Bopp, Richard E., Ed.; Smith, Linda C., Ed. – 1995
This document provides an overview of the concepts and processes behind reference services and the most important sources consulted in answering common reference questions. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 deals with concepts and theory. It covers ethical aspects of reference service, the reference interview, the principles and goals of…
Descriptors: Ethics, Government Publications, Indexes, Information Services
Nisonger, Thomas E. – 1998
This volume reviews current options for handling serials problems and clarifies fundamental issues in one of the greatest challenges confronting today's library and information science professionals. Focusing on the management of serials in libraries and the role of serials in scholarly communications, this book combines descriptive and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Budgeting, Citation Analysis, Decision Making