The Transformed Library

Author : Jeannette Woodward
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 0838911641
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Transformed Library written by Jeannette Woodward and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2013 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are libraries extinct? In these times of economic downturn and digital availability, what could provide libraries with a reason for being? In order to provide a vital presence on Facebook and Google+, you must provide a true sense of connection with the library's friends.

Author : Julie Biando Edwards
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810891824
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transforming Libraries, Building Communities written by Julie Biando Edwards and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for those moving their library beyond places to find information. Written by practicing public librarians and an academic librarian with an interest in public libraries, the book focuses on how public libraries can become more community centered and, by doing so, how they can transform both themselves and their communities. The authors argue that focusing on building community through innovative and responsive services and programs will be the best way for the public library to reposition itself in the years to come.

Author : Anthony Grafton
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674037863
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christianity and the Transformation of the Book written by Anthony Grafton and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When early Christians began to study the Bible, and to write their own history and that of the Jews whom they claimed to supersede, they used scholarly methods invented by the librarians and literary critics of Hellenistic Alexandria. But Origen and Eusebius, two scholars of late Roman Caesarea, did far more. Both produced new kinds of books, in which parallel columns made possible critical comparisons previously unenvisioned, whether between biblical texts or between national histories. Eusebius went even farther, creating new research tools, new forms of history and polemic, and a new kind of library to support both research and book production. Christianity and the Transformation of the Book combines broad-gauged synthesis and close textual analysis to reconstruct the kinds of books and the ways of organizing scholarly inquiry and collaboration among the Christians of Caesarea, on the coast of Roman Palestine. The book explores the dialectical relationship between intellectual history and the history of the book, even as it expands our understanding of early Christian scholarship. Christianity and the Transformation of the Book attends to the social, religious, intellectual, and institutional contexts within which Origen and Eusebius worked, as well as the details of their scholarly practices--practices that, the authors argue, continued to define major sectors of Christian learning for almost two millennia and are, in many ways, still with us today.,

Author : Valerie Freeman
Publisher : Chandos Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0081012985
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating a New Library written by Valerie Freeman and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating a New Library: Recipes for Transformation offers ways to make your library group space into one conducive to transformational learning. The book is structured as a cookbook with an introduction to the idea, then directions on its execution. Next, the book gives tips on how to adapt each ‘recipe’ to fit other specific needs, including other kinds of libraries. The layout follows three strands: space, community, and outreach. Each section includes five elements critical to transforming spaces:, fun, stimulation, safety, freedom, and personal. From providing coffee in the morning, to a full Personal Librarian program, this book presents useful and engaging ideas for transformational learning. Enables and encourage transformational learning in academic and research libraries Presents practical ideas in the style of a cookbook, recipes that can be readily applied to a variety of sites and situations Gives useful insight and ideas relevant to different kinds of libraries, including academic and research libraries Suggests fun, quirky, and practical ideas for your library

Author : Dorothy Stoltz
Publisher : ALA Editions
ISBN 13 : 9780838916223
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transform and Thrive written by Dorothy Stoltz and published by ALA Editions. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with stories from across the country, this book provides a complete strategy that will help libraries of any size or funding level amplify the skills and enthusiasm of library staff, getting everyone on the right page and thus leading to better service for their communities.

Author : Pete McDonnell
Publisher : Chandos Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0081007787
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Experiential Library written by Pete McDonnell and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Experiential Library: Transforming Academic and Research Libraries through the Power of Experiential Learning features contributions—in a relatively conversational, practical, and "how-to" format—from various academic libraries across broad educational levels that have implemented experiential learning programs, services, or resources to enhance the learning and development of both students and library employees. As academic libraries and academic librarians are seeking ways to transform themselves and create collaborative synergies within and without their institutions, this timely book suggests exciting ways to integrate experiential learning into the library’s offerings. Ranging from integrated service learning and Information Literacy instruction that "takes the class out of the classroom," to unique experiential approaches to programming like Course Exhibits and the Human Library, the book is a one-stop-shop for libraries looking to expand their repertoire. It will also help them create connections between experiential learning and their institutions' missions and contributions to student success, by grounding these programs and services on a sure methodological footing. Librarians and educators wishing to learn more about the connections between experiential learning/experiential education and academic libraries would benefit from the advice from authors in this book. Covers experiential learning for academic and research libraries Presents diverse aspects of experiential learning in academic libraries across the spectrum of educational levels Offers a one-stop-shop for librarians keen on bringing experiential learning to their institutions Adds to current conversations in both LIS and experiential education, enabling further synergies in both disciplines

Author : Carroll Wetzel Wilkinson
Publisher : Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr
ISBN 13 : 083898603X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transforming Information Literacy Programs written by Carroll Wetzel Wilkinson and published by Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr. This book was released on 2012 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book raises a broad scope of themes including the intellectual, psychological, cultural, definitional and structural issues that academic instruction librarians face in higher education environments. The chapters in this book represent the voices of eight instruction librarians, including two Immersion faculty members. Other perspectives come from a library dean, a library school faculty member, a library coordinator of school library media certification programs, and a director emerita from a School of Education.

Author : Pam Colburn Harland
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598845187
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Learning Commons written by Pam Colburn Harland and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-01-31 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This simple guide provides valuable insights for transforming an out-of-date public, school, or academic library into a thriving, user-centric learning commons. The goal of the learning-commons strategy is to provide a centralized, "go-to" location for all users seeking help on the complex issues of teaching, researching, and being a global citizen in our changing world. A library organized around the learning-commons construct fosters collaborative work and social interaction between users during research and learning. This paradigm also encourages use of innovative technologies and information resources. Transforming a traditional library into a thriving learning commons does take some planning and effort, however. Each of the seven chapters in this book explains a simple step that a librarian can take to improve their facility. Photographs and concrete examples of the suggested strategies are included; checklists at the end of each chapter serve as indicators for measuring progress. This text is useful for library administrators in school settings (both public and private, K-12) as well as academic, public, and special libraries.

Author : Mark Y. Herring
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786453931
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fool's Gold written by Mark Y. Herring and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work skeptically explores the notion that the internet will soon obviate any need for traditional print-based academic libraries. It makes a case for the library's staying power in the face of technological advancements (television, microfilm, and CD-ROM's were all once predicted as the contemporary library's heir-apparent), and devotes individual chapters to the pitfalls and prevarications of popular search engines, e-books, and the mass digitization of traditional print material.

Author : D. Russell Bailey
Publisher : ALA Editions
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transforming Library Service Through Information Commons written by D. Russell Bailey and published by ALA Editions. This book was released on 2008-02-25 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Information Commons (IC) strives to unite all the facts and figures of the world into a resource available to everyone. This work presents the how-to information necessary for institutions considering the development of an information commons. Offering advice on what works, it includes case studies from small and large academic libraries.