Ideal for practitioners looking to advance their careers and for use in LIS programs, this "comprehensive overview" (Journal of Access Services) has been thoroughly revised and updated to provide a timely exploration of the characteristics of academic librarianship and its place in the ever-changing environment of higher education. Evans and new coauthor Greenwell guide readers towards understanding what is required to have a successful career in academic librarianship, explaining why academic libraries are distinct from other types of libraries and lending practical insight into their unique political and operational characteristics. The text offers comprehensive coverage of such key issues as teaching faculty roles and the status of the academic librarian; governance and the growing tension on some campuses between faculty and administration; curriculum, with a discussion of the balance between general education requirements and applied courses; the student body; collections, data management, digitization, and metadata; scholarly communication, plus alternative models such as open educational resources (OERs); providing quality service, and the role of user experience (UX) in assessment; ACRL's Information Literacy Framework; funding, including how and where to find detailed higher education expenditure data; classrooms, common learning spaces, and other facilities; staffing and professional development; technology and IT support; career development, with advice on preparing a vita and undergoing a successful interview; and the future of academic librarianship.This updated edition enables readers to understand how academic libraries deliver information, offer services, and provide learning spaces in new ways to better meet the needs of today's students, faculty, and other communities of academic library users.

Academic Librarianship

Evans, G. Edward

Greenwell, Stacey

Reference

ALA Neal-Schuman

The recipient of rave reviews from far and wide (Journal of Hospital Librarianship deemed it "a librarian's dream … very forward-thinking"), since its initial publication this text has served as an essential resource for both LIS students and practitioners. The new fourth edition offers an updated, comprehensive examination of the myriad basic skills effective library managers must exercise throughout their careers. Throughout, Evans and new co-author Greenwell pay close attention to management in "new normal" straitened economic conditions and the pervasive impact of technology on a library manager’s role. This book’s coverage includes
<ul>
<li>a new focus on how being in the public/nonprofit sector influences the application of management basics such as planning, accountability, trust and delegation, decision making, principles of effective organizational communication, fostering change and innovation, quality control, and marketing;</li>
<li>the managerial environment, organizational skill sets, the importance of a people-friendly organization, and legal issues;</li>
<li>key points on leadership, team-building, and human resource management;</li>
<li>budget, resource, and technology management;</li>
<li>management ethics, with a lengthy discussion of why ethics matter; and</li>
<li>tips for planning a library career, with a look at the work/life debate.</li>
</ul>
This book, to quote Australian Library Journal, is “a recommended text for library science students, but is also an excellent source of information for career librarians wanting to refresh their knowledge of library management in a fast-moving information services environment.”

Management Basics for Information Professionals

Library Programs and Services: The Fundamentals (Library and Information Science Text Series)

The ninth edition of this popular overview of the various programs and services offered by libraries offers best practice and useful tips for implementing them effectively.\nBuilding on the strong foundation of the previous editions, award-winning author G. Edward Evans returns with a new co-author, Stacey Greenwell, for this update that combines their signature style of textbook readability, informality, and sometimes humor, as well as their knack for balancing foundational topics and new trends.\nA new feature in this edition is the incorporation of the concept of "library social work" through "Social Work Connections" sidebars in each chapter. Anecdotes throughout the text and "Career Connections" sidebars offer practical advice and specific current examples. Greenwell and Evans have combined several chapters from the previous edition and expanded discussions of new trends while retaining and updating the fundamentals. The ninth edition is a welcome update for library and information science courses and a valuable handbook for public services librarians.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited

"Social Work Connections" and "Career Tip" sidebars are part of an update that elaborates on new trends, provides new readings, and offers a great deal of practical (and sometimes humorous) advice about working in library public services. The ninth edition of Library Programs and Services: The Fundamentals builds on the strong foundation of the previous editions. Award-winning and widely published author G. Edward Evans returns with a new co-author, Stacey Greenwell, in this update that combines their signature style of textbook readability, informality, and sometimes humor, as well as their knack for balancing foundational topics and new trends. A new feature in the ninth edition is the incorporation of the concept of "library social work" through "Social Work Connections" sidebars in each chapter. Anecdotes throughout the text and "Career Tip" sidebars offer practical advice and specific current examples. Greenwell and Evans have combined several chapters from the previous edition and expanded discussions of new trends while retaining and updating the fundamentals. The ninth edition is a welcome update for library and information science courses and a valuable handbook for public services librarians. <ul> <li>The ninth edition includes updates throughout, anecdotes, career tips, and references to "library social work" in each chapter</li> <li>This popular textbook covers a wide range of services in all types of libraries</li> <li>Works as a handbook for public service librarians</li> </ul>

Since its initial publication this text has served as an essential resource for both LIS students and practitioners. Journal of Hospital Librarianship deemed it ‘a librarian’s dream… very forward-thinking.’ The new fourth edition offers an updated, comprehensive examination of the myriad of basic skills effective library managers must exercise throughout their careers. 
Throughout, the authors pay close attention to management in ‘new normal’ straitened economic conditions and the pervasive impact of technology on a library manager’s role. 
This book, to quote Australian Library Journal, is ‘a recommended text for library science students, but is also an excellent source of information for career librarians wanting to refresh their knowledge of library management in a fastmoving information services environment.’

Business & Money

Facet Publishing

Completely revised and expanded to reflect the rapidly changing sphere of information services, this comprehensive introduction to the management of libraries builds the basic skills good library managers must exercise. The authors offer an authoritative approach on the fundamental concepts of management while recognizing the diverse needs of different operating environments. Drawing from examples of successful leadership techniques from a variety of services - archives, information brokers, libraries, records managements and more, this book demonstrates the most effective ways to plan, delegate, make decisions, communicate, and lead a team. Equal emphasis is placed on personal, fiscal, and technological issues, as well as a look at what the future may hold for incoming managers. Readership: LIS educators, new and experienced librarians in management positions, students, and anyone wishing to acquire a sound knowledge of both the theory and practice of management within the changing information workforce.

Learning in Information-Rich Environments: I-LEARN and the Construction of Knowledge from Information

The amount and range of information available to today's students--and indeed to all learners--is unprecedented. If the characteristics of "the information age" demand new conceptions of commerce, national security, and publishing--among other things--it is logical to assume that they carry implications for education as well. Little has been written, however, about how the specific affordances of these technologies--and the kinds of information they allow students to access and create--relate to the central purpose of education: learning. What does "learning" mean in an information-rich environment? What are its characteristics? What kinds of tasks should it involve? What concepts, strategies, attitudes, and skills do educators and students need to master if they are to learn effectively and efficiently in such an environment? How can researchers, theorists, and practitioners foster the well-founded and widespread development of such key elements of the learning process? This second edition continues these discussions and suggests some tentative answers. Drawing primarily from research and theory in three distinct but related fields--learning theory, instructional systems design, and information studies--it presents a way to think about learning that responds directly to the actualities of a world brimming with information. The second edition also includes insights from digital and critical literacies and provides a combination of an updated research-and-theory base and a collection of instructional scenarios for helping teachers and librarians implement each step of the I-LEARN model. The book could be used in courses in teacher preparation, academic-librarian preparation, and school-librarian preparation.

Education & Teaching

Neuman, Delia

Tecce DeCarlo, Mary Jean

Lee, Vera J.

Grant, Allen

Schools & Teaching

Springer

About the Author Delia Neuman is Professor Emerita at Drexel University, where she directed the program to prepare school librarians/media specialists, and Associate Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland, where she oversaw a similar program. She has published widely in the areas of information literacy, instructional design, and qualitative research and was the writer on the committee that produced Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning (ALA, 1998), which introduced the Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning to the K-12 arena. Mary Jean Tecce DeCarlo is Associate Clinical Professor of Literacy Studies in the School of Education at Drexel University. She spent 20 years in public and Catholic schools as a classroom teacher and curriculum developer. At Drexel, Dr. DeCarlo teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the Teacher Education, Special Education, and Reading Specialist programs. Her research interests include a number of areas in literacy studies―including information literacy, digital literacy, early literacy development, and reading comprehension. Vera J. Lee is Associate Clinical Professor of Literacy Studies in the School of Education at Drexel University. She teaches literacy courses for the prek-4 program, the Reading Specialist Certification program, and the ESL add-on Certificate program. She has published on topics related to information literacy, critical literacy, teacher education, online learning, and family literacy. Her current research focuses on fostering the home/school literacy and language practices of immigrant families, school and community engagement with multilingual families, and civic literacy with adult learners. Stacey Greenwell is Instructional Design Librarian at the University of Kentucky. She has held a variety of roles there, including Associate Dean and Director of the Information Commons. In her current role, Dr. Greenwell creates online instructional materials to help undergraduates develop information-literacy skills. She teaches graduate classes in the School of Information Science and has co-authored textbooks on academic librarianship and management. Her current research interests are focused on designing effective online instructional materials. Allen C. Grant is Professor and Dean of the School of Education and Professional Studies at SUNY Potsdam. He has also taught kindergarten, worked as a language instructor in Spain, consulted as an International Baccalaureate----Primary Years Program expert, and spent many years in state service. His research interests center around emerging technologies, urban school reform, leadership development, and anything dealing with K-12 virtual schooling. He is a frequent contributor as an expert witness and pundit for online learning. Product Description The amount and range of information available to today’s students―and indeed to all learners―is unprecedented. If the characteristics of “the information age” demand new conceptions of commerce, national security, and publishing―among other things―it is logical to assume that they carry implications for education as well. Little has been written, however, about how the specific affordances of these technologies―and the kinds of information they allow students to access and create―relate to the central purpose of education: learning. What does “learning” mean in an information-rich environment? What are its characteristics? What kinds of tasks should it involve? What concepts, strategies, attitudes, and skills do educators and students need to master if they are to learn effectively and efficiently in such an environment? How can researchers, theorists, and practitioners foster the well-founded and widespread development of such key elements of the learning process? This second edition continues these discussions and suggests some tentative answers. Drawing primarily from research and theory in three distinct but related fields―lea

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Academic Librarianship

Management Basics for Information Professionals

Library Programs and Services: The Fundamentals (Library and Information Science Text Series)

Library Programs and Services: The Fundamentals (Library and Information Science Text Series)

Management Basics for Information Professionals

Management Basics for Information Professionals

Learning in Information-Rich Environments: I-LEARN and the Construction of Knowledge from Information

Learning in Information-Rich Environments: I-LEARN and the Construction of Knowledge from Information