This brand new Dictionary of Agriculture and Land Management addresses the increasing overlap between agricultural sectors and the demands of the management of rural land and property. It covers the main areas of agricultural management, husbandry, environment, estate management, rural recreation, woodland and forestry, as well as general terms such as organizations, policies, and legislation. In over 2,000 clear and concise A to Z entries, it offers authoritative and up-to-date information, and the content is enhanced by entry-level web links that are listed on a dedicated companion website. Useful tables and line drawings complement the entries, and make this volume an excellent point of reference for anyone who needs a guide to agricultural terminology. The most up-to-date dictionary of its kind, it is a must-have for students of agriculture and land management, as well as for professionals in the agricultural and land-management sectors.

A Dictionary of Agriculture and Land Management (Oxford Quick Reference)

DAVIS, ANDREW

Manley, Will

Foot, Katharine

Reference

Oxford University Press

Snowballs in the Bookdrop: Talking It over With Your Library's Community

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Library Professional Pubns

Did you know that the first question ever asked of a reference librarian was "Where's the bathroom?" Or that the very first reference book was the Egyptian Farmer's Almanac? Do you know how reference librarians rid themselves of such pests as the Jerkus disgustis, Pervertus horribilis or the Studentus moronis? If you answered no to any of the above, then The Truth About Reference Librarians may so far have eluded you.Will Manley and Richard Lee are at it again. This time it's a reverent if probing tour of the not so pretty world of reference librarians, yielding such invaluable results as information on the ten stages in life of a reference librarian (1. I want to help humanity; 2. I want to help a few worthy people; 3. At least I'm getting paid for this madness...), instructions of the care and feeding of reference librarians, and a list of some of the oddest actual questions ever put to reference librarians.

The Truth About Reference Librarians

Literature & Fiction

Strong, Gertrude M.

Humor & Satire

McFarland Publishing

After a decade of computerization...our image still has not changed. More importantly, our services have not changed significantly. Books are still our business.... Boolean searching is not the meaning of life. It can, however, help us to find the books we need to make our lives meaningful. So ends this most unusual work of library science. Pressed for time? Not to worry--this book has no beginning, middle or end. Its not meant to be read that way. It should be taken immediately to the staff lounge and left on top of the microwave--just the place to leave it to ensure that it is read.

What to Do With This Book: Unintellectual Freedoms Opinions of a Public Librarian

Philosophy

This unconventional, uncensored look at the world of unprivate libraries by the unabashed, unreluctant and certainly unconventional columnist for the Wilson Library Bulletin, presents uninhibited views that subvert the undeserved reputation of librarians as unsmiling, unresponsive bureaucrats. Sage advice in a light tone-and you will not be unamused by Gary Handman's uncanny illustrations. This is the second in the "UN" series for Tempe, Arizona's Will Manley.

Unprofessional Behavior: Confessions of a Public Librarian

Biographies & Memoirs

The knock on Will Manley's columns is that he writes about things he knows nothing of, that he sits down at the word processor and flies by the seat of his pants. No less than Library Journal's John Berry wrote an editorial on the very subject. Not this time! The Manley Art of Librarianship is a serious (well, serious for Mr. Manley) celebration of the...art, I guess you could call it, of...o.k., librarianship's the only right word. The process of bringing books and people together, he calls it. It even includes the infamous sex survey that led to his discharge from Wilson Library Bulletin. It is not one of the McFarland-Manley (Handman, Lee) "Un-" series around which so much undeserved fame has arisen. Libraries are being replaced by "multimedia centers" and "learning materials centers." High tech is doing the talking. So Will interrupts to offer sound advice for maintaining the art of the profession in an environment increasingly hostile to books.

The Manley Art of Librarianship

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Manley, Will. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Manley, Will