A Practical Writing Guide for Academic Librarians

• Author : Anne Langley,Jonathan Wallace
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 11 May 2010

Mastering the skills necessary for clear, effective writing can make writing tasks flow more easily. This book helps academic librarians who are new to the profession or new to a supervisory or management position, as well as those who want to be more productive and make the their writing for work go more smoothly. From progress reports to project plans, cover letters to case studies and book reviews to blogging, readers will find examples and how-tos for most of the

• Author : Rachel M. McMullin,Kerry R. Walton
• Publisher : ABC-CLIO
• Release : 31 May 2019

This book will be invaluable for those in the academic library who want to understand how best to serve students on the autism spectrum and how those students can contribute to the library. • Serves as an essential resource on how to serve students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) • Offers an overview of characteristics of students with ASD that is tailored to those working in academic libraries and shows how those characteristics will affect various types of interactions • Provides practical solutions

• Author : Lili Luo,Kristine R. Brancolini,Marie R. Kennedy
• Publisher : ABC-CLIO
• Release : 22 September 2017

Gain access to the latest and most savvy research techniques for academic librarians with this robust guidebook written by industry leaders involved in setting national standards for the Institute of Research Design for Librarianship. • Features the latest research practices of academic librarians–including current trends and patterns • Provides the resources, knowledge, and skills to successfully conduct research, improve professional practice, and enhance careers • Engages professionals in a sustained learning process to improve their research proficiency and impact • Includes practical information

• Author : Carolyn J. Radcliff
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release : 03 June 2023

• Author : Tammy Ivins,Anne Pemberton
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 22 April 2019

This book will get librarians writing by dispelling the mythos surrounding “scholarly writing” by providing practical tools and advice. Though the authors have extensive experience as scholars, this book is written in a friendly, approachable, non-intimating manner.

• Author : Marta Mestrovic Deyrup
• Publisher : ABC-CLIO
• Release : 31 December 2018

Professional publication can take your career to the next level. Use this guide to learn the best ways to share your expertise and show commitment to the profession through publishing. • Presents a complete and up-to-date guide that covers all types of writing and publishing, intended specifically for librarians • Provides ready-made templates that greatly simplify the writing process and covers new writing and promotional opportunities, such as blogging and using social media • Helps librarians meet the challenge of "publish or perish"

• Author : Gail Staines
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 05 July 2012

Universal Design provides practitioners, graduate students, and other professionals interested in obtaining practical advice on how to effectively create and re-create interiors of academic libraries for teaching, learning, and research. The academic library ‘as place’ continues to evolve around the idea that the existing environment can have multiple uses. Partnerships with other college and university agencies, such as centers for teaching excellence and writing centers have compatible missions with those of academic libraries. Established within the building-proper these facilities will

• Author : Beverley E. Crane
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 17 December 2015

Designed for librarians who work with all age levels from youngsters to seniors at all educational, reading and language backgrounds, who must fulfill responsibilities that run the gamut from instructing patrons on information literacy skills to using electronic tools to marketing the library to locating funding, Infographics: A Practical Guide for Librarians provides librarians with the following: Section I: Infographics 101 contains definitions, history, importance in today’s society, types and examples, advantages and disadvantages, general uses, uses in libraries, tools

• Author : Birley, Graham (Head, Education Research Unit, University of Wolverhampton),Moreland, Neil (Associate Dean, School of Education, University of Wolverhampton)
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 12 May 2014

Covering all aspects of research methodology, this research tool also deals with planning issues and self-management techniques needed by the researcher. It contains information on data analysis and advice for staff members needing support from their institutions to pursue research.

• Author : Brighid M. Gonzales
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Release : 12 June 2020

Systems Librarianship: A Practical Guide for Librarians offers new systems librarians and interested LIS students foundational knowledge about the field of systems librarianship as well as practical information and strategies for common projects like migrating a library system and technology planning. With up-to-date information based on a survey of 200 practicing systems librarians, the current professional literature, and on-the-job experience, this practical guide covers everything a new systems librarian should know in order to succeed in this field. The first half

• Author : Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 16 February 2017

Games can seem to do the impossible: reach patrons and drive traffic to projects and services. But how can libraries use gamification and game elements to improve instruction and outreach, or to encourage the use of particular areas and services? In this guide, readers will learn about how to structure game activities in order to best reach their patrons. Chapters devoted to topics such as personalization, goal setting, working with partners, games in instruction, and assessment illustrate some of the

• Author : Leo Appleton
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 14 May 2021

Academic libraries are facing uncertain times. The international higher education environment is very volatile and academic libraries and librarians can play a major role in helping to strategically position their parent institution within it. In doing so, there needs to be clarity as to what the position of the academic library is with regard to the role and function it has within the university and how library leadership can have pan-institutional influence and impact. There are several ways in which

• Author : Claire McGuinness
• Publisher : Facet Publishing
• Release : 20 January 2021

The Academic Teaching Librarian’s Handbook is a comprehensive resource for academic library professionals and LIS students looking to pursue a teaching role in their work and to develop this aspect of their professional lives in a holistic way throughout their careers. The book is built around the core ideas of reflective self-development and informed awareness of one’s personal professional landscape. Through engaging with a series of exercises and reflective pauses in each chapter, readers are encouraged to reflect

• Author : Heather A. Dalal,Robin O'Hanlon,Karen L. Yacobucci
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 01 August 2017

Today’s libraries need to market their resources and services more than ever. Libraries can strengthen their relationships with their users and gain new audiences by creating their own promotional videos. However, creating marketing videos can be intimidating for beginners and challenging for even seasoned pros. Video Marketing for Libraries provides step-by-step instructions on how to produce videos designed to market your library and strategies to assess their impact. You too can increase awareness of your library’s resources & services

• Author : Claire McGuinness
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 26 July 2011

Becoming Confident Teachers examines the teaching role of information professionals at a time of transition and change in higher education. While instruction is now generally accepted as a core library function in the 21st century, librarians often lack sufficient training in pedagogy and instructional design; consequently finding their teaching responsibilities to be stressful and challenging. By exploring the requirements and responsibilities of the role, this book guides teaching librarians to a position where they feel confident that they have acquired