Surpassing Wonder

Surpassing Wonder
Author: Donald H. Akenson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 678
Release: 2001-09-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780226010731

Elegant and inventive, Surpassing Wonder uncovers how the ancient Hebrew scriptures, the Christian New Testament, and the Talmuds of the Rabbis are related and how, collectively, they make up the core of Western consciousness. Donald Harman Akenson provides an incisive critique of how religious scholars have distorted the holy books and argues that it was actually the inventor of the Hebrew scriptures who shaped our concept of narrative history—thereby founding Western culture.

Theories of Information Behavior

Theories of Information Behavior
Author: Karen E. Fisher
Publisher: Information Today, Inc.
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2005
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781573872300

This unique book presents authoritative overviews of more than 70 conceptual frameworks for understanding how people seek, manage, share, and use information in different contexts. A practical and readable reference to both well-established and newly proposed theories of information behavior, the book includes contributions from 85 scholars from 10 countries. Each theory description covers origins, propositions, methodological implications, usage, links to related conceptual frameworks, and listings of authoritative primary and secondary references. The introductory chapters explain key concepts, theorymethod connections, and the process of theory development.

A History of ALA Policy on Intellectual Freedom

A History of ALA Policy on Intellectual Freedom
Author: Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2015-07-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838913253

Collecting several key documents and policy statements, this supplement to the ninth edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual traces a history of ALA’s commitment to fighting censorship. An introductory essay by Judith Krug and Candace Morgan, updated by OIF Director Barbara Jones, sketches out an overview of ALA policy on intellectual freedom. An important resource, this volume includes documents which discuss such foundational issues as The Library Bill of RightsProtecting the freedom to readALA’s Code of EthicsHow to respond to challenges and concerns about library resourcesMinors and internet activityMeeting rooms, bulletin boards, and exhibitsCopyrightPrivacy, including the retention of library usage records

The Dysfunctional Library

The Dysfunctional Library
Author: Jo Henry
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2017-12-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838916708

By tackling the dysfunctional library head on, managers as well as library workers who find themselves in a toxic situation will be poised to better meet library goals and move the library forward.

Daddy's Roommate

Daddy's Roommate
Author: Michael Willhoite
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1994-07
Genre: Fathers and sons
ISBN: 9780613787130

A young boy discusses his divorced father's new living situation, in which the father and his gay roommate share eating, doing chores, playing, loving, and living.

Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold
Author: Mark Y. Herring
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2015-01-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0786453931

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.

Critical Information Literacy

Critical Information Literacy
Author: Annie Downey
Publisher: Library Juice Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2016-07-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781634000246

"Provides a snapshot of the current state of critical information literacy as it is enacted and understood by academic librarians"--

Library as Place

Library as Place
Author: Geoffrey T. Freeman
Publisher: Council on Library & Information Resources
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2005
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

What is the role of a library when users can obtain information from any location? And what does this role change mean for the creation and design of library space? Six authors an architect, four librarians, and a professor of art history and classics explore these questions this report. The authors challenge the reader to think about new potential for the place we call the library and underscore the growing importance of the library as a place for teaching, learning, and research in the digital age.