The World Book Encyclopedia

The World Book Encyclopedia
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2002
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN:

An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Reordering Ranganathan

Reordering Ranganathan
Author: Lynn Connaway Silipigni
Publisher:
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2018-08-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781556534737

This report suggests that Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science can be reordered and reinterpreted to reflect today's library resources and services, as well as the behaviors that people demonstrate when engaging with them.

The CBT Toolbox

The CBT Toolbox
Author: Jeff Riggenbach
Publisher: PESI Publishing & Media
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2012-11
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1936128306

theoretically sound, yet practical and easy-to-use, The CBT Toolbox guides you through evidence-based exercises to help navigate the road to recovery. For a client's use on their own or for use in a therapeutic setting, this book will teach how to overcome unhealthy life patterns, providing fresh and proven approaches to help: identify triggers for a variety of psychological problems; create step by step plans to improve self-worth; dismiss dysfunctional thinking; track and monitor anger; find calm in stressful situations; defeat depression. Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is the most empirically-supported form of treatment for a broad range of psychological problems. The CBT Toolbox is not a "one strategy fits all" book. Rather, you will receive exercises that integrate research with practical application for specific symptom sets with the necessary depth to create meaningful change. The CBT Toolbox will provide you with effective and easy-to-use tools for anxiety, depression, impulsive and destructive behaviors, problem solving, toxic relationships, stress management, and much more. --

A Beginner's Guide to Copy Cataloging on OCLC/PRISM

A Beginner's Guide to Copy Cataloging on OCLC/PRISM
Author: Lois Massengale Schultz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1995
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Can be used as a training manual for beginning library technicians, as a text in an associate degree program in library science, and as a supplementary text in a graduate level cataloging class. Defines and explains cataloging concepts and terminology, focusing on copy cataloging of monographs, reviews the MARC record, and presents a plan for teaching the OCLC/PRISM system. Includes some 50 examples of title and verso pages, examples of OCLC bibliographic records, and exercises and answers, plus a glossary. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Creating Your Strategic Plan

Creating Your Strategic Plan
Author: John M. Bryson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2011-06-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118067258

Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan is the companion workbook to Bryson's landmark book, Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, a step-by-step guide to putting strategic planning into effect. Using revised, easy-to-understand worksheets, the authors provide clear instructions for creating a strategic plan tailored to the needs of the individual organization. With more material on stakeholder analysis, visioning, strategic issue identification, and implementation, this new edition is the best resource for taking leaders, managers, and students through every step of the strategic planning process.

Workbook for Cognitive Skills

Workbook for Cognitive Skills
Author: Susan Howell Brubaker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-12-05
Genre: Cognition
ISBN: 9780814333136

The second edition of the red book builds on the original by adding 70 pages of entirely new exercises and 1,000 rewritten questions.

The Designing for Growth Field Book

The Designing for Growth Field Book
Author: Jeanne Liedtka
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2019-04-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0231547544

Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers (D4G) showed how organizations can use design thinking to boost innovation and drive growth. This updated and expanded companion guide is a stand-alone project workbook that provides a step-by-step framework for applying the D4G tool kit and process to a particular project, systematically explaining how to address the four key questions of the design thinking approach. In the field book, Jeanne Liedtka, Tim Ogilvie, and Rachel Brozenske guide readers through the design process with reminders of key D4G takeaways as they progress. Readers learn to identify an opportunity, draft a design brief, conduct research, establish design criteria, brainstorm, develop concepts, create napkin pitches, make prototypes, solicit feedback from stakeholders, and run learning launches. This second edition is suitable for projects in business, nonprofit, and government contexts, with all-new tools, practical advice, and facilitation tips. A new introduction discusses the relationship between strategy and design thinking.

The Discover Your True North Fieldbook

The Discover Your True North Fieldbook
Author: Nick Craig
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2015-08-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 111910355X

A personal guide for becoming an authentic leader Whether you are just starting your leadership journey or leading a large organization, The Discover Your True North Fieldbook will help you find your leadership purpose, that internal Compass that provides direction and keeps you oriented—your True North. Through a series of reflective exercises, this Fieldbook helps you become a better leader by learning to be a more authentic one. This Fieldbook both personalizes and unlocks the central lessons of its companion book, Discover Your True North by Bill George. It shares the most powerful insights that coauthors Nick Craig, Bill George, and Scott Snook have learned from helping more than 10,000 leaders discover and live up to their fullest potential. Each chapter contains potent exercises that help you mine your life story for deep insights and important patterns. As you work your way through these reflections, you will gain a clearer sense of who you are and why you lead—the essence of an authentic leader. We offer an identity-based approach to leader development. Rather than telling you how to lead, the Fieldbook guides you through an intimate process of personal discovery. By understanding your life story and sharpening your personal narrative, you will discover the unique leader you were meant to be. On the way, you will work through the same lessons taught to MBA students at Harvard Business School, as well as senior executives in many Fortune 100 companies. The Discover Your True North Fieldbook will help you: Become more self-aware and self-accepting Locate that sweet spot at the intersection of your passions and strengths Identify and lead from your core values when it matters most Build a robust support team to guide you through difficult times Discover your leadership purpose, the essence of who you are, your True North Stay grounded by integrating all aspects of your life Grow as a global leader Help others become authentic leaders To help you actually live your True North, this Fieldbook concludes by offering a rigorous, step-by-step process that generates a customized, behaviorally anchored Personal Leadership Development Plan. This plan not only summarizes and integrates everything you've learned completing this Fieldbook, but does so in a way that supports immediate action and impact. Welcome to your journey toward authentic leadership. Welcome to your True North. Visit www.DiscoverYourTrueNorth.org to learn more.

Information Design Workbook, Revised and Updated

Information Design Workbook, Revised and Updated
Author: Kim Baer
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2021-12-14
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1631598066

Information Design Workbook, Revised and Updated takes a methodical, yet comprehensive, approach to conveying the fundamentals of effective, innovative information design by examining history, theory, criticism, technology and media, process, method, and practice. With several new case studies and the latest approaches, you'll learn how to create visually compelling and meaningful graphics. Opening with a very brief history followed by an instructive breakdown of the discipline, get an intimate understanding of the complexities of crafting information designto effectively improve communication both functionally and aesthetically. You'll learn every aspect of the discovery process, including how to work within your client's business structure, create a project timeline, identify and prioritize possible audiences, construct a creative brief, and explore personas (user profiles) and scenarios. Then, explore best practices and get practical tips on creating planning documents and testing your design. An overview of key design principles—including color, type styling, structure, and graphic elements—shows you how to apply these basic tools to develop powerful information design solutions. A wide range of case studies from premier design firms around the world illustrate how all the complex considerations and techniques outlined in the first half of the book come into play. The author critiques and explains why each design is successful in terms of formal quality (Aesthetics) and function (How does it improve communication?). The case studies include cutting edge examples of printed matter, information graphics, interactive experiences, environmental design, as well as experimental projects. Using these principles and methods as a foundation and the real-world examples as a springboard, you can learn to execute well-crafted, functional, and aesthetically beautiful information design.

Bibliographic Formats and Standards

Bibliographic Formats and Standards
Author: OCLC.
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1993
Genre: Cataloging
ISBN:

Describes the manual, Bibliographic Formats and Standards, 2nd. ed., a revised guide to machine-readable cataloging records in the WorldCat. Describes conventions. Describes and provides an example of input standards tables. Addresses revisions of the manual as well as ordering and distribution. Includes acknowledgements. Provides a link to the table of contents.