Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries

Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries
Author: Donna L. Gilton
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2012
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0810883562

Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries demonstrates that public librarians can promote learning by combining the elements of Information Literacy Instruction (ILI) with traditional practices of public libraries. This approach contributes to the information enfranchisement of patrons and enhances the fulfillment of the traditional goals and purposes of libraries. Donna L. Gilton provides background on ILI and current developments in public library instruction and also examines educational theories and practices derived from the fields of behaviorism, cognitive psychology, constructivism, and educational humanism. Additional chapters delve into practices developed to deal with diverse groups and translate the theories and practices that have been outlined into a well-coordinated plan. The final chapters survey the role of libraries as cultural institutions. This book introduces the field of ILI to public librarians in the context of their own traditions and shows the unique ways that ILI can be implemented in public library settings. It encourages librarians to rethink practices to incorporate the principles of ILI and will enable public librarians to extend and enrich their instruction on information use. Lifelong Learning in Public Libraries is a valuable resource for librarians, educators, and leaders of public organizations.

The Reference Interview Today

The Reference Interview Today
Author: Susan Knoer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2011-06-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1598848232

Learn and perfect the skills needed to conduct satisfying reference interviews in the modern technological environment with this easy-to-use guide. In today's technology-driven world, reference librarians must serve users who come into the building as well as remote users who ask via various digital means. With virtual reference and social networking tools now commonplace, reference questions have become more complex and interdisciplinary. The Reference Interview Today will help reference librarians decide which tools and strategies will best serve their diverse group of patrons—in person and in cyberspace. This text covers the skills needed for traditional face-to-face reference and how they can be applied in 2.0 media. Best practices for culturally diverse, disabled, and "difficult" patrons; strategies for public and academic libraries; and virtual technologies like Twitter and Second Life are described. Written by a practicing reference librarian, this invaluable book makes it easy to train paraprofessionals and serves as a guide for experienced librarians to hone their skills in new delivery methods.

The New Public Organization

The New Public Organization
Author: Kenneth Kernaghan
Publisher: Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2000
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780920715956

Economic Prospects - East and West

Economic Prospects - East and West
Author: Jan Winiecki
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2013-01-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136334165

First published in 1987, this is an analysis of the contemporary breakdown of political and economic systems within the Eastern European communist countries. Rather than passively following the developments of this crisis, the author seeks instead to identify the reasons for failure and to examine alternative policies that offer solutions to these problems. Jan Winiecki’s work offers a comparative study of the Soviet-type economies of the East with the market economies of the West; providing a cause and effect analysis of each model, with possible scenarios for their future prospects.

From Welfare to Workfare

From Welfare to Workfare
Author: Jennifer Mittelstadt
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2006-03-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0807876437

In 1996, Democratic president Bill Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress "ended welfare as we know it" and trumpeted "workfare" as a dramatic break from the past. But, in fact, workfare was not new. Jennifer Mittelstadt locates the roots of the 1996 welfare reform many decades in the past, arguing that women, work, and welfare were intertwined concerns of the liberal welfare state beginning just after World War II. Mittelstadt examines the dramatic reform of Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) from the 1940s through the 1960s, demonstrating that in this often misunderstood period, national policy makers did not overlook issues of poverty, race, and women's role in society. Liberals' public debates and disagreements over welfare, however, caused unintended consequences, she argues, including a shift toward conservatism. Rather than leaving ADC as an income support program for needy mothers, reformers recast it as a social services program aimed at "rehabilitating" women from "dependence" on welfare to "independence," largely by encouraging them to work. Mittelstadt reconstructs the ideology, implementation, and consequences of rehabilitation, probing beneath its surface to reveal gendered and racialized assumptions about the welfare poor and broader societal concerns about poverty, race, family structure, and women's employment.

Defining Relevancy

Defining Relevancy
Author: Janet M. Hurlbert
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2007-12-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313095965

Connection. Competition. Collaboration. These three words define management of college libraries, today and in the future. They also describe the contents of this book, which focus on planning for the multiple directions that college library managers must consider and act upon. Contributed chapters cover the challenges nearly all must face, such as understanding users, information literacy, staff alignment, and the integration of physical building and function. Some chapters contain studies and models that can be replicated at similar institutions. Others offer documentation that can be used in reports or presentations to administrators and boards. Together, they convey a plethora of good ideas for responding to customers, competitors, technologies, and stakeholders.

Building Environments

Building Environments
Author: Kenneth A. Breisch
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2005
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781572334403

Selected articles originally presented at the Vernacular Architecture Forum conference in Duluth, Minnesota (2002) and Newport Rhode Island (2001).

Librarians as Community Partners

Librarians as Community Partners
Author: Carol Smallwood
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2010-01-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838990037

Including 66 focused snapshots of outreach in action, this resource reflects the creative solutions of librarians searching for new and innovative ways to build programs that meet customer needs while expanding the library’s scope into the community.