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Summary of titles, in alphabetical order:
1]
Delivering the Best Start: a guide to early years libraries
Carolynn Rankin and Avril Brock
November 2008; 208pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-610-7; £39.95
2]
Digital Consumers: reshaping the information professions
David Nicholas and Ian Rowlands, editors
August 2008; 240pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-651-0; £39.95
3]
Intranets for Info Pros
Edited by Mary Lee Kennedy and Jane Dysart
2007/304 pp/softbound; ISBN 978-1-57387-309-3; Regular Price: $ 39.50
4]
Leading and Managing Archives and Records Programs: strategies for success
Bruce W Dearstyne, editor
June 2008; 368pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-654-1; £44.95
5]
Libraries Designed for Kids
Nolan Lushington
October 2008; 184pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-657-2; £44.95
6]
M-libraries: libraries on the move to provide virtual access
Gill Needham and Mohamed Ally, editors
September 2008; 352pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-648-0; £44.95
7]
Making Digital Cultures: Access, Interactivity, and Authenticity
Martin Hand, Queen's University, Canada
Ashgate, August 2008, 198 pages, Hardback, ISBN: 978-0-7546-4840-6,
Price : £55.00
8]
Reader Development in Practice: bringing literature to readers
Susan Hornby and Bob Glass, editors
August 2008; 240pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-624-4; £44.95
9]
Transformative Learning Support Models in Higher Education:
Educating the whole student
Margaret Weaver, editor
October 2008; 240pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-644-2; £39.95
10]
What are Archives? Cultural and Theoretical Perspectives: a reader
Edited by Louise Craven, The National Archives, UK
Ashgate, November 2008, 214 pages, Hardback, ISBN: 978-0-7546-7310-1,
Price : £60.00
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1]
Delivering the Best Start: a guide to early years libraries
Carolynn Rankin and Avril Brock
November 2008; 208pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-610-7; £39.95
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is now statutory in the UK for
children from birth to five years, and other countries are experiencing
similar developments; early years librarians, teachers, nursery nurses,
playgroup leaders and childminders all require knowledge of how to
promote and encourage communication, language and literary skills.
Parental reading with young children is clearly vitally important, and
libraries are uniquely placed to support the development of literacy
skills in pre-school children.
This book provides an understanding of how children develop such skills
through enjoyable and meaningful learning experiences, and is a
pioneering practical guide for library and information professionals
involved in planning and delivering services in early years libraries.
Drawing on the authors’ underpinning contemporary research and examples
from current best practice, it will equip practitioners with a broad
range of knowledge and ideas. Key areas covered include:
* take them to the library: the role of the early years professional
* people and partnerships: working across interdisciplinary
boundaries, and how to involve parents and carers
* buildings, design and space: the children’s libraries of the future
* resources for early years libraries: books, toys and other delights
* reaching your audience: the librarian’s role
* planning and organizing: projects and reading sessions.
User-friendly and accessible, each chapter is clearly structured and
sets outs the key issues for practitioners, scenarios offering insights
into these, and practical ideas and resources for service provision. The
book also includes case studies of successful pre-school library
initiatives in a variety of global settings, useful information about
relevant organizations, and links to helpful websites.
This valuable text is essential reading for all library and information
professionals working with young children – whether those with
responsibility for the strategic planning of services, or those involved
in delivering them at community level. Essential for students of library
and information studies or childhood studies, and practitioners
undertaking NVQ qualifications, it also provides a sound background in
early years literacy and provision for a range of local authority
practitioners, such as nursery teachers and Children’s Centre managers.
2]
Digital Consumers: reshaping the information professions
David Nicholas and Ian Rowlands, editors
August 2008; 240pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-651-0; £39.95
The information professions - librarianship, archives, publishing and,
to some extent, journalism - have been rocked by the digital transition
that has led to disintermediation, easy access and massive information
choice. Professional skills are increasingly being performed without the
necessary context, rationale and understanding. Information now forms a
consumer commodity with many diverse information producers engaged in
the market. It is generally the lack of recognition of this fact amongst
the information professions that explains the difficulties they find
themselves in.
There is a need for a new belief system that will help information
professionals survive and engage in a ubiquitous information
environment, where they are no longer the dominant players, nor, indeed,
the suppliers of first choice. The purpose of this thought-provoking
book is to provide that overarching vision, built on hard evidence
rather than PowerPoint ‘puff’.
The authors of the acclaimed CIBER Google Generation study, and an
international, cross-sectoral team of contributors has assembled
together for this purpose. Key strategic areas covered include:
* the digital consumer: an introduction and philosophy
* the digital information marketplace and its economics: the end of
exclusivity
* the e-shopper: the growth of the informed purchaser
* the library in the digital age
* the psychology of the digital information consumer
* the information-seeking behaviour of the digital consumer: case
study – the virtual scholar
* the Google generation: myths and realities about young people’s
digital information behaviour
* trends in digital information consumption and the future
* where do we go from here?
No information professional or student can afford not to read this
far-reaching and important book.
3]
Intranets for Info Pros
Edited by Mary Lee Kennedy and Jane Dysart
2007/304 pp/softbound; ISBN 978-1-57387-309-3; Regular Price: $ 39.50
“Perhaps nowhere else will you find such useful content on how
information and IT professionals should view and leverage intranets.”
— Tom Davenport, from the Foreword
The intranet is among the primary landscapes in which information-based
work occurs, yet many info pros view it with equal parts skepticism and
dread. In Intranets for Info Pros, editors Kennedy and Dysart and 10
expert contributors provide a wealth of advice and support for the
information professional charged with implementing or contributing to an
intranet.
Leading thinkers and practitioners contributing to Intranets for Info
Pros are Angela Abell, Avi Rappoport, Jose Claudio Terra, Cory Costanzo,
Craig St. Clair, Cynthia Ross Pedersen, Debra Wallace, Eric Hards, Ian
Littlejohn, and Mike Crandall. Together with Kennedy and Dysart they
demonstrate the intranet’s strategic value, describe important trends
and best practices, and equip info pros to make a key contribution to
their organization’s intranet success.
“Intranets for Info Pros offers the latest thinking on the tools
and tactics required for maximizing the power of (and investment in)
your intranet.”
— Michelle Manafy, editor-in-chief, Intranets and EContent
4]
Leading and Managing Archives and Records Programs: strategies for success
Bruce W Dearstyne, editor
June 2008; 368pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-654-1; £44.95
One of the profession’s most influential thinkers has gathered thirteen
prominent leaders from the USA and UK with proven track records in
archives and records management to contribute to this important book.
Each of them reveals the secrets of their success and outlines what it
takes to build and manage a dynamic, high-achieving archives and records
program.
Representing government, commercial, and non-profit organizations, they
include the former Archivist of the Smithsonian Institution, the
Archivist of the Coca-Cola Company, and the Head of the Cataloguing and
Accessioning Unit of The National Archives, UK. In candid, fascinating
accounts of their leadership style and its impact in shaping and
directing a program, they cover the following key areas:
* challenges and opportunities in leading archives and records
management
* records management standards: what they are and why they’re important
* leading a successful records management program
* competing for relevance: archives in a multi-program organization
* the archivist and the corporation
* managing change: a continuing issue
* preserving born-digital records from central government departments
* building a university archive
* the state archives: education and politics in New York.
Read this book to see expert management strategies at work and to
understand the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of excellent programs. You will come away
with better solutions for management, including: devising effective
mission policies and statements; gauging and responding to the market
for services; dealing with institutional change; overcoming budgeting
and human resources challenges, and much more.
Giving the lie to the adage that ‘leaders are born, not made’, this
collection offers practical wisdom and useful advice that will help you
take your leadership skills to the next level.
5]
Libraries Designed for Kids
Nolan Lushington
October 2008; 184pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-657-2; £44.95
How do you set about planning and designing a library for children or
teenagers? How should it be different from a library intended for
adults, and how can you get the right kind of help from designers and
architects?
Get the ‘inside story’ from an experienced library design consultant on
creating those special spaces in your library that promote and encourage
children’s and young adults’ curiosity, learning, and reading – and
support their lifelong love of books and information.
Nolan Lushington covers the complete planning process from concept to
‘grand opening’, guiding you through the technical aspects of design and
construction and the finer points of lighting, acoustics, furnishings,
equipment, multimedia areas, youth areas, and much more. Key topics include:
* improving service by design
* innovative children’s library models
* planning a new children’s library
* assessing physical needs
* design considerations
* organizing the children’s area
* entrances, displays, graphics and lighting
* age-related design
* designing programme, activity and staff areas
* furnishings and equipment
* quick fixes and common mistakes.
Whether you’re a children’s or youth librarian, library director, school
facilities planner or architect, you’ll discover valuable, practical
tips and insights to help you create that inviting environment called
the library.
6]
M-libraries: libraries on the move to provide virtual access
Gill Needham and Mohamed Ally, editors
September 2008; 352pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-648-0; £44.95
Mobile phone ownership is considerably more ubiquitous than internet
access via personal computers. As technology moves on apace, more and
more people around the world are carrying, effectively, a tiny mobile
device in their pocket or handbag. At the same time, the environment in
which people find and use information is changing – we are busier, we
are constantly on the move and whether we are shopping, booking a
holiday or looking for train times we expect instant results. What does
all this mean for libraries?
The development of networked technologies opened up huge opportunities
for libraries that were able to make their catalogues and digital
collections accessible to their users regardless of distance. The
opportunity to deliver services and resources to users via their mobile
phones, PDAs and other handheld devices will be as significant a
challenge. Indeed, if libraries choose to ignore this challenge, they
are in danger of being left behind in an increasingly competitive world
of information provision and services.
This authoritative collection of contributions from experts in the
field, based on the First International M-Libraries Conference held in
2007, explores the technological and sociological context for
m-libraries, describes a range of global initiatives with lessons
learned, and discusses the potential for future development. Key areas
covered include:
* Libraries and net generation learners
* Use of mobile technology for off-campus learning
* Enhancing access to library resources through mobile communications
* Building an effective mobile-friendly digital library
* Designing and developing e-learning content for mobile platforms
* Architectures and metadata for m-learning and m-teaching
* Mobile use and e-learning in developing countries
* From shelf to PDA: transforming mobile devices into LIS tools.
This timely book will be of considerable interest to the growing
international mobile learning community across all sectors, not least in
developing countries where internet access via computers is poor but
many people have mobile phones and other devices. It should be read not
only by information professionals but by mobile, software and library
systems suppliers, e-journal suppliers and aggregators, publishers,
international development agencies, and policy makers in education and
e-government.
Contributors
Dr Anne Adams, Dr Mohamed Ally, Geoff Butters, Lynne Callaghan, Yang
Cao, Àngels Carles, Ana Castellano, Ruth Charlton, Billy Cheung, Robert
Davies, Susan Eales, Colin Elliott, Cain Evans, William Foster, Dr Ivan
Ganchev, Peter Godwin, Fernando Guerrero, Jom Hahn, Anne Hewling,
Maureen Hutchison, Dr Adesina Iluyemi, Dr Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Susan J.
Lea, Joan K. Lippincott, Jane Lunsford, Margaret Markland, Dr Buhle
Mbambo-Thata, Rory McGreal, Damien Meere, Keren Mills, John Naughton,
Gill Needham, Dr Máirtín O’Droma, Dr Mícheál Ó hAodha, Jo Parker,
Mariano Rico, Non Scantlebury, Steve Schafer, Dr Wathmanel Seneviratne,
Hassan Sheikh, Dr Stanimir Stojanov, Rhodri Thomas, Tony Tin, John M.
Traxler, Emma Whittlesea, Freda Wolfenden
7]
Making Digital Cultures: Access, Interactivity, and Authenticity
Martin Hand, Queen's University, Canada
Ashgate, August 2008, 198 pages, Hardback, ISBN: 978-0-7546-4840-6,
Price : £55.00
Many people in the West or global North now live in a culture of 24/7
instant messaging, iPods and MP3s, streamed content, blogs, ubiquitous
digital images and Facebook. But they are also surrounded by even more
paper, books, telephone calls and material objects of one kind or
another. The juxtaposition and proliferation of older and newer
technologies is striking.
Making Digital Cultures brings together recent theorizing of the
'digital age' with empirical studies of how institutions embrace these
technologies in relation to older established technological objects,
processes and practices. It asks how relations between 'analogue' and
'digital' are conceptualized and configured both in theory and inside
the public library, the business organization and the archive.
With its direct engagement with new media theory, science and technology
studies, and cultural sociology, this volume will be of interest to
scholars and students in the areas of media and communication and
science and technology studies.
Contents: Making digital cultures: an introduction; Hardware to
everywhere; narratives of promise and threat; On the materials of
digital culture; A people's network: access and the indefiniteness of
learning; Becoming direct: interactivity and the digital product; Lost
in translation: authenticity and the ontology of the archive Conclusion:
loss and recovery in the digital era; Bibliography; Index.
About the Author: Martin Hand is an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Sociology at Queen's University, Canada. He is the
co-author of The Design of Everyday Life (2007; Oxford: Berg). He is
currently writing about photography and memory practices in everyday life.
8]
Reader Development in Practice: bringing literature to readers
Susan Hornby and Bob Glass, editors
August 2008; 240pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-624-4; £44.95
Who is the reader? How do we reach them, and why? To what extent are
readers determining what libraries offer? How has that changed since the
birth of reader development? And what impact has organizational
development had on the publishing and promotion of literature?
This edited collection covers all aspects of literature in relation to
readership, exploring the chain of events connecting author and reader.
It reflects on the challenges facing information professionals in reader
development, looks at current promotion and partnership options, and
offers new professionals and students fresh ideas, practical guidance
and a firm underpinning knowledge upon which to build.
These user-friendly and clearly structured contributions bring together
the work of expert practitioners and academics from both theoretical and
practical perspectives. Key topics include:
* regional partnerships and reader development strategies
* social inclusion and accessibility
* emergent readers and social regeneration
* the roles of imaginative fiction in people’s lives
* imaginative literature for children and young people
* imaginative literature for adults
* reading and information technology
* promoting books to readers
* sharing the knowledge – developing reflective practitioners.
This contemporary guide is essential reading for library and information
professionals, students and academics. It will also be of great value to
students taking literature and publishing courses.
9]
Transformative Learning Support Models in Higher Education:
Educating the whole student
Margaret Weaver, editor
October 2008; 240pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-644-2; £39.95
The student learning experience in modern higher education settings is
changing rapidly. Students no longer have a linear approach to education
and increasingly their expectations are that there will be flexibility
and support embedded in their courses. Consequently institutions need to
have a holistic approach to enhancing student learning. The significance
of the total learning environment – academic, physical, virtual, support
– to the student experience is emerging; however, there has been little
study of the impact of the new learning environments on student learning
behaviours, in particular on support for learners.
Nonetheless, in practice, academic services – libraries, keys skills
teams, student support, IT and academics – are working innovatively
across service boundaries to bring about transformations in their
students’ lives. This edited collection from a team of international
contributors plots these developments and uses carefully selected case
studies to highlight global best practice in universities and colleges.
The book is divided into three parts covering transformation through
strategy, policy and organization; delivery; and integrative practice.
Key areas covered are:
* the changing profile of learners
* the redesign of learning support
* engaging learners by reshaping learning environments
* next-generation learning spaces
* the integration of physical and virtual environments
* engagement in widening participation
* learning partnerships
* learning using research-informed approaches aligned to pedagogy.
This timely book will act as a strategic planning tool by uncovering
models that will allow practitioners to reflect on their own
organizational contexts. It will also help to raise the profile of
learning support within institutions by keeping library managers,
student service managers, academics and organizational leaders up to
date with policy and developments; and, by interfacing with the global
skills agenda, will be of interest to a wide range of staff including
support professionals, educators and stakeholders. With its bite size
chunks of information showing the diversity of the LIS sector and its
opportunities for career development, it will also be a helpful text for
students.
10]
What are Archives? Cultural and Theoretical Perspectives: a reader
Edited by Louise Craven, The National Archives, UK
Ashgate, November 2008, 214 pages, Hardback, ISBN: 978-0-7546-7310-1,
Price : £60.00
This collection of essays breaks new ground in archival studies in the
UK where professional archival texts have traditionally concentrated on
the how, not the why, of archival work. Studies of the theoretical role
of, for example, the archive and the text or the archive and political
power, have meanwhile been undertaken in other academic disciplines
where there is an established forum for the discussion of related
issues. This book invites the archivist to join that arena of debate,
whilst appealing to all those interested in archives from other
disciplines; the authors encourage archivists to step away from the
practicalities of keeping archives to consider what it is they actually
do in the cultural context of the early 21st century.
The wider context of technological innovation and the internet form the
backdrop to this collection. The book explores change and continuity in
the archival paradigm, the textual nature of archives and asks if views
of manuscripts and personal papers are changing; it looks at specific
developments in community archives, at concepts of identity and culture
in archives and it presents the fruits of innovative studies of users of
archives. Taken together, these essays, written by leading experts in
the field, provide a new understanding of the role of the archive today.
Contents: Preface; Introduction, Louise Craven; Theme I Continuity and
Change in the Archival Paradigm: From the archivist's cardigan to the
very dead sheep: what are archives? What are archivists? What do they
do?, Louise Craven; The textuality of the archive, Andrew Prescott;
Personal papers: perceptions and practices, Caroline Williams. Theme II
The Impact of Technology: Opening Pandora's box: what is an archive in
the digital environment?, Michael Moss; The online archivist: a positive
approach to the digital information age, Jane Stevenson. Theme III The
Impact of Community Archives: Other ways of thinking, other ways of
being. Documenting the margins and the transitory: what to preserve, how
to collect, Andrew Flinn; The archives of exile: exiled archives, Andrew
Prescott. Theme IV Archival Use and Users: Users, use and context:
supporting interaction between users and digital archives, Andrea
Johnson; Permitted use and users: The fallout shelter's sealed
environment, Gerard P. Collis; Index.
About the Editor: Louise Craven is Head of Cataloguing at the National
Archives, UK
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