Access, Delivery, Performance: The future of libraries without walls
Jillian R Griffiths and Jenny Craven, editors
This book is forward looking and challenging, and offers strategies for the future direction of library and information services in the virtual era.
Following an introduction and tribute to Professor Peter Brophy on his retirement, the text, contributed by an international team of acknowledged leaders in their fields focuses on four key themes of:
* libraries, learning and distance learning
* widening access to information
* changing directions of information delivery
* performance, quality and leadership.
The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliography of Peter's work.
November 2008; 256pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-647-3; £44.95 (£35.96 to CILIP members)
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Delivering the Best Start: A guide to early years libraries
Carolynn Rankin and Avril Brock
This book provides an understanding of how pre-school children develop literacy 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.
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.
November 2008; 208pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-610-7; £39.95 (£31.96 to CILIP Members)
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