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The library : a catalogue of wonders / by Kells, Stuart,author.(CARDINAL)354462;
Subjects: Libraries; Libraries; Libraries;
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BiblioTech [sound recording] : why libraries matter more than ever in the age of Google. / by Palfrey, John.;
Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information. Educator and technology expert Palfrey argues that anyone seeking to participate in the 21st century needs to understand how to find and use the vest stores of information available online.
Subjects: Libraries -- Forecasting.; Libraries -- Social aspects.; Libraries and the Internet.;
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The library as place : history, community, and culture / by Buschman, John.(CARDINAL)207003; Leckie, Gloria J.(CARDINAL)836909;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Space, place, and libraries : an introduction / Gloria J. Leckie and John Buschman -- Beneficial spaces : the rise of military libraries in the British Empire / Ronald Tetreault -- Libraries in public before the age of public libraries : interpreting the furnishings and design of athenaeums and other "social libraries", 1800-1860 / Adam Arenson -- A grand old sandstone lady : Vancouver's Carnegie Library / Ann Curry -- The fruit and root of the community : the Greensboro Carnegie Negro Library, 1904-1964 / Julia A. Hersberger, Lou Sua, and Adam L. Murray -- Locating the library as place among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer patrons / Paulette Rothbauer -- Behind the program-room door : the creation of parochial and private women's realms in a Canadian public library / Pamela J. MacKenzie ... [et al.] -- Seattle Public Library as place : reconceptualizing space, community, and information / Karen E. Fisher ... [et al.] -- Stimulating space, serendipitous space : library as place in the life of the scholar / Karen Antell and Debra Engel -- Setting the stage for undergraduates' information behaviors : faculty and librarians' perspectives on academic space / Lisa M. Given -- The research library as place : on the essential importance of collections of books shelved in subject-classified arrangements / Thomas Mann -- On the myths of libraries / Bonnie Mak -- Managing pleasure : library architecture and the erotics of reading / Abigail Van Slyck -- Going to hell : placing the library in Buffy the vampire slayer / Adriana Estill.
Subjects: Libraries and community.; Libraries; Library architecture.;
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Digital library use : social practice in design and evaluation / by Bishop, Ann P.(CARDINAL)226018; Van House, Nancy A.(CARDINAL)150977; Buttenfield, Barbara Pfeil.(CARDINAL)271745;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : digital libraries as sociotechnical systems / Nancy A. Van House, Ann Peterson Bishop, and Barbara P. Buttenfield -- Documents and libraries : a sociotechnical perspective / David M. Levy -- Finding the boundaries of the library without walls / Catherine C. Marshall -- Ecological perspective on digital libraries / Vicki L. O'Day and Bonnie A. Nardi -- Designing digital libraries for usability / Christine L. Borgman -- People in digital libraries : multifaceted approaches to assessing needs and impact / Gary Marchionini, Catherine Plaisant, and Anita Komlodi -- Participatory action research and digital libraries : reframing evaluation / Ann Peterson Bishop ... [et al.] -- Colliding with the real world : heresies and unexplored questions about audience, economics, and control of digital libraries / Clifford Lynch -- Information and institutional change : the case of digital libraries / Philip E. Agre.Transparency beyond the individual level of scale : convergence between information artifacts and communities of practice / Susan Leigh Star, Geoffrey C. Bowker, and Laura J. Neumann -- Digital libraries and collaborative knowledge construction / Nancy A. Van House -- Flora of North America project : making the case [study] for social realist theory / Mark A. Spasser.The contributors to this volume want us to view digital libraries (DLs) from a social as well as technological perspective. They see DLs as sociotechnical systems, networks of technology, information artifacts, and people and practices interacting with the larger world of work and society.
Subjects: Digital libraries; Digital libraries; Information technology;
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Creating the customer-driven library : building on the bookstore model / by Woodward, Jeannette A.(CARDINAL)211393;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Public services (Libraries); Libraries; Libraries; Libraries;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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The library : a catalogue of wonders / by Kells, Stuart,author.(CARDINAL)354462;
Infinity -- A library with no books: oral traditions and the songlines -- The pleasure of books -- The last days of Alexandria: ancient books and their storage -- Books in bed -- In pursuit of perfection: the rise of the codex -- Fools in love -- "A damned sewerful of men": Renaissance rediscoveries -- Mean-spirited collectors -- Free for all: the abundance of books in the printing era -- Curiosities -- "What the Barbarians did not do": the Vatican Library -- Delicacies -- Secret histories: tricks and treasures in library design -- Found -- Keepers of books: the best and worst librarians in history -- Vandals -- The quintessence of debauchery: Heber, Byron, and Barry -- Writers' libraries -- Execration upon Vulcan: libraries destroyed by fire and war -- Library fauna -- The Count: book looters and thieves -- Book wheels and machines -- "The interior of a library should whisper": The Pierpont Morgan Library -- When disaster strikes -- For the glory: The Folger Shakespeare Library -- Birth -- Killing a monk: fantasy libraries -- Death -- A love letter: libraries for the future -- Afterlife.From the Bodleian, the Folger and the Smithsonian to the fabled libraries of Middle Earth and other fictional libraries, Kells explores the bookish places that capture our imaginations. The result is a fascinating and engaging exploration of libraries as places of beauty and wonder, a celebration of books as objects and an account of the deeply personal nature of these hallowed spaces.
Subjects: Libraries; Libraries; Libraries; Libraries; Books and reading.;
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Social justice and activism in libraries : essays on diversity and change / by Epstein, Su,editor.(CARDINAL)884315; Gubnitskaia, Vera,1960-editor.(CARDINAL)399938; Smallwood, Carol,1939-editor.(CARDINAL)173318;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. Bringing underrepresentation to the forefront -- Part II. Establishing partnerships -- Part III. Building communities -- Part IV. Administering with diversity -- Part V. Supporting activism -- Part VI. Generating programming -- Part VII. Expanding teaching"Experienced librarians offer ideas and guidance in seeking new creative paths, working to support change in library organizations and reexamining principles that may be taken for granted. Theoretical foundations are discussed, along with practical ideas such as the creation a book groups for the intellectually disabled and partnership with social workers or advocates for employees with disabilities"--
Subjects: Case studies.; Libraries and community.; Libraries and minorities.; Libraries and society.; Libraries; Libraries; Social justice.;
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Syria's secret library : reading and redemption in a town under siege / by Thomson, Mike,author.(CARDINAL)345107;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303)."Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just southwest of the Syrian capital. Yet for four years it lived in another world. Besieged by government forces early in the Syrian Civil War, its people were deprived of food, bombarded by heavy artillery, and under the constant fire of snipers. But deep beneath this scene of frightening devastation lay a hidden library. While the streets above echoed with shelling and rifle fire, the secret world below was a haven of books. Long rows of well-thumbed volumes lined almost every wall: bloated editions with grand leather covers, pocket-sized guides to Syrian poetry, and no-nonsense reference books, all arranged in well-ordered lines. But this precious horde was not bought from publishers or loaned by other libraries-they were the books salvaged and scavenged at great personal risk from the doomed city above"--
Subjects: Libraries;
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Questioning library neutrality : essays from Progressive librarian /
Includes bibliographical references.Introduction / by Alison Lewis -- Politics and anti-politics in librarianship / by Mark Rosenzweig -- Corporate inroads in librarianship : the fight for the soul of the profession in the new millenium / by Peter Mcdonald -- Librarianship and resistance / by Sandy Iverson -- A few gates redux : an examination of the social responsibilities debate in the early 1970s and 1990s / by Steven Joyce -- Activist librarianship : heritage or heresy? / by Ann Sparanese -- The myth of the neutral professional / by Robert Jensen -- Information criticism : where is it? / by Jack Andersen -- Towards self-reflection in librarianship : what is praxis? / by John J. Doherty -- The professional is political : redefining the social role of public libraries / by Shiraz Durrani and Elizabeth Smallwood -- The hottest place in hell : the crisis of neutrality in contemporary librarianship / by Joseph Good.
Subjects: Libraries and society.; Library science; Library science; Library science; Librarians; Libraries;
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Navigating difficult situations in public libraries : the PLA guide to trauma-informed de-escalation / by Paauw, Margaret Ann,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Understanding trauma -- Mental health 101 -- The escalation cycle -- Guiding principles of "the tools" -- Reflect-consider cultural and historical issues -- Connect-focus on relationships -- Respect-engage in choice and collaboration -- Protect-promote safety -- Redirect-encourage skill-building and confidence -- Debriefing -- Evaluation -- Recognizing the emotional impact of library work"This book is an essential guide for librarians looking to create a safe and welcoming environment for patrons from all walks of life, providing practical strategies for de-escalating difficult situations in a trauma-informed way and guidance on creating a trauma-informed library culture"--
Subjects: Public libraries; Crisis management; Psychic trauma.; Social service; Public services (Libraries);
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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