American Library Association: 163 books
The Weeding Handbook
A Shelf-by-Shelf Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
“No! We can’t rid of that!” Vnuk, author of the popular “Weeding Tips” column on Booklist Online, is here to show you that yes, you can. A library is an ever-changing organism; when done the right way, weeding helps a library thrive by focusing its resources on those parts of the collection...
Reinventing Reference
How Libraries Deliver Value in the Age of Google
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2014
Uniquely positioned to connect library users to the information they seek, and thus to the wider world, library staff who serve on the front lines of reference have both the power and responsibility to position the library as an institution that remains relevant and responsive. This collection takes...
The Purpose-Based Library
Finding Your Path to Survival, Success, and Growth
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
In the years since John Huber’s trailblazing Lean Library Management was published, budget pressures on libraries have only increased. Yet libraries who have adopted his strategies have turned conventional management thinking—that if budgets are reduced, customer service suffers—on its head. These...
Ecology, Economy, Equity
The Path to a Carbon-Neutral Library
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
In the first book to seriously examine the future of libraries in a climate reality-based context, Henk convincingly argues that building a carbon-neutral future for libraries is not only essential but eminently practical. Using the “three E’s” of sustainability (ecology, economy, equity) as a...
by Lauren Comito, Aliqae Geraci, Christian Zabriskie
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Library issues are community issues—it’s not enough to simply marshal internal library resources to fight cutbacks. When properly harnessed, public engagement can be the most powerful force of all for library advocacy. But rounding up advocates from the wider community and conducting a grassroots...
The Network Reshapes the Library
Lorcan Dempsey on Libraries, Services and Networks
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Since he began posting in 2003, Dempsey has used his blog to explore nearly every important facet of library technology, from the emergence of Web 2.0 as a concept to open source ILS tools and the push to web-scale library management systems. More than just a commentary on the issue of the moment, the...
Using Massive Digital Libraries
A LITA Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Some have viewed the ascendance of the digital library as some kind of existential apocalypse, nothing less than the beginning of the end for the traditional library. But Weiss, recognizing the concept of the library as a "big idea" that has been implemented in many ways over thousands of years, is not...
Assessing Service Quality
Satisfying the Expectations of Library Customers, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Academic and public libraries are continuing to transform as the information landscape changes, expanding their missions into new service roles that call for improved organizational performance and accountability. Since Assessing Service Quality premiered in 1998, receiving the prestigious Highsmith...
by Michelle Reale
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Most academic libraries could not operate without a host of part-time student workers. But employing students is different from filling a professional position with an experienced worker; often their library employment will be their first job experience. Since many student positions make them the public...
by Ellyssa Kroski
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
By one count, there are more than 7,200 escape room environments in 1,445 cities in 105 countries. So why not in libraries? Sharpening participants’ problem solving and collaboration skills by mashing up real-time adventure, immersive theater, gaming, and old-fashioned entertainment, they’re a...
New Routes to Library Success
100+ Ideas from Outside the Stacks
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Whether in person or electronically, users come to the public library from outside the library realm. And that’s exactly where genuinely transformational ideas lie. In this book Doucett mines new territory by exploring how successful organizations "outside the stacks" conduct their business. By analyzing...
Start a Revolution
Stop Acting Like a Library
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
“But this is how we’ve always done it!” Objections to taking a fresh tack are about as common as budget shortfalls, and the two are more closely related than you might think. At the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library in Arkansas, Bizzle and his colleagues defied common practices by using...
by Diantha Dow Schull
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Some of the most engaged and frequent users of public libraries are over the age of 50. They may also be the most misunderstood. As Baby Boomers continue to swell their ranks, the behavior, interests, and information needs of this demographic have changed dramatically, and Schull’s new book offers...
by S. Arndt
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Thousands of e-books are published each year; and rather than holding steady, e-book prices are rising—some 3.5% this year alone. With so many titles out there, how do you know which ones will actually circulate? Demand-driven acquisition (DDA) may be the answer for your library, and getting started...