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In her small hometown, librarian Ruth Cornier has always felt like an outsider, even as her beloved father rains fire-and-brimstone warnings from the pulpit at Holy Fire Baptist. Unfortunately for Ruth, the only things the townspeople fear more than the God and the Devil are the myths that haunt the area, like the story of the Low Man, a vampiric figure said to steal into sinners' bedrooms and kill them on moonless nights. When a skull is found deep...
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ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This book shows how the academic librarian can be an educator in both structured and unstructured spaces on campuses. It advocates for the indispensable roles the academic librarian should play, including co-collaborator, one-on-one research consultant, expert-at-large in non-structured spaces such as the dorm or student lounge, and embedded librarian in the classroom.
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Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This collection of inspiring first-hand stories from across libraryland spotlights the ways library staff are making a difference in their communities. A sharing of hearts, minds, and spirits of library staff from across the country, the personal narratives in this book include: a routine reference query that inspired a librarian to reach out to a senior patron; a public library's annual Diwali celebration that strengthened the social fabric of the...
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Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Futurists predict that soon the profession of "lawyer" will splinter into job titles like "legal process analyst" or "legal knowledge engineer", and many law schools have developed innovation centers to explore artificial intelligence (AI) and the law. This collection explains the innovations, tools, benefits, and risks of AI in law librarianship; surveys current practices and future trends; and examines evolving roles for law librarians and how AI...
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Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
For this book, the authors had a series of conversations about the aspects of the job that they find the most fascinating (and challenging) and offer their nuts-and-bolts wisdom on a diverse range of academic library management issues. Topics include personal values, organizational culture, professional development, navigating controversies, managing facilities, learning from failed initiatives, and more.
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Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This collection offers a framework for coaching copyright on a wide range of topics, empowering users to take a practical approach to specific situations. Complete with in-depth case studies, it provides valuable information rooted in pragmatic techniques, and will help the reader become a copyright coach by showing how to discern the most important issues in a situation, determine which questions to ask, and give a response that is targeted to the...
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Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Equitable access to information for all, including underserved populations, is a core value of librarianship. But many libraries lack policies and experience in addressing censorship of resources and services. This resource uses specific case studies from public libraries, schools, universities, and government agencies to offer practical guidance on safeguarding intellectual freedom related to library displays, programming, and other librarian-created...
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English
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When a water leak repair results in a body being found behind the walls of the store run by the artists' co-op that Kathleen's friend Maggie is part of, everyone is completely mystified as to whose body it is and who hid it there. But as the dust settles, Kathleen's boyfriend, Detective Marcus Gordon, begins to suspect that the body could belong to a young woman who disappeared more than thirty years ago. When a friend with a connection to the young...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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1784, England. Officially hired as the librarian for the Duchess of Beaufort, Miss Tiffany Woodall is through with masquerades and murders for good. That is, until she stumbles upon the frozen dead body of former footman Mr. Bernard Coram. The speed with which her peaceful new life is upended is one for the record books: the justice of the peace immediately declares her the primary suspect in the murder. As Tiffany hunts for the truth to clear her...
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Publisher
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This book covers the basics and key issues of digital licensing for librarians, and updates sample agreement clauses. It offers understanding and tools needed to negotiate and organize license agreements and demystifies the process. It includes licensing terminology and changes in technology; opportunities for cost savings; tools such as a digital license checklist; sources of additional global licensing information; and education of organizations...
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Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This book posits that examining and reflecting on the reality of factors that make it difficult to teach information literacy will enable practitioners to meet the challenge of their important mandate. It uses personal anecdotes to lay out the key reasons; examines how these factors are related and where librarians fit in; validates readers' struggles and frustrations; offers approaches, strategies, and topics of focus to assist in daily practice;...
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Publisher
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Government documents, both physical and electronic, call for special attention, and because they're useful and pervasive in nearly every kind of library, librarians of all types need to know how to work effectively with federal, state, and international resources. This volume gathers the expertise of government information librarians from across the country and provides concrete guidance and real-world insight into the work, collections, and interests...
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Publisher
Wildfire
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Beatrice is the convent's librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts. Then, one carnival night, two women, bleeding and stricken, are abandoned outside the convent's walls. Moments from death, one of them presses something into Beatrice's hands: a bewitching book whose pages have a dangerous life of their own. But men of the faith want the book destroyed, and a zealous preacher has tracked...
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