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2016.
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English
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By leaving the physical library space and becoming integrated within the business community, librarians will cultivate awareness of the library's resources and expertise while becoming part of the dialogue of the business community. Alvarez shows that by reaching out to the business owners, professionals and job seekers you serve, they will be attracted into the library, allowing a vital business community collaboration.
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New library volume no. 3
Publisher
Neal-Schuman Publishers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
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English
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"As librarian at the Washington County Free Library in Maryland, Mary Lemist Titcomb was concerned that the library was not reaching all the people it could. She was determined that everyone should have access to the library--not just adults and those who lived in town. Realizing its limitations and inability to reach the county's 25,000 rural residents, including farmers and their families, Titcomb set about to change the library system forever with...
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Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Academic librarians must be educators in their own right, and the key lies in becoming a proactive teacher and collaborator. Reale discusses the changing perception of academic librarians; shows how they can and should assert their rightful place in the learning cycle; looks at how to match teaching goals with academic librarians' missions; advocates for the indispensable roles they should play, including co-collaborator, one-on-one research consultant,...
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Klipfel and Cook introduce readers to the theory of and research on learner-centered teaching practices, creating a practical guide for implementing these practices in your own work. In a changing job market, librarians need to have more confidence in adapting their skills to the teaching and learning environments of today's libraries as centers of long-term learning.
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Collection management and development guides volume no. 8
Publisher
American Library Association
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
16) The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu: and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
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English
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Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city's great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of desctuction at the hands of Al Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.
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Publisher
American Library Association
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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"Scenarios, case studies, and profiles throughout illustrate the successes that real blended librarians are having on campuses. This practical, hands-on guide expands the possibilities for academic librarians in public service, reference, instruction, information literacy, and even library and information science students"--Amazon.com.
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Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"Library instruction is like acting on the stage: you play a role as the instruction librarian. There is a live audience, usually only there for the one-shot--that one performance. You may even receive reviews or evaluations. Or maybe the teaching experience feels more like an audition--a bit unnerving! We hope to demonstrate how acting techniques can sharpen your instructional skills and establish your teaching identity, enliven your performance,...