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Library Spaces for 21st-Century Learners

 

Sullivan, Margaret. Library Spaces for 21st-Century Learners: A Planning Guide for Creating New Library Concepts. Chicago: American Association of School Librarians, 2013.
ISBN: 978-0-8389-8630-1

From the Publisher
Library Spaces for 21st-Century Learners: A Planning Guide for Creating New School Library Concepts focuses on planning contemporary school library spaces with user-based design strategies. The book walks school librarians and administrators through the process of gathering information from students and other stakeholders involved in planning a resource rich learning space. Information includes how to create needs assessment documents that compliment AASL’s Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs. Suggestions for adding meaningful aesthetic components and colorful renderings of sample environments are also provided.

Building the Gigabit City (eBook)

Settles, C. (2013). Building the Gigabit City: A Planning Guide. Smashwords, Inc.

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Superfast broadband significantly boosts local economies, transforms education, improves healthcare delivery and increases local government efficiency. Building the Gigabit City helps you ask the right questions so you can do the same for your constituents.

Pulling valuable lessons from many of the 340 communities with successful broadband networks, this multimedia guide overflows with practical advice. Building the Gigabit City, produced in partnership with Gigabit Squared, helps rural and urban communities:

1) ignore the hype surrounding gigabit networks;
2) understand what super-fast access can and cannot do for your community;
3) conduct effective needs assessment; and
4) plan effective broadband strategy.

Success breeds success. Community leaders and project teams running successful broadband projects inform and motivate readers with insights on planning, funding, building, operating and marketing highspeed Internet access and services. U.S. communities from coast to coast are interviewed.

From a multimedia array of interviews, panel discussions, keynote presentations and first-hand experience, readers pick up valuable insights on:

* nine possible community broadband business models;
* six options for funding community broadband;
* building consensus among stakeholders;
* cultivating effective partnerships;
* overcoming or proactively addressing political adversity; and
* creating winning broadband strategies.

Building the Gigabit City is broadband industry analyst Craig Settles’ first e-book. For over 25 years his workshops and consulting services have helped organizations worldwide use technology to cut costs, improve operations and increase revenue. Numerous books, blog and in-depth analysis reports have established Mr. Settles as a prominent thought leader on executing broadband strategies. He currently hosts Gigabit Nation, a weekly Internet radio talk show. (book description)

Build a Great Team. ALA Guides for the Busy Librarian

Hakala-Ausperk, Catherine.  Build a Great Team. ALA Guides for the Busy Librarian.  Chicago: ALA, 2013.  023.9 HakalB.   ISBN 978-0838911709

With library staffing levels and services cut to the bone, creating a team that communicates well and functions smoothly is more important than ever. Building on the model of her bestselling book Be A Great Boss, Hakala-Ausperk presents a handy self-guided tool to the dynamic role of team-building. Organized in 52 modules, designed to cover a year of weekly sessions but easily adaptable for any pace, this workbook will show you how to

•   Manage staff across different age groups and skill sets
•  Improve communication between team members
• Mentor other staff members
• Keep your team organized in a culture of change

 Suitable for all levels of management, from first-line supervisors to library directors, this book lays out a clear path to learning the essentials of building and maintaining a first-rate team.

Whole Library Handbook 5: Current Data, Professional Advice, and Curiosa About Libraries and Library Services

Eberhart, George M.  The Whole Library Handbook 5: Current Data, Professional Advice, and Curiosa About Libraries and Library Services.  Chicago: ALA, 2013.  020.973 EberhW 2013 ed.   ISBN: 978-0838910900

The Whole Library Handbook, now in its fifth edition, is an encyclopedia filled with facts, tips, lists, and resources essential for library professionals and information workers of all kinds, all carefully handpicked to reflect the most informative, practical, up-to-date, and entertaining examples of library literature. Organized in easy-to-find categories, this unique compendium covers all areas of librarianship from academic libraries to teen services, from cataloging to copyright, and from gaming to social media. Selections include

•   Facts and figures on library workers
•  Bookmobile guidelines
• 100 great libraries of the world
•  Job search and recruitment techniques, and advice on how to deal with tough economic times
• Tips on writing articles and book reviews
• Fun with cataloging rules
• Famous librarians' favorite books

Covering a huge spectrum of librariana, this one-of-a-kind volume is both educational and entertaining.