FRBR (Book)

FRBR: A Guide for the Perplexed. Chicago : American Library Association, 2008.

From the ALA website:

“FRBR has the potential to inspire dramatic changes in library catalogs, and those changes will greatly impact how reference and resource sharing staff and patrons use this core tool.”
--netconnect, 2005

FRBR – Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records– is an evolving conceptual model designed to help users easily navigate catalogs and find the material they want in the form they want it – be that print, DVD, audio, or adaptations. Developed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Cataloging Section, FRBR is now being integrated into cataloging theory and implemented into systems and practice.

Cataloging expert Maxwell offers clear concise explanations for every librarian interested in the next phase of access to their library’s digital information. He answers such questions as

• What is FRBR and how does it work?
• How will FRBR affect libraries?
• Do all librarians need to be concerned, or just those doing cataloging?
• How do authority records fit into the picture?

With an understanding of the FRBR model, public and academic librarians, technical and public services librarians, and administrators can get a jump on this vital new cataloging technology to make catalogs more user-friendly.

About the Author:
Robert L. Maxwell, one of the foremost authorities in the cataloging field, is senior librarian and section head for the Special Collections and Metadata Cataloging Section at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. He has chaired RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee of ACRL and currently serves on the Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) of ALCTS. He is the author of the Highsmith Award-winning Maxwell’s Guide to Authority Work and Maxwell’s Guide to AACR2. He holds a MLS from the University of Arizona, JD and MA from Brigham Young University, and PhD in classical languages and literature from the University of Toronto.

Teaching about disabilities through children’s literature (book)

Prater, M.A. & Dyches, T.T. (2008). Teaching about disabilities through children’s literature. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

This book is written to provide teachers, social workers, school psychologists, counselors, and other professionals who work with children a comprehensive guide to selecting and using children's books to teach about disabilities. With the support of this book readers will be able to:

• Select appropriate children's literature that includes characters with disabilities;
• Use children's books to teach awareness, knowledge, understanding, and acceptance of individuals with disabilities;
• Follow unit and lesson plans for recommended books that include characters with disabilities;
• Implement standard lesson plans and discussion guides for self-selected books that include characters with disabilities; and
• Recognize what books are available and recommended in this genre.

The book includes reproducible lesson and unit plans and extensive annotated bibliographies of over 100 books. Grades K-12. --Book description

Understanding diversity through novels and picture books (book)

Knowles, L. & Smith, M. (2007). Understanding diversity through novels and picture books. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

A guide for using novels and picture books to help children in grades 4-8 with diversity issues. The authors move away from cultural food, fashion, festivals, and famous people towards realistic fiction librarians/teacher can appropriately match with diverse children so they can relate to people like themselves, and with others to provide the “walk a mile in my shoes” experience. The first chapters provide an overview of diversity demographics, statistics, controversial issues, etc. Subsequent chapters are organized by subject: ability, ethnicity, religion, exceptionalities, ageism, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, and gender. Each chapter includes a short annotated bibliography, a bibliography without annotations, discussion questions, information about a representative author, a journal article, and other resources.

What Every Librarian Should Know About Electronic Privacy

Woodward, Jeannette. What Every Librarian Should Know About Electronic Privacy. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. isbn 978-1-59158-489-6 025.50285 Woodw

This book addresses many forms of privacy invasion and the parties who are responsible for them. It includes an index and glossary of terms and acronyms....No treatment of electronic privacy would be complete without a study of government privacy intrusions; Woodward provides a critical analysis of the U.S. government's track record on privacy invasion, noting how the government's overdependence on technology has led to inefficient and inadequate law enforcement....Every library should have a copy of this book. It is an excellent guide to the kinds of privacy intrusion that libraries and those who frequent them experience and how to avoid them.

Reference Sources for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries, 7th ed

O'Gorman, Jack, Ed. Reference Sources for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries, 7th ed.. Chicago, IL: ALA, 2008. isbn 978-0-8389-0943-0 011.02 Refer2 7th ed.

This is a valuable resource of reference titles appropriate for any public or academic library. The volume includes Dewey and LC numbers for every entry. The annotations are thorough and concise; slightly longer and more evaluative entries are included for works that are highly recommended or offer unique features. The lack of a subject index is surmounted by the arrangement of chapters by Dewey classification.