Creating the Customer-Driven Academic Library

Woodward, Jeannette. Creating the Customer-Driven Academic Library. Chicago: ALA, 2008 027.70973 Woodw isbn 978038090768
With more and more scholarly content available online accessible almost anywhere, where does the traditional "brick and mortar" library fit in?
In this book, Jeanette Woodward attacks this and other pressing issues facing today's academic librarians. Her trailblazing strategies center on keeping the customer's point of view in focus at all times to help libraries
-integrate technology to meet today's student and faculty needs
-reevaluate the role and function of library service desks
-implement staffing strategies to match customer expectations
-create new and effective promotional materials
Librarians are now faced with marketing to a generation of students who log on rather than walk in, and this cutting-edge book supplies the tools needed to keep customers coming through the door.

Trustee Trouble: the misadventures of a new library board member - DVD

DVD. Trustee Trouble: the misadventures of a new library board member. Wyoming State Library. 2008. Product of IMLS LSTA grant. 021.82 Trust (DVD) see also www.wyominglibraries.org/trusteetrouble.html
Library Board membership is a great way to give back tothe community and the library. Sometimes that 1st year on the board is tough; there is a lot more to being a library board member than you might think. In this series of episodes, laugh and learn along with DAn, a new library trustee, as he muddles through his 1st year on the library board. Producers suggest viewing an episode with your board and then discussing the questions asked at the end of the segment.

2008 ALA-APA Salary Survey: Librarian - Public and Academic

2008 ALA-APA Salary Survey: Librarian - Public and Academic. Chicago: ALA, 2008 331.2810232 ALA 2008 ed. isbn 978-0-83898457

Mother goose on the loose (book)

Diamant-Cohen, B. (2006). Mother goose on the loose: A handbook and CD-ROM kits with scripts, rhymes, songs, flannel-board patterns, and activities for promoting early childhood development. New York: Neal-Schuman.

In the award-winning Mother Goose on the Loose (MGOL) library program, inspired by Barbara Cass-Beggss work, Diamant-Cohen uses books, songs, instruments, rhymes, and props to promote early literacy, school-readiness, and other skills in children up to age two. This binder-and-CD kit provides overviews of early development and MGOLs benefits, program instructions and scripts in print and audio formats, evaluation tools, songs, rhymes, tips to share with parents, flannel-board patterns, templates, and promotional resources. Clear instructions for the structured program are given, making this an essential resource for MGOL implementation. The well-produced CD, with clear recitations of rhymes and songs by Diamant-Cohen and musician Rahel, will be particularly appreciated by childrens specialists new to programming for young children, whether they use this model or not. While others looking for content to incorporate into their established lapsits will not find this kit as flexible as Jane Marinos Babies in the Library! (Scarecrow, 2003), or as comprehensive as Linda Ernsts lapsit guides (Neal-Schuman), Diamant-Cohens developmentally appropriate ideas for incorporating musical instruments and music concepts, and promoting social and motor skills, can be useful additions to any program for the preschool-and-under set. -- School Library Journal

Reading is funny! (book)

Anderson, D. (2009). Reading is funny! Motivating kids to read with riddles. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.

Because they’re quick and fun to read, riddles can “hook” even reluctant readers and keep them coming back for more. Riddles also improve vocabulary, comprehension, and oral reading; enhance deductive and inductive thinking skills; and promote libraries as places for fun.

Drawing on her work with children in schools and public libraries, Dee Anderson offers easy-to-implement ideas on motivating kids to read with riddles plus a folk tale, scripts for puppet skits, sample PR handouts, reproducible games and patterns, and hundreds of carefully selected riddles, some exclusive to this book. Besides riddles on popular topics like animals, holidays, and sports (arranged alphabetically by subject for easy reference), Reading Is Funny! shares two chapters of riddles about books, libraries, and reading. You’ll learn how to:

encourage children to read more through interactive bulletin boards, puppetry, bookmaking, games, and activity sheets

incorporate riddles into lesson plans, story times, and book-related celebrations

use riddles to promote your library’s services and teach library skills

foster an environment of fun by encouraging children to share riddles with each other

create your own riddles