Build It, Make It, Do It, Play It! (book)

Bomhold, C. & Elder, T. (2014). Build It, Make It, Do It, Play It! Subject Access to the Best How-To Guides for Children and Teens. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited. 978-1-59884-391-0.

For busy librarians and educators, finding instructions for projects, activities, sports, and games that children and teens will find interesting is a constant challenge. This guide is a time-saving, one-stop resource for locating this type of information—one that also serves as a valuable collection development tool that identifies the best among thousands of choices, and can be used for program planning, reference and readers' advisory, and curriculum support. Build It, Make It, Do It, Play It! identifies hundreds of books that provide step-by-step instructions for creating arts and crafts, building objects, finding ways to help the disadvantaged, or engaging in other activities ranging from gardening to playing games and sports. Organized by broad subject areas—arts and crafts, recreation and sports (including indoor activities and games), and so forth—the entries are further logically organized by specific subject, ensuring quick and easy use.

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Library Management for the Digital Age

Todaro, Julie. Library Management for the Digital Age: A New Paradigm. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-4422-3015-6

Description
The author proposes a new paradigm for planning, administering, and assessing library services. She explains each facet of administering both “old” (physical) and “new” (virtual) libraries, and compares new and recommended management skills and methods with classic techniques and traditions. She also includes concise case studies that illustrate the real-world nature of the shift and discussion questions to facilitate active learning. 


Table of Contents 
PART I. Twenty-First Century Management in Libraries
Chapter 1. Classic Management vs. New Management
Chapter 2. Preparing and Maintaining the New ManagerChapter 3. “Managing” New Employees/Staff/Human Resources/Stakeholders
Chapter 4. New Management of Change
Chapter 5. New Managers Designing New Organizations
Chapter 6. Management Infrastructure Documents in New Organizations
Chapter 7. Managing New Services and Resources
Chapter 8. Managing Those Outside the “Sphere”
Chapter 9. New Management “in Action” Communication
Chapter 10. New Managers within Classic and New Organizations
Chapter 11. New Managers in Classic and New Facilities and Environments
Chapter 12. New “Landscapes” for Library and Information Settings
Chapter 13. Managing the Balance to Meet New Constituent/Customer Expectations
Chapter 14. Accountability, Measurement, and Assessment in New Management Organizations
Chapter 15. New Budgeting with (Mostly) Classic Budgeting Issues
Chapter 16. Emergency Management Roles and Responsibilities of New Managers

PART II: The Cases
Introduction to the Case Method
Case 1. A Difficult Path of Moving Up and Out
Case 2. Building Your Own Management Training Program Case 3. Rumor Has It
Case 4. Do You Have Any Change On You?
Case 5. Racking Up the Library Pool Table
Case 6. Manuals, Handbooks, Policies, Procedures, Budgets, Minutes and Plans, Oh My!
Case 7. What’s Old is New – if the Money is There
Case 8. But Enough About Me, What Do YOU Think About Me?
Case 9. Suffering from Past Mistakes
Case 10. What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You
Case 11. A Fixer Upper
Case 12. Penny’s Partners Proliferate due to Punctual, Prioritized, and Positive Planning
Case 13. Keeping Up With the “Joneses”
Case 14. Torture the Data
Case 15. Matching Data to Data Requests
Case 16. Building Tomorrow’s Future on Today’s Expertise
Appendices
Appendix A. Annotated Master List of “Indispensable” Resources
Appendix B. Examples of Paradigms
Appendix C. Additional Paradigm Shifts

Bridges out of poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities

Payne, Ruby K PhD., Philip E. DeVol, Terie Dreussi Smith. Bridges out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities. Rev. Ed. Highlands, TX: Aha! Process, 2006.  362.5 Payne    ISBN-13: 978-1929229697

Bridges Out of Poverty is a unique and powerful tool designed specifically for social, health, and legal services professionals. Based in part on Dr. Ruby K. Payne's myth shattering A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Bridges reaches out to the millions of service providers and businesses whose daily work connects them with the lives of people in poverty. In a highly readable format you'll find case studies, detailed analysis, helpful charts and exercises, and specific solutions you and your organization can implement right now to: Redesign programs to better serve people you work with; Build skill sets for management to help guide employees; Upgrade training for front-line staff like receptionists, case workers, and managers; Improve treatment outcomes in health care and behavioral health care; Increase the liklihood of moving from welfare to work. If your business, agency, or organization works with people from poverty, only a deeper understanding of their challenges-and strengths-will help you partner with them to create opportunities for success.

Public Libraries, Public Policies, and Political Processes

 

Jaeger, Paul T., Ursula Gorham, John Carlo Bertot, and Lindsay C. Sarin. Public Libraries, Public Policies, and Political Processes: Serving and Transforming Communities in Times of Economic and Political Constraint. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

Description
The main message of this book is that there is a pressing need for public librarians and other supporters of public libraries to be:

• Aware of the political process and its implications for libraries;
• Attuned to the interrelationships between policy and politics; and
• Engaged in the policy process to articulate the need for policies that support public libraries. 

By offering data and real world examples, the authors present proposals for professional, policy-making, and political strategies that can strengthen the public library and its ability to meet the needs of individuals and communities.


Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Politics, Policies, and Public Libraries
Chapter 2: The Development of Public Libraries as a Public Good in the United States
Chapter 3: The Evolution of Policies Affecting Public Libraries in the Unites States
Chapter 4: Prevailing Governance and Economic Ideologies
Chapter 5: Changes in Public Libraries and Changes in Communities
Chapter 6: Engagement and Valuation of the Public Good
Chapter 7: Demonstrating Library Value and Advocating for Support
Chapter 8: The Public Library in the Local Political Process

Digital Preservation for Libraries, Archives, and Museums

Corrado, Edward M. and Heather Lea Moulaison. Digital Preservation for Libraries, Archives, and Museums. Rowman and Littlefield, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-8108-8712-1

Description
As the publisher's description suggests, this book is about "things (not technology; not how-to; not theory) I wish I knew before I got started" with digital preservation. The information in this book is presented in a readable format, focusing on management issues and best practices.It addresses all aspects of curating and preserving digital content for long term access, including management, technology, and content issues. 

Table of Contents
A detailed table of contents is available on the publisher's web site.