Reinventing Reference: How Libraries Deliver Value in the Age of Google

 

Anderson, Katie Elson and Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic (eds.) Reinventing Reference: How Libraries Deliver Value in the Age of Google. ALA Editions, 2015. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1278-2

Description
This collection of essays takes a critical look at the overarching trends that affect current library policy and practice regarding the process of delivering information services, and how factors such as public policy, economics, and popular culture will continue to affect those trends in the future. This book offers practical solutions for new paradigms of reference service for all users.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Referencing the Future, by Katie Elson Anderson and Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic

Part I: Understanding Reference

Chapter 1: A History of Reference, by Julie M. Still

Chapter 2: Terrorism, Privacy, and Porn: Reference Ethics in the Twenty-First Century, by Zara Wilkinson and Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic

Chapter 3: The Real Reference Revolution: The Digital Library User, by Susan J. Beck

Part II: Reference 2.0

Chapter 4: Reference Service Trends and Forecasts for Academic Librarianship, by Gary Golden

Chapter 5: The State of Reference in School Libraries, by Lawrence V. Ghezzi and Walter Johnson

Chapter 6: The Future of Public Library Reference, by Justin Hoenke

Chapter 7: The Central Image: The Future of Reference in Academic Arts Libraries, by Sara Harrington

Part III: “Dude, Where’s My Jet-Pack?” Near Future of Reference

Chapter 8: Whither Libraries? User-Driven Changes in the Future of Reference, by John Gibson

Chapter 9: Future World: Strategic Challenges for Reference in the Coming Decade, by Stephen Abram

Coda

LibraryNext: Reference in 2052, by John Gibson

Managing with Data: Using ACRLMetrics and PLAmetrics

Hernon, Peter with Robert E. Dugan and Joseph R. Matthews. Managing with Data: Using ACRLMetrics and PLAmetrics. ALA Editions, 2015. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1243-0.

Description
Highlighting key data services provided by the American Library Association (ACRLMetrics and PLAmetrics), this guide illustrates how to use the data to support value, collection use, benchmarking, and other best practices. It also includes exercises that illustrate how to produce meaningful metrics and reports that can be used to demonstrate value and provide advocacy support. 

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

Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians (book)

Burke, John J. (2014). Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians. Boulder, CO: Rowman &Littlefield. 978-1-4422-2967-9.

*This book appears to be about makerspaces for upper elementary children, 'tweens, teens, and adults.

A “makerspace” is an area in a library where users can use tools and equipment to design, build, and create all sorts of different things. It may be a dedicated room or a multipurpose space in which a collection of raw materials and resources can be utilized as desired. Projects range from prototyping product designs with 3D printers, to programming robots, to creating art out of recycled items.

This practical guide will help librarians

• develop, budget for, and implement makerspaces;
• write grant proposals for funding;
• and understand the mindset behind the maker movement in order to meet patron needs.

Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians also includes useful case studies, descriptions of equipment and new technologies, and models for planning and assessing projects.

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Making Makers: Kids, Tools, and the Future of Innovation (book)

Thomas, AnnMarie. (2014). Making Makers: Kids, Tools, and the Future of Innovations. Sebastopol, CA: MakerMedia. 978-1-4571-8374-4.

This is a book for parents and other educators—both formal and informal, who are curious about the intersections of learning and making. Through stories, research, and data, it builds the case for why it is crucial to encourage today’s youth to be makers—to see the world as something they are actively helping to create. For those who are new to the Maker Movement, some history and introduction is given as well as practical advice for getting kids started in making. For those who are already familiar with the Maker Movement, this book provides biographical information about many of the “big names” and unsung heroes of the Maker Movement while also highlighting many of the attributes that make this a movement that so many people are passionate about.

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Start a Revolution: Stop Acting Like a Library

Bizzle, Ben (with Maria Flora). Start a Revolution: Stop Acting Like a Library. ALA Editions, 2015. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1267-6

Description
At the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library in Arkansas, Bizzle and his colleagues defied common practices by using creative risk-taking in marketing and outreach to transform their library into a dynamic institution that continues to grow and thrive. Here they recount their story, sharing techniques for success alongside a provocative marketing philosophy that will spur libraries to move beyond their comfort zone. Topics include the importance of branding, dynamic web sites and social media, stakeholder engagement, and marketing campaigns.

Table of Contents

Prelude: The Jonesboro Story

Chapter One: The Digital Library

Chapter Two: Going Mobile

Interlude: Crooked Valley Regional Library

Chapter Three: Facebook

Chapter Four: Facebook Advertising (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Mark Zuckerberg)

Chapter Five: Marketing in the “Real World”

Chapter Six: Making Pretty Pictures

Chapter Seven: Convincing the Decision Makers

Chapter Eight: Start Your Own Revolution

Appendix A: Twitter, by Ned Potter

Appendix B: Pinterest, by Josh Tate

Appendix C: More Convincing the Decision Makers, by Carson Block