Crash Course in Weeding Library Collections

Goldsmith, Francisca. Crash Course in Weeding Library Collections. Libraries Unlimited, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-4408-3688-6

Description
Although difficult for some librarians, weeding is essential to keeping your collection healthy and relevant. Perfect for all types of libraries and for both paraprofessionals and librarians unfamiliar with modern weeding methods, this practical guide offers clear guidance that can help you cope with the sometimes-paralytic fear and distaste that can accompany a must-do task. 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Weed Identification

Chapter 2 - The Weeding Process

Chapter 3 - Library Staff Weeding Responsibilities

Chapter 4 - Determining Datedness

Chapter 5 - Creating a Weeding Plan

Chapter 6 - Weeding as Library Policy

Chapter 7 - Communication and Publicity about Weeding

Chapter 8 - Models and Tips for Library Administrators

Apps for Librarians

Apps for Librarians: Using the Best Mobile Technology to Educate, Create, and Engage by Nicole Hennig. Libraries Unlimited, 2014. 978-1-61069-530-5.

Mobile apps are empowering for people of all ages and abilities
As librarians and educators, we are passionate about learning and access to information for all. Contrary to the popular idea that apps are only useful for “consumption,” the best mobile apps are being used effectively as tools to enable learning and knowledge creation.

Got tablets in your library, but no time to find the best apps?
Apps are everywhere these days and it can be overwhelming to know where to start. You probably have questions like these:

• How do I find and use the best quality apps?
• Which apps will help me in my professional work?
• Which apps should libraries recommend to their communities?

This book will give you a solid foundation, along with inspiration. You’ll learn:

• which quality apps have become “core” and how to use them
• how mobile devices are enabling better learning
• how mobile apps are improving life for those with special needs
• how to keep up with new apps and find quality reviews
• how to review an app, including a checklist of what to include
• inspiring examples of how libraries are using apps in creative ways.

An opportunity for librarians
When you become an app expert, you become the go-to person for your community—evaluating, reviewing and recommending the very best apps for knowledge creation and active learning.

See the book's website for Table of Contents, author information, and updates on information that has changed since the printing of the book.

Library Robotics

Library Robotics: Technology and English Language Arts Activities for Ages 8-24 by Sarah Kepple. Libraries Unlimited, 2015. 978-1-4408-3558-2.

Publisher's Description

A dive-right-in, quick-start guide for busy library professionals who want to build literacy, STEAM, and other 21st-century skills using simple robots in a fun, collaborative environment.

Robotics in the library? Absolutely. Robotics can add a new dimension to library programming—one that can help America's youth build the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) and 21st-century learning skills they will need to be successful in an international, technology-infused workforce. This book provides a complete guide for launching a robotics program in the library and demonstrates the links between robotics programming and learning. It also includes complete instructions for various program models that employ robotics.

Robotics programs are an ideal way for public and school libraries to demonstrate their vital roles as the hubs of community learning, and the subject is universally popular with students as well as parents and industrial funders. The book's clearly and succinctly written chapters begin by providing the information that librarians will need for stakeholders and to select equipment, then move logically into addressing guided activities and expansion ideas. Children's librarians, teen librarians, school media specialists (particularly those focused on middle school students), and adult and technology librarians looking to connect with "new adults" will find this book useful and appealing.

Features

• Provides the only guidebook currently available about robotics written by a librarian, for librarians—a simple, practical guide that virtually any librarian can use, no prior tech experience necessary
• Guides librarians in using their knowledge of literacy, youth development, and guided-inquiry methodology to gain an accessible entry point to grow their technological skills alongside the youth they serve
• Includes lesson plans and activity guides to help you start a simple robotics curriculum as quickly as possible
• Supplies outcome measurement tools
• Discusses funding ideas and sample budgets

See the publisher's website for Table of Contents, author information, and a look inside the book.  

Introduction to Cataloging and Classification, 11th Edition.

Joudrey, Daniel N., Arlene G. Taylor, David P. Miller. Introduction to Cataloging and Classification. 11th Edition. Libraries Unlimited, 2015. ISBN: 978-59884-856-4


Description
This new edition of the classic cataloging textbook provides an introduction to descriptive cataloging based on contemporary standards, explaining the basic tenets to readers without previous experience, as well as to those who merely want a better understanding of the process as it exists today. The text opens with the foundations of cataloging, then moves to specific details and subject matter such as Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD), the International Cataloging Principles (ICP), and RDA.  The book introduces MARC, BIBFRAME, and other approaches used to communicate and display bibliographic data. Discussions of formatting, presentation, and administrative issues complete the book; questions useful for review and study appear at the end of each chapter.

Table of Contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Cataloging in Context
Chapter 2: Development of Catalogs and Cataloging Codes

PART II: DESCRIPTION AND ACCESS
Chapter 3: Underlying Principles and Conceptual Models
Chapter 4: RDA Basics
Chapter 5: Manifestations and Items
Chapter 6: Works and Expressions
Chapter 7: Persons, Families, Places, and Corporate Bodies
Chapter 8: Relationships and the Use of Access Points
Chapter 9: RDA Metadata in the MARC Format

PART III: AUTHORITY CONTROL
Chapter 10: Authority Control

PART IV: SUBJECT ACCESS
Chapter 11: Subject Access
Chapter 12: Verbal Subject Access
Chapter 13: Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
Chapter 14: Sears List of Subject Headings (SEARS)
Chapter 15: Other Verbal Access Systems
Chapter 16: Classification
Chapter 17: Decimal Classification
Chapter 18: Library of Congress Classification (LCC)
Chapter 19: Creation of Complete Call Numbers
Chapter 20: Other Classification Systems

PART V: FORMATTING AND PRESENTATION
Chapter 21: MARC Encoding
Chapter 22: Alternative Containers for Metadata
Chapter 23: International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD)

PART VI: ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES
Chapter 24: Cataloging Management and Support
Appendix A: RDA Outline
Appendix B: ICC11 RDA Book Template
Glossary of Selected Terms and Abbreviations
Selected Bibliography
Index

Marketing Moxie for Librarians

Marketing Moxie for Librarians: Fresh Ideas, Proven Techniques, and Innovative Approaches by Paula Watson-Lakamp. Libraries Unlimited, 2015. 978-1-61069-893-1.

Publisher's Description

Fun and easy to read, this marketing and promotion guide offers you the "big picture" of how best to spend your limited funds and energy to create a successful marketing strategy—from traditional promotions such as advertising and posters to social media marketing.

Robust, resilient, and flexible marketing is an absolute necessity for today's libraries. Fortunately, marketing can be fun. Through this savvy guide, you'll discover a wealth of fresh, actionable ideas and approaches that can be combined with tried-and-true marketing techniques to serve any library. Focusing on building platforms rather than chasing trends, the book offers low- and no-budget ideas for those in small libraries as well as information that can be used by libraries that have a staff of professionals.

The guide opens with an overview of the basics of marketing and continues through the numerous channels that should be incorporated into a modern-day marketing strategy mix. Branding, merchandising, and media relations are covered, as are social media, new technologies, fundraising, and advocacy. You'll also learn how to use tools such as data-driven information gathering and email segmentation to help your library compete and stay relevant. Perfect for beginners, the book will be equally useful to seasoned communicators who are looking for creative ideas, new techniques, and innovative approaches to boost the effectiveness of their existing marketing efforts.

Features

• Takes you through a step-by-step process of creating a marketing campaign that meets the needs of your patrons and your library
• Covers conventional marketing strategies such as print and broadcast media along with new social media venues
• Includes a guide to marketing plans and content calendars
• Offers chapter-by-chapter "Moxie Tips and Tricks" to help you get started and succeed in marketing your library
• Presents ways to bolster your creativity toolkit when the ideas just won't come

See the publisher's website for Table of Contents and author information.