What does it truly take to provide excellent library service to children? The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has outlined seven core competencies - skills that are building blocks for professional development for children's librarians. In this practical guide, three children's services experts bring these skills to life. Use this primer to develop and sharpen skills and access resources to improve professionalism and skills in: knowledge of the client group; administration and management; communication; materials and collection development; programming; and, advocacy,...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich BWL - Marketing, Unternehmenskommunikation, CRM, Marktforschung, Social Media, Note: 1,3, Verwaltungs- und Wirtschaftsakademie Frankfurt, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 1Einleitung "Die okonomische, soziale und kulturelle Vernetzung war noch nie so ausgepragt wie zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts." 1.1.Problemstellung Durch die Globalisierung treten immer mehr Teilnehmer in den Markt ein und sorgen fur einen verstarkten Wettbewerb auf der Angebotsseite. Besonders branchenfremde Unternehmen, wie Banken und Warenhauser, konkurrieren zunehmend auf dem...

Based on research with frontline professionals and domestic abuse and homicide victims, this book argues for a re-conceptualisation of the female victim to enhance safety management and encourage a deeper understanding of the emotional dynamics and social structures which perpetuate violence.

Based on research with frontline professionals and domestic abuse and homicide victims, this book argues for a re-conceptualisation of the female victim to enhance safety management and encourage a deeper understanding of the emotional dynamics and social structures which perpetuate violence.

-The poems in Little Human Relics weave themselves through various notions of home: a family farm, the mythic backdrop of Bavaria, a cityscape rife with urban noise and expectations, and the quiet interiors of domestic life. Whether overhearing a lament about marriage at a nail salon, or standing vigil over the grave of a newly-buried horse, these poems invite readers to step over the page's threshold into a kitchen, a gothic cathedral, a lover's bed. These poems celebrate the ways in which devotion elevates all things in one's life to a position of reverence; a poem which marvels at the...

Pattern Recognition No. 1 features short fiction by Jeff B Willey, Eugene A. Melino, Patrick King, M.K. Punky, R.W. Watkins, M.P. Powers, Leigh Baker, Bill Ectric and Chelsey Burden; poetry by Anthony Robinson, Jessica Tremblay and Angelos T. Anastasopolos; a review of Brian Campbell's Shimmer Report; an interview with legendary Fantagraphics cartoonist J.R. Williams; R.H. Crawford on Bond and the 1960s spy craze; comics by Gordon Lindholm and Bill Harvey; and more.