The Politics of Libraries and Librarianship: Challenges and Realities
ISBN: 9781843343431 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book covers aspects of the political environment which surrounds and engages libraries and their librarians. It includes anecdotes on the role of the political sphere in the business of library associations.
This book covers aspects of the political environment which surrounds and engages libraries and their librarians. It includes anecdotes on the role of...
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220,03 zł |
Melvil and Dewey Teach Literacy: A Teaching Guide to Using the Melvil and Dewey Series
ISBN: 9781591581529 / Angielski / Miękka / 47 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This set of three early chapter books plus an educator's guide chronicles the adventures of two lovable gerbils, Melvil and Dewey, who live in an elementary school library. They are both curious and hungry which is the cause of many interesting adventures for the pair. The author, Pam Swallow, a retired school librarian, is the model for their owner and her former library, their home. The first two books in the set, "Melvil and Dewey in the Chips" and "Melvil and Dewey in the Fast Lane" have been previously published and are now out of print. They were successful with school librarians who... This set of three early chapter books plus an educator's guide chronicles the adventures of two lovable gerbils, Melvil and Dewey, who live in an e... |
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76,24 zł |
Homework Help from the Library : In Person and Online
ISBN: 9780838910467 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Filled with nuts-and-bolts advice on the best ways to help young people with their homework, the author concentrates on the practical, covering how students' different learning styles and current technology inform the homework process, on staff training and community outreach, and on options for working more closely with both students and teachers.
Filled with nuts-and-bolts advice on the best ways to help young people with their homework, the author concentrates on the practical, covering how st...
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217,71 zł |
Critical Library Instruction: Theories and Methods
ISBN: 9781936117017 / Angielski / Miękka / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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295,65 zł |
Christian Mindful Manners: How The Church Must Act Concerning Mental Illness
ISBN: 9781609571269 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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54,15 zł |
Teaching Information Literacy Online
ISBN: 9781555707354 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As online learning becomes increasingly popular and widespread, librarians and faculty need new models for developing information literacy instruction in online environments. In this book, Thomas P. Mackey, Interim Dean at the Center for Distance Learning, SUNY Empire State College and Trudi E. Jacobson, Dudley Award Winner and Head User Education Librarian at SUNY Albany explore innovative faculty-librarian partnerships for teaching information literacy online. This edited volume includes a foreword by noted online learning scholar Terry Anderson, Professor & Canada Research Chair in...
As online learning becomes increasingly popular and widespread, librarians and faculty need new models for developing information literacy instruction...
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499,04 zł |
Developing a Vision: Strategic Planning for the School Librarian in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9781591588917 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It can be very difficult to break the habit of addressing time-consuming tasks that are no longer mission critical. Having a vision and plan is the best way to establish a new, more effective pattern. As the education system, technology, and the world continues to evolve, it is paramount for teacher librarians to have a strategic plan to overcome today's challenges... and to be ready for the changes that are sure to come. This book describes two types of strategic planning for teacher librarians. Each methodology is presented via a sequential approach to the planning process. The first... It can be very difficult to break the habit of addressing time-consuming tasks that are no longer mission critical. Having a vision and plan is the... |
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212,53 zł |
Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook
ISBN: 9780838910818 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In their definitive new Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook, editors Weible and Janke clearly explain the complexities of getting materials for patrons from outside the library. This collection presents a complete view of the interlibrary loan (ILL) process, with contributions from all areas of the technical services community, providing - Guidance on how to do ILL efficiently and effectively, with advice on how to be a considerate borrower and lender - Details of preferred staffing and management techniques, showing how best practices can be implemented at any institution - Discussion of...
In their definitive new Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook, editors Weible and Janke clearly explain the complexities of getting materials for patro...
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529,84 zł |
Teaching Information Literacy for Inquiry-Based Learning
ISBN: 9781843344414 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Teaching Information Literacy for Inquiry-Based Learning is highly beneficial to those who teach or train people and need to develop systematic ways of using information sources and tools to help them participate in inquiry based learning. Whether at school, college, university or work people need to use the wealth of information around them effectively. They need to find things out, assemble, process, evaluate, manage as well as communicate information. Increasingly a fundamental part of being information literate and an independent learner is being e-literate. This book helps the trainer...
Teaching Information Literacy for Inquiry-Based Learning is highly beneficial to those who teach or train people and need to develop systematic ways o...
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320,92 zł |
Keeping the User in Mind : Instructional Design and the Modern Library
ISBN: 9781843344865 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Keeping the User in Mind provides a practical down-to-earth look at instructional design and its uses in the academic library. Focus is given to teaching and measuring information literacy skills, and chapters also review the history of the field, providing an overview of some relevant technological innovations that might be a part of any library's instructional design mosaic. Fuelled by the need for asynchronous learning, the availability of the Web, and the need to evaluate learning outcomes, instructional design covers a wide range of approaches and models. How do libraries build...
Keeping the User in Mind provides a practical down-to-earth look at instructional design and its uses in the academic library. Focus is given to teach...
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305,39 zł |
Charleston Conference Proceedings, 2010
ISBN: 9780983404316 / Angielski / Miękka / 644 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Held November 3-6, 2010, the theme of the 2010 Charleston Conference, the annual event that explores issues in book and serial acquisition, was Anything Goes. 2010 marked the thirtieth anniversary of the conference, and the theme revealed a sense of uncertainty about the future of librarianship in a digital environment marked by rapidly changing systems and practices. The conference focused on topics and themes in collection development, journals and serials management, technology and product development, collaboration between and among libraries and their communities, and managing...
Held November 3-6, 2010, the theme of the 2010 Charleston Conference, the annual event that explores issues in book and serial acquisition, was Anythi...
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314,27 zł |
Let the Games Begin! Engaging Students with Interactive Information Literacy Instruction
ISBN: 9781555707392 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The value of games in teaching and learning has been well-documented in research in education. Here are sixty field-tested games that teach information literacy skills using fun, interactive activities at a variety of skill and knowledge levels. You'll find card games and Jeopardy games, games that involve individual and group work, clickers, white boards, chalk boards, running around the library, and moving around the classroom. Listen as Editor Theresa R. McDevitt and Contributor Ryan Sittler discuss the book with the bloggers at Adventures in Library Instruction in a 60-minute podcast...
The value of games in teaching and learning has been well-documented in research in education. Here are sixty field-tested games that teach informatio...
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437,45 zł |
Thinking in English: A New Perspective on Teaching ESL
ISBN: 9781610484237 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thinking in English represents Dr. Muciaccia's unique method of teaching English to non-native English speakers. Unlike any other English as a Second Language (ESL) book, Muciaccia's book features the "cultural immersion" approach that he has developed and practiced to a fine degree. In addition to his methodology, Muciaccia includes words of encouragement and reviews from people who have benefited from his approach to teaching and learning English.
Thinking in English represents Dr. Muciaccia's unique method of teaching English to non-native English speakers. Unlike any other English as a Second ...
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414,16 zł |
Fundamentals of Library Instruction
ISBN: 9780838911419 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Being a great teacher is part and parcel of being a great librarian. In this book, veteran instruction services librarian McAdoo lays out the fundamentals of the discipline in easily accessible language. Succinctly covering the topic from top to bottom, he Offers an overview of the historical context of library instruction, drawing on recent research in learning theory to help the instructor choose the most effective strategies for any situation Shows readers how to assess the information needs of a given audience, how to develop a curriculum for teaching information literacy, and how to fit...
Being a great teacher is part and parcel of being a great librarian. In this book, veteran instruction services librarian McAdoo lays out the fundamen...
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250,40 zł |
Plagiarism Education and Prevention : A Subject-Driven Case-Based Approach
ISBN: 9781843345848 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Academic librarians and university instructors worldwide are grappling with an increasing incidence of student plagiarism. Recent publications urge educators to prevent plagiarism by teaching students about the issue, and some have advocated the value of a subject-specific approach to plagiarism prevention education. There is, however, a complete lack of resources and guidance for librarians and instructors who want to adopt this approach in their teaching. This book opens with a brief overview of plagiarism today, followed by arguments in favour of a subject-based approach. The rest of the...
Academic librarians and university instructors worldwide are grappling with an increasing incidence of student plagiarism. Recent publications urge ed...
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284,74 zł |
Teaching for Inquiry: Engaging the Learner Within
ISBN: 9781555707552 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The American Association of School Librarians (AASL s) Standards for the 21st-Century Learner define inquiry as a stance toward learning in which the learner is engaged in asking questions and finding answers, not simply accumulating facts presented by someone else that have no relation to previous learning or new understanding. Inquiry follows a continuum of learning experiences, from simply discovering a new idea or an answer to a question to following a complete inquiry process. Inquiry is a crucial vantage point for teaching information literacy, but where can school librarians turn for...
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL s) Standards for the 21st-Century Learner define inquiry as a stance toward learning in which the ...
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437,45 zł |
Thinking in English: A New Perspective on Teaching ESL
ISBN: 9781610484244 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thinking in English represents Dr. Muciaccia's unique method of teaching English to non-native English speakers. Unlike any other English as a Second Language (ESL) book, Muciaccia's book features the "cultural immersion" approach that he has developed and practiced to a fine degree. In addition to his methodology, Muciaccia includes words of encouragement and reviews from people who have benefited from his approach to teaching and learning English.
Thinking in English represents Dr. Muciaccia's unique method of teaching English to non-native English speakers. Unlike any other English as a Second ...
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207,08 zł |
Transforming Information Literacy Instruction Using Learner-Centered Teaching
ISBN: 9781555707651 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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480,56 zł |
Developing 21st Century Literacies: A K-12 School Library Curriculum Blueprint with Sample Lessons
ISBN: 9781555707521 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is a guide that shows you how to help students develop the critical thinking and learning skills necessary for effective and engaged citizens in the 21st Century. It provides tools and strategies to deliver a cutting-edge school library curriculum. Langhorne and Rehmke survey visual, technological, media, and information literacies, explore the concepts for learning with electronic formats, and expand the teacher librarian's role in school reading programs. All of the forms, lessons, and worksheets found in the book are just a sample of what is available on the website, all of it...
Here is a guide that shows you how to help students develop the critical thinking and learning skills necessary for effective and engaged citizens in ...
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348,77 zł |
Collaborative Research in the Digital Humanities
ISBN: 9781409410683 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Collaboration within digital humanities is both a pertinent and a pressing topic as the traditional mode of the humanist, working alone in his or her study, is supplemented by explicitly co-operative, interdependent and collaborative research. This is particularly true where computational methods are employed in large-scale digital humanities projects. This book, which celebrates the contributions of Harold Short to this field, presents fourteen essays by leading authors in the digital humanities. It addresses several issues of collaboration, from the multiple perspectives of institutions,...
Collaboration within digital humanities is both a pertinent and a pressing topic as the traditional mode of the humanist, working alone in his or her ...
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750,67 zł |