Kategoria BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines >> Library & Information Science - General

This light-hearted sourcebook for teachers and librarians describes food-related activities, including stories, rhymes, fingerplays, crafts, cooking and tasting experiences, and short skits, designed to delight young minds while teaching skills. Each group of recommended picture books is supplemented by topical songs, poems, chants, flannel board constructions, and puppet skits. Grades PreK-3.

This work records the accomplishments of the leaders of library science with 51 thoroughly researched biographies of individuals whose contributions have profoundly influenced the profession's history. The biographical sketches, ranging in length from 1,400 to 4,000 words, were researched, written, and reviewed by noted authorities in the library and information science community.

This collection of 170 short, short stories celebrates tried-and-true wisdom from around the world, as well as old-time humor and new-time heroes. Seasonally arranged, the book will especially appeal to educators.

Guaranteed to spread a special magic over listeners and bring many minutes of enchantment to all, this collection of 170 short, short stories (one to three minutes) celebrates tried-and-true wisdom from around the world, as well as old-time humor and new-time heroes. The author has gathered a delightful collection of folk literature from many different cultures, nonfiction...

At a time when popularizers of cultural literacy are prescribing a cultural canon for the purpose of prying open the closed minds' of American youth . . . Literacy provides an articulate and courageous response.

"Harvard Educational Review"

Every chapter . . . asks teachers to thing again about how they teach, what they want for their pupils, and how to get on with it. "Times Educational Supplement"

This] book directs our attention to literacy in its broadest sense so that we can better evaluate the shortcomings of our work as educators at all levels of learning. "Contemporary...

In today's business arena information is one of the most important resources possessed by enterprises. In order to support proper information flow, businesses deploy transactional systems, build decision support systems or launch management information systems. Unfortunately, the majority of information systems do not take advantage of recent developments in knowledge management, thus exposing companies to the risk of missing important information, or what is even worse, leading them to misinterpret information.

Knowledge-Based Information Retrieval and Filtering from the...

Tracing the evolution of the library as a modern institution from the late eighteenth century to the digital era, this book explores the diverse practices by which Americans have shared reading matter for instruction, edification, and pleasure. Writing from a rich variety of perspectives, the contributors raise important questions about the material forms and social shapes of American culture. What is a library? How have libraries fostered communities of readers and influenced the practice of reading in particular communities? How did the development of modern libraries alter the...

This beautiful collection of copyright-free clip art-all on the subject of books-can be used in producing flyers, posters, newsletters, bulletin boards, bookmarks, and dozens of other forms of visual communication. Chapters cover seven subject areas: Just Books, People with Books, Animals, Nursery Rhyme and Storybook Characters, Holidays, Sports and Activities, and Borders. Images include silhouettes and line drawings that range in style from cartoon to representational drawings. All are easily reproduced, even on a photocopier. Librarians, teachers, storytellers, booksellers-anyone...

Delight students and library patrons, encourage learning, and build library research skills with these 280 handsome, reproducible bookmarks. They cover topics from art (e.g., finger puppet patterns) and music (e.g., biographies of composers) to math (e.g., metric chart), science (e.g., insect identification), social studies (e.g., members of the U.S. Supreme Court), and on and on. Each bookmark includes a question or instructions to motivate students to read more or to search for further information. Suggestions or clues direct students in library research. Use the backs for...