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Nonfiction Readers' Advisory
Robert Burgin
Paperback - $90.95
The readers advisory renaissance of the past few decades has focused almost exclusively on fiction. However, many readers relish nonfiction, not just for the information it imparts, but for reading pleasure. In fact, the concepts of genres and appeal ...
The World from Here : Treasures from the Great Libraries of Los Angeles
Cynthia Burlingham
Hardcover - $92.95
Featuring more than three hundred selections, this book explores the treasure trove of rare books and ephemera in Los Angeles libraries.
Dismantling the Public Sphere : Situating and Sustaining Librarianship in the Age of the New Public Philosophy
John Buschman
Paperback - $102.95
This work presents a thorough examination of librarianship and the social and economic contexts in which the profession and its institutions operate. As a basis of analysis, Buschman employs critical education scholarship and the research of German p ...
The Library as Place : History, Community, and Culture
John E. Buschman
Paperback - $102.95
Libraries, as a component of cultural space, have been ubiquitous to almost every society during almost every time period. However, as places of cultural, symbolic, and intellectual meaning, they have varied greatly. To capture both aspects, this col ...
The Library of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1584-1637
Sargent Bush
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This book provides a detailed record of the early history of the library at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
The Library of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1584???1637
Sargent Bush
Hardcover - $202.95
This book provides a detailed record of the early history of the library at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, from the foundation of the College in 1584 to the completion of the seventh major inventory of the library's contents in 1637. This half-century ...
The Blue Book on Information Age Inquiry, Instruction and Literacy
Daniel Callison
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Based on many years of columns from School Library Media Activities Monthly, authors, Daniel Callison and Leslie Preddy present key terms in a working theoretical model that may be used in developing and understanding the power of information inquiry ...
The Vanished Library La Biblioteca Scomparsa
Luciano Canfora
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The Library of Alexandria . . . a Wonder of the Ancient World. What was it? Where was it? Did it exist at all? Contemporary descriptions are vague and contradictory, but Luciano Canfora resolves these puzzles in one of the most unusual books of class ...
Metadata Fundamentals
Priscilla Caplan
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Both descriptive and nondescriptive forms of metadata are defined (including the TEI Header, the Dublin Core, EAD, GILS, ONIX, and the Data Documentation Initiative) and applied to actual library functions. Illustrations show how different forms of m ...