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Decentering Whiteness in Libraries: A Framework for Inclusive Collection Management Practices by Andrea Jamison ISBNs: 978-1-5381-6290-3 (Hardback); 978-1-5381-6291-0 (Paperback); 978-1-5381-6292-7 (eBook) The book serves as a "how to" guide for evaluating and crafting collection development policies that will help create equity in library collections. The book not only helps contextualize the need for inclusive collection development policies but features user-friendly tables, guides, and sample policies. Please use this link to view additional details about this book. Academic Librarianship: Anchoring the Profession in Contribution, Scholarship, and Service by Marcy Simons
ISBNs: 978-1-5381-3620-1 (Hardback); 978-1-5381-3621-8 (eBook) This book addresses how much has changed in academic librarianship as a profession (from the smallest academic libraries to large research libraries). Major topics covered include: State of the profession of librarianship today; Status of librarians; Tenure or not; Scholarship; How librarians are conducting research; and more. Please use this link to view additional details about this book. Partners in Teaching and Learning: Coordinating a Successful Academic Library Instruction Program by Melissa Mallon ISBNs: 978-1-5381-1883-2 (Hardback); 978-1-5381-1884-9 (Paperback); 978-1-5381-1885-6 (ebook) Instruction coordinators & directors in academic libraries may have a variety of titles and wear an entire wardrobe’s worth of hats, but we face many of the same challenges in developing, promoting, and evaluating our instruction programs. Please use this link to view additional details about this book. Collaborations for Student Success: How Librarians and Student Affairs Work Together to Enrich Learning by Dallas Long
ISBN: 978-1-5381-1907-5 OR 978-1-5381-1908-2 for the eBook 2019 Libraries are exploring new roles and new partnerships on college campuses in order to improve students’ experiences and enable learning outside the classroom. By using multiple focus groups, Long describes the experiences and perceptions of librarians and student affairs professionals at several four-year, residential colleges and universities. He identifies ways librarians and student affairs professionals share common values and can approach partnerships successfully – but also the barriers that result when these two groups don’t fully understand each other’s roles in student learning. This book is the perfect road map for librarians and student affairs professionals alike who are seeking partners for campus collaborations. Please use this link to view additional details about this book. Academic Library Metamorphosis and Regeneration, by Marcy Simons
ISBN: 978-1-4422-7307-8 OR 978-1-4422-7308-5 for the eBook 2017 Academic Library Metamorphosis and Regeneration continues the discussions around change and transformation that are taking place in the library profession today. Academic libraries are undergoing change at a remarkable rate and have been through transitions that were unthinkable before disruptive technology changed everything. For academic libraries, changes in higher education, scholarly communication, and user expectations are driving a continuous need to adjust, transform, and re-create ourselves. This book explores the changes that led us to where we are today, reviews academic libraries that have transformed, and offers suggestions for those who are beginning a change process. Please use this link to view additional details about this book. .Access to Information, Technology, and Justice: A Critical Intersection, by Ursula Gorham ISBN: 978-1-4422-7029-9 OR 978-1-4422-7031-2 for the eBookm 2017 Over the past fifteen years, the dramatic increase of online self-help legal resources, information, and tools specifically developed for use by low-income individuals without legal counsel has been promoted as one way to help those individuals who are caught in this “justice gap.” Unfortunately, however, opportunities arising from the Internet and related information and communication technologies do not accrue to everyone equally as physical, intellectual, and social barriers to information persist. Please use this link to view additional details about this book. Six Issues Facing Libraries Today: Critical Perspectives, by John M. Budd ISBN: 978-1-4422-7737-3 OR 978-1-4422-7738-0 for the eBook 2017 This book addresses some of the most pressing issues in library and information science. It offers informed insight and perspectives on six essential and timely questions facing the profession:
Please use this link to view additional details about this book. School Librarianship: Past, Present, and Future, edited by Susan Alman ISBN: 978-1-4422-7207-1 OR 978-1-4422-7208-8 for the eBook 2017 This publication focuses on the past, present, and future impact of school librarians. The contributors are recognized leaders within the information profession with expertise in school libraries, and they chronicle international issues in professional education, scholarship, organizations, and the innovations of practitioners. Readers will find authoritative information about the education, professional associations, scholarship, and innovations that are occurring internationally, and they will be inspired to perpetuate the legacy of school library advocacy established by Dr. E. Blanche Woolls. Please use this link to view additional details about this book. Young Adult Literature, Libraries, and Conservative Activism by Loretta M. Gaffney 978-1-4422-6408-3 OR 978-1-4422-6409-0 for the eBook 2017 This incisive study analyzes young adult (YA) literature as a cultural phenomenon, explaining why this explosion of books written for and marketed to teen readers has important consequences for how we understand reading in America. As visible and volatile shorthand for competing views of teen reading, YA literature has become a lightning rod for a variety of aesthetic, pedagogical, and popular literature controversies. Please use this link to view additional details about this book. Book Banning in 21st-Century America by Emily J. M. Knox ISBN: 978-1-4422-3167-2 OR 978-1-4422-3168-9 for the eBook 2015 Requests for the removal, relocation, and restriction of books—also known as challenges—occur with some frequency in the United States. Book Banning in 21st-Century American Libraries, based on thirteen contemporary book challenge cases in schools and public libraries across the United States argues that understanding contemporary reading practices, especially interpretive strategies, is vital to understanding why people attempt to censor books in schools and public libraries. Please use this link to view additional details about this book. PLEASE NOTE: Beta Phi Mu members are eligible for a 20% discount when purchasing books through Rowman and Littlefield. Use this code at checkout: 7A15BPMU. |
Forthcoming:
Book Banning in 21st-Century America, Second Edition by Emily J. M. Knox – Fall 2024
Book Banning in 21st-Century America, Second Edition by Emily J. M. Knox – Fall 2024
