Advances in Librarianship
Advances in Librarianship

Author: Anne Woodsworth

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2011-03-10

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0857247557

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Presents international research and professional issues in libraries, the information industry, education and development of information professionals. This title is suitable for practitioners, researchers, students and faculty members seeking literature and solutions to various issues in library and information science and related fields.

LGBTQ+ Librarianship in the 21st Century
LGBTQ+ Librarianship in the 21st Century

Author: Bharat Mehra

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2019-05-01

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1787564754

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Libraries are at the heart of many of the communities they serve. Increasingly, it is important for them to adjust to serve minority groups, including LGBTQ+ communities. This collection presents original scholarship on the emerging directions of advocacy and community engagement in LGBTQ+ librarianship.

Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy
Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy

Author: Natalie Greene Taylor

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2021-11-04

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1839825987

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Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy focuses on how libraries coordinate their work in political and information literacy and how these efforts can be improved, the recommendations and examples within which will serve as inspiration and motivation to its readers.

Critical Librarianship
Critical Librarianship

Author: Samantha Schmehl Hines

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2020-08-17

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1839094842

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This book offers a timely mix of thought-provoking chapters bringing together national and global studies on critical librarianship, and conveying the kind of research which current library managers and researchers need, mixing theory with a good dose of pragmatism.

Hope and a Future
Hope and a Future

Author: Renee F. Hill

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2021-04-20

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1838676430

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In a world that often questions the value of libraries and librarianship, this collection of reflective essays and future-focused research emphasizes the ways in which being an information professional continues to be a rewarding and vital profession.

Exploring the Roles and Practices of Libraries in Prisons
Exploring the Roles and Practices of Libraries in Prisons

Author: Jane Garner

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2021-09-06

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1800438621

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Exploring the Roles and Practices of Libraries in Prisons aims to strengthen and expand the small body of knowledge currently published regarding libraries in prisons, with each chapter addressing different aspects of the roles and practices of library services to prisons and prisoners.

Emotion in the Library Workplace
Emotion in the Library Workplace

Author: Samantha Schmehl Hines

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2017-08-22

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1787430839

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Authors explore application of the study of emotion in the library workplace and look at future trends in the area. Library managers will take away knowledge about how the library workplace can and should operate with consideration toward emotion, and will glean ideas for implementation with their own staff and services.

Rural and Small Public Libraries
Rural and Small Public Libraries

Author: Brian Real

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2017-11-17

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1787431126

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This volume begins by defining the challenges that rural and small libraries face before shifting to an analysis of ways that these obstacles can be overcome or mitigated. The authors explore ideas for enhancing community partnerships and outreach by using rural and small public libraries as centers for local cultural heritage activities.

Advances in Librarianship
Advances in Librarianship

Author: Melvin J. Voigt

Publisher: Academic Press Incorporated

Published: 1975-03-21

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 9780127850054

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The Advances in Librarianship Series seeks to publish in-depth chapters in all areas of library and information science and in all types of settings in which information is developed, accessed, preserved, and delivered.