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The Resource Thinking outside the book : essays for innovative librarians, edited by Carol Smallwood ; foreword by Joy M. Greiner

Thinking outside the book : essays for innovative librarians, edited by Carol Smallwood ; foreword by Joy M. Greiner

Label
Thinking outside the book : essays for innovative librarians
Title
Thinking outside the book
Title remainder
essays for innovative librarians
Statement of responsibility
edited by Carol Smallwood ; foreword by Joy M. Greiner
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Professionals in all areas of librarianship will find inspiration in the essays collected here--each of them innovative tips for increasing circulation, enhancing collections, and improving flexibility. With extensive experience in the nation's top libraries and media centers, the 73 contributors describe what really works based on their real-world experiences"--Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
DLC
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
Z665
LC item number
.T4965 2008
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1939-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Smallwood, Carol
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Library science
  • Library science
  • Librarians
  • Libraries and community
  • Public services (Libraries)
Target audience
general
Label
Thinking outside the book : essays for innovative librarians, edited by Carol Smallwood ; foreword by Joy M. Greiner
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Librarian as author : yet another thing they didn't teach us in library school!
  • Story of an Athenaeum spider
  • Carolyn Davis
  • Using technology to reach teens
  • Alexandra Tyle
  • Community partnerships
  • Elizabeth M. Timmins
  • Finding funding in your own backyard
  • Pam Nutt
  • Modern mobilization : creating a new library community
  • Melissa Aho and Erika Bennett
  • Kathy Barco
  • School and public librarians unite! : a case study showcasing collaborative programming between Parkrose High School and Multnomah County Library
  • Stephanie A. Thomas ... [et al.]
  • Authors R us
  • Rick Walter, Eileen O'Connell, and Kathy Barco
  • Being your own publisher
  • Judith A. Siess
  • Crafting a cover letter
  • Kathryn Yelinek
  • Newspaper column : a conversation among book lovers
  • Gabriel Morley
  • When is a librarian not a librarian? : when she is a student, professor, fellow, mentor--
  • Poetry sweepstakes : beating the odds of getting published
  • Lisa A. Forrest
  • Publishing an article in a scholarly journal
  • Perry Bratcher
  • Showcase your writing with a professional portfolio
  • Gabriel Morley
  • Basic staffing study
  • Sian Brannon
  • Building the dream teen space
  • Jill S. Carpenter
  • Cathy Carpenter
  • Connecting with customers
  • Ruth A. Barefoot
  • I play two roles at my library
  • Elizabeth M. Timmins
  • Teens as library employees
  • Thayla Wright
  • Time management skills in writing
  • Loriene Roy and Sara Albert
  • New distance education librarian : tips and tools from the trenches
  • Melissa Aho and Sommer Berg-Nebel
  • Think outside the cases : strategies for developing online exhibits
  • World geography and WebCT
  • Victoria Lynn Packard
  • Mobile librarian
  • Carolyn Davis
  • School library media specialist in Australia
  • Melissa Allen
  • Teaching prospective librarians as a Fulbright scholar
  • Ann Marlow Riedling
  • Digital doctorate in library/information science
  • Margaret Lincoln
  • Merinda Kaye Hensley
  • Learning to review, reviewing to learn
  • Darby Orcutt
  • National board certification as a professional development opportunity
  • Melissa Allen
  • Sandynista
  • Stephen Fesenmaier
  • Still eager to learn : outreach for seniors
  • Rhonda Harris Taylor and Nancy Larson Bluemel
  • Training cyberlibrarians : the new skill requirements
  • John H. Heinrichs and Nancy Czech
  • Traveling museum exhibition : a resource for learning
  • Margaret Lincoln
  • When the Olympics came to town : the rewards and challenges of creating a large-scale exhibition
  • Connie Lamb and Russ Taylor
  • Amplified library : grabbing users by the ears
  • Libraries and literary clubs : the perfect match
  • Lisa A. Forrest
  • Life Stories Project : collecting oral and written histories
  • Diana Brawley Sussman
  • Local hero
  • Stephen Fesenmaier
  • Teaching and outreach using archives and special collections
  • Sharon Carlson
  • How to start your own blog
  • Nicole C. Engard
  • Erika Bennett and Jaina Lewis
  • Me publish? I don't have a clue : how to get published online
  • Melissa Aho, Erika Bennett, and Susan Wakefield
  • Outreach and information : blogs in the academic library
  • Diane L. Schrecker
  • Setting up a quickie wiki
  • Nicole C. Engard
  • Webmaster 101 : building a personal web site
  • Jennifer Johnston
  • "Seeing through Others' Eyes" grant project
  • Bob Blanchard
  • Embarrassment of riches at an academic library : let patience, alertness, a positive attitude, and a little luck work for you
  • Technology for visually impaired patrons
  • Bob Blanchard
  • Art of the picture book conference : partnership beyond library walls
  • Diane L. Schrecker
  • Breathing life into your library : hosting the perfect author event
  • Jennifer Johnston
  • Weekly coffeehouse
  • Lee Johnson
  • World building : a comic collaboration for academics and sixth graders
  • Diane Colson and Travis Fristoe
  • Anne Marie Candido
  • CONNECTing for collaboration : how six college libraries worked together to identify common information literacy outcomes
  • Pamela Hayes-Bohanan and Marcia B. Dinneen
  • Librarians and educators in partnerships : instigating the teachable moment for information literacy in core education courses
  • Anita Rao Mysore and Elizabeth Chadbourn McKee
  • Teaching and librarianship : a winning combination
  • Darby Orcutt
  • What is a curriculum developer doing in special collections?
  • Anita Rao Mysore
  • Grant writing
  • Loriene Roy and Sara Albert
  • Collaborating on library publications
  • Grant writing and how one grant turns into two
  • Victoria Lynn Packard
  • Ace the presentation, win the job
  • Robert P. Holley
  • Presentations : tools and tips
  • Ann Marlow Riedling
  • Booktalking : wicked cool advertising for your library
  • Jill S. Carpenter and Christen A. Caton
  • Attracting high school students
  • Alexandra Tyle
  • Gwen Gregory and Mary Beth Chambers
  • Innovative programs for teens
  • Ivy Miller
  • Looking through the eyes of a child
  • Pam Nutt
  • Multimedia story time
  • Robin Bartoletti
  • Read, write, and rap : connecting teens and tweens to poetry through hip-hop lyrics
  • Tamela N. Chambers
  • Splish-splash story time
  • Sian Brannon
  • Customers in the driver's seat
  • El día del los niños/El día de los libros goes to college
  • Mardi Mahaffy, Susan Metcalf, and Irene Shown
  • Librarian as marketing director for a small press publisher
  • Paula M. Storm
  • Why publishing is good both for you and the profession
  • Judith A. Siess
  • Beyond the blue carpet : simulating reference desk activities in an academic library
  • John H. Heinrichs and Nancy Czech
  • College information literacy assignments : how to move your lessons out of the box
  • Sandra E. Riggs
  • Ruth A. Barefoot
  • Professional service and rewards of book reviewing
  • Kathy Piehl
  • Tips for reviewing educational media
  • Lori Widzinski
  • Accessibility beyond our walls : using Web 2.0 and podcasting to teach off campus
  • Stephanie A. Thomas
  • Librarians as indexers : taking then Arkansas publications index from state periodical index in card files to online database
  • Elizabeth Chadbourn McKee and Mary A. Walker
  • Reading programs with 21st-century know-how
  • McKinley Sielaff
Control code
18506044
Dimensions
26 cm
Extent
xii, 273 pages
Isbn
9780786435753
Isbn Type
(pbk. : alk. paper)
Lccn
2008018493
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn173241128
  • (OCoLC)173241128
Label
Thinking outside the book : essays for innovative librarians, edited by Carol Smallwood ; foreword by Joy M. Greiner
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Librarian as author : yet another thing they didn't teach us in library school!
  • Story of an Athenaeum spider
  • Carolyn Davis
  • Using technology to reach teens
  • Alexandra Tyle
  • Community partnerships
  • Elizabeth M. Timmins
  • Finding funding in your own backyard
  • Pam Nutt
  • Modern mobilization : creating a new library community
  • Melissa Aho and Erika Bennett
  • Kathy Barco
  • School and public librarians unite! : a case study showcasing collaborative programming between Parkrose High School and Multnomah County Library
  • Stephanie A. Thomas ... [et al.]
  • Authors R us
  • Rick Walter, Eileen O'Connell, and Kathy Barco
  • Being your own publisher
  • Judith A. Siess
  • Crafting a cover letter
  • Kathryn Yelinek
  • Newspaper column : a conversation among book lovers
  • Gabriel Morley
  • When is a librarian not a librarian? : when she is a student, professor, fellow, mentor--
  • Poetry sweepstakes : beating the odds of getting published
  • Lisa A. Forrest
  • Publishing an article in a scholarly journal
  • Perry Bratcher
  • Showcase your writing with a professional portfolio
  • Gabriel Morley
  • Basic staffing study
  • Sian Brannon
  • Building the dream teen space
  • Jill S. Carpenter
  • Cathy Carpenter
  • Connecting with customers
  • Ruth A. Barefoot
  • I play two roles at my library
  • Elizabeth M. Timmins
  • Teens as library employees
  • Thayla Wright
  • Time management skills in writing
  • Loriene Roy and Sara Albert
  • New distance education librarian : tips and tools from the trenches
  • Melissa Aho and Sommer Berg-Nebel
  • Think outside the cases : strategies for developing online exhibits
  • World geography and WebCT
  • Victoria Lynn Packard
  • Mobile librarian
  • Carolyn Davis
  • School library media specialist in Australia
  • Melissa Allen
  • Teaching prospective librarians as a Fulbright scholar
  • Ann Marlow Riedling
  • Digital doctorate in library/information science
  • Margaret Lincoln
  • Merinda Kaye Hensley
  • Learning to review, reviewing to learn
  • Darby Orcutt
  • National board certification as a professional development opportunity
  • Melissa Allen
  • Sandynista
  • Stephen Fesenmaier
  • Still eager to learn : outreach for seniors
  • Rhonda Harris Taylor and Nancy Larson Bluemel
  • Training cyberlibrarians : the new skill requirements
  • John H. Heinrichs and Nancy Czech
  • Traveling museum exhibition : a resource for learning
  • Margaret Lincoln
  • When the Olympics came to town : the rewards and challenges of creating a large-scale exhibition
  • Connie Lamb and Russ Taylor
  • Amplified library : grabbing users by the ears
  • Libraries and literary clubs : the perfect match
  • Lisa A. Forrest
  • Life Stories Project : collecting oral and written histories
  • Diana Brawley Sussman
  • Local hero
  • Stephen Fesenmaier
  • Teaching and outreach using archives and special collections
  • Sharon Carlson
  • How to start your own blog
  • Nicole C. Engard
  • Erika Bennett and Jaina Lewis
  • Me publish? I don't have a clue : how to get published online
  • Melissa Aho, Erika Bennett, and Susan Wakefield
  • Outreach and information : blogs in the academic library
  • Diane L. Schrecker
  • Setting up a quickie wiki
  • Nicole C. Engard
  • Webmaster 101 : building a personal web site
  • Jennifer Johnston
  • "Seeing through Others' Eyes" grant project
  • Bob Blanchard
  • Embarrassment of riches at an academic library : let patience, alertness, a positive attitude, and a little luck work for you
  • Technology for visually impaired patrons
  • Bob Blanchard
  • Art of the picture book conference : partnership beyond library walls
  • Diane L. Schrecker
  • Breathing life into your library : hosting the perfect author event
  • Jennifer Johnston
  • Weekly coffeehouse
  • Lee Johnson
  • World building : a comic collaboration for academics and sixth graders
  • Diane Colson and Travis Fristoe
  • Anne Marie Candido
  • CONNECTing for collaboration : how six college libraries worked together to identify common information literacy outcomes
  • Pamela Hayes-Bohanan and Marcia B. Dinneen
  • Librarians and educators in partnerships : instigating the teachable moment for information literacy in core education courses
  • Anita Rao Mysore and Elizabeth Chadbourn McKee
  • Teaching and librarianship : a winning combination
  • Darby Orcutt
  • What is a curriculum developer doing in special collections?
  • Anita Rao Mysore
  • Grant writing
  • Loriene Roy and Sara Albert
  • Collaborating on library publications
  • Grant writing and how one grant turns into two
  • Victoria Lynn Packard
  • Ace the presentation, win the job
  • Robert P. Holley
  • Presentations : tools and tips
  • Ann Marlow Riedling
  • Booktalking : wicked cool advertising for your library
  • Jill S. Carpenter and Christen A. Caton
  • Attracting high school students
  • Alexandra Tyle
  • Gwen Gregory and Mary Beth Chambers
  • Innovative programs for teens
  • Ivy Miller
  • Looking through the eyes of a child
  • Pam Nutt
  • Multimedia story time
  • Robin Bartoletti
  • Read, write, and rap : connecting teens and tweens to poetry through hip-hop lyrics
  • Tamela N. Chambers
  • Splish-splash story time
  • Sian Brannon
  • Customers in the driver's seat
  • El día del los niños/El día de los libros goes to college
  • Mardi Mahaffy, Susan Metcalf, and Irene Shown
  • Librarian as marketing director for a small press publisher
  • Paula M. Storm
  • Why publishing is good both for you and the profession
  • Judith A. Siess
  • Beyond the blue carpet : simulating reference desk activities in an academic library
  • John H. Heinrichs and Nancy Czech
  • College information literacy assignments : how to move your lessons out of the box
  • Sandra E. Riggs
  • Ruth A. Barefoot
  • Professional service and rewards of book reviewing
  • Kathy Piehl
  • Tips for reviewing educational media
  • Lori Widzinski
  • Accessibility beyond our walls : using Web 2.0 and podcasting to teach off campus
  • Stephanie A. Thomas
  • Librarians as indexers : taking then Arkansas publications index from state periodical index in card files to online database
  • Elizabeth Chadbourn McKee and Mary A. Walker
  • Reading programs with 21st-century know-how
  • McKinley Sielaff
Control code
18506044
Dimensions
26 cm
Extent
xii, 273 pages
Isbn
9780786435753
Isbn Type
(pbk. : alk. paper)
Lccn
2008018493
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn173241128
  • (OCoLC)173241128

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