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"In The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world, from their humble beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative to their current status as a cornerstone of national identity; brings each department of the library to vivid life through on-the-ground reporting; studies arson...
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Cotton Malone novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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When his son is kidnapped, Cotton Malone discovers a link to a conspiracy involving the lost contents of the Library of Alexandria, a priceless treasury of thousands of ancient manuscripts that vanished more than 1,500 years ago.
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Camino Island novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
860L
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English
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Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in the black market of stolen books and manuscripts. Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer's block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious...
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This text teaches readers how to locate library resources to bring their creative ideas to fruition. The author shares her hunting and gathering tips with creatives of all types, informing on how to access inspiring resources online and in person, such as historic watermarks and millinery instructions or Japanese family crests, both online and in person. She also showcases the work of artists who have collaborated with her.
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The modern school library supports education in a variety of ways. One essential role librarians play is that of a leader who works collaboratively to build relationships, mold culture and climate, and advocate for the needs of students and the community.
In this book, a librarian and an education leader team up to reflect on the librarian's ability to build connections in two ways. First, they discuss the benefits of bringing the outside world into...
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The literature referred to is the best that we can suggest. When better shall come to our attention, that will be included, for only "the best is good enough for children." All selections presented have been tried either in this school or elsewhere. Nothing is presented wholly on a theoretical basis. Much literature is offered for each grade-much more than can possibly be presented. The intention is to refer to types of suitable material, leaving...
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Construir una buena colección en la biblioteca escolar significa saber seleccionar contenidos y materiales.
Este libro ofrece conocimientos, estudios, datos, herramientas y orientaciones para tener una buena competencia en estos aspectos. Para conseguirlo hemos estructurado el contenido en siete capítulos.
El capítulo 1 presenta las razones por las que es importante incorporar criterios de selección de contenidos y materiales para construir la...
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La presente obra La biblioteca universitaria como espacio de formación de lectores, tiene como finalidad aportar conocimientos sobre las posibilidades de participación de la biblioteca universitaria, en donde cada vez son más los servicios, actividades y cambios en sus espacios para coadyuvar en el fortalecimiento de las capacidades que requieren los estudiantes para su desempeño académico.
Las bibliotecas pueden ser el espacio propicio para...
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Pervasive in our language use, overlooked in their power, metaphors offer a new way to think about information literacy instruction. This short book introduces metaphors as a creative approach to teaching information literacy by drawing on existing concepts and making instruction more meaningful to your learners. Starting with everyday metaphor use, readers will engage with how metaphors work, explore new and existing metaphors in information literacy,...
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Buscando hacer frente a este contexto desde la atalaya bibliotecológica es que el Seminario Pensamiento Teórico Bibliotecológico pretende dirimir la posición de esta ciencia frente al momento presente, marcado por la multiformidad de expresiones emergentes de hibridación informacional, cuya trama paradigmática es el diálogo entre palabra e imagen. Este diálogo es motivo de otro diálogo como el que los miembros del Seminario buscan entablar...
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Cuando una ciencia alcanza un desarrollo muy alto porque ha acumulado una gran cantidad de materiales empíricos, surge, según Engels, la necesidad de ordenarlos sistemáticamente con base en sus conexiones e interacciones internas, lo que se convierte en "una exigencia sencillamente imperativa e irrefutable". Este libro propone una respuesta a ese desafío aplicado a la ciencia de la información documental, lo que significa, antes que nada, que...
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Mary W. George is acting head of reference and senior reference librarian at Princeton University Library. She is the coauthor of Learning the Library: Concepts and Methods for Effective Bibliographic Instruction.
To do solid academic research, college students need to look beyond the computer search engine. This short, practical book introduces students to the important components of the information-seeking process. The Elements of Library Research...
13) Recursos y medios digitales de información: Elementos teóricos y su uso desde la bibliotecología
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La labor de preservación de la sociedad deber ser precedida por actividades profesionales que tiendan no sólo a la realización práctica, sino al análisis de dicha actividad para poder elaborar modelos y teorías que apuntales a mejores prácticas en el futuro. A partir de esta premisa, en este libro se esclarecen dos conceptos fundamentales de la ciencia bibliotecológica: los recursos de la información y los medios digitales, con el fin de...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
AD 590L
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English
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"The story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat, starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the book return slot at the Spencer, Iowa, Public Library. He was found the next morning by library director, Vicki Myron, a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm, a breast cancer scare, and an alcoholic husband. Dewey won her heart, and the hearts of the staff,...
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Las bibliotecas son transparentes en cuanto a sus servicios y su apertura a las comunidades con las que interactúan de manera presencial o virtual. La biblioteca, se ha dicho, es un lugar de encuentro, pero fundamentalmente es una institución de intervención y cambio en las comunidades y cuyos efectos tienen repercusión social y cultural. Por lo anterior, el propósito de esta obra colectiva es traer a discusión elementos que demuestren la intervención...
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Planning for the Early Years: Storytelling and storymaking is a lovely book packed with adaptable ideas that can be extended for older children, or more focused for the under threes. It focuses on the prime areas of learning, especially the development of early language, defined in the 2011 Tickell review of the EYFS as the foundations for all learning. It includes photos, examples, tips, and pre- and post activity advice.
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Enseigner la littérature belge de langue française dans l'enseignement secondaire est un objectif commun aux programmes de tous les réseaux. Mais pourquoi? Et comment? Telles sont les questions auxquelles répond ce manuel novateur destiné aux enseignants et aux élèves.
Les auteurs n'ont pas voulu écrire une nouvelle histoire de cette littérature, ni composer un recueil de morceaux choisis. Ils proposent des séquences et des « situations-problèmes...
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A local library, passport to a larger world for its individual patrons, is also a democratic institution whose contribution to the strength of a community is out of all proportion to its size or membership. Several thousand Carnegie libraries were built a century ago when Andrew Carnegie, who had risen from poverty to become "the richest man in the world" vowed to donate all his money before he died and set about giving millions of people around the...
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La destreza para mejorar el desempeño en una organización o institución y aprovechar las oportunidades devienen de una correcta y adecuada evaluación y estudio de habilidades, conocimientos y lineamientos. En ello se funda el progreso constante en el área de los recursos humanos. Esta obra hace énfasis en su desarrollo y pone el foco en el sector de las bibliotecas. A partir de distintos ejemplos se ofrece un generoso libro que abarca todos...
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"Why do we need libraries when we have Google?" Today's libraries are in jeopardy. And yes, perhaps if libraries were only book warehouses, we wouldn't need them. But libraries can be so much more than a place to check out books. In the Digital Age, it's more important than ever for libraries to evolve into gathering points for collaboration, spaces for innovation, and places where authentic learning occurs. Transforming Libraries proposes a new role...
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