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Managing Facilities for Results
ALA Editions 2007; US$ 55.00With examples ranging from small to large small public libraries, this volume is equally valuable for school, special, and academic librarians who are faced with similar space repurposing challenges. Any library can embrace these practical, proven techniques for addressing community needs -- by creating a blueprint that prioritizes services and creates... more...
Case Studies in Library Security
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 63.00This book employs a familiar vehicle in library literature?the case study?but in a departure from the expected, takes that time-honored genre into a new dimension. Shuman uses the conversational narrative as a vehicle for portraying 40 security and safety issues that may arise in libraries, disturbing or vexing patrons and library staff members, alike.... more...
Emergency Preparedness for Libraries
Government Institutes 2009; US$ 84.99Despite the volumes of information they contain, few libraries, whose population at any given moment is as unpredictable as the weather, know how to prepare for, endure, and survive a disaster, whether natural or man-made, and even fewer put their know-how to paper. Emergency Preparedness for Libraries provides library management with a comprehensive... more...
Facilities Planning for School Library Media and Technology Centers, Second Edition
ABC-CLIO 2007; US$ 40.00Plan, design, and build the library of your dreams! Use this step-by-step guide to remodel or build your new library. Includes case studies from practitioners on common facilities issues. Also includes ready-to-use sample tools and floor plans! This step-by-step guide offers all the technological and practical information needed to make a functional,... more...
Libraries and the Mobile Web
ALA Editions 2011; US$ 34.00For libraries to stay relevant, they must be able to offer content and services through the mobile web. more...
Gadgets and Gizmos: Personal Electronics and the Library
ALA Editions 2010; US$ 34.00From e-readers to cameras and audio recorders to the iPad, Jason provides insight into what these devices can do, how much they cost, and how librarians can use them to enhance their facilities and service. more...
School Library Spaces: Just the Basics
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 35.00This easy-to-use guide will be invaluable to school librarians and district library professionals in training library aides and paraprofessionals to help set up and run a school library. more...
Disaster Response and Planning for Libraries
ALA Editions 2012; US$ 48.00Kahn?s guide gives libraries the tools they need to face any emergency, no matter the size or scope. more...
Philanthropy and Light
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 124.95Towards the end of the nineteenth century, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie supported the erection of almost three thousand public buildings across Britain and America. Seeking to gauge the extent of universal values, this book concentrates on the design and performance of a handful of early Carnegie library buildings in Britain and America, identifying... more...
Libraries as Places: Buildings for the 21st century
De Gruyter 2004; US$ 133.00This book contains the proceedings of the 13th seminar of IFLA's Library Buildings and Equipment Section, which was co-organized with IFLA's Public Libraries Section this time. The event took place as one of the satellite meetings of the World Library and Information Congress 2003 in Berlin, and was held in Paris at the end of July 2003. Seminars like... more...









