It has been expanded and improved with: - Easy ways to create "read alike" lists, identifying what else is "like" a favorite book - Practical guidelines for conducting the ...

This important volume by one of the leading scholars in the field examines and discusses how library professionals can meet the demands of policy makers to open up the public ...

This timely book offers practical guidance and expertise for staff in libraries and learning centres in setting up, developing and managing effective digital services. It has a ...

Challenges faced by public libraries as they approach the next century are addressed in this collection. Using recent literature and interviews with distinguished library ...

Maintaining that there is nothing simple about urban education, this work approaches the study of schooling in cities as a complex universe of the poorest students and schools ...

After decades of cultural warfare and political gridlock, the U.S. is beginning to find its balance thanks to a major cultural shift toward strengthening communities and other ...

Although viewed by most as an everyday and uncomplicated ingredient of British life, the public library is sociologically and historically intriguing. This book challenges the ...

The book discusses the nature and functions of the modern public library service, from its beginnings as the street-corner university, through its delivery of state-of-the-art ...