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"A Fire in My Heart"Kurdish Tales
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"World Folklore" series; Includes twenty-five tales representing various regions of Kurdistan and the four main Kurdish dialects - from the Kurdish Cinderella story and animal stories to stories based on legendary figures organised by tale type. This title is useful for educators and librarians who work with Kurdish children and their families abroad, and storytellers. With 48 illustrations (b&w & colour), 2 figures, 55 line drawings. Hardback, 150 pages. Size: 254 x 178 mm. Weight: 597g.
Author: Edgecomb, Diane Ahmed, Mohammed M. A. Ozel, Cetel
ISBN: 159158437X
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Library & Information Sciences
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"Podcasting at School"
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Podcasting is the process of creating audio files using computer software and distributing them electronically. This book looks at several podcasting tools, many of which are free, that can be used by educators to create podcasts. With 3 illustrations (b&w), 24 figures. Paperback, 120 pages. Size: 279 x 216 mm. Weight: 519g.
Author: Fontichiaro, Kristin
ISBN: 1591585872
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Library & Information Sciences
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"Classic Teenplots"A Booktalk Guide to Use With Readers Ages 12-18
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"Children's & Young Adult Literature Reference" series; Provides information needed to create booktalks featuring young adult novels. The authors have chosen 100 young adult titles and have categorised them into genres - Teen Life, Adventure, Sports and more. For each title, they provide an introduction, which gives background information on the book and the author. Hardback, 350 pages. Size: 235 x 155 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: Gillespie, John T. Naden, Corinne J.
ISBN: 1591583128
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Primary & Secondary Education Library & Information Sciences
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"Books on Fire"The Tumultuous Story of the World's Great Libraries
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Takes you on a journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern times, showing how the urge to write, read and collect books has always gone hand in hand with the impulse to destroy them. This work also reveals a danger facing libraries with the digitalization of books threatening both the existence of the physical book and the idea of reading for free. With illustrated in colour throughout. Hardback, 384 pages. Size: 228 x 152 mm. Weight: 648g.
Author: Graham, Jon E. Polastron, Lucien X.
ISBN: 0500513848
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Library & Information Sciences
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"Doing a Literature Search"A Comprehensive Guide for the Social Sciences
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Doing a Literature Search provides a practical and comprehensive guide to searching the literature on any topic within the social sciences. The book will enable the reader to search the literature effectively, identifying useful books, articles, statistics and many other sources of information. With illustrations. Paperback, 194 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 462g.
Author: Hart, Chris
ISBN: 0761968105
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 2001 (United States)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Library & Information Sciences
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"Implementing and Managing Egovernment"An International Text
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Provides comprehensive coverage of the e-government issues faced by managers, consultants and other practitioners. This book focuses on the implementation of e-government systems. It explores activities such as: feasibility studies, system analysis, system design, construction and marketing. Paperback, 304 pages. Size: 242 x 170 mm. Weight: 535g.
Author: Heeks, Richard
ISBN: 0761967923
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Library & Information Sciences
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"Burning Books and Leveling Libraries"Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction
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Book destruction has often been carried out by authoritarian regimes, but dictatorial governments are not the only perpetrators. This book demonstrates that extremists - through terrorism, war, ethnic cleansing, genocide, and other forms of mass violence - are also responsible for widespread cultural destruction. Hardback, 296 pages. Size: 235 x 155 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: Knuth, Rebecca
ISBN: 0275990079
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Library & Information Sciences
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"The Library at Night"
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Illuminating the mysteries of libraries, the author ponders the doomed library of Alexandria as well as the personal libraries of Charles Dickens and Jorge Luis Borges. He recounts stories of people who have struggled against tyranny to preserve freedom of thought - the Afghani bookseller who kept his store open through decades of unrest. With 76 scattered b&w illustrations. Hardback, 384 pages. Size: 230 x 140 mm. Weight: 591g.
Author: Manguel, Alberto
ISBN: 0300139144
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Undergraduate Library & Information Sciences
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"Lao Folktales"
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"World Folklore" series; Offers tales of the Lao, Phutai, Phuan, Hmong, Khamu, and the Isaan. This book offers more than 50 tales, including creation myths, animal tales, Buddhist Jataka and moral stories, trickster tales, riddles, ghost stories, local legends and more from peoples on both sides of the Mekong River. It includes information about Lao geography and history. With 39 illustrations (b&w). Hardback, 150 pages. Size: 254 x 178 mm. Weight: 670g.
Author: Nettavong, Kongdeuane Tossa, Wajuppa MacDonald, Margaret Read
ISBN: 1591583454
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Library & Information Sciences
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"The Power to Name"Locating the Limits of Subject Representation in Libraries
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The names we give things colour the ways we perceive them. This book looks at the pervasive naming of information that libraries undertake as a matter of course through representation of subjects. It examines the 19th century foundations, standards, and canonical application of internationally used classification and subject headings. With notes, index. Hardback, 276 pages. Size: 230 x 175 mm. Weight: 563g.
Author: Olson, Hope A.
ISBN: 1402007760
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Date: 2002 (Netherlands)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Library & Information Sciences
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"Your Career, Your Life"Career Management for the Information Professional
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Written with reference to those working in the library and information science professions, this book considers the meaning of work, the relationship between work and the worker, the range of choices available, how to make choices, and how manage those choices and the resultant career. With illustrations. Paperback, 150 pages. Size: 240 x 156 mm. Weight: 295g.
Author: Raddon, Rosemary
ISBN: 0754636348
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Group
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Library & Information Sciences
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"Transforming Serials"The Revolution Continues
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Proceedings of a June 2002 conference held at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Forty-three papers examine the effects of technological change on library workers' management of print and electronic serials, offer new management techniques and tools, suggest solutions to proble With bibliographical references , index. Hardback, 365 pages. Size: 216 x 152 mm. Weight: 748g.
Author: Scheiberg, Susan Neville, Shelley (Scheiberg, Susan, ed.)
ISBN: 0789022818
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Library & Information Sciences
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"Beyond Degrees"Professional Learning in the Information Services Environment
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"Information Services Management" series; Hardback, 200 pages. Weight: 788g.
Author: St.Clair, Guy
ISBN: 1857392647
Publisher: Bowker
Date: 2000 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Library & Information Sciences
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"Starting an Archives"
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"Society of American Archivists" series; Yakel outlines each step needed to be taken in setting up a university, corporate, or other institutional archives. Paperback, 106 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 295g.
Author: Yakel, Elizabeth
ISBN: 0810828642
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Date: 1994 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Library & Information Sciences
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"Computing Attitude and Affect in Text"Theory and Applications
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"Information Retrieval Series" series; Addresses attitude, affect, and subjective opinion. This book presents various conceptual models and computational methods, including distinguishing attitudes from simple factual assertions, distinguishing between the author's reports from reports of other people's opinions, and distinguishing between explicitly and implicitly stated attitudes. With illustrations. Hardback, 357 pages. Size: 247 x 166 mm. Weight: 762g.
Author: (Shanahan, James G. (Clairvoyance Cooperation), ed.)
ISBN: 1402040261
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Date: 2005 (Netherlands)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Library & Information Services
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