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Junior Genreflecting
Grouping titles by specific themes and subtopics, describes content and features of popular paperback series, classics, and books published after 1990, and provides historical background to six different genres.
Junior Genreflecting
Grouping titles by specific themes and subtopics, describes content and features of popular paperback series, classics, and books published after 1990, and provides historical background to six different genres.
Library and Information Science
This unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library science, covering recent books, monographs, periodicals and websites, and selected works of historical importance. In addition to compiling an invaluable list of sources, Bemis digs deeper, examining the strengths and weaknesses of key works. A boon to researchers and practitioners alike, this bibliography Includes coverage of subjects as diverse and vital as the history of librarianship, its development as a profession, the ethics of information science, cataloging, reference work, and library architecture Encompasses encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, photographic surveys, statistical publications, and numerous electronic sources, all categorized by subject Offers appendixes detailing leading professional organizations and publishers of library and information science literature This comprehensive bibliography of English-language resources on librarianship, the only one of its kind, will prove invaluable to scholars, students, and anyone working in the field.
Primary Genreflecting
"Fichtelberg, a youth services librarian, and Volz, a children's literature consultant and former head of children's services at a public library, provide library specialists, parents, teachers, and caregivers with annotations of about 2,500 picture books and easy readers to introduce young children from ages three to eight to a variety of books. Focusing on selected titles published in the last ten years, the books are organized by subject or genre (such as everyday life, life around the world, nursery rhymes, holidays, arts and activities, the natural world, animals, history, and humor) and include bibliographic information, level, a summary, awards, and Spanish or bilingual availability. Indexes are by title, author and illustrator, subject, awards, and specialty subject"--From publisher.
Serving Boys Through Readers' Advisory
" ... With an emphasis on non-fiction and the boy-friendly categories of genre fiction, this book offers a wealth of material including tips for how to booktalk one-on-one as well as in large groups, methods of performing indirect readers' advisory with parents or teachers, and suggested read-alikes as well as titles to offer a boy in place of a book he did not like or would not read ..."--Page 4 of cover.
Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management
In this sweeping revision of a text that has become an authoritative standard, expert instructor and librarian Peggy Johnson addresses the art of controlling and updating library collections, whether located locally or accessed remotely. Each chapter offers complete coverage of one aspect of collection development and management, including numerous suggestions for further reading and narrative case studies exploring the issues.
Genreflecting
Nearly 6,000 titles aid in collection development, research and reader's advisory.
Encountering Enchantment
The most current and complete guide to a favorite teen genre, this book maps current releases along with perennial favorites, describing and categorizing fantasy, paranormal, and science fiction titles published since 2006. Speculative fiction continues to be of consuming interest to teens, so if you work with that age group, keeping up with the explosion of new titles in this category is critical. Likewise, understanding the many genres and subgenres into which these titles fall—wizard fantasy, alternate worlds, fantasy mystery, dystopian fiction, science fantasy, and more—is also key if you want to motivate young readers and direct them to books they'll enjoy. Written to help you maste...
Blood, Bedlam, Bullets, and Badguys
Hooked on adventure and suspense fiction? This comprehensive guide of over 2,000 annotations addresses the genre and its subgenres and includes titles published between 1941 and 2004. Each annotation describes and evaluates the best and most popular titles in the genre indicating the titles that are highly recommended and providing icons denoting the books that have been turned into films. A concise history and detailed guidelines for advising readers are included, along with subgenre definitions and related critical literature. Indexes let readers browse and search by author and title, subject, main character, page-turner, and works-to-film. Grades 6-Adult.
