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Selected Books from URI's Catalog
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Encyclopedia of Libraries, Librarianship, and Information Science
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780323956901Publication Date: 2024This encyclopedia covers types of libraries, Information Media, AI, Informatics, Metadata, Collection Management and Development, Operation and Management, Information Access/Freedom, and Copyright/Intellectual Property. -
Guide to Reference in Essential General Reference and Library Science Sources
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 0838919944Publication Date: 2014This text covers internet resources, digital image collections, and print resources. This is a great resource for those trying to enhance their reference collection. -
Re-Envisioning the MLS
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781787548862Publication Date: 2018This book explores many of the challenges and opportunities inherent in the future of the MLS degree. Topics include the changing nature of the communities that libraries serve and how LIS education should address these changes, how archival training must accommodate big data, the specialized skill sets librarians need on the job, and how best to prepare librarians for their role as educators. -
The New Librarianship Field Guide
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780262529082Publication Date: 2016This book is ideal for those who are ready to make a positive difference in their communities through their library. The text addresses the mission of libraries and explains what constitutes a library. It also offers practical advice for librarian training; provides teaching notes for each chapter; and answers "Frequently Argued Questions" about the new librarianship.
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Pushing the Margins
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781634000703Publication Date: 2019This book examines how lived experiences of social identities affect women of color and their work in Library and Information Science. -
Critical Librarianship
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 1839094869Publication Date: 2020This text investigates a variety of areas of librarianship in regards to critical theory. Topics include feminist theory, sustainability and social justice, inclusivity, autism, and new motherhood. -
Beyond Banned Books
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780838918890Publication Date: 2019This book uses specific case studies to offer practical guidance on safeguarding intellectual freedom related to library displays, programming, and other librarian-created content. -
Lessons in Library Leadership
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780081005651Publication Date: 2016This book is a great resource for librarians new to management and those needing a refresher in basic management concepts. Content includes basic concepts, real word examples/case studies, and bibliographic information for further management skill development.
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Social Justice and Library Work
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 0081017588Publication Date: 2017This text justifies the use of a variety of theoretical and practical resources for effecting positive change and explores the role of librarians as change agents. -
Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781538114391Publication Date: 2019This book explores some of the challenges that libraries and librarians face due to diversity and inclusion issues among library staff, as well as the patrons that they serve. Its goal is to increase awareness of and sensitivity to the social, cultural, and educational needs of everyone involved. -
Social Justice and Cultural Competency
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781440871238Publication Date: 2019This book includes both empirical research and promising practices to help school librarians and teachers work together to promote social justice and develop learners' and educators' cultural competence. -
Social Justice Design and Implementation in Library and Information Science
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780367653835Publication Date: 2021This text presents a range of case studies that have successfully implemented social justice as a designed strategy to generate community-wide changes and social impact. It includes reflections on challenges and opportunities in academic, public, school, and special libraries, museums, archives, and other information-related settings.
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School Library Makerspaces in Action
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781440856976Publication Date: 2018This text is a great resource for those looking for inspiration for their own makerspaces, hackerspaces, fablabs, or DIY locations and how to use these spaces in libraries and educational settings. Includes inspirational examples of successful makerspaces in school and public libraries. -
The Routledge Companion to Digital Media and Children
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781138544345Publication Date: 2020 -
Enhancing Teaching and Learning
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 0838947190Publication Date: 2019This book discusses the huge diversity in children's relationships with digital media around the globe, and explores the benefits, challenges, history, and emerging developments in the field. -
Collection Management for Youth
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 0838947522Publication Date: 2020This text provides models and tools that will enable library staff who serve youth to create and maintain collections that provide equitable access to all.
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Along Came Google
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780691208039Publication Date: 2021This book traces the history of Google's book digitization project and its implications. It sheds light on the transformational effects of the Google Books project on scholarship and discusses how we can continue to think imaginatively and collaboratively about expanding the digital availability of knowledge. -
The Routledge Companion to Media Education, Copyright, and Fair Use
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 1317268342Publication Date: 2018This text provides a scholarly and professional context for understanding the ways in which new conceptualizations of copyright and fair use are shaping the pedagogical practices of media literacy. -
Becoming a Media Mentor
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780838914632Publication Date: 2016This book gives youth services staff the resources to confidently assist families and caregivers as they navigate the digital world, guiding them towards digital media experiences that will translate into positive and productive lifelong learning skills, regardless of format. -
Future Directions in Digital Information
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 0128221771Publication Date: 2020This text presents the latest ideas and approaches to digital information from across the globe, portraying a sense of transition from old to new. It includes key themes, advances, and trends in digital information.
Other places to search for books
Here are some freely available options for book searching! The tools below are great options for verifying publication information about a book, exploring a preview or selection of a resource, or, in some cases, accessing free digital copies.
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Google BooksOffers a somewhat random search of books scattered across the country. Some full text searching of books, and some full text viewing of out-of-copyright materials. You may be able to request books viewed via Interlibrary Loan.
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WorldCat.org This link opens in a new window"WorldCat.org is a resource for locating unique, trustworthy materials that you often can’t find anywhere except in a library. By connecting thousands of libraries’ collections in one place, WorldCat.org makes it easy for you to browse the world’s libraries from one search box." You may be able to request titles through an Interlibrary loan.
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Internet Archive"The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, people with print disabilities, and the general public."