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The compelling account of how two heritages united in their struggle to gain freedom and equality in America. The first paths to freedom taken by runaway slaves led to Native American villages. There, black men and women found acceptance and friendship among our country's original inhabitants. Though they seldom appear in textbooks and movies, the children of Native- and African-American marriages helped shape the early days of the fur trade, ...

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The compelling account of how two heritages united in their struggle to gain freedom and equality in America. The first paths to freedom taken by runaway slaves led to Native American villages. There, black men and women found acceptance and friendship among our country's original inhabitants. Though they seldom appear in textbooks and movies, the children of Native- and African-American marriages helped shape the early days of the fur trade, ...

This book, first published in 1991, explores the changing roles of reference services and offers advice and practical ideas to guide librarians through the increasingly tangled maze of duties being thrust upon the reference staff.

This book, first published in 1990, focuses on specific types of training for librarians. Authorities explain pioneering programs in California and Maryland which deal with teaching basic reference tools to beginning librarians and paraprofessionals.

This book, first published in 1987, provides important information on reference publishing, including valuable guidelines on evaluating publications and sources. The articles contained here are all written by leading experts in the field.

This book, first published in 1987, is an appraisal of the international librarianship scene and the reference service function. Experts discuss how international reference services can be improved to facilitate true exchange of information around the world.

This book, first published in 1985, examines issues such as the discussion of goals and rationales for charging for online searches, conflicts between reference and other library departments, how to provide quality service and who is best suited to provide it.

Die Dokumentation ist ein filmisches Kaleidoskop aus dem bewegten Leben von M.I.A. Vom Flüchtlingskind hin zur vibrierenden Culture-Clash-Musikerin und vermeintlich tamilischen Rebellin - die Bilder sind so schrill wie intim und emotional. Dass M.I.A. eine Ausnahmekünstlerin ist, ist zweifelsfrei. Der Film nähert sich aber einer viel weittragenderen Frage: Was passiert, wenn man sich als solche außerhalb eines vorgegebenen Rahmens bewegt, Gren...

This book, first published in 1989, discusses the maintenance of a quality collection within a budget while still making necessary cuts and savings. As the purchasing power of the materials budget declines, effectively managing its and the development of the collections becomes more and more of a challenge.

This book, first published in 1991, addresses the relationship between acquisitions librarians and the jobbers with whom they work. Various issues are explored to establish the most efficient methods of selecting a vendor, the way to gain expertise in evaluating the system, and the best ways to reach a successful relationship.

This book, first published in 1986, discusses reference personnel concerns and problems and offers suggestions to administration and management for improving reference personnel performance and staff development.

Has there ever been a more self-absorbed and narcissistic American president? From one twitter-storm to the next snit-storm, has an American leader ever exhibited such a faulty grasp of reality? And yet a third of the electorate loves him. If he said "jump off the cliff" they would. And they have! No it's not "Wag the Dog" or "1984" or "Bulworth." If only . . . . !!! Those are all fiction. This is the real spectacle of democracy in free fall t...

DONALD'S VANITY TANTRUMS Has there ever been a more self-absorbed and narcissistic American president? From one twitter-storm to the next snit-storm, has an American leader ever exhibited such a faulty grasp of reality? And yet a third of the electorate loves him. If he said "jump off the cliff" they would. And they have! No it's not "Wag the Dog" or "1984" or "Bulworth". If only ...!!! Those are all fiction. This is the real spectacle of demo...

Readers, Reading, and Librarians reaffirms librarians' enthusiasm for books and readers in the midst of the evolution of libraries from reading centers to information centers where librarians are now Web masters, information scientists, and media experts. It explores the future of the book as a medium and examines reasons for the decline in pleasure reading and the need for librarians to sponsor book groups. With nearly two hundred open-ended ...

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The New York paintings and pastels of Yvonne Jacquette, one of America's most distinguished contemporary painters, and the New York photographs of her late husband Rudy Burckhardt, whose unconventional art has spawned a large and devoted following, are the subjects of this intriguing look at the New York art world from the 1930s to the present. Their work celebrates New York's streets and skyline, capturing the intimacy and the expansiveness o...

Overview of the history of books and communications...written for the layperson and student." --JAL GUIDE TO PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE

This collection of scholarly articles traces the history of book illustration from its first notion in cave art to the early 20th century.

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