Download or read book We re Born to Learn written by Rita Smilkstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential resource provides parents and educators of students of all ages with research-based, classroom-proven strategies for how to implement brain-compatible learning into your curriculum.

Download or read book The Challenges to Library Learning written by Bruce E. Massis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Challenges to Library Learning: Solutions for Librarians is an insightful volume that offers a practical philosophy of engagement that can be used to meet the growing challenges facing librarians, including staffing shortages, depleted or eliminated training budgets, longer hours, greater workloads, and rapidly-changing technology, hindering the ability—and willingness—of employees to continue job education in library sciences. With three decades of experience as a library administrator, author Bruce E. Massis details an effective plan for inspiring initiative in the learner to pursue a goal-oriented and individualized approach to learning – helping the library to become more efficient, productive, and user-centered. Topics discussed include overcoming staff disengagement, accepting e-learning as a routine learning model, teaching and measuring information literacy training, creating a flexible alternative staffing model, the Community of Learning Program (CLP) for library staff, and the details of creating and implementing a training program. The Challenges to Library Learning: Solutions for Librarians is a vital and practical resource for anyone actively involved or pursuing a career in library administration.

Download or read book Becoming a Powerhouse Librarian written by Jamie M. Gray and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-03-08 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming a Powerhouse Librarian: How to Get Things Done Right the First Time will help you recognize and implement specific behaviors and actions librarians use to successfully drive projects forward, institute new services or revamp old ones, and establish key relationships both inside and outside of the library. Each behavior or trait covered can be either developed or strengthened within an individual or team. The book features practical tips to build skills in each topic area. Examples of topics found in this book include: lifelong learning, risk-taking, creativity, identifying and leveraging stakeholders, creating balance, knowing when to lead and when to follow, handling setbacks and avoiding burnout. Each chapter includes: • A basic description of the behavior and why it is important for success • Overview of core building blocks/elements necessary within each chapter (ex. engaging external stakeholders vs. internal stakeholders) • Examples of actions that readers can take (ex. establishing agreed upon language everyone can understand) • Sidebar of 5 good and bad habits that can impact success • Personal anecdotes from working librarians Whether you're just beginning your library career or you're a seasoned professional, Becoming a Powerhouse Librarian is sure to have something for you!

Download or read book The New Librarianship Field Guide written by R. David Lankes and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How librarians can be radical positive change agents in their communities, dedicated to learning and making a difference. This book offers a guide for librarians who see their profession as a chance to make a positive difference in their communities—librarians who recognize that it is no longer enough to stand behind a desk waiting to serve. R. David Lankes, author of The Atlas of New Librarianship, reminds librarians of their mission: to improve society by facilitating knowledge creation in their communities. In this book, he provides tools, arguments, resources, and ideas for fulfilling this mission. Librarians will be prepared to become radical positive change agents in their communities, and other readers will learn to understand libraries in a new way. The librarians of Ferguson, Missouri, famously became positive change agents in August 2014 when they opened library doors when schools were closed because of civil unrest after the shooting of an unarmed teen by police. Working with other local organizations, they provided children and their parents a space for learning, lunch, and peace. But other libraries serve other communities—students, faculty, scholars, law firms—in other ways. All libraries are about community, writes Lankes; that is just librarianship. In concise chapters, Lankes addresses the mission of libraries and explains what constitutes a library. He offers practical advice for librarian training; provides teaching notes for each chapter; and answers “Frequently Argued Questions” about the new librarianship.

Download or read book Leadership Basics for Librarians and Information Professionals written by Edward G. Evans and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the start of the 21st Century, information services around the world are facing a host of challenges and changes unique to this era of exponential technological growth. However, this change is further compounded by the high turnover rate in senior positions. Focusing on leadership, this text—ideal for young, emerging managers and supervisors—guides future leaders in making the appropriate choices and decisions in response to and in anticipation of the competition. Authors G. Edward Evans and Patricia Layzell Ward's vast professional experience in a variety of roles and organizations all over the world serves as a strong basis for the advice presented. Leadership Basics for Librarians and Information Professionals includes data from surveys and interviews of leaders in archives, libraries, and other information services arenas, as well as current literature on leadership from both general management and information services fields. All together this book is a solid starting point for young librarians and information professionals seeking to get ahead of the competition, as well as a helpful reminder for seasoned leaders needing a bit of inspiration.

Download or read book The Whole School Library Learning Commons written by Judith Anne Sykes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduce your teachers, librarians, and administrators to the roles and responsibilities of educators in advocating a whole school library learning commons using this step-by-step guide for creating shared learning space in your school. It is no surprise that technology has shifted the way we educate—bearing on how, what, and where we learn. This guide lays the framework for helping turn your school library into a whole school library learning commons (WSLLC)—a space where traditional academics merge with the latest technologies to engage learners in a way never before realized. Author Judith Anne Sykes contends that since the WSLLC philosophy allows staff and students to co-create knowledge in a shared space, it is more effective than the traditional approach. Sykes addresses the differences between a school library and a WSLLC, provides reasons to champion its creation in your institution, and discusses how to use mentoring as a means to sustain its survival. The book explores the roles and responsibilities of educators in developing WSLLC goals and presents strategies for using typical assessment tools—including standardized tests, report cards, and anecdotal assessments—to help support its philosophy.

Download or read book A Librarian s Guide to Engaging Families in Learning written by M. Elena Lopez and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public libraries can increase their impact on knowledge development, innovation, and social change by promoting parent and family engagement in children's learning. Libraries are increasingly focusing on families. Educational research confirms that family engagement in children's learning and development predicts school readiness, positive social behaviors, high school graduation, interest in STEM careers, and post-secondary education. A Librarian's Guide to Engaging Families in Learning will inspire libraries and librarians to innovate and promote family learning from a child's earliest years through adolescence. By bringing together research and practice, it will deepen librarians' understanding of families' role in education and help them to learn new ways to build positive and trusting family partnerships that honor diverse cultures and languages, as well as to develop leadership for community impact. Written by thought leaders in the fields of family engagement and library science, each of the three main sections of the book begins with a framework followed by case studies illustrating key concepts of the framework. Cases are followed by reflections from practicing librarians. All chapters focus on practical family engagement in the social infrastructure, lifelong learning, and diversity and social justice.

Download or read book Hands On Machine Learning with TensorFlow js written by Kai Sasaki and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hands-On Machine Learning with TensorFlow.js is a comprehensive guide that will help you easily get started with machine learning algorithms and techniques using TensorFlow.js. By the end of this book, you will be able to create and optimize your own web-based machine learning applications using practical examples.

Download or read book Python Machine Learning For Beginners written by Finn Sanders and published by Roland Bind. This book was released on 2019-05-22 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a world where you can make a computer program learn for itself? What if it could recognize who is in a picture or the exact websites that you want to look for when you type it into the program? What if you were able to create any kind of program that you wanted, even as a beginner programmer, without all of the convoluted codes and other information that makes your head spin? This is actually all possible. The programs that were mentioned before are all a part of machine learning. This is a breakthrough in the world of information technology, which allows the computer to learn how to behave, rather than asking the programmer to think of every single instance that may show up with their user ahead of time. it is taking over the world, and you may be using it now, without even realizing it. If you have used a search engine, worked with photo recognition, or done speech recognition devices on your phone, then you have worked with machine learning. And if you combine it with the Python programming language, it is faster, more powerful, and easier (even for beginners) to create your own programs today. Python is considered the ultimate coding language for beginners, but once you start to use it, you will never be able to tell. Many of the best programs out there use this language behind them, and if you are a beginner who is ready to learn, this is a great place to start. If you have a program in mind, or you just want to be able to get some programming knowledge and learn more about the power that comes behind it, then this is the guidebook for you. ★★Some of the topics that we will discuss include★★ ♦ The Fundamentals of Machine Learning, Deep learning, And Neural Networks ♦ How To Set Up Your Environment And Make Sure That Python, TensorFlow And Scikit-Learn Work Well For You ♦ How To Master Neural Network Implementation Using Different Libraries ♦ How Random Forest Algorithms Are Able To Help Out With Machine Learning ♦ How To Uncover Hidden Patterns And Structures With Clustering ♦ How Recurrent Neural Networks Work And When To Use ♦ The Importance Of Linear Classifiers And Why They Need To Be Used In Machine Learning ♦ And Much More! This guidebook is going to provide you with the information you need to get started with Python Machine Learning. If you have an idea for a great program, but you don't have the technical knowledge to make it happen, then this guidebook will help you get started. Machine learning has the capabilities, and Python has the ease, to help you, even as a beginner, create any product that you would like. If you want to learn more about how to make the best programs with Python Machine learning, buy the book today!

Download or read book Special Libraries written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most vols. include Proceedings of the Special Libraries Association.

Download or read book Libraries and Homelessness written by Julie Ann Winkelstein and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advocating a strategic approach, this book shows how to form a plan, secure funding and support, and create effective programs for adults, children, and youth who are experiencing homelessness. You'll find guidance for creating partnerships, training staff, and advocating. Taking a holistic approach that will help you to better understand the experience of homelessness within the context of your library community, this book offers new strategies and tools for addressing the challenge of meeting the needs of the entire community, including those who are unstably housed. With basic facts, statistics, and conversations about homelessness, the author makes a case for why libraries should provide support, explains exactly which needs they may be able (or unable) to meet, and shows how this support can be a natural part of the library services you already provide. Topics discussed include trauma-informed care, harm reduction, and mental and physical health challenges; brief stories and concrete examples illustrate the principles and guidelines discussed. Citing innovative services such as Dallas Public Library's "coffee and conversation" program and San Francisco Public Library's social worker program, the book offers both food for thought and tools for action as public librarians strive to understand and meet the needs of a population that has traditionally been stereotyped and excluded.

Download or read book Research Methods for Librarians and Educators written by Ruth V. Small Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using an innovative, real-world approach that makes the research problem and method relevant and valuable to the reader, this book provides a broad overview of research methods used in library and information studies and associated fields. Research remains a core purpose of every library. This book provides a text for LIS students and a practical handbook to librarians and other educators who need to conduct research in their libraries. In Research Methods for Librarians and Educators, contributors reinforce the essential nature of research and provide readers with the confidence that they can conduct research to find solutions to various problems and improve their libraries and library programs. The book details various research methodologies and uses a unique perspective on research that presents authentic scenarios to immediately make the research problem and method relevant and valuable to the reader. It covers topics ranging from various research methods, including Causal, Collaborative, Design-Based Research, Longitudinal, and Mixed Methods, as well as interview methods, learning assessment, literature review, and observation and survey methods. Each chapter includes questions intended to spark discussion and deeper reflection that make the book more useful in learning settings. The summary charts throughout provide a handy and easy reference for readers who want a quick refresher on the research method without rereading the entire chapter.

Download or read book The Outlook written by Lyman Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Very Crafty School Librarian written by John Faller and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mrs. Ammerman, the school librarian, has a problem. None of the students wants to check out any of the many books in her library. Something has to be done! She needs to come up with a very crafty idea to get children involved in reading. Suddenly she gets a brilliant idea. And that is where our story begins. The children are whisked away to places they had never dreamed of before. Not only do they learn a lot about each place visited, but they also learn about caring for the environment, other people, and themselves.

Download or read book The School Librarian s Compass written by Rebecca J. Morris and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By working through these cases and the accompanying learning exercises, both pre-service and practicing school librarians will strengthen their readiness, expand their perspectives, and build confidence for solving problems and making informed, thoughtful decisions in their school libraries. In their preparation for school librarianship, library students learn foundational ideals and observe best practices that center and guide their work. However, discussions of aspirational versions of school librarianship often leave out sufficient practice in managing the many challenges and decisions school librarians face on the job. In this book, veteran educator Rebecca J. Morris uses stories of day-to-day librarianship to empower school librarians as they navigate and manage the complex interactions, decisions, and opportunities of their work. The book's alignment with the AASL/CAEP standards makes it helpful to school library educators planning curriculum, syllabi, and course activities. Perfect for reading or study groups, graduate classes, and professional development, these stories invite reflection and lively conversation.

Download or read book The 21st Century School Library A Model for Innovative Teaching Learning written by Ryan Bani Tahmaseb and published by John Catt. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School libraries stand at the forefront of innovation in education. Yet many teachers and administrators do not know what to make of them, much less how to best utilize their varied and valuable resources. What if school librarians, whose field of practice has transformed in the past few decades, could show us excellent models for innovative teaching? What if the vital adaptations that school librarians have made could help other educators evolve? What if the lessons learned in the library could be scaled up to benefit all fields of practice and all students? The 21st Century School Library takes an in-depth look at the paradigm-shifting work that school libraries are doing to advance student learning, professional development, and school-wide engagement. It explains how library-led, forward-thinking initiatives can guide all educators – teachers and administrators alike – toward transformative educational practices. It is an inspiring survey of 21st century school libraries whose guiding principles also serve as a blueprint for innovation in K-12 education. School libraries – and all the educators associated with them – offer a compelling vision for the future of K-12 education. This book is a roadmap for how to make this vision a reality.

Download or read book Transforming Your Library into a Learning Playground written by Brittany R. Jacobs and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public libraries must offer relevant, exciting, and stimulating learning centers that appeal to kids. This book is a step-by-step guide for creating affordable and effective educational programs for children and youth by focusing on one simple concept: play. With the standards of education rising every year and current technology making all types of information widely available to anyone with an Internet connection, libraries need to stay relevant by constantly evolving. One important way to strengthen a public library's identity as an irreplaceable resource is to make it an exciting and stimulating learning center that appeals to children and youth. This book demonstrates how to transform the informal setting of a public library into a place where "play" in the guise of game-based learning becomes a natural and exciting process for children and young students. It also shows readers how to incorporate existing programs such as the makerspace, storytime, and book clubs to play to their strengths; more effectively utilize the tools and resources they have; and transform their libraries. The first two chapters explain why learning through play and exploration isn't only for early childhood development, identifies the key differences between free play and structured play, and addresses why libraries are the perfect setting for learning. Next, the author draws on her experience in children's librarianship and as a children's book author to describe methods to listen to (and understand) children, manage organized chaos, and gain the children's trust. Additional chapters explain how to write weekly or daily lesson plans, how to brainstorm supporting activities to reinforce concepts being taught, and how to infuse STEM and literacy objectives into daily lessons. The book closes with suggestions on marketing and promotion, ways to support the classroom, and strategies that will "keep 'em coming back" and build an enthusiastic customer base.