Download or read book Atlas of the Poles and Oceans written by Karen Foster and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2008 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features maps and information about the geography, plants, animals, and ecosystems of both poles and all five oceans.
Download or read book Maps and Geography written by Ken Jennings and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers facts about the highest landmarks and mountains, the deepest depth of the seas, what countries are shaped like food, ocean inhabitants, and capital location changes.
Download or read book Homework Help from the Library written by Carol F. Intner and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2011-02-21 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with nuts-and-bolts advice on the best ways to help young people with their homework, the author concentrates on the practical, covering how students' different learning styles and current technology inform the homework process, on staff training and community outreach, and on options for working more closely with both students and teachers.
Download or read book Creating and Managing the Full Service Homework Center written by Cindy Mediavilla and published by ALA Editions. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the proliferation of online homework websites and tutoring services, public libraries still have an important role to play when it comes to supporting young people's educational needs. Public libraries that take a proactive approach have the potential to become catalysts for better performance in school and more.
Download or read book Map My Neighborhood written by Jennifer Boothroyd and published by LernerClassroom. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come along as a girl maps her neighborhood to show her visiting grandmother where everything is. Simple text takes early readers step by step through the types of features a neighborhood map needs to have.
Download or read book Science Kids Maps and Mapping written by Deborah Chancellor and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of science has never been so accessible to young readers! Science Kids books offer a learning experience that kids, parents, and teachers are sure to love. The lively and engaging text explains the basic principles of favorite science subjects. Illustrations and stunning photography zoom in on interesting details, and fun projects encourage further learning. Travel around the world with this introduction to maps and how they work. Learn about compass points, map keys, scales, colors, and contours; discover how maps are created and used; and even make a 3-D relief map.
Download or read book Creating the Full service Homework Center in Your Library written by Cindy Mediavilla and published by ALA Editions. This book was released on 2001 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to setting up a homework centre in your library. It describes what constitutes an effective homework centre and features real-life examples, sample surveys, publicity and recruitment flyers, and practical advice on grant applications and collaborating with schools and educators.
Download or read book Libraries Enhance Student Learning written by Shirley Steele and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication explains, through examples of current library programs around the United States, how libraries affect the education of children, and offers an impetus for others to embrace the challenge of providing quality library programming for children. Through these programs, libraries work toward achieving national educational goals, and reinforce education reform. Suggestions and descriptions of activities are divided into four main sections: (1) "Libraries help preschoolers get ready to learn how to read; (2) "Libraries strengthen reading skills of school-age children"; (3) "Libraries complement all aspects of children's school activities"; and (4) "Libraries connect children with computers and the information superhighway." Contains a directory of the libraries whose programs are highlighted. (AEF)
Download or read book Better Serving Teens through School Library Public Library Collaborations written by Cherie P. Pandora and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this practical guidebook, experienced librarians—a public librarian and a school librarian—share advice and ideas for extending resources, containing costs, and leveraging capabilities between school and public libraries, offering insights and strategies to overcome today's economic challenges. The current economic crisis has had a drastic impact on both public and school libraries. As budgets shrink, resources become scarcer, and the job of the librarian becomes harder. The conundrum of doing more with less challenges even the most seasoned professionals whose institutions face service cutbacks, disappointed patrons, and possible job eliminations or closures. This book asserts that a collaboration between school and public libraries can effectively serve the needs of two populations—teens and the community at large—while minimizing the cost to do so. Better Serving Teens through School Library–Public Library Collaborations offers thought-provoking advice and ideas for practical use in real-world libraries. The authors provide step-by-step guidance for those who wish to start, strengthen, or extend a partnership with colleagues at a sister library, covering topics ranging from teen advisory boards and collaborative programs to homework help and professional development. Veterans in the field, as well as beginners, can utilize the wealth of tools within—including worksheets, timelines, and checklists—to leverage the capabilities of other agencies tp fortify both their own and their institutions' value.
Download or read book Children Libraries written by Virginia A. Walter and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2001 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A call to action for libraries serving children. Honouring the accomplishments of children's services pioneers of the past, Virginia Walter evaluates the current situation and envisions futures where children, technology and libraries intersect.
Download or read book Library Volunteers Welcome written by Lura Sanborn and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volunteers are crucial to the daily operation of any library. Finding and retaining the right people, motivating them and matching their skills with projects is challenging. This collection of 30 new essays brings together the experiences of numerous individuals across the U.S., providing ideas, projects and best practices for volunteer recruiting and management. The contributors—among them library board members, heads of special collections, directors of state library associations, outreach coordinators, archivists and researchers—discuss a broad range of topics in five sections: recruitment and retention; policies and process; mentoring and empowering; placement, programs and responsibilities; and outreach.
Download or read book Homework written by Jim Bradshaw and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students and parents are offered advice in this booklet on how to make the most of homework. The booklet first reviews the basic reasons for assigning homework: homework helps students learn better and faster, helps families become involved with education, communicates the school's high expectations, and helps students develop self-discipline and organizational skills. Specific methods students can use to improve homework skills include establishing appropriate places and times for studying, previewing the material, focusing attention, reading carefully and thinking about the concepts covered, casting what is learned in different forms, self-testing, and taking notes effectively. Parents can encourage students by helping them discipline themselves, by reinforcing the idea that studying improves performance, and by maintaining awareness of the students' attitudes and concerns. (PGD)
Download or read book Children s Services Today written by Jeanette Larson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, one of America’s foremost experts in public library services to children cover the basics of library services for children. Jeanette Larson highlights best practices and "toolkits" that provide tools and resources to quickly implement programs and services. She includes model programs, checklists and forms, and ready-to-use examples of programs, with an emphasis on programs that are inexpensive to implement and simple to replicate. From start to finish, learn how to plan, implement, and manage public library programs and services for children, ages birth to twelve years old. Children's services are a critical part of today's library services and staff need basic background information, practical advice, and specific examples of how to perform the fundamental duties required of them. Special features of the book include: Basic information on how to implement the fundamental services and programs of library services to children Background and rationale for the provision of these services and programs Enhancements for children's programs and services that support literacy and learning Templates for successful programs Examples of inexpensive and ready-to-use programs ranging from simple to on-going and more elaborate programs Children’s Services Today: A Practical Guide for Librarians offers basic background, practical experience, and best practices necessary for the successful provision of children's services in today's public library. Whether you are a part-time children's librarian in a small, rural library, a generalist assigned to provide children's programming in a medium-sized library, or a paraprofessional working in the children's department in a large urban library, this practical guide will help you implement dynamic programs and services that meet the needs of today's children and families
Download or read book Public Libraries in the 21st Century written by Anne Goulding and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Libraries in the 21st Century presents a comprehensive analysis of the impact of recent policy initiatives directly targeted at public libraries along with broader developments in the public sector environment within which they operate. Key features include: ¢ An exploration of the context within which public libraries are operating and analysis of their role in local and national life; ¢ Examples of best practice in service delivery; ¢ Evaluation of the challenges and opportunities confronting public library managers; ¢ Wide ranging coverage, including information from published and unpublished sources, supplemented by interviews with key stakeholders in the public library sector. The book provides a unique and thorough guide to the contemporary discourses surrounding issues of identity, social purpose, value and strategy facing the public library service.
Download or read book Transforming Libraries Building Communities written by Julie Biando Edwards and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for those moving their library beyond places to find information. Written by practicing public librarians and an academic librarian with an interest in public libraries, the book focuses on how public libraries can become more community centered and, by doing so, how they can transform both themselves and their communities. The authors argue that focusing on building community through innovative and responsive services and programs will be the best way for the public library to reposition itself in the years to come.
Download or read book Helping Your Child Use the Library written by Kathryn Perkinson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one in a series of books on different education topics intended to help you make the most of your child's natural curiosity.
Download or read book Weaving a Library Web written by Helene Blowers and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2004-05-24 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eager to feed their curiosity with interactive information, children are becoming more responsive to technology, and many now use a mouse more effectively than a crayon. By embracing the possibilities of the Internet when programming for children, libraries can empower the young with great information while supplementing traditional children's services. These award-winning children's web developers and librarians build their virtual library services starting from the four pillars of children's librarianship: readers' advisory, homework reference help, programming, and outreach. Presenting a wide assortment of possibilities, the authors offer guidance, inspiration, and practical direction - complete with sample screen shots - to: Create appropriate sites for different ages; Develop a project plan, including an Approach to Success document; Map our details with storyboards and flowcharts; Make user experiences easy and fun using mascots, navigation tools, and downloads; Authoritative and comprehensive, this guide provides sample documents and hands-on help on technical issues - usability testing, dealing with online privacy, monitoring, maintaining, promoting the site, testing for
