Download or read book The Psychology of Librarianship written by Lynn Gullickson Spencer and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of scholarly essays on the role of psychology in libraries and library work"--
Download or read book The Mindful Librarian written by Richard Moniz and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mindful Librarian: Connecting the Practice of Mindfulness to Librarianship explores mindfulness, approaching it in such a way as to relate specifically to the many roles or challenges librarians face. Coinciding with the increased need to juggle a variety of tasks, technologies, ebooks, and databases, the new Association of College & Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy, and the challenges faced by solo librarians in school libraries which have suffered cutbacks in help in recent years, the time is exactly right for this publication. The authors hope to be helpful in some small way towards improving the joy and quality of life that librarians and library science students experience in their personal lives and jobs. The loftier goal would be to create a new lens from which to view librarianship, having a transformative impact on readers, and opening a new dialog within the profession. The topic of mindfulness is not new; it has been connected to various religious traditions in a wide variety of ways for centuries, most notably Buddhism. In the latter part of the 20th century, however, a secular version was popularized largely by the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn and his work on MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) at the University of Massachusetts's Medical School. The medical benefits and the overall quality of life improvements from its adoption have exploded in recent years, in particular, the last two decades which have seen mindfulness traditions incorporated into education to a greater degree and with very positive results. - Presents the only current LIS book that covers this topic in a way that applies directly to librarians - Provides a topic that will be appealing to librarians, as it speaks to the pressures of budget cuts and consumer culture being felt across the academy - Seeks to improve the joy and quality of life that librarians and library science students experience in their personal lives and jobs
Download or read book The Librarian s Psychological Commitments written by Florence Dehart and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1979-12-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inputs to commitment development: understanding; Psychological commitments to oneself, staff, and clients: attitudes; Carrying out psychological commitments: skills.
Download or read book The Librarian S Psychological Commitments written by Florence E. Dehart and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The 4 Rs of Reference written by David A. Tyckoson and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stereotype and Status written by Pauline Wilson and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1982-12-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to help librarians overcome the problem of stereotypes by explaining how such stereotypes are created and perpetuated, and how they can be defused. Author Pauline Wilson begins with an overview of stereotyping in general, and a discussion of how librarians are stereotyped. She argues that librarians' reaction to these stereotypes may contribute to their perpetuation. The rest of the book provides perspective on what types of people become librarians and how librarians are educated. The author concludes with suggestions for combatting the negative images of librarians.
Download or read book The Psychology of Reading written by Alan Kennedy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1984, this new introductory text fulfilled a need amongst both psychology and education students for a book which dealt with reading in a way that explored areas beyond the strictly practical question of how to teach children to read. Previous books on the psychology of reading had often concentrated on the analytic approach, in which reading had been seen in terms of a set of interconnected sub-skills and the experimental study of these components had become an end in itself. As a result, although great advances had been made in our understanding of certain aspects of the process, psychological studies of reading had increasingly been seen by teachers and others as unduly abstract. The Psychology of Reading goes back to first principles and attempts to set reading in its context alongside other cognitive activities, particularly those involving memory and perceptual processes. Professor Kennedy argues that it is wrong to set reading apart as a ‘skill’ when it needs to be understood against a background of work in cognitive psychology. Reading is a social phenomenon concerned with human communication, and in this context it must be seen in terms of an interaction between writer and reader. The book explores the nature of this interaction and the various stylistic and other devices which sustain the ‘contract’ between reader and writer. In particular, the psychological processes which allow a reader to make sensible assumptions about a writer’s intentions are dealt with in detail. No theory of reading, the author argues, should ignore the purpose of the enterprise. Similarly, explaining success and failure in teaching children to read may well hinge on an understanding of what children think reading is about. The style of this book is concise and largely non-technical. The Psychology of Reading will be welcomed as stimulating and demanding by experts and non-specialist general readers alike.
Download or read book Public Libraries written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Educational Psychology for Academic Librarians written by Steve Black and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to introduce academic librarians to the most relevant findings from research in educational psychology. It began as a series of twelve quarterly columns published in the journal Reference Librarian. Our goal is to help increase academic librarians’ familiarity with theories, terminology, and lines of research. This in turn should help facilitate collaborations among librarians, teaching faculty, and the various offices that support student learning and teacher development on college campuses.
Download or read book A Trauma Informed Approach to Library Services written by Rebecca Tolley and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are only now coming to terms with how common trauma really is; a landmark Kaiser study that surveyed patients receiving physicals found that almost two-thirds had experienced at least one form of abuse, neglect, or other trauma as a child. Though originating in the fields of health and social services, trauma-informed care is a framework that holds great promise for application to library work. Empathetic service, positive patron encounters, and a more trusting workplace are only a few of the benefits that this approach offers. In this important book Tolley, experienced in both academic and public libraries, brings these ideas into the library context. Library administrators, directors, and reference and user services staff will all benefit from learning the six key principles of trauma-informed care; characteristics of a trusting and transparent library organization, plus discussion questions to promote a sense of psychological safety among library workers; how certain language and labels can undermine mutuality, with suggested phrases that will help library staff demonstrate neutrality to patron ideas and views during information requests; delivery models that empower patrons; advice on balancing free speech on campus with students’ need for safety; how appropriate furniture arrangement can help people suffering from PTSD feel safe; guidance on creating safe zones for LGBTQIA+ children, teens, and adults; and self-assessment tools to support change toward trauma-responsive library services.
Download or read book The Psychology Research Handbook written by Frederick T. L. Leong and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2023-11-16 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Third Edition of The Psychology Research Handbook editors Frederick T. L. Leong and James T. Austin have assembled experienced expert researchers to provide graduate students and research assistants with a comprehensive framework for conducting many types of psychology research. The book is organized around the idea of a "research script," following the step-by-step process of research planning, design, data collection, analysis, and disseminating research. Many chapters are coauthored by advanced graduate students to give their fellow students a sense of real-world research, adding to the clarity and practicality of many chapters. Students and instructors alike will appreciate chapters on topics typically missing from introductory methods texts, including applying for research grants, dealing with journal editors and reviewers, working within research teams, and conducting cross-cultural research. Structures such as recommended readings and exercises guide students to develop and expand their research skills. New chapters include Power and Evidence, IRB as Critical Collaborators in Research, Alternative Data Collection Strategies, Structural Equation Modeling and Replicability and Reproducibility. A comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide to the entire research process, this book quickly and efficiently equips advanced students and research assistants to conduct a full research project.
Download or read book Examining the Emotional Dimensions of Academic Librarianship written by Megan Lowe and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explores the emotional dimensions of academic librarianship. It presents concepts that provide some psychological and emotional context to help academic librarians understand their experiences and better cope with them. It also helps to mitigate the impact of the negative experiences and, when possible, prevent the problems associated with emotional exhaustion and burnout"--
Download or read book An Introduction to Library Science written by Pierce Butler and published by Chicago : University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1961 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Psychology Of Teaching And Learning 17 written by Prem Lata Sharma and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2006 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Librarians and Stereotypes written by Christina J. Steffy and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Librarians & Stereotypes: So, Now What? examines librarianshipthrough communication, gender, psychology, anthropology, and culturalstudies theories to begin to get to the root of why certain librarianstereotypes exist today and whether or not it's possible to change someof these stereotypes. It also looks at what stereotypes librarians thinkexist about the field today, how librarians present themselves andwhether or not this is changing (and consequently helping or hurting,the profession), and what public perceptions exist about librarianship asopposed to just what the media tells us about librarianship. An overviewof stereotypes presented in the literature is provided, however the pointof this book is to go beyond simply rehashing what stereotypes are thereand to look at how we can use knowledge of the current stereotypes andknowledge from other disciplines to change some of these stereotypes.The book also looks at the possible impossibility of changing certainstereotypes, and possible repercussions our actions, or lack thereof, withregard to stereotypes may have on the future of the profession. Finally,tips are offered to help librarians begin to combat stereotypes.
Download or read book Library Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reference Librarian s Bible written by Steven W. Sowards and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divided into dedicated categories about the subjects most meaningful to librarians, this valuable resource reviews 500 texts across all major fields. Drawing on their collective experience in reference services and sifting through nearly 30,000 reviews in ARBAonline, editors Steven Sowards, associate director for collection at Michigan State University Libraries, and Juneal Chenoweth, editor of American Reference Books Annual, curated this collection of titles, most of which have been published since 2000, to serve collections and reference librarians in academic and public libraries. From the Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences and Encyclopedia of the Civil War to the Encyclopedia of Physics, Encyclopedia of Insects, and Taylor's Encyclopedia of Garden Plants to the formidable Oxford English Dictionary, The Reference Librarian's Bible encompasses every subject imaginable and will be your first stop for choosing and evaluating your library's collections as well as for answering patrons' questions.
