Explains the benefits of making designer board games part of a school's everyday curriculum and offers librarians practical suggestions for linking board games and curriculum, building a core collection for all grade levels, program development, and implementation.

"Crash Course in Storytime Fundamentals is a vital and essential "how to." It is perfect for anyone who is asked to do storytime, but has never been trained, or for anyone who simply needs a new ideas. The book is based upon materials designed for and used during an all-day workshop, "Storytime fundamentals," offered by this children's librarian."--[back cover].

There are plenty of products out there for making information accessible to all users, but how can administrators and managers determine which are the most practical and economical for their particular library? Barbara T. Mates, former director of the Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled, strips away the technical jargon and introduces dozens of the latest options, including hardware, software, and peripherals, This guide will help readers. Choose...

"Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to the public library: the unmistakable, slightly musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly-discovered books. Today's libraries also function as de facto community centers, and offer free access to the Internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter along with the endless possibilities that spark your imagination the moment you open the cover of a book. There...

When Carlo the giraffe and Crackers the cat visit the new library, they meet Mrs. Chinca, a very friendly and helpful librarian.

Bizzle shows how successful libraries introduce new ideas into their presentations, web presence, and digital services. Marketing campaigns can be a challenge, and Bizzle shares universal concepts to promote a successful social media presence and increase community awareness of your library.--

Lottie Paris goes to the library, her favorite place in the world, and makes a new friend for whom the library is also a special place.

On the third afternoon of going to the library with her brother Henry, Beatrice finally finds something she enjoys doing.

"Return to Ivy Hill in The Ladies of Ivy Cottage as friendships deepen, romances blossom, and mysteries unfold. Living with the two Miss Groves in Ivy Cottage, impoverished gentlewoman Rachel Ashford is determined to earn her own livelihood ... somehow. When the village women encourage her to open a subscription library with the many books she has inherited or acquired through donations, Rachel discovers two mysteries hidden among them. A man who...

"Oskar and and his bear Theodore must save the day when an angry monster barges into the library ... and thinks it's an all-you-can-eat buffet!"--