"This book takes a comprehensive look at today's online book sites, such asGoogle Books and HathiTrust, lending the necessary knowledge, skills, and resources to get up to speed on these amazing digital resources and use them effectively in the library setting"--

If your patrons really understood how much we make available to them online, they wouldn't go to alternative information providers and they wouldn't wonder where "all that money" for libraries goes. But our online systems don't make e-resources very accessible. To get your patrons to use the resources to their fullest potential-- and clamor for more-- you need to develop an e-resource marketing plan. Kennedy and LaGuardia are here to help you do-it-yourself....

"Serving up a wholesome combination of food literacy information and ideas, this book will encourage members of your community to gather 'round the table at the library"--

"Helps librarians who are not themselves seasoned gamers to better understand the plethora of gaming products available and how they might appeal to library users"-- "As games grow ever-more ubiquitous in our culture and communities, they have become popular staples in public library collections and are increasing in prominence in academic ones. Many librarians, especially those who are not themselves gamers or are only acquainted with a handful...

"The Island of Lost Maps" tells the story of a curious crime spree: the theft of scores of valuable, centuries-old maps from some of the most prominent research libraries in the United States and Canada. When all was said and done, Gilbert Joseph Bland, Jr., had become the Al Capone of cartography, the most prolific American map thief in history.