"This book explores background information on outreach and instruction efforts by digital library practitioners, detailed survey results from practitioners themselves, and instructional ideas such as drop-in class sessions, course-integrated instruction, training, and ways digital library practitioners can contribute to the Open Educational Resources (OER) and open pedagogy movements"--

Increasing diversity and inclusion can help libraries to fit their collections and services to those who need them and to bring in skilled staff who may have previously been overlooked, both of which are key to serving their communities. This book, written by a librarian with a decade of experience in diversity and inclusion issues, gives clear examples of steps to take and case studies of current initiatives. Topics covered include: creating...

"In the library profession, and in the world as a whole, the experiences of trans and gender diverse people often go unnoticed, hidden, and ignored. But we are here. Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries is entirely written and edited by trans and gender diverse people involved in the field: its fifty-seven authors include workers from academic and public libraries, special collections and archives, and more; LIS students; and a few people...

"Academic library hiring can be a bureaucratic and exclusionary process. Inclusive hiring practices can help libraries recenter the people in the process and incorporate transparency, empathy, and accessibility. Toward inclusive academic librarian hiring practices, rather than focusing just on how to diversify applicant pools, breaks down the many considerations involved in hiring and the intentional, thoughtful preparation and self-examination that...

"This book explores library joy with fun and practical tools to build joy-centering approaches and activities, using planting seeds as metaphor for the real-life joy that library staff bring themselves, their communities, and the world"--

"This book of essays written by experts shows us that the needs of kids are profound, multi-faceted, and tied to the inequities in this country and encourages readers to explore creative, loving ideas to move forward in service of children and communities who have not felt welcomed or seen in the public library"--

"Reflecting the new modelling for serials introduced by IFLA's Library Reference Model in the most recent revisions to RDA, this up-to-date resource is an important tool for day-to-day practice as well as a reference manual for unusual or difficult cases"--

"Building on the success and impact of Library 2020: Today's Leading Visionaries Describe Tomorrow's Library by Joseph Janes, Library 2035: Imagining the Next Generation of Libraries updates, expands upon, and broadens the discussions on the future of libraries and the ways in which they transform information services to best serve their communities.Library 2035 explores the lessons learned over the past decade and forecasts the opportunities, strengths,...

This pioneering guide explores kindness and wellbeing in library workplaces. It is a must-read for anyone looking to create a supportive and empathetic workplace culture, providing library-specific insights and showing how positive workplace cultures benefit both staff and the wider community. This book seeks to aid staff in information and heritage organisation in steering through challenges by fostering a culture grounded in kindness and wellbeing,...

"The Meritocracy Myth challenges the widely held American belief in meritocracy-that people get out of the system what they put into it based on individual merit. The book examines talent, attitude, work ethic, and character as elements of merit and evaluates the effect of nonmerit factors such as family background, social connections, luck, market conditions, unequal educational opportunities, and discrimination"--