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"The Hollywood Librarian is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject of librarians. A vivid blend of factual documentary, feature film, and storytelling, it reveals the history and realities of librarianship in the entertaining and appealing context of American movies. Interviews with actual librarians, intercut with film clips of cinematic librarians, examine such issues as literature, books and reading, censorship, library funding, citizenship...
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"At the time of her death in 1953, it seemed that Adelaide Hasse would simply pass from memory and be forgotten. Yet by the turn of the century, American Libraries named her one of its 100 library leaders of the twentieth century, one of only 30 women so recognized. Thus, the unsinkable Adelaide Hasse has risen to the status of a giant in the profession, often considered the patron saint of documents librarians. In 1985 the Government Printing Office...
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From the publisher: Avi Steinberg is stumped. After defecting from yeshiva to attend Harvard, he has nothing but a senior thesis on Bugs Bunny to show for himself. While his friends and classmates advance in the world, Steinberg remains stuck at a crossroads; his "romantic" existence as a freelance obituary writer is no longer cutting it. Seeking direction (and dental insurance), Steinberg takes a job running the library counter at a Boston prison....
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"This book explores how librarians can employ different teaching strategies to best engage different types of learners in the library classroom ... It contains groups of techniques, various theories, and multiple ideas to make your teaching more engaging in the library classroom."--Page xv.
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"Historically, African American librarians have faced the same discrimination as other African American professionals: lack of respect; placement only in African American communities; failure to receive promotions to administrative positions, especially those requiring supervision of Caucasian counterparts; and failure to recognize contributions to the organization and the profession. African American Librarians in the Far West includes biographies...
19) Library ethics
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Jean L. Preer looks broadly at the many arenas in which librarians face ethical choices and helps practitioners identify an ethical dilemma and provide guidance on how to respond, how to separate personal belief from professional responsibility, and how to make exceptions in a principled way.
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