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The Library: An Illustrated History, set of 2

Purchase this 2-pack of The Library and receive a total savings of $20 (29% off the list price!) The ALA Member discount will not be applied to this specially priced set.

310 pages
7" x 10"
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-0991-1
Year Published: 2009

In this remarkable story, Stuart A.P. Murray traces the elaborate history of the library from its very beginnings in the ancient libraries of Babylon and Alexandria to some of the greatest contemporary institutions—the Royal Society of London, the Newberry Library, the Smithsonian, and many others.

Illustrated with 130 rich color photos, readers can follow the fascinating progress of the institution we now know today as the library. A rich textual and visual resource, The Library will delight patrons and library staff alike.

About the Author
Stuart A.P. Murray has been an author and editor for almost thirty years and is also a former journalist. Murray has written (or been lead writer on) forty books, from historical fiction to scholastic nonfiction, and has edited another twenty titles. Specializing in history (particularly American history), his titles have won book of the year honors several times, both fiction and nonfiction. He has been a newspaper editor and a beat reporter as well as a magazine publisher and editor. His journalistic writing has been published in regional dailies as well as in the New York Times.

Reviews

“A useful background textbook for library students, advocates, and professionals alike.”
--C&RL News

The Librarian's Book of Quotes, set of 3

Purchase this 3-pack of The Librarian's Book of Quotes and receive a total savings of $39 (32% off the list price!) The ALA Member discount will not be applied to this specially priced set.

120 pages
5.5" x 6.5"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-0988-1
Year Published: 2009

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Celebrate librarianship and the love of libraries with this charming collection of quotes! Tatyana Eckstrand has compiled nearly three hundred of the most insightful, thought-provoking, and inspiring aphorisms about the library profession.

Writers from Shakespeare to Ray Bradbury and librarians from John Cotton Dana to Nancy Pearl are gathered together to sing the praises of librarians' skills, values, and the amazing institutions they support. Citations are provided to the original source material, and a handy biographical dictionary provides background on individuals who may not be household names. With its broad selection of sayings that pay honor to their work and commitment, The Librarian's Book of Quotes is a perfect gift for information professionals and lovers of libraries.

About the Author
Tatyana Eckstrand received her MLS from the University of Buffalo and is currently a project manager and senior cataloger for the Donohue Group, Inc., a prominent library contract services firm. Prior to this position, she spent a large portion of her career as Head of Technical Services at several small academic libraries. In addition to collecting quotes, Eckstrand enjoys gardening, nature photography, dancing, and exploring jazz. She and her partner live in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and share their home with their dog and two cats.

Reviews

“…a fabulous and entertaining compilation of quotations on and about libraries.”
--The Midwest Book Review

Library Technology Reports, Gaming and Libraries: Three Issue Set

80 pages; 42 pages; 35 pages
8.5" x 11"
Softcover
Year Published: 2006-2009

Save 50% off the retail price when you purchase this set of three Gaming and Libraries issues of Library Technology Reports. The ALA Member discount will not be applied to this specially priced set.

This special set includes Gaming and Libraries: “Intersection of Services” (2006), “Broadening the Intersections” (2008), and “Learning Lessons from the Intersections” (2009.) Throughout each issue, Jenny Levine gives a clear picture of how librarians can reap positive gains by proactively, creatively, and affordably integrating gaming into the services and programs already offered at libraries. She uses numerous, detailed examples from public, school, and academic libraries.

Topics Covered in “Gaming and Libraries: Intersection of Services” (v42:5 - 2006) Include:

Why Gaming?
The Gaming Generation
Gaming Setups Common in Libraries
Case Studies: School Libraries
Case Studies: Academic Libraries
Case Studies: Public Libraries
Future Intersections
Conclusion What Librarians Can Learn from Gamers
Bibliography and Resources

Topics Covered in “Gaming and Libraries Update: Broadening the Intersections” (v44:3 - 2008) Include:

Broadening Our Definition of Gaming: Tabletop Games
Broadening Our Definition of Gaming: Big Games
Broadening the Audience for Gaming in Libraries
Broadening Gaming Services in Libraries
Looking to the Future
Board Game Recommendations
Contact Information for Case Studies

Topics Covered in “Gaming & Libraries: Learning Lessons from the Intersections” (v45:5 - 2009) Include:

The benefits of social gaming
How gaming can transform libraries and communities
The link between videogames and civic engagement
Using gaming to help your library reconnect with twenty-and thirty-somethings
Political preparedness and communication for library gaming programs
Using gaming for fundraising

About the Author

Jenny Levine is the Internet development specialist and strategy guide for the American Library Association’s information technology department. She earned her MLIS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1992 and has been an eminent technology training evangelist for librarians during her career. Levine is a keen advocate for gaming services and libraries, as she is a gamer and has witnessed, through personal observation and study, how gaming services can help members of several generations (particularly younger users) feel connected to the library. She has written two Library Technology Reports on this topic; has organized two ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries symposia; and helps coordinate ALA’s National Gaming in Libraries Day each November. Levine also writes about gaming and libraries on a regular basis on her popular blog, The Shifted Librarian. She began the first librarian blog, The Librarians’ Site du Jour, in 1995.

Gaming and Libraries: Intersection of Services

Library Technology Reports, September/October 2006 (42:5)

80 pages
8.5" x 11"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-5783-7
Year Published: 2006

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In this issue of Library Technology Reports, Jenny Levine illustrates how librarians can reap positive gains by proactively, creatively, and affordably integrating gaming into the services and programs already offered at libraries. She uses numerous, detailed examples from public, school, and academic libraries. The case studies reveal that gaming programs often turn out to be among the most popular a library can offer. You’ll learn how libraries, with creative planning and little money, have incorporated gaming services for a big return on investment. And the appendix section of the report includes materials (librarian-created press releases, real examples of promotional fliers, and staff checklists for game-day events) that librarians can build upon to create a successful gaming program at any type of library—which can engage your community's youth and adult gaming populations.

Topics Covered in this Issue Include:

Why Gaming?
The Gaming Generation
Gaming Setups Common in Libraries
Case Studies: School Libraries
Case Studies: Academic Libraries
Case Studies: Public Libraries
Future Intersections
Conclusion What Librarians Can Learn from Gamers
Bibliography and Resources

Building a Buzz: Libraries & Word-of-Mouth Marketing

108 pages
8.5" x 11"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-1011-5
Year Published: 2009
AP Categories: A, C

This title will be available November of 2009. You may place an order and the item will be shipped when it becomes available.

Read an article by the authors from the American Libraries November 2009 issue and a sample from the book now!

Want to get the word out about your library in the most cost-effective way possible? You can achieve this with the effective word-of-mouth marketing (WOMM) strategies laid out in this book. Two creative marketers, Peggy Barber and Linda Wallace, bring you sound marketing principles to spread the word about your library within the community with

A strategy that works for you
WOMM must-haves
Tips to effectively deliver your message
Best practices and insightful reviews

Renowned for their creativity, Barber and Wallace bring you WOMM ideas that will help you turn your existing library patrons into a major marketing force.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Word of Mouth versus Word-of-Mouth Marketing

What Is Marketing?

Why You Need a Plan

Marketing Plan Key Elements

Communication Checklist

The Marketing Communication Plan

Eight Steps to Success

The Buzz about Buzz: Interview with Judy Hoffman

Chapter 2 The Power of Word-of-Mouth Marketing

Why It Works

The Buzz about Buzz: Interview with Juli Janovicz

Turning Customers into Champions

Chapter 3 How to Build a Buzz

Must-Haves

1. A Good Product and Great Customer Service

2. A Plan

The Buzz about Buzz: Interview with Denise Zielinski

3. A Clear, Conscious, Consistent Message

Don’t Forget the “Family”

What Do You Say?

4. A Prepared and Committed Sales Force

The Buzz about Buzz: Interview with Judy Wright

Inspiring and Motivating Employees

Engaging Trustees

5. People Willing to Testify

Sample Testimonials

Chapter 4 When and Where to Buzz

Delivering Your Message

Dealing with the Negative

E-media

Advocacy

The Buzz about Buzz: Interview with Renee Anderson

Just Do It

Chapter 5 WOMM at Work: Reports from the Front Lines

Addison Public Library

Bartlett Public Library District

Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3 (Beach Park Middle School)

BP Information Services (Naperville)

Cook Memorial Public Library District

Crystal Lake Public Library

Glen Ellyn Public Library

Highland Park Public Library

Mount Prospect Public Library

Oakton Community College

Town and Country Public Library (Elburn)

Warrenville Public Library

Waukegan Public Library

Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District

Zion-Benton Public Library

Chapter 6 Power Pack

Marketing Terms and Definitions

A Word-of-Mouth Marketing Checklist

Sample Communication Plan

Introduction

Goals

Objectives

Positioning Statement

Key Message

Key Audiences

Strategies/Action Plan

Evaluation Measures

Sample Staff Survey

Sample Q&A

Bad Example

Good Example

Sample Agenda for Introductory Staff Workshop

Really Good Resources

Sample Scripts

Scenario I: Guys/Gals in the Locker Room

Scenario II: Testimonial

Scenario III: Reluctant Student

Scenario IV: Welcome, Neighbor!

Scenario V: Unhappy Mom—Wrong Way

Scenario V: Unhappy Mom—Right Way

Appendix: Buzz Grant Project Background

Index

About the Authors

Prior to launching Library Communication Strategies, Inc. in 2000, Peggy Barber was Associate Executive Director for Communication for the ALA, where she managed and implemented marketing and communication programs, including external relations and membership development. She established the ALA Public Information Office, Public Programs Office and the ALA Graphics program, including the widely known “Celebrity Read” poster series. She worked to implement the universal library logo that appears on streets and roads across the country. She also launched the association’s development program and served as the first executive director of its foundation. She is co-author with Linda D. Crowe of Getting Your Grant: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Librarians (Neal-Schuman). Barber received the Lippincott Award for distinguished service to the library profession in 1999, and was honored as Alumni of the Year in 2001 by the Rutgers University School of Library and Information Science. Her current work as a consultant is focused on marketing and communication support for libraries.

Linda Wallace is co-founder and partner of Library Communication Strategies, a consulting firm for libraries. She was formerly director of the ALA's Public Information Office, where she developed and implemented creative strategies for National Library Week, Library Card Sign-Up Month, Teen Read Week and many other public awareness campaigns. Wallace is the author of Libraries, Mission and Marketing: Writing Mission Statements That Work. She has written and edited many other ALA publications, including the Campaign for America's Libraries @ your library® toolkits for public, school and academic libraries. A journalism graduate of Ohio University (Athens), Wallace worked as a newspaper reporter before becoming community relations coordinator for the Mideastern Michigan Library Cooperative, a system with more than 40 urban, suburban and rural public libraries, based in Flint. She received two Addys and two John Cotton Dana special awards for her work there and was named “Librarian of the Year” by the Flint Area Library Association.

Framing Library Instruction: A View from Within and Without (ACRL Publications in Librarianship #61)

204 pages
6” x 9”
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-8513-7
Year Published: 2009
AP Categories: L, P

Undergraduate students face innumerable challenges as they enter a world with new and different academic demands. Their success, to a large degree, depends on their being able to navigate the informational maze and to make sense of what other people have written, said, and shown. This book presents a complete examination of the cognitive aspects of students’ perceptions and uses of information. Examples that can be adapted for courses or class sessions are an integral part of the book. This volume is intended to stimulate the profession’s conversation about directions that instruction can take in the future. It is suitable for academic libraries and for library and information graduate school libraries.

2010 TTW Digital Download Set

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This set of four digital downloads is a great tool to assist your Teen Tech Week celebration!

The 2010 theme — Learn Create Share @ your library — encourages creativity and positions the library as a place to safely explore the many types of technology available at libraries, including DVDs, music, gaming, video production, online homework help, social networking, tech workshops, and more. Teen Read Week 2010 is March 7–13. For more information on Teen Tech Week, visit www.ala.org/teentechweek.

Set includes:
1 Teen Tech Week Poster File
1 Teen Tech Week Flyer
1 Teen Tech Week Web Files
1 Learn Create Share Pamphlet

To view each download's individual specs, please click the appropriate product page, linked below.

2010 National Library Week Poster File

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Use this poster files to customize and promote your National Library Week activities!

National Library Week celebrates the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians. All types of libraries— academic, public, school, and special—participate. This year's theme, Communities thrive @ your library®, illustrates how the library is at the root of a thriving community. Remind your patrons that the library is the place where people of all backgrounds grow together. Plan your National Library Week celebration with these new products. For more information on National Library Week, please visit www.ala.org/nlw.

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2010 Teen Tech Week Poster File

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Tailor this poster file to your school or library's Teen Tech Week celebration!

Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teens, librarians, educators, parents, and other concerned adults that highlights the many types of technology available to teens at libraries.

The 2010 theme — Learn Create Share @ your library — encourages creativity and positions the library as a place to safely explore the many types of technology available at libraries, including DVDs, music, gaming, video production, online homework help, social networking, tech workshops, and more. Teen Read Week 2010 is March 7–13. For more information on Teen Tech Week, visit www.ala.org/teentechweek.

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Hiring, Training, and Supervising Library Shelvers

109 pages
6" x 9"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-1010-8
Year Published: 2009
AP Categories: A, C, E, G, I

How do you find good library shelvers and keep them for more than a few months? Tunstall gives practical advice to help you do just that with a complete overview on how to hire, test, train, and retain shelvers. A complete toolkit, this book includes

Templates for signs advertising employment, screening tests, interview questions, employment letters, job descriptions, and employee assessments
The dos and don’ts of hiring and firing
Checklists for procedures and training

Every librarian will be able to hire, train, and supervise library shelvers with confidence with Tunstall’s down-to earth advice.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Looking for Recruits
2. Interviewing and Hiring
3. Training
4. Day-to-Day Supervising
5. Keeping Your Shelvers in Good Order
6. Performance Assessment
7. Working with Other Departments
8. Looking After the Supervisor
9. The Big Moves: Your Chance to Shine

Appendix: Forms and Tools
Index

About the Author

Patricia Tunstall is an information assistant at Indian Trails Public Library in Wheeling, Illinois. She spends most of her time at the reference desk helping patrons with their questions and their leisure reading choices. She was first employed as a page at Indian Trails and subsequently as the supervisor of pages and shelving. Since receiving a teaching certificate from Nottingham University in England, she has held jobs in a variety of fields. She is an occasional contributor of articles to library publications.

READ DVD Genres & Subjects

Make your own READ poster!

Everyone's a celebrity with the READ DVD!

The READ DVD allows you to make your very own customized READ posters! This latest addition to the READ Design Studio has been formatted to DVD to allow for more posters, bookmarks, and type treatments than ever before--and all on one disc! Use Genres & Subjects on its own, or mix and match with art and backgrounds from READ CDs 1 and 2 to design hundreds of unique posters and bookmarks!

System Requirements: Mac or PC; 256MB of RAM / recommended 512MB; DVD/CD-ROM drive.

Art files included represent the following subjects and genres:

fantasy

science fiction

horror

adventure

cooking

crafting

gaming

travel

comedy

classic literature

fairy tales

romance

technology

science

mystery

and more!

The ownership of the READ DVD is your license to use the ALA READ product trademark for non-profit, promotional use only.

Multiple copy discounts:
2 - 5 copies = $159 each
6 - 9 copies = $119 each
10 - 50 copies = $79 each
50+ call 1-800-545-2433, ext. 2427

For more information, or to view the complete contents, check out the READ CD Info Page.

New Moon Poster

Team Jacob
New Moon

Based on the best-selling book series, The Twilight Saga: New Moon is the highly anticipated next installment to the movie Twilight. With over 53 million books in print, hundreds of fan sites, and numerous critical accolades and awards, Twilight has become a worldwide sensation and cultural phenomenon that has defined a generation. In New Moon, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested.

22" x 34"

Libraries Got Game: Aligned Learning through Modern Board Games

134 pages
6" x 9"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-1009-2
Year Published: 2009
AP Categories: A, C, E, G

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The high-profile topic of gaming in libraries gets thorough consideration from two educator-librarians, who explain exactly how designer board games—which are worlds apart from games produced strictly for the educational market—can become curricular staples for students of all ages. Drawing on their experience as game aficionados and developers of a nationally recognized program that brings games to school library media centers, the authors equip colleagues with everything they need to initiate a board game project with

Direct links between board games and curriculum
Suggestions for building a core collection across grade levels
Strategies for program development and implementation

From promoting the idea to teachers and administrators to aligning specific games to state and national education standards, this book will help you build a strong collection that speaks to enhanced learning and social development and is just plain fun.

Check out this title's webextras!

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Part I Reintroducing Games
Chapter 1 Designer Games
Chapter 2 Why Games Matter
Chapter 3 Redefining Resources

Part II Games for Twenty-First-Century Learners
Chapter 4 Library and Information Skills
Chapter 5 Alignment with State and National Curriculum Standards

Part III Games in School Libraries
Chapter 6 The Genesee Valley Model
Chapter 7 Starting a Game Collection

Part IV Great Games for School Libraries
Chapter 8 Top Recommended Games for Elementary School: Pre-K through Grade 5
Chapter 9 Top Recommended Games for Middle School: Grades 6–8
Chapter 10 Top Recommended Games for High School: Grades 9–12

Glossary of Designer Board Game Terminology
List of Games Discussed
List of Game Publishers
Index

About the Authors

Brian Mayer is a library technology specialist for Genesee Valley BOCES, an educational services agency that supports the libraries of twenty-two small, rural districts in western New York, as well as an independent library consultant on gaming in libraries. His focus is on modern board games and putting authentic games into educational settings to engage students with the curriculum. He has been instrumental in the growth of designer games as educational resources and has written several documents aligning games with national and state standards. He is the author of many articles on gaming in libraries and writes on the subject in his blog Library Gamer. Mayer earned his elementary teaching certification at Buffalo State and his MLS at the University of Buffalo.

Christopher Harris, author of the blog Infomancy, is the coordinator of the school library system for Genesee Valley BOCES. In addition to his writing on Infomancy, he is a regular technology columnist for School Library Journal, talking about “The Next Big Thing.” Along with Andy Austin, Harris wrote an ALA TechSource Library Technology Reports issue on using the open source Drupal content management framework in libraries, which was published in 2008. He was a participant in the first ALA Emerging Leaders program in 2007 and was honored as a Library Journal Mover and Shaker in 2008. An avid gamer, Harris was a member of the ALA/Verizon Foundation Gaming and Literacies grant national panel of experts.

2010 Teen Tech Week Flyer

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This downloadable flyer allows you to customize and promote your participation in Teen Tech Week!

Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teens, librarians, educators, parents, and other concerned adults that highlights the many types of technology available to teens at libraries.

The 2010 theme — Learn Create Share @ your library — encourages creativity and positions the library as a place to safely explore the many types of technology available at libraries, including DVDs, music, gaming, video production, online homework help, social networking, tech workshops, and more. Teen Read Week 2010 is March 7–13. For more information on Teen Tech Week, visit www.ala.org/teentechweek.

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Learn Create Share Pamphlet Download

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Selected by YALSA, the list of books, audiobooks, and websites contained in the pamphlet will guide teens towards all sorts of ways to get connected! A great handout that promotes this year's Teen Tech Week theme, Learn Create Share!

The 2010 theme — Learn Create Share @ your library — encourages creativity and positions the library as a place to safely explore the many types of technology available at libraries, including DVDs, music, gaming, video production, online homework help, social networking, tech workshops, and more. Teen Read Week 2010 is March 7–13. For more information on Teen Tech Week, visit www.ala.org/teentechweek.

This 2-page PDF is formatted for 8-1/2" x 14", legal-sized paper. Once printed (2-sided), the sheet is designed to be folded into a handy 8-1/2" x 3-1/2" pamphlet for a great giveaway! Download contains both a color and black and white version of the pamphlet.

2010 Teen Tech Week Web Files

Please note digital downloads may only be purchased using a credit card. If purchased using a purchase order, the account will be billed but downloads will be inaccessible.

Use these web files on your website and other digital outlets to promote your participation in Teen Tech Week!

Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teens, librarians, educators, parents, and other concerned adults that highlights the many types of technology available to teens at libraries.

The 2010 theme — Learn Create Share @ your library — encourages creativity and positions the library as a place to safely explore the many types of technology available at libraries, including DVDs, music, gaming, video production, online homework help, social networking, tech workshops, and more. Teen Read Week 2010 is March 7–13. For more information on Teen Tech Week, visit www.ala.org/teentechweek.

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2010 National Library Week Web Files

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Use this set of three web files to promote your National Library Week activities on your website and other digital outlets!

National Library Week celebrates the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians. All types of libraries— academic, public, school, and special—participate. This year's theme, Communities thrive @ your library®, illustrates how the library is at the root of a thriving community. Remind your patrons that the library is the place where people of all backgrounds grow together. Plan your National Library Week celebration with these new products. For more information on National Library Week, please visit www.ala.org/nlw.

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Moving Your Library: Getting the Collection from Here to There

192 pages
8.5" x 11"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-0994-2
Year Published: 2009
AP Categories: A, C, E, G, I

The task of moving collections of books and other materials can be overwhelming as library facilities evolve to reflect changing demographics and use patterns. Author and experienced mover Steven Carl Fortriede has everything you need to get the job done quickly and efficiently with step-by-step directions, diagrams, spreadsheets, and photos. Readers will learn

How to plan a library move
Which method is best for a particular situation
How to recruit and train workers
What tools and supplies are needed

Everything you need for the move is included—even specifications for boxes, moving carts, sorting trays, and a worksheet to calculate shelving layouts and growth rates. Moving Your Library is the complete kit for any librarian facing the daunting prospect of moving a library collection.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Part I: Planning

Chapter 1 Overview of a Move

Chapter 2 Planning the Process

Chapter 3 Selecting a Method

Chapter 4 Measuring the Collection and Designing the Shelving Layout

Chapter 5 Interfiling and Dividing Collections

Chapter 6 Recruiting and Training Move Workers

Chapter 7 Assembling Tools and Supplies

Chapter 8 Preparing the Workspaces

Chapter 9 The Other Move

Part II: Moving

Chapter 10 Preparing to Move

Chapter 11 Moving with Carts

Chapter 12 Moving with Boxes

Chapter 13 Balancing the Move

Chapter 14 Moving Microforms

Chapter 15 Special Situations

Chapter 16 Finishing Up

Appendixes

A Specifications for Boxes

B Specifications for Move Carts and Sorting Trays

C Worksheet to Calculate Shelving Layout and Growth Rates

D Signage

E Sample Request for Quotes for an Office Move

Index

About the Author

Steven Carl Fortriede retired as associate director of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after more than forty years in the library profession. Fortriede received a BS in education from Ball State University and an MLS from Western Michigan University in 1971. A year later he was assigned, rather abruptly, to move his first library. Since that time he has directed, or consulted for, more than twenty moves for libraries ranging from a few thousand to nearly four million items. He has also been responsible for many space planning and library design projects.

Moving Materials: Physical Delivery in Libraries

202 pages
6" x 9"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-1001-6
Year Published: 2009
AP Categories: A, C, E, I

Read a sample chapter and the book’s index now!

Picking, packing, delivering, and returning library materials can be very time consuming and expensive; yet, it is one of the most important and least understood functions within a library. Until now, little time has been spent studying, exploring, or writing about the physical delivery of library materials.

Moving Materials is the guide to contemporary logistics management for libraries. Eleven experts in the field explore every aspect of this multi-million dollar function, so readers will learn

The impact of pricing on delivery services

Managing in-house delivery systems

The value of outsourcing physical delivery to a carrier service

Details about routing and materials management systems

New technologies and the impact of library 2.0 on physical delivery

The how-to's of home delivery

Moving Materials is a practical, useful handbook for library managers who want to save money and offer quality materials to their patrons.

Table of Contents

Preface

I. The Current Landscape of Physical Delivery

1. Delivery: The Forgotten Function

Valerie Horton

2. Factors Influencing Delivery Options

Valerie Horton and Brenda Bailey-Hainer

3. Physical Delivery Service Organization

Bruce Smith

II. Library Delivery Service Models

4. Creating an In-House Delivery System

Bruce Smith

5. Outsourcing Delivery Services

Valerie Horton and Greg Pronevitz

6. Contractual Vendor Relations

David Millikin and Brenda Bailey-Hainer

III. Managing Physical Delivery Services

7. Routing and Materials Management Systems

Bruce Smith and Valerie Horton

8. Growth Management Solutions

Valerie Horton, Ivan Gaetz, and Bruce Smith

9. Managing Participating Libraries’ Relationships

Valerie Horton

10. Managing the Delivery Service

Valerie Horton, Lisa Priebe, and Melissa Stockton

IV. The Future of Physical Delivery

11. Home Delivery

Lori Ayre and Jim Myers

12. Connecting Courier Services

Valerie Horton

Glossary

Bibliography

List of Contributors

Index

About the Authors
Valerie Horton became the first director of the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) in November 2004. CLiC is a statewide consortium that provides courier service, continuing education, cooperative purchase, and other library support services across Colorado. Prior to that, she was Director of the Library at Mesa State College in Grand Junction for seven years. She came to Mesa State after ten years at New Mexico State University where she was Head of Systems, and for a time, Library Budget Director/Associate Director. During her tenure in New Mexico, Valerie received an ALA International Fellowship and spent a year in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, where she consulted with the Office of the Prime Minister on how to automate the country’s public, school and government libraries. She started her professional career as a systems librarian at Brown University in Providence, RI, after graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1984.

Bruce Smith is the Delivery Services Coordinator for the South Central Library System (SCLS). Bruce has been employed by SCLS Delivery Services for 14 years, serving as the Operations Manager and Coordinator since 1996. SCLS is a regional public library system serving 52 member libraries in 7 counties with headquarters in Madison, WI. SCLS Delivery handles approximately 6 million shipped items sent by its member libraries. SCLS also serves as the primary statewide library delivery service for the Wisconsin Libraries' Delivery Network. SCLS provides transport for more than 750,000 ILL items sent by the more than 700 libraries connected to the statewide network. SCLS operates it own delivery service at a centralized sorting facility using a fleet of 24 vehicles that make more than 50,000 annual stops and travel more than 750,000 yearly miles. Bruce has six previous years of experience in the transportation business in the areas of building supply, grocery and expedited package delivery.

2010 CPW Bookmark

I am not an open book!

Mark your place in the Choose Privacy celebration with this two-sided bookmark. Choose Privacy Week is a new initiative that invites library users into a national conversation about privacy rights in a digital age. The campaign gives libraries the resources they need to educate and engage users, helping citizens think critically and make more informed choices about their privacy. Print and online tools provide libraries with out-of-the-box programming and outreach.

Choose Privacy Week is a project of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. For more information about Choose Privacy Week, visit www.privacyrevolution.org.

2" x 6"
100/pack
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