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Engage in Public Scholarship: A Guidebook on Feminist and Accessible Communication - Paperback

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by Alex D. Ketchum (Author)An intersectional feminist guidebook on how to engage in public scholarship. Public scholarship--sharing research with audiences outside of academic settings--has become increasingly necessary to counter the rise of misinformation, fill gaps from cuts to traditional media, and increase the reach of important scholarship. Engaging in these efforts often comes with the risk of harassment and threats--especially for women, people of color, queer communities, and preca...

Project Management in Libraries: On Time, On Budget, On Target - Paperback

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by Carly W. Searcy (Author)A recent study showed that only 53 percent of projects come in on budget and only 49 percent on schedule. So what does it take to be an on-budget, on-time finisher? Successful project management may seem like a quixotic pursuit, but it doesn't have to be. Searcy, a certified Project Management Professional as well as a librarian, takes readers through mastering the key skills that will make it happen: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing. Applyin...

Collection Development and Management for 21st Century Library Collections: An Introduction - Paperback

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by Vicki L. Gregory (Author)Packed with discussion questions, activities, suggested additional references, selected readings, and many other features that speak directly to students and library professionals, Gregory's Collection Development and Management for 21st Century Library Collections is a comprehensive handbook that also shares myriad insightful ideas and approaches valuable to experienced practitioners. This new second edition brings an already stellar text fully up to date, present...

Fear, Hate, and Victimhood: How George Wallace Wrote the Donald Trump Playbook - Paperback

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by Andrew E. Stoner (Author)When Donald Trump announced his campaign for president in 2015, journalists, historians, and politicians alike attempted to compare his candidacy to that of Governor George Wallace. Like Trump, Wallace, who launched four presidential campaigns between 1964 and 1976, utilized rhetoric based in resentment, nationalism, and anger to sway and eventually captivate voters among America's white majority. Though separated by almost half a century, the campaigns of both Wal...

Rethinking the New Technology of Journalism: How Slowing Down Will Save the News - Hardcover

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by Seong Jae Min (Author)Explores the role of technology in journalism using historical narratives and empirical analysis. Argues for slower-paced journalism that prioritizes long-term collaboration and reflection to enhance journalism's core missions and functions in society.Author Biography Seong Jae Min is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Pace University. He is the author of As Democracy Goes, So Does Journalism: Evolution of Journalism in Liberal, Deliberative, and Particip...

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Rethinking the New Technology of Journalism: How Slowing Down Will Save the News - Paperback

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A Guide to Using the Anonymous Web in Libraries and Information Organizations: Enhancing Patron Privacy and Information Access - Paperback

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by Brady D. Lund (Author), Matthew A. Beckstrom (Author)A Guide to Using the Anonymous Web in Libraries and Information Organizations provides practical guidance to those who are interested in integrating the anonymous web into their services. It will be particularly useful to those seeking to promote enhanced privacy for their patrons. The book begins by explaining, in simple terms, what the anonymous web is, how it works, and its benefits for users. Lund and Beckstrom also explain why they...

Speak & Meet Virtually: Go from Zoom Fatigue, Online Meeting Boredom, and Impersonal Presentations to Engaging, Efficient, and Empowering Web - Hardcover

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by Mike Acker (Author)The COVID-19 lockdowns may be over but virtual communication is here to stay and the companies that can embrace the new technology without losing their core will have the best shot at succeeding. The new normal includes workers that expect greater flexibility, changing modes of interactions, and the decline of geographical limitations. This has created a unique opportunity for those individuals and companies willing to invest in upping their game: Companies that embrace...

Visual Ethics: A Guide for Photographers, Journalists, and Media Makers - Paperback

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by Paul Martin Lester (Author), Stephanie A. Martin (Author), Martin Smith-Rodden (Author)An indispensable guide to visual ethics, this book addresses the need for critical thinking and ethical behavior among students and professionals responsible for a variety of mass media visual messages. Written for an ever-growing discipline, authors Paul Martin Lester, Stephanie A. Martin, and Martin Rodden-Smith give serious ethical consideration to the complex field of visual communication. The book c...

Linguistic Variation: Structure and Interpretation - Paperback

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by Ludovico Franco (Editor), Paolo Lorusso (Editor)The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that add...

A Grammar of Southern Min: The Hui'an Dialect - Paperback

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by Weirong Chen (Author)Southern Min (also known as Hokkien or Minnan) is a major branch of Chinese spoken mainly in Fujian and Taiwan, but also in Guangdong, Hainan and Hong Kong, as well as in many countries of Southeast Asia. Highly conservative in its linguistic profile, it is considered by many scholars to be a living language fossil due to the preservation of many archaic features that reflect its long-lasting history and culture. Yet to date there has been no comprehensive study of Sou...

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The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide: Expanded Genres Edition: Prompts and Activities to Create Compelling Characters for Horror, Sci-Fi, X-Punk - Paperback

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by James D'Amato (Author)Take your skyship pirate, haunted waif, or alien scientist to the next level with this fun, interactive book of exercises to help you build your RPG character's backstory--made specifically for the genres you love to play. You can now explore new RPG character ideas with this character backstory guide to the most popular RPG genres beyond fantasy, from sci-fi to horror and superhero to western-themed games. This latest guide from One Shot creator and RPG expert James ...

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by Amy McDonald (Author)From checking out books to playing games on computers, there is so much to do at the library! This engaging title uses easy-to-read text and colorful photos to introduce these community places to beginning readers. Features highlight library activities and reiterate important parts of the library. This title is sure to turn young readers into library lovers! Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.3 x 9.2 x 6.6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 01, 2022

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by Amy McDonald (Author)Letters, packages, and magazines--so many things go through the post office! This beginning title offers a tour of these community places through colorful photos and easy-to-read text. Simple features include labeled diagrams and post office activities. Students just beginning to read independently will love this inside look at this familiar place! Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.3 x 9.1 x 6.7 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 01, 2022

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by Thomas Gray (Author)The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are availab...

Teaching World Languages for Specific Purposes: A Practical Guide - Hardcover

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by Diana M. Ruggiero (Author)Teaching World Languages for Specific Purposes provides learner-centered strategies, models, and resources for the development of WLSP curricula, inviting scholars, educators, and professionals of all areas of world language specialization to create new opportunities for their students.Author BiographyDiana M. Ruggiero is an associate professor of Spanish at the University of Memphis, where she has developed and taught several WLSP courses, including Spanish for H...

Virtual Technical Services: A Handbook - Paperback

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by Mary Beth Weber (Author), Melissa de Fino (Author)Prior to the COVID pandemic, there was little published information to guide technical services operations on how to deal with crises and emergencies. Viewed as a backroom operation by administration, little thought historically has been given to how these employees might protect equipment and resources and continue to provide services that seamlessly support the rest of the library. Virtual Technical Services: A Handbook is the first to ad...

Everything You Need to Know About Commas - Hardcover

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by Giacomo Giammatteo (Author)Of all the punctuation marks, the lowly comma may be the most misunderstood and most misused. Some writers use too many, some not enough, and some just place them in the wrong place. This book will help. It explains where to use commas and how to use them, and in many cases even why to use them. It also explains when you can break the so-called rules and use commas the way you want. Best of all, it does all this without resorting to complex grammatical terms. Eve...

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Radically Inclusive Teaching with Newcomer and Emergent Plurilingual Students: Braving Up - Paperback

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by Alison G. Dover (Author), Rodríguez-Valls (Author), Ofelia García (Foreword by)Learn how to enact curricular, pedagogical, and policy shifts that nourish students' linguistic repertoires, redefine teaching and learning as reciprocal endeavors, promote student-to-student interactions that help newcomers feel less isolated, and create opportunities for students to experiment with language in both academic and informal settings. Drawing on their experience working with hundreds of educators a...

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by Harold A. Innis (Author), William J. Buxton (Editor), William J. Buxton (Introduction by)This edition of Empire and Communications enriches Harold A. Innis's examination of the relationship between communications and power structures. Number of Pages: 288 Dimensions: 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN Publication Date: August 08, 2022

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Magazines and the American Experience: Highlights from the Collection of Steven Lomazow, M.D. - Hardcover

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by Steven Lomazow (Author), Heather Haveman (Introduction by), Leonard Banco (Contribution by)A gorgeously illustrated tour of several centuries of American magazine history. The history of the American magazine is intricately entwined with the history of the nation itself. In the colonial eighteenth century, magazines were crucial outlets for revolutionary thought, with the first statement of American independence appearing in Thomas Paine's Pennsylvania Magazine in June 1776. In the eight...

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Taming the Tongue in the Heyday of English Grammar (1711-1851) - Hardcover

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by Bryan A. Garner (Author)An exploration of a surprisingly combative period in the history of English grammar. Heated arguments can break out over many things: slander, insults to a person's honor--and, during one period in English history, grammar. In his new book detailing the controversies and fraught histories that accompanied efforts to regularize English grammar, Bryan A. Garner shows that the grammarians of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were a surprisingly contentious and o...

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One Hundred Books Famous in Typography - Hardcover

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by Jerry Kelly (Author), Sebastian Carter (Foreword by)The story of a foundational aspect of publishing, from Gutenberg's press to today's digital type. It's common knowledge that the name Gutenberg and the words "moveable type" go together. What's far less known is that Garamond, Baskerville, and Bodoni aren't just font options in a word processing dropdown menu, but the names of some of the real punchcutters and type designers who raised the essential work of typography to the level of art...

Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom; v.1 - Hardcover

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by Edward B. (Edward Burnett) 18 Tylor (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enoug...

A Dictionary of the English Language [microform]: Containing the Pronunciation, Etymology & Explanation of All Words Authorized by Eminent Writers: to - Hardcover

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by Alexander 1802-1860 Reid (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserv...

Reflections of a Traveling Teacher: A Year on a Teacher Exchange Program in Canada - Paperback

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by Maria Lacey (Author)Stepping out into a different world Maria and Tony Lacey left Australia's hot summer behind them and landed in Canada in the depths of a freezing winter so that Maria could undertake an International Teaching Fellowship. Maria's extensive diaries have been transformed into a compelling read. Discover how she navigated snowy roads on the wrong side in the dark, encountered students with different attitudes, practices and slang, attempted snowy and icy sports with minima...

The Vocabulary of High School Latin, Being the Vocabulary of: Caesar's Gallic War, Books I-V; Cicero Against Cataline, on Pompey's Command, for the Po - Paperback

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by Gonzalez 1863-1942 Lodge (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserv...

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by Carl Harvey (Editor), Audrey Church (Editor)Highlighting activities and discussion questions that will pique student interest and facilitate instruction, the 8th edition of this well-known school library text gathers management articles into a ready-to-use volume that showcases current best practices. This 8th edition of School Library Management offers a fully updated collection of articles designed to guide both new and practicing school librarians. It gathers information about the issue...

The New Testament: Translated From the Original Greek, With Chronological Arrangement of the Sacred Books, and Improved Divisions of Chapters and Vers - Hardcover

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by Leicester A. (Leicester Ambro Sawyer (Created by), M. John P. Jewett and Company (Boston (Created by), Massachusetts Bible Society (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyr...

A Field Guide to Community Literacy: Case Studies and Tools for Praxis, Evaluation, and Research - Paperback

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by Laurie A. Henry (Editor), Norman A. Stahl (Editor)This practical guidebook presents trends, research-grounded strategies, and field-based solutions to challenges of working in community-based literacy initiatives. A comprehensive guide for practitioners, this book addresses best practices for implementing, maintaining, expanding, and evaluating community-based literacy initiatives. The contributors in this volume help readers shift thinking from merely considering, "How can communities sup...

How to Speak and Write the English Language Correctly [microform]: Specially Arranged for Teachers, Students and Persons Speaking and Writing Other La - Paperback

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by R. (Robert) 1870-1950 Goltman (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to b...

Fundraising for Impact in Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Making the Case to Government, Foundation, Corporate, and Individual Funders - Paperback

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by Kathryn K. Matthew (Author)Fundraising for Impact in Libraries, Archives, and Museums provides practical advice that will help LAMs reassess how to leverage their organizational assets in ways that support communities and help to forge productive relationships with foundation, individual, corporate, and government funders. Drawing on the insights gleaned from interviews with more than 100 international LAM practitioners, the book examines the common fundraising challenges that LAM institu...