For those interested in recharging their career, exploring new places, or gaining unique experience, Carlyle and Winn’s approachable and pragmatic volume Your Passport to International Librarianship will prove useful. The book covers the entire process of working internationally as a librarian, including visiting libraries while on personal vacations, as well as volunteering with international organizations, such as library nonprofits. The authors cover the benefits of international travel and volunteering, preparations necessary both personally and professionally, personal experiences, and advice for collaborating with your host library after returning home.
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One might be tempted to add this title to their collection as a much needed update on two important topics of scholarship—Pakistan and terrorism. However, the book falls short in its attempt to document “Pakistan’s troubled history” (promotional flyer).
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“I have to write a paper about Eka Dasa Rudra,” explains the teenager who has just approached the reference desk. Talk about out-of-the-blue! “How did you hear about him?,” you ask. The student explains that it isn’t a person. It’s a gathering involving hundreds of thousands of people that happens once every hundred years. Where? The student doesn’t know. “Oh wait, someplace where there are volcanoes,” she says. With a little more prompting, the student explains that the gathering takes place at a temple which was built on the slopes of a volcano. Luckily, you had the foresight to order a copy of Holidays Around the World because your hunch that this just might be some obscure religious observance proves correct. With the help of this directory, researchers may obtain interesting background information about all kinds of holidays and celebrations in all fifty US states and in more than 100 countries. Each entry provides information on that holiday’s origins and cultural or religious context, as well as a brief list of organizations to contact for further information.
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Rusa History Section Historical Materials Committee
The RUSA/CODESS Historical Section’s Historical Materials Committee follows an established method to identify the best materials for the year. The process uses standardized criteria, a broad, national call for nominations, and the work of committee members to review and select from the nominations. The 2018 Best Historical Materials’ list is a mix of digital archives, collections, indexes, and print bibliographies that promote the research of unique, rich, and specialized collections. All resources were last reviewed on January 21, 2019.—Editor
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UNO Libraries supports University of Nebraska at Omaha’s mission to transform and improve the quality of life locally, nationally, and globally through shared values of excellence, engagement, inclusion, discovery, integrity, and university spirit. We do this in part through continuous assessment and development of our learning spaces and environments. We make small changes to ensure our students feel safe, welcome, and at home, and come to see us as a trustworthy, surprising, delightful space. These small changes include developing interactive spaces along a technological continuum so everyone can take ownership of the library in some way.
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Service learning is a type of experiential learning through which students learn while engaged in a service project. A librarian’s role might involve helping students frame research questions, introducing library resources, or teaching information literacy concepts. In “Introduction to Library Service and Learning,” the editors note the transformative learning potential of service learning opportunities. These types of learning experiences allow students more self-direction and a chance to have a real impact on the community; they are hands-on, student-focused, and authentic. Twenty-one chapters detail unique examples of how academic librarians collaborated with campus or community partners to integrate the library into a service learning project. A final chapter presents a review of literature on service learning that complements the book’s contents.
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The BRASS Best of the Best Business Reference Web Resources Award was established in 2009. The award recognizes three websites highly relevant to information professionals involved in providing business reference services. The websites are nominated and selected by the BRASS Education Committee members in October–November. The criteria include the quality of content, ease of use, and technical execution.Correspondence concerning this column should be directed to Robbi De Peri, Business Librarian, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (BRASS Education Committee Co-Chair, 2018–2019); email: robbi.deperi@vanderbilt.edu.
BRASS最佳商业参考网络资源奖成立于2009年。该奖项旨在表彰三个与提供商业参考服务的信息专业人士高度相关的网站。这些网站由BRASS教育委员会成员在10 - 11月提名和评选。这些标准包括内容的质量、易用性和技术执行。有关本专栏的信件应发给田纳西州纳什维尔范德比尔特大学商业图书管理员robbie De Peri (BRASS教育委员会联合主席，2018-2019);电子邮件:robbi.deperi@vanderbilt.edu。
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This is perhaps one of the more sizeable and useful Holocaust reference titles this reviewer has come across. Complete with two volumes of A–Z entries and two volumes of supplementary primary source material (“Testimonies” and “Documents”), editors Bartrop and Dickerman have assembled a noteworthy resource for beginning research on a wide range of Holocaust-related topics.
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Imagine that you are the most devoted fan of your favorite thing, be it NASCAR, collecting salt and pepper shakers, or birdwatching. From childhood on, your interest in the minutiae regarding the subject of your fandom only grows. Eventually, your dream comes true, and you write an encyclopedia about your favorite subject. This scenario seems likely as this reviewer considers how Howard Maxford’s Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company came into being.
想象一下，你是你最喜欢的事情的忠实粉丝，无论是纳斯卡赛车，收集盐和胡椒瓶，还是观鸟。从孩提时代起，你对你所喜爱的主题的细枝末节的兴趣只会增长。最终，你的梦想实现了，你写了一本关于你最喜欢的主题的百科全书。这种情况似乎很有可能发生，因为这个评论者认为Howard Maxford的《Hammer Complete: The Films, The Personnel, The Company》是如何形成的。
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Professional wrestling is one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the world, delivering spectacles that are equal parts athletic competition and theatrical performance. As pro wrestlers have grown in stature from local heroes to worldwide superstars, so too has the wrestling industry grown from traveling road shows to globally televised productions. Despite the massive success of pro wrestling, a literature search reveals a dearth of reference guides and scholarly analysis on the subject. In Pro Wrestling: A Comprehensive Reference Guide, author Lew Freedman provides a much-needed guide for newcomers to this unique hybrid of sport and performing art.
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