We had such a great time at Computers in Libraries! In case you missed it, here are some photos from our booth.

Jill Hurst-Wahl, co-author of "The Information and Knowledge Professional's Career Handbook"

Ellyssa Kroski, editor of the award-winning "TECH SET"

Lisa Thomas, contributing author of "An Overview of the Changing Role of the Systems Librarian"

Neal-Schuman Vice President of Business and Finance Kathryn Suárez and Holly Hibner, co-author of "Making a Collection Count"

Comments Off

Michele Gorman is the winner of the Thinking Big About Advocacy for a teen video series promoting the library, given by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). According to American Libraries, teen services staff involved with the Teen Advocacy Video Project created four videos showcasing testimonials from teenagers about how libraries have made a difference in their lives. Gorman is the teen services director for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in Charlotte, N.C., and is the author of Connecting Young Adults and Libraries, Fourth Edition.

Comments Off

March 30, 2011 (New York, NY) — Stuck in a climate still recovering from the worst recession since World War II, library and information science professionals continue to face jeopardized job security and unanticipated layoffs. Coping with the professional and psychological implications of job loss can be devastating, but with Recovery, Reframing and Renewal: Surviving an Information Science Career Crisis in a Time of Change, to be released by Neal-Schuman Publishers on April 30, 2011, readers will receive valuable advice on recovering and gaining the skills necessary for restarting their careers.

Oliver Cutshaw, currently Head Librarian for the Chicago School of Professional Psychology campuses of Southern California, uses his personal experiences with recovering from a career crisis as a basis for the practical guidance he offers in this book. Following the mantra, “You can not only survive but thrive in these times of change,” he describes his journey, citing his failures along with his successes, so readers can learn from these lessons. He then suggests different ways career crises come about, before taking readers through the first step of grieving a job loss. Next, Cutshaw looks at the stages necessary for rebuilding a career. He discusses re-envisioning a career, taking a fresh look at oneself and his or her skills to focus the job hunt, before explaining how to reframe skills to prepare for the job search, covering essentials like the résumé, the cover letter, references, and applications. He then describes psychological preparation necessary for the difficult road ahead. Cutshaw also looks at what to do after receiving a job offer, considering logistics like pay, location, and environment, as well as what professional organizations and graduate schools can do to create a better professional support system. In his conclusion, he explains the basis for his advice and offers some final support to his readers.

Any LIS professional re-evaluating his or her career or facing a career crisis will benefit from the helpful guidance from someone who has gone through the same experience in Recovery, Reframing and Renewal: Surviving an Information Science Career Crisis in a Time of Change. People in other fields may also benefit from the general career advice in the book as well.

Recovery, Reframing and Renewal: Surviving an Information Science Career Crisis in a Time of Change

ISBN 978-1-84334-632-6.
2011. 6 x 9. 152 pp. $ 80.00.

About the Author

Oliver Cutshaw is Head Librarian for the Chicago School of Professional Psychology campuses of Southern California. He previously worked as Binding Librarian at Harvard University’s Widener Library.

About Neal-Schuman Publishers and Chandos Publishing

Founded in 1976, Neal-Schuman Publishers is based in New York City with offices in London, UK. Neal-Schuman is a leading publisher of professional and academic titles in all areas of library and information studies. Since June 2009, Neal-Schuman has also been the exclusive North American distributor for titles from the United Kingdom’s Chandos Publishing, a division of Woodhead Publishing Limited.  Chandos books are a leading, highly practical source of authoritative information for professionals and researchers worldwide.

For More Information and/or Cover Art

Contact Laura Berlinsky-Schine

laura.berlinsky-schine@neal-schuman.com

100 William Street, Suite 2004

New York, NY 10038

212-925-8650

www.neal-schuman.com

Comments Off

Is your library up-to-date with current medical information? Cutting-edge resources from the Medical Library Association (MLA) give you the most relevant health and medical information available. Now you can save 20% on your entire purchase when you place a standing order.

Check out the brand-new Medical Library Association’s Guide to Managing Health Care Libraries, Second Edition, an extensively revised edition of the book Library Journal called “the gold standard in its field.” This book brings that invaluable content up to date, tackling important changes in technology and the increasing financial pressures that have affected both the health care and library industries. A companion CD-ROM offers numerous management documents, forms, and live Web links.

And don’t forget to pre-order your copy of The Medical Library Association’s Master Guide to Authoritative Information Resources in the Health Sciences, available this April. Encompassing 35 specialties, plus additional sub-specialties, providing over 1,600 authoritative recommendations, covering both the monographic and serial literature–print, digital, and online formats–this unique guide is an indispensable tool for librarians who must differentiate among the many choices of medical resources.

Other new releases and timeless classics from the MLA include:

The Medical Library Association Guide to Finding Out About Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Health Informatics for Medical Librarians

The Medical Library Association’s Essential Guide to Becoming an Expert Searcher

Answering Consumer Health Questions

Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences

Answers to Health Questions People Ask in Libraries

The Medical Library Association’s Guide to Health Literacy at the Library

…and many more!

If you wish to keep your library’s collection current on future MLA titles, place a standing order and benefit immediately by saving 20% on your whole order! Just click on the link and follow the instructions.

Comments Off

March 15, 2011—THE TECH SET®, created and edited by Ellyssa Kroski and co-published by Neal-Schuman Publishers and the Library Information Technology Association (LITA), is the winner of the 2011 Greenwood Publishing Group Award for the Best Book in Library Literature, the American Library Association announced yesterday. The Award committee praised the “creative, innovate approach” of this ten-volume primer that shows librarians how to employ new technologies to create, deliver, and market new user services.

The committee further lauded the series for “covering a wide variety of timely topics, providing a way to keep the topics updated and interactive, and for being written in an easy-to-understand manner for readers both at the beginning of their quest for information and those more advanced who want an overview and updated information online.”

THE TECH SET® includes ten printed books, ten wikis, and ten podcasts that cover topics such as social networking, mobile technologies, blogging, webcasts, gaming, and other current technologies that aid and improve libraries. Each of the ten authors is a recognized expert in their field and their expertise in THE TECH SET® has met widespread acclaim. Library Journal wrote, “These books will become well-thumbed, dog-eared references for anyone charged with determining or implementing the next generation of patron services” (June 2010).

Contributing authors include Marshall Breeding (Next-Gen Library Catalogs),  Jason Griffey (Mobile Technology and Libraries), Robin M. Hastings (Microblogging and Lifestreaming in Libraries), Thomas Sean Casserley Robinson (Library Videos and Webcasts), Lauren Pressley (Wikis for Libraries), Sarah Houghton-Jan (Technology Training in Libraries), Cliff Landis (A Social Networking Primer for Librarians), Steve Lawson (Library Camps and Unconferences), Kelly Nicole Czarnecki (Gaming in Libraries) and Connie Crosby (Effective Blogging for Libraries).

Ellyssa Kroski

Kroski is the Emerging Technologies and Web Services Librarian at Barnard College as well as a writer, educator, international conference speaker, and blogger. She is an adjunct faculty member teaching emerging technologies at Long Island University, Pratt Institute, and San Jose University.

“We congratulate Ellyssa and the ten TECH SET® authors on this much-deserved recognition.   There’s no question that the expert guidance in these books is helping librarians across the country use technology to develop new services that strengthen both their library and their community,” said Neal-Schuman Director of Publishing, Charles Harmon.

About Neal-Schuman Publishers

Founded in 1976, Neal-Schuman Publishers is based in New York City with offices in London, UK. Neal-Schuman is a leading publisher of professional and academic titles in all areas of library and information studies.

About LITA

As the center of expertise about information technology, the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) leads in exploring and enabling new technologies to empower libraries.

For more information on THE TECH SET® and special pricing on multi-copy orders contact:

Kathryn Suárez

Vice President, Business Development

Neal-Schuman Publishers

100 William Street, Suite 2004

New York, NY  10038

Phone: 212 925-8650

Fax: 212 219-8916

Suarez.kathryn@neal-schuman.com

www.neal-schuman.com

Comments Off

March 10, 2011 (New York, NY) — E-books have emerged as one of the most revolutionary and widely used publishing platforms, yet there is little published material on the subject. On April 30, 2011, Neal-Schuman will release E-Books in Libraries: A Practical Guide, a landmark title that will answer all of librarians’ questions on practices, trends, and other information surrounding the e-book phenomenon.

Editors Kate Price and Virginia Havergal have assembled contributions from experts in a wide range of fields, including information technology, academia, publishing, digital resources, and information services. Contributing authors begin with a history of e-books, before describing how e-books come to be and are sold and produced. Next, contributors look at managing e-texts in public libraries, further education, and higher education. They then delve into the practicalities of delivering e-books to readers, encompassing a range of issues like cataloguing, technical issues, training, and support. They also explore reader engagement. Finally, contributors examine the future of e-books, looking into how they will become more universally used, and what the e-book landscape might look like. The editors and authors include plenty of Web links and references for further information.

Librarians developing an e-book collection from scratch or maintaining an existing one will find all the tools they need in E-Books in Libraries: A Practical Guide, one of the first books of its kind.

E-Books in Libraries: A Practical Guide

ISBN 978-1-85604-572-8.
2011. 6 x 9. 327 pp.  $95.00.

About the Authors

Virginia Havergal is a Learning Centers and e-Resources Manager for Petroc, a further education college in Devon, U.K.

Kate Price is Head of E-Strategy and Resources at the University of Surrey, U.K.

About Neal-Schuman Publishers and Facet Publishing

Facet Publishing titles are exclusively available in the United States through Neal-Schuman Publishers, a leading provider of library management, Internet, and information technology resources. Facet is the imprint of the prestigious Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (formerly the Library Association). Founded in 1976, Neal-Schuman Publishers is based in New York City with offices in London, U.K.

For More Information and/or Cover Art

Contact Laura Berlinsky-Schine

laura.berlinsky-schine@neal-schuman.com

100 William Street, Suite 2004

New York, NY 10038

212-925-8650

www.neal-schuman.com

Comments Off