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Cataloging library materials for children in the internet age has never been as challenging or as important. RDA: Resource Description and Access is now the descriptive standard, there are new ways to find materials using classifications, and subject heading access has been greatly enhanced by the keyword capabilities of today’s online catalogs. It’s the perfect moment to present a completely overhauled edition of this acclaimed bestseller. The new sixth edition guides catalogers, children’s librarians, and LIS students in taking an effective approach towards materials intended for children and young adults. Informed by recent studies of how children search, this handbook’s top-to-bottom revisions address areas such as

• how RDA applies to a variety of children’s materials, with examples provided;  
• authority control, bibliographic description, subject access, and linked data;
• electronic resources and other non-book materials; and
• cataloging for non-English-speaking and preliterate children.

The Charleston Conference continues to be a major event for information and idea exchange among librarians, vendors, and publishers. Now in its forty-third year, the conference continues to be one of the most popular library‐related conferences in the United States and globally. 2023 was an important year for the Charleston Conference, as the Charleston Hub was acquired by nonprofit science publisher Annual Reviews in October of this year. The acquisition has proven to be a good fit, and everything you know and love about Charleston, under the same team and leadership, will continue with additional support from Annual Reviews.

With strong numbers for 2023, conference attendees continue to remark on the informative and thought‐provoking sessions. The conference provides a casual, collegial atmosphere where librarians, publishers, and vendors talk freely and directly about issues facing their libraries and information providers. All of this interaction occurs in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. The proceedings continue to be edited by: Beth R. Bernhardt, Consortia Account Manager at Oxford University Press; Leah Hinds, Executive Director of the Charleston Hub; and Lars Meyer, Associate University Librarian for Access and Resource Services, Emory University Libraries. We are pleased to share some of the learning experiences that we and other attendees had at the conference.

The Charleston Conference remains a leading international gathering for the exchange of ideas among librarians, publishers, and vendors. Now in its forty-fourth year, the conference continues to thrive as one of the most dynamic and engaging events in the library and information community. Building on the momentum of 2023, when the Charleston Hub joined nonprofit science publisher Annual Reviews, the 2024 conference marked the first full year of this exciting collaboration. The partnership has strengthened Charleston’s mission to foster open dialogue, innovation, and collaboration across all sectors of scholarly communication while preserving the collegial, independent spirit that makes Charleston unique.

The 2024 meeting once again delivered strong participation and rich discussion on emerging issues shaping libraries, publishing, and research. Attendees consistently highlight the Charleston Conference’s relaxed, inclusive atmosphere, where professionals from all corners of the information world come together to share insights and challenge assumptions. Set against the historic and welcoming backdrop of Charleston, South Carolina, the event continues to inspire and connect our global community.

The proceedings are edited by Beth R. Bernhardt, Consortia Account Manager at Oxford University Press; Leah Hinds, Executive Director of the Charleston Hub; and Lars Meyer, Associate University Librarian for Access and Resource Services at Emory University Libraries. We are pleased to share highlights, key themes, and reflections from another memorable year of learning and exchange at the Charleston Conference.

The Charleston Conference continues to be a major event for information and idea exchange among librarians, vendors, and publishers. 2020 was a year for the history books in every way, with a global pandemic shutting down the world for most of the year. Events pivoted from in-person to virtual in record-breaking times and the Charleston Conference was no exception. The Conference saw a surge in attendance with an almost 150% increase from 2019, and Conference attendees continued to remark on the informative and thought‐ provoking sessions in a virtual environment.

This is the sixteenth year that Beth R. Bernhardt, Consortia Account Manager at Oxford University Press, has put together the proceedings from the Conference. It’s the twelfth year for Leah Hinds, Executive Director, and the fourth year that we are joined by Lars Meyer, Director, Access & Resource Services, Library & Information Technology Services at Emory University. We are pleased to share some of the learning experiences that we, and other attendees, had at the conference.

The Charleston Conference continues to be a major event for information and idea exchange among librarians, vendors, and publishers. Although 2021 was thankfully a less disruptive year than 2020, changes continued to be seen in the industry. The Charleston Conference took a hybrid approach, with around 70% of attendees participating virtually and 30% in person. Conference attendees continued to remark on the informative and thought‐provoking sessions in a hybrid environment.

This is the seventeenth year that Beth R. Bernhardt, Consortia Account Manager at Oxford University Press, has put together the proceedings from the Conference. It’s the thirteenth year for Leah Hinds, Executive Director, and the fifth year that we are joined by Lars Meyer, Associate University Librarian, Access and Resource Services at Emory University. We are pleased to share some of the learning experiences that we, and other attendees, had at the conference.

With contributions from: Brent Appling, Scott D. Bacon, Sarah Rachel Benson, Gaëlle Béquet, Vida Damijonaitis, Denis Galvin, Alicia Wise, Bradley Wade Bishop, David Eby, Claire Jordan, Katerina Ozment, Rebecca Blakiston, Shelby Carroll, Sarah Guy, Angela Carreño, Travis Clamon, Jennifer Young, Ashley Sergiadis, Michelle E. Colquitt, Jennifer A. Mezick, Steve M. Cramer, Summer Krstevska, Corey Seeman, Sara F. Hess, Jill Dawson, Laurel Crawford Claire, Sara Duff, Bob Nardini, Pamela Smith, Emily Tufts, Susan Garrison, Dan Hawkins, Shawn Hendrikx, David McCord, Sara F. Ashley Hosbach, Brittany Kester, Mihoko Hosoi, Sarah Philbrick Hunter, Maridath Wilson, Marc Jaffy, Maureen James, Carol Macheak, Donna Rose, Charlotte M. Johnson, Boaz Nadav Manes, Linda Wobbe, Heather McMullen, Annie Johnson, Jillian Kehoe, Michael Levine-Clark, Tim Lloyd, Tricia Miller, Sara Scheib, Arielle Lomness, Rob Tiessen, Dean Smith, Michael Zeoli, Elizabeth Lorbeer, Karen Gau, Tim Butzen-Cahill, Lindsay Barnett, Daniel C. Mack, Maggie Z. Saponaro, Leigh Ann DePope, Alexis Smith Macklin, Tim Schlak, Jennifer Matthews, Christine Davidian, Antje Mays, Brittany Haynes, Rachelle McLain, Hannah McKelvey, Wendy Michelle Moore, Ida Sofie Reher, James G. Rhoades, Rob Tench, Sion Patrick Romaine, Barbara Albee, Laura A. Sill, George Stachokas, Rebekah Lahue, David Stern Sandy Stift, Roxy M. Garstad, Matthew Torrence, Cory Tucker, Chris Vidas, Bobby Hollandsworth Maureen P. Walsh, Gene R. Springs, Anita K. Foster, Mary Wegmann, Laura Krier, Hilary Smith, George Wrenn, and Angelina Zaytsev.

The Charleston Conference is an informal annual gathering of librarians, publishers, electronic resource managers, consultants, and vendors of library materials in Charleston, SC, in November, to discuss issues of importance to them all. It is designed to be a collegial gathering of individuals from different areas who discuss the same issues in a nonthreatening, friendly, and highly informal environment. Presidents of companies discuss and debate with library directors, acquisitions librarians, reference librarians, serials librarians, collection development librarians, and many, many others. Begun in 1980, the Charleston Conference has grown from 20 participants in 1980 to almost 2,000 in 2017. From the librarian of a small library to the CEO of a major corporation, they all stand and make their voices heard. The tone is casual, the talk irreverent, and the answers are far from simple. But together, we can find solutions. In this annual volume we have collected many key issues that were discussed in 2018.

TESTIMONIALS
 
“The best library gathering around. I look forward to it.”
 
“The Charleston Conference is an incredibly stimulating venue. I am tired afterwards, but get so many great ideas, network with my colleagues, and learn what is going on. I recommend it highly.”
 
“Charleston is the only conference that is worth attending.”
 
https://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/about/

The Charleston Conference is an informal annual gathering of librarians, publishers, electronic resource managers, consultants, and vendors of library materials in Charleston, SC, in November, to discuss issues of importance to them all. It is designed to be a collegial gathering of individuals from different areas who discuss the same issues in a nonthreatening, friendly, and highly informal environment. Presidents of companies discuss and debate with library directors, acquisitions librarians, reference librarians, serials librarians, collection development librarians, and many, many others. Begun in 1980, the Charleston Conference has grown from 20 participants in 1980 to almost 2,000 in 2017. From the librarian of a small library to the CEO of a major corporation, they all stand and make their voices heard. The tone is casual, the talk irreverent, and the answers are far from simple. But together, we can find solutions. In this annual volume we have collected many key issues that were discussed in 2019.

TESTIMONIALS
 
“The best library gathering around. I look forward to it.”
 
“The Charleston Conference is an incredibly stimulating venue. I am tired afterwards, but get so many great ideas, network with my colleagues, and learn what is going on. I recommend it highly.”
 
“Charleston is the only conference that is worth attending.”
 
https://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/about/

If you have ever stood in the children's section of a bookstore or library wondering how to go about matching a book to the age, abilities, and interests of a particular child, Choosing Children's Books is for you. Renowned children's librarian and children's book review editor Betsy Hearne offers practical guidance on sorting through the bewildering array of picture books, pop-up books, books for beginning readers, young adult titles, classics, poetry, folktales, and factual books. Each chapter includes an annotated list of recommended titles.

A gold mine of commonsense, sound advice, this newly revised and completely updated edition of Betsy Hearne's classic guide is an indispensable tool for choosing books for children of all ages.

Newly available in paperback, this revised and updated third edition of Betsy Hearne's classic guide stands as the lodestar for navigating through the bewildering array of books for young readers. Hearne surveys everything from picture books, pop-up books, classics, and books for beginning readers to young adult titles, poetry, folktales, and factual books, with an annotated list of recommended titles accompanying each chapter. A gold mine of common sense and sound advice, her guide remains an indispensable tool for choosing books for children of all ages.

 

 There are a growing number of college closures and mergers in the United States. The reasons vary—sharply declining enrollment numbers, unsustainable endowment drawdowns, accreditation issues—as does the amount of notice stakeholders receive before the closure and the fate of the campus and its resources.
 
Closing a College Library offers firsthand accounts of closing a library from different institutions of higher education, with practical tips, checklists, and sample documents, questions to ask yourself as you move through the process, and lessons learned. It provides effective practices for the immediate needs that arise when a library is facing closure, from preparing the building to rehoming special collections and archives to transferring electronic resources.
 
There is much unfamiliar work that comes with a closure or merger, work that can happen concurrently with your regular duties and while you’re handling the emotions of your team, students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Closing a College Library offers tools and support in making difficult decisions.
 

From researching to remixing, library users need your guidance on a wide range of copyright topics. The way to move beyond “yes, you can” or “no, you can’t” is to become a copyright coach. In this collection librarian and attorney Smith teams up with information literacy expert Ellis to offer a framework for coaching copyright, empowering users to take a practical approach to specific situations. Complete with in-depth case studies, this collection provides valuable information rooted in pragmatic techniques, including

• in-depth discussion of the five questions that will help you clarify any copyright situation;
• storytelling techniques to enliven copyright presentations, plus ways to use music or YouTube to hook students into copyright topics;
• three coaching scenarios that tie into ACRL’s Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and bring real-world applications to your library instruction;
• how-to guidance on leading mock negotiations over real journal publishing agreements;
• a 90-minute lesson plan on author rights for writers in a student journal;
• tips for teaching instructional designers how to apply copyright and fair use principles to course management systems; and
• an LIS copyright course assessment model.

This resource will help you become a copyright coach by showing you how to discern the most important issues in a situation, determine which questions you need to ask, and give a response that is targeted to the specific need.

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, presenting top-to-bottom coverage of

• the impact of new technologies and developments on the discipline, including discussion of e-books, open access, globalization, self-publishing, and other trends;
• needs assessment, policies, and selection sources and processes;
• budgeting and fiscal management;
• collection assessment and evaluation;
• weeding, with special attention paid to electronic materials;
• collaborative collection development and resource sharing;
• marketing and outreach;
• self-censorship as a component of intellectual freedom, professional ethics, and other legal issues;
• diversity and ADA issues;
• preservation; and
• the future of the field.

Additional features include updated vendor lists, samples of a needs assessment report, a collection development policy, an approval plan, and an electronic materials license.

With a renewed emphasis on facilitating learning, supporting multiple literacies, and advancing equity and inclusion, the thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this trusted text provides models and tools that will enable library staff who serve youth to create and maintain collections that provide equitable access to all youth. And as Hughes-Hassell demonstrates, the only way to do this is for collection managers to be learner-centered, confidently acting as information guides, change agents, and leaders. Based on the latest educational theory and research, this book

• presents the argument for why collection management decisions and practices should focus on equity, exploring systemic inequities, educational paradigm shifts, developments in the information environment, and other key factors;
• lays out the theoretical foundation for developing and managing a library collection that facilitates learning, supports the development of multiple literacies, and provides equitable access to an increasingly diverse group of young learners;
• touches upon current competencies and standards by AASL, YALSA, and ALSC;
• uses a learner-centered and equity perspective to cover core issues and criteria such as selection and removal of materials, budgeting, and cooperation among libraries;
• shows how a business viewpoint can assist the learner-centered collector in articulating the central significance of the collection to learning;
• discusses how library staff can work collaboratively to create policy and negotiate budgets; and
• includes customizable tools and templates, including a Stakeholder Contact/SWOT Analysis, Decision-Making Model for Selecting Resources and Access Points that Support Learning and Advance Equity, and Collection Development Analysis Worksheet.

This resource will be as useful to current school librarians and supervisors, youth librarians in public libraries, and educators as it will to LIS students.

Comic book properties continue to dominate popular culture, and there has been continued growth in the academic field of Comics Studies. Graphic novels and comic trade paperbacks populate the shelves of many academic libraries. Single issue collections of “floppy” comic books, however, tend to find their home in special collections libraries because their flimsy construction, highly acidic paper, and, occasionally, the scarcity of certain specific issues warrants special storage and handling. Thoughtful consideration must go into any decision to begin or sustain these collections.
 
Comic Books, Special Collections, and the Academic Library collects best practices for the acquisition, preservation, storage, and cataloging of comics, particularly single-issue (or floppy) comics, within the special collections units of academic library collections. Four sections answer:

• Why Should Your Institution Collect Comics?
• Your Library Collects or Wants to Collect Comics. Now What?
• How Do You Engage in Library Instruction and Outreach with Your Comics Collection?
• How Can Comics Be Used as Primary and Secondary Source Material by Students and Faculty? 

Chapters address challenges specific to comic book collections in academic libraries, such as finding space and funds to build a collection, making diverse and inclusive collections, leading innovative library instruction sessions with comics, and working with undergraduate and graduate students on comics research. Comic Books, Special Collections, and the Academic Library can help you develop, cultivate, grow, catalog, and make use of comic book collections.

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Faculty, students, and colleagues come to you with copyright questions, both simple and complex. And they all want reliable answers—as fast as you can get them. With this guide, designed for ready access, you’ll be prepared to deliver. Lawyer, copyright librarian, and iSchool instructor Benson presents succinct explanations ideal for both on-the-fly reference and staff training. Copyright specialists will appreciate excerpts from the law itself alongside tools and resources for digging deeper. Practical discussions of key legal concepts, illustrated using 52 scenarios, will lead you to fast, accurate answers on a range of topics, such as

• barriers to using the TEACH Act provisions in content for online teaching;
• showing a full-length movie in a university class;
• public domain and the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act;
• your legal options when receiving a DMCA take-down notice;
• court interpretations of fair use in three key recent cases;
• Creative Commons licenses, complete with a quick reference chart;
• library rights to license photographs in a digital collection;
• using letters under copyright in a special collections display case;
• a grad student’s right to use in a thesis writing published in their professor’s journal article;
• applying the implied license option to post historical student dissertations in institutional repositories;
• the Marrakesh Treaty provision supporting transfer of accessible works internationally; and
• limiting factors for interlibrary loan.

When faculty, students, and colleagues come to you with legal questions and you suddenly find yourself in the thick of a copyright conundrum, you don’t need pages of historical background information and long-winded legal explanations — you need answers, fast. Previously included in Choice's Top 75 Titles and Resources for Community College Libraries, this bestselling book gives you just that, succinctly addressing common head-scratchers and scenarios in a way that you will lead you to accurate answers quickly. Ideal for on-the-fly reference, staff training, and LIS instruction, Benson’s guide provides excerpts from the law itself alongside tools and suggested additional resources for digging deeper. Compact Copyright

• skillfully explains legal principles in plain language for more than 50 of the most common real-life scenarios library workers face;
• includes new chapters on cutting-edge developments such as AI, separability, and copyright and data;
• provides a primer on contracts and licensing basics, including Creative Commons licensing;
• explores key topics like the First Sale doctrine, Fair Use, public domain, making copies for preservation, the TEACH Act, interlibrary loan, sovereign immunity, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA);
• offers pointers on access to copyrighted material for patrons with disabilities and other concepts related to accessibility;
• discusses select international copyright library issues; and
• includes a Fair Use checklist, copyright and film screening best practices, and additional recommended reading and materials.

Reference and user services librarians need to be in charge of their own careers. And when it comes to their own professional development, that means being proactive. This resource will enable professionals at every stage of their careers to honestly assess their skills and knowledge. Utilizing the RUSA (Reference and User Services Association) Professional Competencies as a framework for reflecting on strengths as well as gaps in expertise, it guides readers through developing strategies to enhance their professional standing and potential, thereby leading to a more satisfying career. In this book former RUSA president Whitlatch, who chaired the initial committee establishing the Competencies, teams up with expert trainer Woodard to

• introduce the seven categories of the RUSA Professional Competencies, explaining the ways in which each is important to both practitioner and institution;
• demonstrate how to create a personal development plan that focuses on development priorities;
• discuss the Association for Talent Development (ATD) Competency Development Model and other action plans;
• offer guidance for setting goals and measuring progress;
• share information on a variety of development activities that readers can undertake to maintain and enhance professional competencies, including formal training opportunities, on-the-job experiences, and self-directed initiatives; and
• provide recommended self-evaluation techniques such as writing up notes from group discussions, exercises, short verbal and written reports, crafting presentations on a topic, and sharing concrete examples of how skills were applied in the workplace.  

Particularly in places of learning, technology is all-pervasive; because everyone is always making copies, copyright is center stage. And copyright law, when misapplied or misinterpreted, affects not only the way that you teach but even what you teach. With decades of experience interpreting the intricacies of copyright law as it pertains to librarianship, Russell is the ideal authority to address the concerns of librarians, teachers, and teaching librarians who work in the K–12 environment. Her book will encourage you to stop allowing your fear of copyright issues to limit how and what you share or teach, and instead be more involved in shaping copyright law to better serve your learning community. Through scenario-based discussions, it covers key topics such as

• the reasons librarians and teachers have so many misconceptions about copyright, and why understanding copyright is a process, not a one-time event;
• recent legislative and policy developments that impact schools and libraries;
• situations often encountered by educators, such as using copyrighted material in class assignments, digital lesson plans, bulletin board displays, social media, school plays, and band performances and talent shows;
• the use of licensed content in a variety of settings;
• what constitutes "fair use," so that you can be empowered by knowing exactly what's possible within the law; and
• guidance on making long-term strategic decisions and developing copyright policies.