Internet ¦ Web Publishing ¦ Computers & Software ¦ Early Children's Literacy Fundraising ¦ Children's Services ¦ Management ¦  Cataloging ¦ Young Adult

Pro Book of the Month

Internet

Blogging and RSS: A Librarians's Guide.  Michael P. Sauers.  Information Today, 2006.  Review

Teaching the Internet in Libraries. Rachel Singer Gordon. ALA 2001. Review

Teaching the Internet to Library Staff and Users: 10 Ready-To-Go Workshops that Work.  William D. Hollands. 1999. Review.

Web 2.0 & Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software by Michael Stephens.  ALA, 2006.

Top of Page

Internet--Web Publishing/ Web Pages

Designing the Digital Experience. David Lee King. Information Today, 2008. Review

FrontPage Version 2002: Inside Out.  Microsoft Press, 2001.

HTML for dummies, 2nd ed.Ed Tittel and Steve James. IDG Books Worldwide, 1996.

Top of Page

Computers & Software

Blogging and RSS: A Librarian's Guide. Michael P. Sauers. Information Today 2006.  Review

Microsoft PowerPoint Version 2002 Step by Step.  Microsoft Press, 2001.

Microsoft Excel Version 2002 Step by Step.  Microsoft Press, 2001.

Top of page

Fundraising

Blueprint For Your Library Marketing Plan. Patricia H. Fisher and Marseille M. Pride. ALA, 2007. Review

Fundraising for the small public library. James Swan. Neal-Schumann.

Getting your grant. Peggy Barber. Neal-Schuman.

Let's Build! A program manual celebrating construction in the library. Tami Chumbley and Crystal Kehoe. State Library of Iowa. 2004. Review

Library fundraising; models for success. Dwight F. Burlingame. ALA, 1995.

National guide to funding for libraries & information services, 4th ed. The Foundation Center, 1997.

Solutions to Your Public Relations Challenges, Library Admin. and Management Assoc. a division of ALA. 1991. Review

Used book sales: less work & better profits.  D. Keith Crotz.   1995. Review.

Videos:

An overview of fundraising. Jeanne Sigler.

How to write a winning foundation proposal. Jeanne Sigler.

You're in the money; fundraising fundamentals

Top of Page

Children's Services

Against borders; promoting books for a multicultural world. Hazel Rochman. ALA, 1993. Review

Agriculture and You! Discover the Importance. Tami Chumbley Finley (Iowa Agriculture Awareness Coalition & the State Library of Iowa).

Amazingly easy puppet plays; 42 new scripts for one-person puppetry. Dee Anderson. ALA, 1997.Review

Bare Bones Young Adult Services: Tips for Public Library Generalists.  Renee J. Vaillancourt, PLA, 2000. Review.

Basic Young Adult Services Handbook.

Beyond words; great stories for hand and voice.  Valerie Marsh.

Born to read; how to nurture a baby's love of learning.  VHS.

Born to succeed; an early literacy message from young parents.  VHS.

Born to succeed; an early literacy message from young parents.  DVD. Review

Books Babies and Libraries: Serving Infants, Toddlers, Their Parents & Caregivers. Ellin Greene. American Library Association, 1994. Review

Celebrations. Caroline Feller Bauer. H. W. Wilson, 1985. Review

Celestial river; creation tales of the Milky Way.  Andrea Stenn Stryer. Review

Complete Learning Spaces Book for Infants and Toddlers. Rebecca Isbell and Christy Isbell. Gryphon House, c. 2003. Review

Core Collection for Young Adults. Patrick Jones. Neal-Schuman, c. 2003 Review

Creating Ever-Cool:  A Marketer's Guide to a Kid's Heart, by Gene Del Vecchio.  Pelican, 1997.  Review.

Designs for Living and Learning: Transforming Early Childhood Environments. Deb Curtis and Margie Carter. Redleaf Press, 2003. Review

Early Learning Environments That Work.  Rebecca Isbel and Betty Exelby.  Gryphon House, 2001. 

Early Literacy Storytimes @ your library: Partnering With Caregivers for Success. Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting and Pamela Martin-Diaz. ALA, 2006.Review

Excellence in Library Services to Young Adults 3rd ed. by Mary K. Chelton. ALA 2000. Review

Fiddle Dee Dee: Songs Stories & Activities., by Jill Andrews and Linda Bair. Alleyside Press, 2000. Review

Fifty fabulous fables: beginning readers theatre.  Suzanne I. Barchers.  1997. Review

52 programs for preschoolers. Briggs, Diane. ALA.

Find it all at the library!  An introduction to the library for children.   VHS.

Finger Folk.  Lohnes, Marilyn.   Alleyside Press, 1999.

Flannelboard Stories for Infants and Toddlers.  Carlson, Ann & Mary.  ALA, 1999.

Flannelboard Stories for Infants and Toddlers: Bilingual Edition. Carlson, Ann and Mary. ALA 2005 Review

Fold and cut stories.  Jerry J. Mallett and Timothy S. Ervin. Review

Gaming & Libraries: Intersection of Services.   Jenny Levine.  Library Technology Reports, Vol. 42, No. 5, September/October, 2006.

Guide to homeschooling for librarians.  David C. Brostrom.   1995.

Hooked on Books! Patricia Tyler Muncy.  1995.

How to do "The Three Bears" with two hands; performing with puppets.   Minkel, Walter.  ALA, 2000. Review

Improving your storytelling: beyond the basics for all who tell stories in work or play.  by Doug Lipman.

Lapsit Services for the Very Young: A How-to-do-it Manual. Linda L.Earnst. Neal-Schuman, 1995. Review

Leading kids to books with Caroline Feller Bauer.  Caroline Feller Bauer. ALA/ Library Video Network     39Minutes VHS. Review

Leading kids to books through puppets. Caroline Feller Bauer. ALA, 1997.

Len Cabral's Storytelling Book.  Len Cabral and Mia Manduca.   1997. Review.

Let's Build! A program manual celebrating construction in the library. Crystal Kehoe and Tami Chumbley. State Library of Iowa. 2004. Review

Libraries are for babies, too!  VHS.

Library Skills Activities Kit: Puzzles, Games, Bulletin Boards and Other Interest-Rousers for the Elementary School Library. Jerry J. Mallett. Center for Applied Research in Education, Inc. 1981. Review

Literate beginnings; programs for babies & toddlers. Debby Ann Jeffery. ALA, 1995. Review

Managing children's services in the public library, 2nd ed.   Adele M. Fasick.  1998.

More Ready-to-Tell Tales from Around the World edited by David Holt and Bill Mooney.  Review.

Mystery-Fold: Stories to Tell, Draw, and Fold. Valerie Marsh. Alleyside Press, 1993. Review

One-Person Puppet Plays. Denise Anton Wright. Teacher Ideas Press, 1990. Review

Paper cutting stories from A to Z.  Valerie Marsh. Review

Pick Me Up! Fun Songs For Learning Signs. (Book + CD) Sign2me, 2003. Review

Physical fun for little ones. Department of Education, 2001. Review

Promoting Reading With Reading Programs. Robin Works. Neal-Schuman. 1992. Review

Puppet tales.  Valerie Marsh. (Making puppets from food!)

Read aloud now!  VHS Review

Read For The Fun Of It. Caroline Feller Bauer. H. W. Wilson. 1992. Review

Ready-to-Use Activities for Before and After School Programs.   Verna Stassevitch, Patricia Stemmler, Rita Shotwell, and Marian Wirth.  1998.

Serving Families and Children Through Partnerships. Sandra Feinberg and Sari Feldman. 1996.  Review.

Shake-It-Up Tales! Stories to Sing, Dance, Drum, & Act Out.  by Margaret Read MacDonald.

Shelf Elf With Library Lessons. ByJackie Mims Hopkins and Illus. byRebecca Thornburgh. Upstart c. 2004.Review

Simply Super Bulletin Boards by Amy Vangsgard.  Review.

Sizzling summer reading programs for young adults.  Katharine L. Kan. Review

Something Funny Happened at the Library: How to Create Humourous Programs for Children and Young Adults.  Rob Reid. Review

Sound and action stories.  Jerry J. Mallett and Timothy S. Ervin.

Spiders in the Hairdo: Modern Urban Legends.  David Holt and Bill Mooney.  1999.  Review.

Story time sampler: read alouds, booktalks, and activities for children.  Paula Gaj Sitarz.  1997.

Story Puzzles: Tales in the Tangram Tradition. Valerie Marsh. 1996. Review

Storybook birthday parties.  Cindy Dingwall.  1998. Review

Storycases:  book surprises to take home.  Richard Tabor and Suzanne Ryan.  1996.

Storyteller's cornucopia, 2nd ed.  Cathie Hilterbran Cooper. 1998.

Storyteller's Guide: storytellers share advice for the classroom, boardroom, showroom, podium, pulpit and center stage.  Bill Mooney and David Holt.   1996. Review.

Storyteller's sampler.  Valerie Marsh.

Storyteller's startup book; finding, learning, performing and using folktales.    Margaret Read McDonald.

Storytelling activities.  Norma J. Livo and Sandra A. Rietz. 1987.

Storytelling activities kit; ready-to-use techniques, lessons & listening cassettes for early childhood.  Jerilynn Changar and Annette Harrison. Review.

Storytime crafts.  Kathryn Totten.  1998.

Storytime: Not Just for Kids Anymore. DVD. Multnomah County Library. 2007. Review

Talking Hands: Colors and Shapes. Kathleen Petelinsek. 2005. Review

Talking Hands: Feelings and Emotions. Kathleen Petelinsek. 2005. Review

Talking Hands: Food. Kathleen Petelinsek. 2005. Review

Talking Hands: Home. Kathleen Petelinsek. 2005. Review

Talking Hands: Seasons. Kathleen Petelinsek. 2005. Review

Teaching the Library Research Process. Carol Collier Kuhlthau. 1994.

Terrific tales to tell; from the storyknifing tradition.  Valerie Marsh.

Toddle on over; developing infant and toddler literature programs.  Robin Works Davis.

Travel the globe: multicultural story times.  Desiree Webber, Dee Ann Corn, Elaine Harrod, Sandy Shropshire and Donna Norvell.  1998. Review.

Treasury of trickster tales.  Valerie Marsh. Review.

U.S. history through children's literature: from the colonial period to World War II.  Wanda J. Miller. 1997.  Review.

Using Children's Books in Preschool Settings. Steven Herb. Neal-Schuman. 1994. Review

What a novel idea!  Projects and activities for young adult literature.   Katherine Wiesolek Kuta. Review

What Happened to Marion's Book?  Brook Berg. Upstart c. 2003. Review

What's Going On In There. Eliot, Lise. Bantam. 1999.

Worlds of shadow: teaching with shadow puppetry.  David and Donna Wisniewski.

Top of Page

 

Early Children's Literacy

Born to read; how to nurture a baby's love of learning.  VHS.

Born to succeed; an early literacy message from young parents.  DVD. Review

Books Babies and Libraries: Serving Infants, Toddlers, Their Parents & Caregivers. Ellin Greene. American Library Association, 1994. Review

Complete Learning Spaces Book for Infants and Toddlers. Rebecca Isbell and Christy Isbell. Gryphon House, c. 2003. Review

Designs for Livings and Learning: Transforming Early Childhood Environments. Deb Curtis and Margie Carter. Redleaf Press, 2003. Review

Early Literacy Storytimes @ your library: Partnering With Caregivers for Success. Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting and Pamela Martin-Diaz. ALA, 2006.Review

El Pequeno Libro de Rimas. Multnomah Co. Library. 2008.

Eensy Weensy Rhyme Book. Multnomah Co. Library. 2008.

Fiddle Dee Dee: Songs Stories & Activities., by Jill Andrews. Alleyside Press, 2000

52 programs for preschoolers. Briggs, Diane. ALA.

Flannelboard Stories for Infants and Toddlers.  Carlson, Ann & Mary.  ALA, 1999.

Flannelboard Stories for Infants and Toddlers: Bilingual Edition. Carlson, Ann and Mary. ALA 2005 Review

LA Llave Del Exito. DVD - Spanish. Multnomah Co. Library.

Lapsit Services for the Very Young: A How-to-do-it Manual. Linda L.Earnst. Neal-Schuman, 1995. Review

Leading kids to books with Caroline Feller Bauer.  VHS.

Libraries are for babies, too!  VHS.

Literate beginnings; programs for babies & toddlers. Debby Ann Jeffery. ALA, 1995. Review

Programming for outreach services to children. Association for Library Service to Children, 1994. Review

Programming for young children, birth through age five. Association for Library Service to Children, 1996. Review.

Read aloud now!  VHS Review

Storytelling activities kit; ready-to-use techniques, lessons & listening cassettes for early childhood.  Jerilynn Changar and Annette Harrison. Review.

Storytime: Not Just for Kids Anymore. DVD. Multnomah County Library. 2007. Review

Success Starts With Reading. DVD - Spanish. Multnomah Co. Library. 2008

Talking Hands: Colors and Shapes. Kathleen Petelinsek. 2005. Review

Talking Hands: Feelings and Emotions. Kathleen Petelinsek. 2005. Review

Talking Hands: Food. Kathleen Petelinsek. 2005. Review

Talking Hands: Home. Kathleen Petelinsek. 2005. Review

Talking Hands: Seasons. Kathleen Petelinsek. 2005. Review

Toddle on over; developing infant and toddler literature programs.  Robin Works Davis.

Using Children's Books in Preschool Settings. Steven Herb. Neal-Schuman. 1994. Review

What's Going On In There. Lise Eliot. Bantam. 1999

 

 

Top of Page

Library Management

Assessing service quality: satisfying the expectations of library customers.  Peter Hernon and Ellen Altman.

Attracting, Educating, and Serving Remote Users.
Donnalyn Curtis  Neal-Schuman, 2002. Review

Back to Books: 200 Library Activities to Encourage Reading. Karen K. Marshall McFarland 1983. Review

Blogging and RSS: A Librarian's Guide. Michael P. Sauers. Information Today. 2006

Blueprint For Your Library Marketing Plan. Patricia H. Fisher and Marseille M. Pride. ALA, 2007. Review

Board Evaluation Kit. Cain Publishing Group, 1998. Review

Budgeting for information access; managing the resource budget for absolute access, by Murray S. Martin and Milton T. Wolf. ALA, 1998

CCBC Choices (Reviews of children's and young adult books from the Cooperative Children's Book Center) Review

Close to home: library-based family literacy.  VHS.

Communicating Professionally: A How To Do It Manual. Catherine Sheldrick. Neal-Schuman, 1989. Review

Complete Library Safety & Security Manual: a comprehensive resource manual for library professionals and law enforcement officers, Campus Crime Prevention Programs.

Copyright primer for librarians and educators, 2nd ed. Janis Bruwelheide. ALA, 1995. Review

Creating Ever-Cool: A Marketer's Guide to a Kid's Heart. Gene Del Vecchio. Pelican, 2002. Review

Creating Policies for Results. Sandra Nelson and June Garcia. ALA, 2003.

The CREW Method: Expanded guidelines for collection evaluation and weeding for small and medium-sized public libraries. Texas State Library and Archives Commission, 1995. Review.

Crisis In Employment: A Librarian's Guide to Helping Job Seekers. Jane Jerrard. ALA 2009. Review

Customer friendly libraries in a high-tech age.   VHS.

Defusing the Angry Patron: a How-to-do-it manual for librarians and paraprofessionals. Rhea Joyce Rubin. Neal-Schuman, 2000. Review

Evaluating library staff: a performance appraisal system.   Patricia Belcastro.

Everyday Leadership.  Pat Wagner. Pattern Research, 1999. Video. Review

Executive Evaluation Kit. Cain Publishing Group, 1998. Review

For freedom's sake.  VHS.

Founding and Funding Family Literacy Programs. Carole Talon. 1999. Review.

Internet Policy Handbook for Libraries.  Mark Smith.  Neal-Schumann, 1999.

Is the customer always right?  VHS

The Librarian’s Complete Guide to Involving Parents Through Children’s Literature. Anthony D. Fredericks. 1997.  Review.

The Librarian's Facility Management Handbook. Carmine J. Trotta. Neal-Schuman, 2001. Review

Librarian's guide to partnerships, edited by Sherry Lynch.  Highsmith Press, 1999. Review

Library 2.0: A Guide to Participatory Library Service by Michael E. Casey and Laura C. Savastinuk.   2007. Review

Library Manager's Deskbook: 102 Expert Solutions to 101 Common Dilemmas. Paula Phillips Carson. ALA c. 1995. Review

Library Volunteers -- Worth the Effort. Sally Gardner Reed. 1994. Review

The Library's Contribution to Your Community: A Resource Manual for Libraries to Document their Social and Economic Contribution to the Local Community.  Southern Ontario Library Service, 1998.Review

Managing For Results: Effective Resource Allocation For Public Libraries.   Sandra Nelson, Ellen Altman, Diane Mayo. 2000. Review.

Marketing: a planned approach for the public library.   VHS

Model Policies for Small and Medium Public Libraries. by Jeanette Larson. Neal-Schuman, 1998

More than just books; an introduction to the library for adults.  VHS.

One Hello at a Time, By Pat Wagner,   Pattern Research. c. 1996.(cassette 30 minutes) Review

Organizing Friends Groups.  Mark Y. Herring. Neal-Schuman. c. 1993. Review

Planning for results; a public library transformation process, by Ethel Himmel and William James Wilson. ALA, 1998.

Power tools; 100+ essential forms and presentations for your school library information program, by Joyce Kasman Valenza. ALA, 1998.

Preparing Staff To Serve Patrons With Disabilities. Courtney Deines-Jones and Connie Van Fleet.
Neal-Schuman, 1995. Review

Problem Behavior Manual, Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Library, 1997. Review.

Public Library Catalog, eleventh edition.  H.W. Wilson, 1999.

Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction. Neal Wyatt. ALA, 2007. Review

Readers' Advisory Service in the Public Library, 2nd ed., By Joyce G. Saricks and Nancy Brown. ALA, 1997. Review

Staffing for Results, ALA.

Stop the Whining. Pat Wagner. Pattern Research, 1999. Cassette. Review

Strategic management for public libraries, by Robert M. Hayes and Virginia A. Walter. Greenwood Press, 1996.

Succession Planning in the Library by Paula M. Singer, ALA, 2010. Review.

Teaching The Library Research Process. Carol Collier Kuhlthau. Scarecrow Press, 2002.

Tell it! manual; the complete program for evaluating library performance. ALA, 1996

Thinking Person's Guide to stress Management. Pat Wagner. Pattern Research, 1996. Cassette tape. Review

Web 2.0 & Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software by Michael Stephens.  ALA, 2006.

Weeding Library Collections. 4th edition.  Stanley J. Slote.  1997. Review.

Whole library handbook 2, compiled by George M. Eberhart. ALA, 1995.

Wisconsin library building project handbook. Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, second printing, 1992.

Working Together. James Swan. Neal-Schuman, 1992 Review

Working With Library Boards: A How-to-do-it Manual for Librarians. Gordon S. Wade. Neal-Schuman. c.1991. Review

Writing and Updating Technology Plans. John M. Cohn, Ann L. Kelsey, Keith Michael Fiels. Nealy-Schuman, 1999. Review

Top of Page

Cataloging

Cataloging nonprint materials; a Blitz cataloging workbook.   Bobby Ferguson.  Libraries Unlimited,1999.

MARC manual, 2nd ed., by Deborah J. Byrne. Libraries Unlimited, 1998.

MARC/AACR2 authority control tagging; a Blitz cataloging workbook.  Bobby Ferguson.  Libraries Unlimited, 1999.

Top of Page

Young Adult

Against borders; promoting books for a multicultural world. Hazel Rochman. ALA, 1993. Review

Back to Books: 200 Library activities to encourage reading. Karen K. Marshall. Upstart, 1983

Bare Bones Young Adult Services: Tips for Public Library Generalists.  Renee J. Vaillancourt, PLA, 2000. Review.

Basic Young Adult Services Handbook. Lisa C. Wemett. NY Library Assoc. c. 1997

Celestial river; creation tales of the Milky Way.  Andrea Stenn Stryer. Review

Creating Ever-Cool:  A Marketer's Guide to a Kid's Heart, by Gene Del Vecchio.  Pelican, 1997.  Review.

Excellence in Library Services to Young Adults 3rd ed. by Mary K. Chelton. ALA 2000. Review

Gaming & Libraries: Intersection of Services.   Jenny Levine.  Library Technology Reports, Vol. 42, No. 5, September/October, 2006.

More Juniorplots: a guide for teachers and librarians. John T. Gillespie. Bowker, c. 1977

Sizzling summer reading programs for young adults.  Katharine L. Kan.

Something Funny Happened at the Library: How to Create Humourous Programs for Children and Young Adults.  Rob Reid. Review

Spiders in the Hairdo: Modern Urban Legends.  David Holt and Bill Mooney.  1999.  Review.

Teaching the Library Research Process. Carol Collier Kuhlthau. 1994.

What a novel idea!  Projects and activities for young adult literature.   Katherine Wiesolek Kuta. Review

  Top of Page

Southwest Iowa Library Services
3501 Harry Langdon Blvd., Suite 190
Council Bluffs, IA  51503