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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
vii, 280 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information. In BiblioTech, educator and technology expert John Palfrey argues that anyone seeking to participate in the 21st century needs to understand how to find and use the vast stores of information available online. And libraries, which play...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
336 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Israel Armstrong arrives in Ireland with the promise of an exciting new job; but when he discovers that the 15,000-plus books in his mobile library have disappeared, he sets out to find the thief.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 22 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Learn how to merchandize your library's collection and increase circulation and customer satisfaction. Detailed, step-by-step instructions give you the skills you need to create vibrant displays that grab customers' attention. This comes with a manual of tips and instructions. 3 Stars ~ Designed to help achieve a professional, consistent public face for any library these well-produced titles offer solid ideas and tips for libraries to mount successful...
64) Boa constructor
Author
Series
Binder of Doom volume 2
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Something is stealing machine parts from all over Stermont, including a wrecking ball from a local construction site, and Alexander and his fellow monster hunters, Rip, and Nikki, fear that it is building a Stermont-smashing machine--so the friends must use the resources of the summer maker program at the library to stop this monster, and perhaps even solve the mystery of who is leaving monster trading cards where the Super Secret Monster Patrol can...
65) By its cover
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
One afternoon, Commissario Guido Brunetti gets a frantic call from the director of a prestigious Venetian library. Someone has stolen pages out of several rare books. After a round of questioning, the case seems clear: the culprit must be the man who requested the volumes, an American professor from a Kansas university. The only problem--the man fled the library earlier that day, and after checking his credentials, the American professor doesn't exist....
66) Hydrant-hydra
Author
Series
Binder of doom volume 4
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
It has been a busy summer of makerspace projects at the library and monster hunting for the three members of the Super Secret Monster Patrol, and the puddles that are appearing all over town are a clue to the identity of another monster--an angry hydra water monster who is obsessed with cleaning up (literally) the town of Stermont, even if it means drowning all the messy children who live there.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
456 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When apprentice librarian Elisabeth is implicated in sabotage that released the library's most dangerous grimoire, she becomes entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy that could mean the end of everything.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 20 min.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
Language
English
Description
Learn how to market your library's services to your community. From learning about your target audiences to crafting a mission statement, this program shows you how to create an effective marketing plan. In addition, you'll learn how to create a message for your library to make short-term and long-range planning a success.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
viii, 305 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The second in Con Lehane's 42nd Street Library Mystery, Murder in the Manuscript Room is a smart, compelling mystery in which the characters themselves are at least as interesting as the striking sleuthing. When a murder desecrates the somber, book-lined halls of New York City's iconic 42nd Street Library, Raymond Ambler, the library's curator of crime fiction, has a personal interest in solving the crime. His quest to solve the murder is complicated...
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm + 2 pages of stickers
Language
English
Description
When the local library tries to cancel story time because the babies are too loud, it's up to Boss Baby and this trusty team to save the day!
71) The Grimm Legacy
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York high school student Elizabeth gets an after-school job as a page at the "New-York Circulating Material Repository," and when she gains coveted access to its Grimm Collection of magical objects, she and the other pages are drawn into a series of frightening adventures involving mythical creatures and stolen goods.
72) The parliament
Author
Publisher
Tordotcom, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When tens of thousands of owls descend on her hometown library, rending and tearing at anyone foolish enough to step outside, Madigan Purdy, tasked with keeping her students safe, seeks inspiration from her favorite childhood book, The Silent Queen, to find a solution to their dilemma.
Author
Series
Invisible library volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure from a spectacular debut author. One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth is much stranger than fiction... Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, a shadowy organization that collects important works of fiction from all of the different realities. Most recently, she and her enigmatic assistant Kai have been sent to an alternative London....
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 5
Language
English
Description
"Four lucky kids go on a scavenger hunt inside Mr. Lemoncello's Gameworks factory, where they compete for a chance to win a titanium ticket"--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time comes a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring novel about children on the cusp of adulthood in a broken world, who find resilience, hope, and story. The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Land are children trying to figure out the world around them, and to survive. In the besieged city of Constantinople in 1453, in a public library in Lakeport,...
79) The lost library
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Evan and his best friend Rafe quickly discover a link between one of the old books and a long-ago event that none of the grown-ups want to talk about. The two boys start asking questions whose answers will transform...
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