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Professional Collection

The Maine State Library is now purchasing many new books related to library professional development and they are available for borrowing. Receive them through the van delivery or mail. Each district office may have a few titles for browsing.

• Use the online MSL Catalog to find out if these titles are available for borrowing.
• These titles are available for interlibrary loan through your ARRC libraries:
  • Bangor Public (bplill@bpl.lib.me.us)
  • Portland Public (ill@portland.lib.me.us)
  • Maine State Library  You may also, of course, request these via online holds through MaineCat.
• Call 287-5608 for MSL staff assistance or send e-mail to reference.desk@maine.gov

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• You may search the additions to the professional collection by author, title, or publisher using keyword.
• Most recent additions are listed below or browse other additions to the professional collection. After being listed for a year, the professional book will only be in the URSUS, not listed here.
• LibraryThing - See how we've used LibraryThing to create a virtual catalog for this collection. Check out the book recommendations of other readers.

Search all by keywords (in title, author, or publisher fields, minimum 4 letters):

 

Other additions to professional collection

Recent New Professional Books

Author	Title	Publisher	Copyright
Allyn, Pam	What to read when (the books and stories to read with your child and all the best times to read them)	Avery	2009
American Association of School Librarians	Empowering learners, guidelines for school library media programs	American Library Association	2009
Barber, Peggy	Building a buzz, libraries and word-of-mouth advertising	American Library Association	2010
Bird, Elizabeth	Children's literature gems, choosing and using them in your library career	American Library Association	2009
Bridgewater, Rachel	Instant messaging reference: a practical guide	Chandos	2009
Darnton, Robert	The case for books - past, present and future	Public Affairs	2009
Dempsey, Kathy	Accidental library marketer	Information Today	2009
Dowd, Nancy	Bite-sized marketing, realistic solutions for the overworked librarian	American Library Association	2010
Eckstrand, Tatyana	Librarian's book of quotes	American Library Association	2009
Engard, Nicole C.	Library mashups - exploring new ways to deliver library data	Information Today	2009
Fonseca, Anthony J.	Hooked on horror III, a guide to reading interests	Libraries Unlimited	2009
Fortriede, Steven Carl	Moving your library, getting the collection from here to there	American Library Association	2010
Giesecke, Joan	Fundamentals of library supervision	American Library Association	2010
Goldsmith, Francisca	Reader's advisory guide to graphic novels	American Library Association	2010
Gould, Mark R.	Library PR handook, high-impact communications	American Library Association	2009
Hernon, Peter	Assessing service quality: satisfying the expectations of library customers	American Library Association	2010
Hooper, Brad	Read on....historical fiction	Libraries Unlimited	2006
Khan, Ayub	Better by design, an introduction to planning and designing a new library building	Facet	2009
Latrobe, Kathy H.	Critical approaches to young adult literature	Neal-Schuman	2009
Mayer, Brian	Libraries got game, aligned learning through modern board games	American Library Association	2010
McAdoo, Monty L.	Building bridges - connecting faculty, students and the college library	American Library Association	2010
Moore, Mary Y.	Successful library trustee handbook	American Library Association	2010
Ott, Bill	The back page	American Library Association	2009
Pulliam, June Michele	Read on...horror fiction	Libraries Unlimited	2006
Saricks, Joyce G.	Reader's advisory guide to genre fiction	American Library Association	2009
Schall, Lucy	Genre talks for teens - booktalks and more for every teen reading interest	Libraries Unlimited	2009
Smallwood, Carol	Librarians as community partners, an outreach handbook	American Library Association	2010
Smallwood, Carol	Writing and publishing, the librarian's handbook	American Library Association	2010
Sullivan, Michael	Serving boys through reader's advisory	American Library Association	2010
Thompson, Kimberly A.	More than a thank you note, academic library fundraising for the dean or director	Chandos	2009
Tunstall, Patricia	Hiring, training, and supervising library shelvers	American Library Association	2010
Vnuk, Rebecca	Read on...women's fiction	Libraries Unlimited	2009
Walter, Virginia	Twenty-first-century kids, twenty-first-century librarians	American Library Association	2010
Zhang, Allison B.	Creating digital collections	Chandos	2008

 

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