Heather Maneiro

A doctoral student approached the column editor and suggested that an update on a “The Balance Point” column entitled “The One-Box Challenge: Providing a Federated Search That Benefits the Research Process” (2006) would be of interest and useful to readers, and the editor agreed. Contributors to the original column were asked to reflect upon their experiences with federated searching, including successes and failures over the past 10 years, and to provide insights into future challenges and… Show more

A doctoral student approached the column editor and suggested that an update on a “The Balance Point” column entitled “The One-Box Challenge: Providing a Federated Search That Benefits the Research Process” (2006) would be of interest and useful to readers, and the editor agreed. Contributors to the original column were asked to reflect upon their experiences with federated searching, including successes and failures over the past 10 years, and to provide insights into future challenges and issues. This edition of “The Balance Point” focuses on the ongoing challenges, lessons learned, possible future directions, and issues involved in providing one-box searching to library patrons. Show less

With an extremely low price point and instant access, ebooks can fill niches quickly without high up-front publishing costs, making publishers more likely to take a chance on new writers in varied markets and genres. It is these very benefits that have left this reviewer, however, often slogging through ebook drivel to find a gem. On the flip side, reviewing ebook originals for Library Journal has introduced me to some great new authors. When LJ sent me Jennifer Seasons’s Playing the Field (the… Show more

With an extremely low price point and instant access, ebooks can fill niches quickly without high up-front publishing costs, making publishers more likely to take a chance on new writers in varied markets and genres. It is these very benefits that have left this reviewer, however, often slogging through ebook drivel to find a gem. On the flip side, reviewing ebook originals for Library Journal has introduced me to some great new authors. When LJ sent me Jennifer Seasons’s Playing the Field (the second title in her “Diamonds & Dugouts” series for Avon Impulse, after Stealing Home), I was instantly hooked and telling all of my coworkers and friends about my new favorite writer. Two months later, I had two ebooks in queue for reviewing when I was sent Seasons’s third series title, Throwing Heat, along with Jennifer Ryan’s Chasing Morgan (“The Hunted” series, also from Avon). My editor realized her error a day later and asked if I wanted to turn down the assignments or get an extension, but I had already downloaded the titles and was speeding my way through them. Hearing later from Avon’s publicists of how Seasons and Ryan got their starts, we knew readers and other aspiring authors would be fascinated by what these women had to say. Show less

Faculty only want students to use peer reviewed, high quality resources. Students like the predictability and user experiences of Google and Wikipedia. In this session, the presenters will enforce what you already know about research and high quality resources and show how this can be used in building high quality LibGuides. The presenters will then explain how observations of student interactions with LibGuides have fine-tuned their thought processes in guide design. Putting these two… Show more

Faculty only want students to use peer reviewed, high quality resources. Students like the predictability and user experiences of Google and Wikipedia. In this session, the presenters will enforce what you already know about research and high quality resources and show how this can be used in building high quality LibGuides. The presenters will then explain how observations of student interactions with LibGuides have fine-tuned their thought processes in guide design. Putting these two items together can revolutionize your instruction providing a resource that professors love and students actually use.

A. The attendees will become familiar with the LibGuides platform and its benefits in library instruction.
B. The attendees will gain skills in searching for outstanding resources in key areas.
C. The attendees will see how user-design research can impact the creation of resources patrons will actually use. Show less

In Literacy for All Students, the editors indicate that, “Over time, we have become aware that traditional reform efforts such as “research based” literacy programs and school-wide literacy initiatives have been ineffective in closing the gap.” (p. xi) The purpose in this book is “to
serve as a bridge between theory and practice” (p. xi). Personal vignettes are included throughout to provide human illustrations of the text’s main components. There
is Tami, who directs her teacher in… Show more

In Literacy for All Students, the editors indicate that, “Over time, we have become aware that traditional reform efforts such as “research based” literacy programs and school-wide literacy initiatives have been ineffective in closing the gap.” (p. xi) The purpose in this book is “to
serve as a bridge between theory and practice” (p. xi). Personal vignettes are included throughout to provide human illustrations of the text’s main components. There
is Tami, who directs her teacher in the all-important
rule for electric fences, “Don’t ever pee on one
” (p. 4), and Zane, who despite the newfound knowledge from his
teacher that “the bottom” in Standard English is the backyard, chooses to honor his language and culture and leave “the bottom” in his letters
(p.190). Show less