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The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can’t See

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Enormous expanses of the Internet are unreachable with standard Web search engines. This book provides the key to finding these hidden resources by identifying how to uncover and use invisible Web resources. Mapping the invisible Web, when and how to use it, assessing the validity of the information, and the future of Web searching are topics covered in detail. Only 16 percent of Net-based information can be located using a general search engine. The other 84 percen… More >>

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Streamlining Library Services: What We Do, How Much Time It Takes, What It Costs, and How We Can Do It Better

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Librarianship is a service profession and not a bottom-line oriented business. As such, librarians don’t normally assign a high priority to efficiency of operations; however, opportunities to improve daily jobs and enhance services are being overlooked every day. Advances in technology drive change at a rapid pace and keeping up is both expensive and time consuming. Tight budgets have made keeping up with technology especially difficult. And while some activities in… More >>

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The Teen-Centered Writing Club: Bringing Teens and Words Together

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Build your teen community with a program that’s irresistible—a teen writing club. Teens have primal urges to create and to connect. Now you can tap into those urges with the help of this comprehensive, step-by-step guide to creating a teen writing club in the school or public library. Featuring creative writing activities, with detailed planning advice, coaching tips, and culminating in performance/publishing ideas, this book makes it easy for you to create a pla… More >>

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