Archival Science in Interdisciplinary Theory and Practice
This book brings together scholars and practicing archivists and records managers to discuss key issues in the conceptual and theoretical frameworks of the profession.
A Subtle Play on Success
Discover the truth behind the myth of overnight success and learn how to achieve success on your own terms. This book challenges the limitations of bestselling self-help books, provides an alternative approach to success, and offers strategies for personal development and sustaining growth. With topics ranging from goal setting and communication skills to time management and well-being, readers will find practical advice and tools to navigate their unique journey to success.
Smartphones, Current Events and Mobile Information Behavior
Smartphones and Information on Current Events provides unprecedented insights into young people's news consumption patterns and the ecology of mobile news. Advancing our knowledge of mobile behaviour, the book also highlights the ways in which mobile news impacts the lives of the general public.
Writing Irresistible Picture Books
Writing a picture book is not as easy as jotting down 600 words full of cutesy language and calling it a day. Today's picture books are much more than moral stories-and with such a short word count, you can't waste a single syllable! If you want to be competitive in this red-hot kidlit market, look no further ...Straight from a publishing insider, this comprehensive picture book guide is bursting with craft advice and groundbreaking original research. Writing Irresistible Picture Books unpacks a survey of 1,000 upcoming picture book deals, a breakdown of 80 modern and marketable picture book topics, and in-depth analysis of over 150 published picture books.You can confidently internalize and write character, theme, plot, conflict, voice, and structure for young readers. You will also get answers to the most common questions about picture book revision, illustration, submission strategies, query letters, and more, from an industry insider and former literary agent at one of the top children's book agencies in the nation.If you're looking to get your work traditionally published, Writing Irresistible Picture Books is the resource for you. Dive in and learn the best strategies to get your picture book noticed by literary agents and publishers, and to leap into the hearts-and onto the shelves-of amazing young readers everywhere.
Irresistible Query Letters
Previously published as Successful Query Letters by Mary Kole. Query letters are an essential step in the book publishing process, but it can be tough to write an irresistible one. You can perfect your pitchcraft, though. All you need is the right advice from an industry insider, and the context of real world sample queries. Unfortunately, aspiring writers don't get to peek into the slush pile to see what their peers are doing. Until now. Irresistible Query Letters pulls together more than forty authentic letters that worked (and some that could use revision) and breaks them down line by line with comprehensive feedback from Mary Kole, a former literary agent, freelance editor, author of Writing Irresistible Kidlit, and IP developer with over a decade of publishing industry experience. In addition to the queries and feedback, you'll be treated to insider advice on query, literary agent and publisher research, comparative titles, submission strategy, and more. Irresistible Query Letters is a must-have resource for any writer hoping to get their work traditionally published. Buy it today and learn how to craft successful queries that will get you noticed by literary agents and publishing houses.
Foundations of Library Services and Programming for Children
Foundations of Library Services and Programming for Children This book provides required foundational practices, both theoretical and practical. It gives students and working librarians the nuts- and- bolts foundation in providing programming and services for children. The book covers critical important elements needed for today's librarian, thereby benefitting even the seasoned youth librarian. Chapter coverage includes: The Value of Library Services to ChildrenProgram Evaluation: Planning for Desired ResultsChildren's ProgrammingServices and Resources for ChildrenThe Library as a Safe Space for AllAdministration of Children's ServicesLooking Ahead: What's Next in Library Services for Children?An Appendix provides practical resources such as a storytime format, programming planning outline, and program assessment tools. Special topics include issues of censorship attempts, the importance of providing library services to a diverse population, and the need to examine evaluative techniques for program offerings. Each chapter in this text includes multiple opportunities for learning and reflection as well as case-based learning that facilitates problem-solving and experiential learning opportunities.
The Kind Librarian
Information professionals work in dynamically changing environments with a diverse range of patrons, which can sometimes present stressful situations. This book seeks to aid staff in information and geritage organisation in steering through challenges by fostering a culture grounded in kindness and wellbeing, promoting a more supportive and understanding work environment. The strategies presented in this book will ensure the sustained mental health and satisfaction of both staff and the patrons they serve, underlining a humancentred approach to library management and community service. Coverage includes: - practicalities of kindness in the Workplace - crafting a culture of kindness - kind use of data for wellbeing This book explores the practical implementation of policies that support a kind and healthy work environment. Readers will learn how to create strategies that foster collaboration, open communication, and mutual respect among staff and patrons. It will prove an ideal reference for librarians and anyone interested in fostering a culture of kindness and well-being in professional settings.
The Intuitive Author
Creating a successful writing career in today's complex, competitive publishing environment can feel like forging through a jungle built on quicksand with only a fountain pen and a dream.In an ever-changing industry where you're expected to master both craft and business-juggling your writing with marketing demands, budget constraints, social media, and more-how do you maintain your passion and build a thriving writing career?This is a survival manual for authors. Whether you're just beginning your writing journey or are an established author, this indispensable guide gives you the tools to navigate an often difficult, demanding field and overcome the toughest challenges writers face: How to cope with rejection, criticism, and failureHow to deal with impostor syndrome, comparison, and other writer demonsHow to stay motivated and produce your best workHow to balance creativity and commerceHow to take charge of your career when so much can feel out of your controlWith compassion, humor, and insight drawn from decades working with thousands of best-selling, successful working authors, career book editor Tiffany Yates Martin empowers you to navigate the challenges of walking the author's path, and shows you how to build a meaningful, rewarding, happier writing life.
Writing Interiority
Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters is not just another writing guide-it's an invitation to transform your approach to character creation and storytelling. Its unique focus on interiority, combined with practical insights from a former literary agent and freelance editor, makes it an indispensable resource for writers at any stage of their career.Master Interiority: Delve into the art of interiority, the heartbeat of compelling fiction and memoir writing, ensuring your characters resonate deeply with readers across four levels of depth. Explore your protagonist's thoughts, feelings, reactions and interpretations, expectations, and inner struggles to create a rich, immersive experience.Create Multidimensional Characters: Uncover the essentials of crafting a character's backstory, objective, need, internal tension, worldview, and growth arc to explore profound themes and add human resonance to your plot.Enrich Your Story: Gain invaluable advice on integrating secondary characters, turning points, stakes, and world-building.Raise Your Voice: Explore how writing voice intertwines with interiority so that your personal style stands out on crowded shelves.Engagement and Connection: Learn the secrets to making readers care deeply about your characters through groundbreaking original analysis of over sixty contemporary novels and memoirs.Whether you're an aspiring writer, an established author, or somewhere in between, this guide will empower you to create characters who live and breathe on the page, fostering an unbreakable bond with your audience. If you're ready to transform your creative writing, deepen your characterizations, and perhaps change your writing skill set forever, explore the depths of what's possible with Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters today.
Foundations of Library Services and Programming for Children
Foundations of Library Services and Programming for Children This book provides required foundational practices, both theoretical and practical. It gives students and working librarians the nuts- and- bolts foundation in providing programming and services for children. The book covers critical important elements needed for today's librarian, thereby benefitting even the seasoned youth librarian. Chapter coverage includes: The Value of Library Services to ChildrenProgram Evaluation: Planning for Desired ResultsChildren's ProgrammingServices and Resources for ChildrenThe Library as a Safe Space for AllAdministration of Children's ServicesLooking Ahead: What's Next in Library Services for Children?An Appendix provides practical resources such as a storytime format, programming planning outline, and program assessment tools.Special topics include issues of censorship attempts, the importance of providing library services to a diverse population, and the need to examine evaluative techniques for program offerings.Each chapter in this text includes multiple opportunities for learning and reflection as well as case-based learning that facilitates problem-solving and experiential learning opportunities.
Language Teacher Identity and Wellbeing
This book explores how language teacher identity influences and is influenced by wellbeing. It develops our understanding of this interaction through a combination of Indigenous, psychological, critical and postmodern frameworks and the personal perspectives of teachers and researchers.
Ecolinguistics and Environment in Education
In the age of ecological crisis, language and discourse are emerging as a new battleground in the environmental debate. With the rise of new environmentalist movements and their subsequent backlash, we are now exposed to a plethora of different and often opposing discourses on the environmental crisis and our relationship with nature. This book argues for the need to develop classroom practices which aid students in critically reviewing and evaluating different perspectives on discourses of environmentalism and sustainability. Remarking that language and humanities teachers are perfectly positioned to play a key role in the development of eco-critical language awareness at this crucial juncture, this book explores how they can help students utilise a critical perspective to navigate the multitude of cultural messages regarding our relationship with nature. Employing ecolinguistics as a form of eco-critical pedagogy, Emile Bellewes presents key concepts underpinning ecolinguistics, before guiding readers through their application in the classroom. Serving as a bridge between critical perspectives on environmental education and forms of discourse analysis, Ecolinguistics and Environment in Education explains how ecolinguistics can be used to carry out detailed linguistic analyses of environmentally significant messages in the classroom.
Archiving Cultures
Archiving Cultures defines and models the concept of cultural archives, focusing on how diverse communities express and record their heritage and collective memory and why and how these often-intangible expressions are archival records. Analysis of oral traditions, memory texts and performance arts demonstrate their relevance as records of their communities.Key features of this book include definitions of cultural heritage and archival heritage with an emphasis on intangible cultural heritage. Aspects of cultural heritage such as oral traditions, performance arts, memory texts and collective memory are placed within the context of records and archives. It presents strategies for reconciling intangible and tangible cultural expressions with traditional archival theory and practice and offers both analog and digital models for constructing cultural archives through examples and vignettes.The audience includes archivists and other information workers who challenge Western archival theory and scholars concerned with interdisciplinary perspectives on tangible and intangible cultural heritage. This book is relevant to scholars involved with non-textual materials and will appeal to a range of academic disciplines engaging with "the archive".
Library Management
Library Administration and Organization: Provide an overview of library administration and organization, covering topics such as library governance structures, administrative roles and responsibilities, strategic planning, and policy development. Collection Development and Management: Discuss strategies for collection development and management, including selection criteria, acquisitions processes, collection assessment, deselection (weeding), and the use of digital resources and databases. Information Services and User Engagement: Address the provision of information services and user engagement strategies in libraries, including reference services, information literacy instruction, reader advisory services, outreach programs, and community partnerships. Library Space Planning and Facilities Management: Cover library space planning and facilities management considerations, including building design, space utilization, furniture and equipment selection, safety and security measures, and the creation of welcoming and accessible library environments for patrons.
Rule Your Author Empire
Reclaim your author career and earn 6 figures working smarter, not harder.Are you a 4- or 5-figure author dreaming of getting to 6 figures? Are you exhausted from trying to write more just to see the same income on your dashboard? Do you feel like you're stuck on a plateau, looking around for whatever secret door will help you level up your author career? If so, I've got good news for you. You, my dear reader, are the author I wrote this for. In this book, you will learn: 1.My 1 Year to 6 Figures plan to help you sell more books with less effort.2.How to discern what you're wasting time on so that you can get your life back.Being a writer means you write. You write until the story is told. Being an author...now that's a different ballgame-and one that I'm all too familiar with. If that draft is done and you're sitting there asking yourself "Now what?" that's where I can provide some insight. I'm Kel Carpenter, a fantasy romance author earning nearly half a million dollars per year from my books. I've got good news for you: I've been where you are now. And I can help you get to where you want to be.I wrote this book for the authors crying, banging their heads on the desk, and asking the universe what they're doing wrong. I hate that, and I never want that to be you.We'll walk through publishing YOUR books step-by-step. You'll stop losing sleep and start making more money while you sleep. At the end of this journey, you'll know exactly what you need to do to make 6 figures a year.
Advanced Self-Publishing for Authors
You've mastered the basics of self-publishing......and now you're ready for the next level.How do you grow your platform and achieve lasting success?The journey of self-publishing doesn't end with your first book. For authors looking to elevate their game, Dale L. Roberts offers a comprehensive, easy-to-read guide filled with advanced strategies and practical advice. This book is designed to help you navigate the complexities of self-publishing and build a thriving author platform.What's the secret to long-term success in self-publishing?Short Answer: A clear roadmap and innovative strategies. This step-by-step guide dives deep into the nuances of publishing wide, marketing & promotion, and diversifying your income. Dale shares his personal experiences and lessons learned, providing valuable insights and detailed resources for aspiring authors.You'll learn: The fundamentals of advanced self-publishingHow to publish wide and reach more readersEffective marketing and promotional strategiesHow to diversify your income streamsPractical tips for managing a small business...and much more!You'll love this informative and accessible book because it offers a clear roadmap to self-publishing success. Dale's proven strategies and expert advice make this guide an invaluable resource for authors looking to grow their platform and achieve their goals.Get it now!
The Economics of Digital Spatulas
Step into the exciting world. Digital Spatulas with this comprehensive guide that explores their rise, market analysis, production, marketing, consumer behavior, economic. ethical considerations, future trends, and case studies of successful companies. Discover the evolution of spatulas in the digital age and uncover the potential applications and challenges in their development. Dive. the market size, trends, and competitive landscape of digital spatula manufacturers. Explore the design, manufacturing process, and quality control in producing digital spatulas. Learn about branding, marketing strategies, distribution channels, and consumer behavior in the digital spatula industry. Understand the economic impact of digital spatulas on job creation, innovation, intellectual property rights, and foreign. into ethical considerations such as labor practices, supply chain transparency, environmental sustainability, and consumer. Get a glimpse. trends. including IoT integration, artificial intelligence, sustainability, and personalized features. Uncover the success stories of companies leading the way in the digital spatula industry. With this comprehensive guide, you will gain valuable insights into the exciting world of digital spatulas and its impact on the culinary industry and beyond.and innovationsof futureprivacy.trade. Delveintoimpact, of
Advanced Self-Publishing for Authors
You've mastered the basics of self-publishing......and now you're ready for the next level.How do you grow your platform and achieve lasting success?The journey of self-publishing doesn't end with your first book. For authors looking to elevate their game, Dale L. Roberts offers a comprehensive, easy-to-read guide filled with advanced strategies and practical advice. This book is designed to help you navigate the complexities of self-publishing and build a thriving author platform.What's the secret to long-term success in self-publishing?Short Answer: A clear roadmap and innovative strategies.This step-by-step guide dives deep into the nuances of publishing wide, marketing & promotion, and diversifying your income. Dale shares his personal experiences and lessons learned, providing valuable insights and detailed resources for aspiring authors.You'll learn: The fundamentals of advanced self-publishingHow to publish wide and reach more readersEffective marketing and promotional strategiesHow to diversify your income streamsPractical tips for managing a small business...and much more!You'll love this informative and accessible book because it offers a clear roadmap to self-publishing success. Dale's proven strategies and expert advice make this guide an invaluable resource for authors looking to grow their platform and achieve their goals.Get it now!
Library Career Management in the Digital Age
Library Career Management in the Digital Age, A New Tool for Development presents a new model, the Librarian Career Management Tool, that can be used to identify and structure possible opportunities and challenges to the career development of academic librarians in the digital age. Because of this heterogeneity in the field, there is a need for a theoretical and practical tool that distils variation down to fundamental principles which people can then work with. The tool discussed in the book collates all possible career paths into a taxonomy of influencing factors and natural relationships between these factors for the digital librarian context. The advantage of modeling these distinct patterns is to enable informed and far-sighted decisions on the motivations for the next steps in an individual's career. In addition, it enables key trends in digital information management to be better understood.
Practices of Digital Humanities in India
This book represents examples of innovations in digital humanities (DH) efforts across India while theorizing disparate challenges and its negotiations. It examines DH projects that have spanned private and public efforts, institutionally sanctioned lab-work, and crowd-sourced programmes of public significance and shows how collectively they demonstrate the potential paths of DH in India. The essays in the volume highlight the two fundamental challenges for DH - acts of curation of new scales and the creation of platforms that can assist in the collation and analysis of these digital archives - and changes in learning behaviour. They examine the transformation of the university, and the opening up of new relationships between knowledge and audience in concomitant spaces of scholarship such as libraries, archives, and museums. The volume brings to the fore citizen efforts to document, record, and preserve as well as create new avenues of study and forge networks of scholarship that look very different from those of traditional academia. It also foregrounds the challenges of location and addresses the questions of how DH should be taught in India and how to build digital infrastructures. A go-to guide for DH efforts in India, this book will be an essential text for courses on digital humanities, library and information sciences, and the future of experiential learning.
The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th Edition
The venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar--an indispensable reference informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice. Now in its 18th edition! More than 1.75 million copies sold! Much has happened in the years since the publication of the seventeenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. The world has transformed, and the Manual has risen to meet the moment. The eighteenth edition of this classic guide for writers, editors, and publishers is the most extensive revision in two decades. Every chapter has been reexamined with diversity and accessibility in mind, and major changes include updated and expanded coverage of pronoun use and inclusive language, revised guidelines on capitalization, a broader range of examples, new coverage of Indigenous languages, and expanded advice on making publications accessible to people with disabilities. The Manual's traditional focus on nonfiction has been expanded to include fiction and other creative genres in coverage of topics such as punctuation and dialogue, and the needs of self-published authors receive wider attention. The citation chapters have been thoroughly reorganized for the benefit of new and experienced users alike, and the key concepts for editing mathematics have been integrated into the chapters where they will be most useful to generalists. Evolving technologies--from open-access publishing models to AI--are covered throughout. And naturally, there are some well-considered updates to familiar rules, including changes intended to align the Manual's recommendations more closely with real-world usage. As with every new edition, devotees of the Manual will find much to discover and ponder.
Bibliography and Modern Book Production
Bibliography and Modern Book Production is a fascinating historic journey through the fields of print history, librarianship and publishing. It covers key developments from 1494 to 1949 in bibliography and book production from the history of scripts and paper manufacture to the origins of typefaces and printing. Although not a textbook, the book was a guide for library students in the 1950s on the essential literature of librarianship. As the first librarian appointed to Wits University in 1929, Percy Freer's near encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject of bibliography enabled him to develop a key resource for relevant library examinations in South Africa and abroad. Due to its immense value as a historic record, and to acknowledge Freer's contributions as scholar, librarian and publisher, it is being reissued as part of the Wits University Press Re/Presents series to make it accessible to scholars in book histories, publishing studies and information science.
Information Technology & Libraries
First published in 1986, Information Technology & Libraries explores some of the issues, problems, and opportunities presented to librarians with the development of information technology.Charting the development of information technology in libraries in a historical context, the book examines the possible changes in the way society will operate and the effects on the higher education system as a background to library service. It discusses the external networks bringing in data from institution to use and the local networks which will distribute and add to the data. These will change the way libraries operate and the mechanisms employed by members of the institution to gather and analyse information. The volume, therefore, looks forward to the future of the library and the attendant effects on users, structures, management, and staff. It highlights the key issues for the library manager, and the requirements for library staff education, training, and skills.This book will be of interest to students and researchers of library & information science, library skills and education.
Cataloging Library Resources: An Introduction
This revised text is aimed specifically for library support staff and purposefully aligned with the American Library Association - Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) competency standards for Cataloging and Classification. In recent years AACR2 rules and MARC21 cataloging standards have evolved to RDA rules and BIBFRAME standards. Today catalogers must have the knowledge and skills to apply RDA rules of cataloging and use the BIBFRAME standards for data entry. Written in clear language and featuring practical examples, Cataloging Library Resources: An Introduction Revised edition will instruct library support staff to become proficient catalogers. Other books on this topic are written for professional librarians rather than support staff. And although the majority of library support staff do not hold professional degrees, many are expected to do the complex and technical work of catalogers. This book provides many examples that support staff can use to learn how to catalog all types of library print, media, and digital materials using the most up-to-date Library of Congress standards. Using this handbook as a guide, readers will be able to perform the ALA-LSSC cataloging and classification competencies and the new RDA, FRBR, and BIBFRAME standards listed below: - Apply and manage the appropriate processes, computer technology, and equipment for cataloging and classification. - Apply principles of Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) when creating cataloging records. - Apply principles of the Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME) and utilize the BIBFRAME model to create cataloging records. - Use the basic cataloging and classification tools, both print and online, including bibliographic utilities and format standards. - Understand the value of authority control and its basic principles, and can identify and apply appropriate access points for personal names, corporate bodies, series, and subjects. - Explain the value and advantages of cooperative or collaborative cataloging practices to enhance services. - Know the basics of standard metadata formats and cataloging rules to select, review, and edit catalog records, and to generate metadata in various formats. Use and apply the classification systems of Dewey, Library of Congress, and Government Documents.And much more!
Who Me, An Author?
Ever had that nagging thought, I should write a book someday? Maybe friends and family keep telling you it's something you absolutely must do. If you have unique skills, experiences, or knowledge that could help others, sharing your ideas in a book is an amazing way to pay it forward.By the time you finish this book, you'll be inspired to become an author and have the confidence to do it. The world needs to hear your voice. Who Me, An Author? is your guide to help you, every step of the way.April O'Leary is the founder of O'Leary Publishing, a hybrid book publishing company based in Naples, FL that supports professionals in creating books that educate, entertain, and inspire.
Persuasive Attack
Persuasive attacks have captured public interest for centuries. These attacks uniquely span the range from high level politics to celebrity scandal. Each context highlights totally different harmful behaviors, yet key strategies are employed in consistent, and surprisingly unique, ways. This book investigates the nature of persuasive attack by examining the strategies used in various cases to denigrate an individual or organization for their behavior and/or character. Beginning with a review of previous scholarly work on persuasive attack, this book then explicates Benoit's Theory of Persuasive Attack, and utilizes the theory to illuminate case studies from a variety of contexts including memes, political cartoons, selfies, documentaries, PAC advertisements, presidential debates, international relations, sports, and business. The book concludes with applications for educators, students, and scholars looking to better understand the way attack discourse functions in real world contexts. "This timely book presents a compelling argument that persuasive attack and character assassination have become the trademarks of our time. Hence, this publication is not only recommended for scholars of persuasion, but all academics and practitioners who study reputational attacks and defenses in the worlds of politics, business, and entertainment. This seminal work not only advances communication theory, but also offers valuable insights for political consultants and policymakers dealing with threats to reputation on a daily basis." --Sergei A. Samoilenko, Assistant Professor, George Mason University, Co-Founder of the Research Lab for Character Assassination and Reputation Politics (CARP)
Emerging Technologies: Theories, Futures, Provocations
Technologies advance and evolve in ways that outpace how we analyze and understand them academically. As scholars carefully consider the micro-, meso-, and macro-level influences of technology on the human condition, the technologies themselves are innovated and diffused rapidly. Here, provocations from established and early career scholars ponder the ways in which we can generate, challenge, and accelerate our understanding of emerging technologies. Chapters critically probe these technologies--both novel forms of existing technology or nascent and even speculative technologies--by summarizing and offering historical context to the "state of the art" regarding what we currently know, critiquing and discussing current and anticipated knowledge gaps, and provoking others to creatively advance on these gaps. This volume provides a checkpoint for the status of theorizing around emerging technologies, and divining solutions for refining our approaches to studying these technologies.
Emerging Technologies: Theories, Futures, Provocations
Technologies advance and evolve in ways that outpace how we analyze and understand them academically. As scholars carefully consider the micro-, meso-, and macro-level influences of technology on the human condition, the technologies themselves are innovated and diffused rapidly. Here, provocations from established and early career scholars ponder the ways in which we can generate, challenge, and accelerate our understanding of emerging technologies. Chapters critically probe these technologies--both novel forms of existing technology or nascent and even speculative technologies--by summarizing and offering historical context to the "state of the art" regarding what we currently know, critiquing and discussing current and anticipated knowledge gaps, and provoking others to creatively advance on these gaps. This volume provides a checkpoint for the status of theorizing around emerging technologies, and divining solutions for refining our approaches to studying these technologies.
Persuasive Attack
Persuasive attacks have captured public interest for centuries. These attacks uniquely span the range from high level politics to celebrity scandal. Each context highlights totally different harmful behaviors, yet key strategies are employed in consistent, and surprisingly unique, ways. This book investigates the nature of persuasive attack by examining the strategies used in various cases to denigrate an individual or organization for their behavior and/or character. Beginning with a review of previous scholarly work on persuasive attack, this book then explicates Benoit's Theory of Persuasive Attack, and utilizes the theory to illuminate case studies from a variety of contexts including memes, political cartoons, selfies, documentaries, PAC advertisements, presidential debates, international relations, sports, and business. The book concludes with applications for educators, students, and scholars looking to better understand the way attack discourse functions in real world contexts. "This timely book presents a compelling argument that persuasive attack and character assassination have become the trademarks of our time. Hence, this publication is not only recommended for scholars of persuasion, but all academics and practitioners who study reputational attacks and defenses in the worlds of politics, business, and entertainment. This seminal work not only advances communication theory, but also offers valuable insights for political consultants and policymakers dealing with threats to reputation on a daily basis." --Sergei A. Samoilenko, Assistant Professor, George Mason University, Co-Founder of the Research Lab for Character Assassination and Reputation Politics (CARP)
This Artful Sport
Two of America's foremost fly-fishing authors join forces in this unique book offering guidance to others who aspire to write about fly fishing. Paul Schullery and Steve Raymond, both members of the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame, have separately written many fly-fishing books, both fiction and nonfiction, and edited three fly-fishing magazines. Here they offer the benefit of their many years of experience to help others who aspire to write about the sport, including everything you need to know about developing your personal writing style, how to write and sell fly-fishing magazine articles or books, how to find publishers, how to promote and sell your work, or how to self-publish.
Opacities
Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism Opacities is a book about writing, publishing, and friendship. Rooted in an epistolary relationship between Sofia Samatar and a friend and fellow writer, this collection of meditations traces Samatar's attempt to rediscover the intimacy of writing In a series of compressed, dynamic prose pieces, Samatar blends letters from her friend with notes on literature, turning to ?douard Glissant to study the necessary opacity of identity, to Theresa Hak Kyung Cha for a model of literary kinship, and to a variety of others, including Clarice Lispector, Maurice Blanchot, and Rainer Maria Rilke, for insights on the experience and practice of writing. In so doing, Samatar addresses a number of questions about the writing life: Why does publishing feel like the opposite of writing? How can a black woman navigate interviews and writing conferences without being reduced to a symbol? Are writers located in their biographies or in their texts? And above all, how can the next book be written? Blurring the line between author and character and between correspondence and literary criticism, Opacities delivers a personal, contemplative exploration of writing where it lives, among impassioned conversations and the work of beloved writers.
Grabbing Tea
This is the first of a two volume set. The second volume is Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Archives and Practice (Volume Two). Number 14 in the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, Emily Drabinski, series editor.Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Identity and Libraries (Volume One) centers queerness in library practice and theory across academic and public libraries. Conversations from library staff and users focus on identity, community practice and outreach, visibility and coming out or being outed in the library. These conversations between LGBTQ+ library staff (and others) integrate interpersonal experiences of professionalism as queer folks in the field, as well as dive into their relationships and points of connections with each other and the communities they serve. Authors invite readers to join their conversations that consider the fluidity of our bodies as queer bodies, and our lives as queer lives inside of the library.
Tondano (Toundano)
This monograph is a grammatical description of Tondano, an endangered and under-documented Austronesian language spoken in the northern part of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is a modified version of the related doctoral dissertation completed at La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia (2015).
Write About Now
Write About Now includes interviews with zombie whisperer Max Brooks, The Nightingale author Kristin Hannah, designer Betsey Johnson, #1 New York Times bestselling author David Grann and so much more.When Jonathan Small began interviewing bestselling writers for his podcast Write About Now, he didn't anticipate how moved and inspired he'd be hearing their origin stories. He wasn't alone, as listeners wrote to tell him it was their favorite part of the show. Now, at the beginning of each episode, Small asks his guests how they got started-and the result has been a treasure trove of revealing backstories. In Write About Now, Small has curated these revelations into a book of surprising and insightful conversations with a mind-boggling list of the best of the best in journalism, fiction, non-fiction, and more, including: Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z author Max Brooks on overcoming dyslexiaKillers of the Flower Moon author David Grann on flunking high schoolNYT-bestselling author Joyce Maynard on surviving a MeToo affair with J.D. SalingerThe Nightingale author Kristin Hannah on quitting law to write booksThe Martian author Andy Weir on self-publishing a smash hitWrite About Now also includes interviews with science writer Mary Roach, Secret Life of Bees author Sue Monk Kidd, designer Betsey Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winner Matt Richtel and so much more.In all, Write About Now is much more than stories from A-list creatives. It's a masterclass in the art of beginning.
Unleash Your Inner Authorpreneur
In the dynamic digital-first world of publishing, succeeding as an author requires more than just writing talent. You need to embrace business skills, marketing savvy and an entrepreneurial drive to stand out. Author Rae A. Stonehouse offers a motivational yet practical guide that shows writers how to unleash their inner authorpreneur and launch a financially sustainable and creatively rewarding literary career.Within the pages of Unleash Your Inner Authorpreneur: DIY Marketing Strategies Writers Need Today, you'll discover the frameworks, strategies and actionable steps essential for establishing yourself as a thriving author brand. Learn how to conduct competitive analysis, identify your target audience, optimize online visibility, convert readers into buyers, collaborate with influencers and adapt to industry trends. Equip yourself with the well-rounded proficiencies needed to create engaging content, stimulate online discussions, maximize advertising returns, diversify income and ascend both the creative and business facets of your authorial pursuits. Guideposts include optimizing your online platform, leveraging email marketing, analyzing metrics, monetizing through multimedia and ultimately constructing the foundation for long term authorial success. This empowering and intensely practical playbook aims to help determined writers supersede barriers, fulfill their potential and boldly ascend to new heights of literary excellence. Follow these principles persistently, gather feedback, take calculated risks - before you know it, your authorpreneurial talents will unfold, connecting your stories with eager readers worldwide while you reap the financial rewards. The time has come to spread your wings and pursue your true calling. With this book as your guide, you now hold the map to realizing your ambitious author dreams.
Self-Publishing for New Authors
You've dreamed of becoming an author......and now you've written your first book.But how do you get it published?The world of self-publishing can be overwhelming, especially for new authors. Navigating through the steps of writing, editing, formatting, and publishing can seem like a daunting task. But don't worry, Dale L. Roberts has your back.What do successful self-publishers know that you don't?Short Answer: A clear roadmap and practical tips.This comprehensive, easy-to-read guide helps you avoid common mistakes and achieve self-publishing success. Dale will walk you through every step of the process, providing valuable insights and detailed resources along the way.You'll learn: How to write and refine your manuscriptEffective editing techniquesThe best formatting practices for your bookThe step-by-step process to publish your bookThe hidden costs of self-publishing and how to manage them...and much more!You'll love this informative and accessible book because it offers a clear, step-by-step roadmap for self-publishing success. Dale's personal experiences and lessons learned make this guide an invaluable resource for aspiring authors.Get it now!
Museums and the History of Computing
Museums and the History of Computing examines the critical role that cultural organizations, such as museums and galleries, play in shaping 'digital heritage' the cultural heritage surrounding computer technology.Focusing on digital technologies as objects and practices that museums collect, exhibit, and preserve for the future, this book highlights how and why museums play a crucial role in preserving the rich heritage of the digital world, constructing powerful narratives that help make it relevant to the public. It demonstrates that the museum can be a powerful means of safeguarding and interpreting ephemeral and continually changing digital technology, offering new pathways for rethinking the very meaning of digital objects and practices in contemporary societies. It provides practices and strategies for the preservation and exhibition of computing artifacts and ways to accommodate and respond to narratives about histories of computing that circulate in the public arena. Bringing together leading museum and university researchers and practitioners, and mobilizing cross-cutting debates and approaches in areas such as museum studies, cultural heritage, history of technology, anthropology, and media studies, this book challenges us to think critically about what 'digital' is when examined not only as a tool but as a cultural object deserving of attention and a place within the museum.Museums and the History of Computing is for museum studies students and researchers as well as museum practitioners - especially those with an interest in digital technology and heritage. It will be of interest to researchers and students interested in histories of computing and digital media and in digital media studies.
Self-Publishing for New Authors
You've dreamed of becoming an author......and now you've written your first book.But how do you get it published?The world of self-publishing can be overwhelming, especially for new authors. Navigating through the steps of writing, editing, formatting, and publishing can seem like a daunting task. But don't worry, Dale L. Roberts has your back.What do successful self-publishers know that you don't?Short Answer: A clear roadmap and practical tips.This comprehensive, easy-to-read guide helps you avoid common mistakes and achieve self-publishing success. Dale will walk you through every step of the process, providing valuable insights and detailed resources along the way.You'll learn: How to write and refine your manuscriptEffective editing techniquesThe best formatting practices for your bookThe step-by-step process to publish your bookThe hidden costs of self-publishing and how to manage them...and much more!You'll love this informative and accessible book because it offers a clear, step-by-step roadmap for self-publishing success. Dale's personal experiences and lessons learned make this guide an invaluable resource for aspiring authors.Get it now!
Writer's Block
WHAT'S IN THE WAY OF YOUR WORDS?Something's keeping you from expressing your thoughts and ideas in writing. It could literally be anything, but let's call it Writer's Block. Knowing the obstacle(s) you are up against brings you one step closer to figuring out a combination of strategies that work for you.There's no one-size-fits-all approach to writing or rekindling your motivation. In this workbook, you will find 160-plus varied tips, techniques, prompts, exercises, and activities that will grease your gears, give your brain a break (or boost), spark your creative fire, and more. Both playful and practical, Writer's Block is designed with you, a unique writer with unique needs, in mind.No matter what you're trying to write-from blurbs to blogs to books-and no matter what's holding you back, you will find a wealth of tools to help you get your words out there. The more you chip away at your Writer's Block, the more you'll start producing engaging written content you can confidently share with your audience.
The National Librarians of Medicine and Their Predecessors
Did you know that Walter Reed was once a librarian at the National Library of Medicine?This book looks at the twenty-seven men and women who headed the National Library of Medicine. In its early years, the library was known as the Library of the Surgeon General s Office, and from 1836 to 1865 the Army Surgeon General acted in dual capacity as surgeon and librarian. The first person to hold this dual position (albeit informally) was Joseph Lovell, who began the library by purchasing copies of medical books for his own use. After Lovell died in 1836, his interim successor, Benjamin King, started the process of turning Lovell's collection into a formal library, which grew to become the National Library of Medicine we know today. As the decades passed, the name and functions of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office were transformed. In 1865, the roles of surgeon general and librarian were separated when Army Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes hired John Shaw Billings to run the library. Many decades later, in 1922, the Library of the Surgeon General s Office was renamed the Army Medical Library. Eventually, in 1956, the library was transformed into the institution known today as the National Library of Medicine.
Libraries on the Agenda
Libraries on the Agenda shows how to engage in lobbying and advocating for libraries. The book analyzes political elements of power, policy making and human values. Political decision makers from local communities up to the international level need to be convinced, why libraries need their support. This title has an international approach to advocacy and shows many international examples. It presents tips and tools for successful advocating.
Time to Write
Have you always wanted to write a novel?Emily Winslow will help you develop the mindset and skills to get you started, keep you going, and see you through. Time to Write is a creative writing guide aimed at anyone who wants to write a novel and could use some support.It contains 49 lessons, each easy to read and packed with insights based on experience. Emily has taken her own work to high levels with major publishers, and has learned from teaching at Cambridge University what makes students light up and what makes their work drastically, excitingly improve.This book is full of encouragement, recognizing and affirming different work styles. It's a total handbook, teaching a broad range of specific writing skills with insight and clarity as well as covering topics around writing in-depth, such as how to give and take critique and how to evaluate publishers and agents.It's time to write the stories inside you.
The Contrarian Manager
This book on library management presents a contrarian view with a humanities focus that reflects author's decades of practical experience as library manager and professor of library science. It presents author's thoughts on teaching management to library science students, his management philosophy and practical advice for library managers.
Digital Humanities Workshops
Digital Humanities Workshops is the first volume to focus explicitly on the most common and accessible kind of training in digital humanities (DH): workshops.　
Always Take Notes
Wealth of Inspiration and Knowledge for Aspiring and Seasoned WritersAcquire exclusive access to the invaluable insights and candid anecdotes of some of the literary world's most esteemed authorsArt of turning words into bestsellers. For over five years, the hosts of the renowned Always Take Notes podcast have delved into the lives and minds of literary luminaries, extracting the secrets to their success and unearthing the hard-earned lessons they've gathered in their remarkable careers.From the inception of the best ideas. This compendium of wisdom serves as a beacon for aspiring writers, answering critical questions from how to become an author to how to get books published. Always Take Notes is a treasure trove for those in search of guidance on a path to literary accomplishment. This invaluable book is a roadmap for writers and authors alike, offering a first-hand look into the daily challenges of writing and the critical habits that help writers persevere. Readers will learn from the best and gain valuable insights into the author's life.Inside you'll find: A collection of firsthand experiences from best-selling authorsWriting advice and a reminder that setbacks are stepping stones to successA window into the writer's lifeIf you have enjoyed other books for authors and writers such as Writer's Market, The Science of Storytelling, or You Can Be a Winning Writer, then Always Take Notes is for you.
The Triple Threat
I believe everyone has at least one good book within them, probably more. But if you don't know where to start, that's a problem. Hi, I'm Solitaire Parke and I write science fiction, urban fantasy, horror/thriller, larger world and poetry books. I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and I've made my fair share of mistakes along the way. Hopefully, I can help you avoid some of those same mistakes and your novel can become a reality instead of just a dream. In THE TRIPLE THREAT I will share with you the knowledge I've gained along my writing journey in the hope that your dreams can come to fruition. The satisfaction you'll receive from being able to put your thoughts down in a paperback (e-book or audiobook) is well worth the time and effort, and something you can be proud of for the rest of your life. You'll learn about - How to start - Do research - Outlines Plots and Subplots Characterization - Dialogue - Conflict Timelines -Showing not Telling Helpful Templates - Cover Art Editing - Publishing and much more within each chapter - including examples. If you want to finally write your novel, this book will guide you through each process to a finished book.
Reading Workplace Dynamics
During the 2020-2023 years of the pandemic, when it came to the workplace, public librarians creatively adjusted their practices and their praxis to keep communities engaged with a myriad of virtual information services and distal information delivery during lockdown, lasting for often long and uncertain timeframes. Library staff then had to transition back to providing information services that resembled pre-pandemic services, but with added virtual options that library users had become accustomed to. How the pandemic affected librarian praxis has become a testimony of how librarian ethos has grown and become stronger for the lessons learned. Defining the librarian ethos as the character of the librarian identity, Reading Workplace Dynamics offers a renewed ethos for public librarianship synthesizing frontline practitioner outcomes with scholarship via a blend of chapters presenting innovative and bold testimony on ways in which COVID-19 forever changed public librarianship. With a diverse geocultural scope, all chapters mindfully focus on the value of regionality and geoculture, centering and highlighting new voices to document the knowledge and wisdom of scholars and practitioners with front-line experience and longevity in public library services. Reading Workplace Dynamics appeals to public library professionals globally interested and invested in their professional development, and wider readers seeking to understand experiences, practices, and initiatives in public libraries.
Imagine a Door
If you want to get your manuscript published, read this book.There's no secret handshake or golden key in these pages, but Imagine a Door offers a more equitable and empowering prize: information delivered with gentleness. Author and publisher Laura Stanfill started working on this project in 2016, ultimately interviewing more than seventy-five authors and industry experts, including Wendy Chin-Tanner, Tove Danovich, Omar El Akkad, Erin Harris, Ari Honarvar, Juhea Kim, Dan Lazar, Fonda Lee, Emme Lund, Daniel A. Olivas, Rosanne Parry, Keith Rosson, Amy Stewart, Sonja Thomas, Addie Tsai, and Lidia Yuknavitch.Is a writing routine worthwhile? How do you pinpoint the why behind your storytelling? What exactly is distribution? Can we reframe success in a less capitalistic way than defining it by sales numbers? While prioritizing genuine community over platform building, Imagine a Door intersperses case studies, sidebars, and checklists with personal stories about writing, revising, and the emotional complexities of sending your work into the world. Foreword by Beth Kephart, author of Handling the Truth.
