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Title: Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century Author: John B. Thompson Paperback: 9780452297722; $17 eBook: 9781101576984; $9.99 Imprint: New York: Plume, 2012 (2nd ed)
“For nearly five centuries, the world of book publishing remained largely static. But at the dawn of the twenty-first century, the industry faces a [...]
Read More... →The 2012 State of America’s Libraries Report
This report was released by the American Library Association earlier this year. It provides a year-in-review for America’s public, school, and academic libraries and can be read on the ALA website or as a pdf.
From the Introduction: “As the national economy [...]
Read More... →Title: One for the Books Author: Joe Queenan Hardbound: 9780670025824; $24.95 eBook – ePub eBook: $11.99 Imprint: New York : Viking, 2012.
“Joe Queenan became a voracious reader as a means of escape from a joyless childhood in a Philadelphia housing project. In the years since then he has dedicated himself to [...]
Read More... →Title: Feminisms and educational research Authors: Wendy Kohli and Nicholas C. Burbules. Hardback: 978-0-8476-9902-5 ; $45.00 (£27.95) eBook: 978-1-4422-1467-5 ; $39.99 (£24.95)
Imprint: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012.
“…In Feminisms and Educational Research, the authors explore the various forms of feminisms, tracing their history and their relation to [...]
Read More... →Title: Generation on a Tightrope: A Portrait of Today’s College Student Authors: Arthur Levine and Diane R. Dean Hardback: 978-0-470-37629-4, $40.00 Kindle Edition: $19.99 Imprint: San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2012
“An understanding of today’s undergraduate college students is vital to the effectiveness of our nation’s colleges and universities. As Generation on a [...]
Read More... →Title: The Associate University Librarian Handbook: A Resource Guide Edited by Bradford Lee Eden Hardback: 978-0-8108-8381-9, $80.00 • (£49.95) eBook: 978-0-8108-8382-6, $79.99 • (£49.95) Imprint: Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2012
“The associate university librarian is tasked with running the various services and workflows of academic research libraries, allowing the head university librarian to [...]
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