1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450478903321

Titolo

Dare professors of educational administration build a new social order [[electronic resource] ] : social justice within an American perspective / / guest editor Alan R. Shoho

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006

ISBN

1-280-54737-5

9786610547371

1-84663-007-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (105 p.)

Collana

Journal of Educational Administration ; ; v.44, no. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

ShohoAlan R

Disciplina

371.200711

Soggetti

Social justice

School management and organization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Introduction; Dare public school administrators build a new social order?; Toward a framework for preparing leaders for social justice; The uneven march toward social justice; Preparing educational leaders to embrace the "public" in public schools; Utilizing an "ethic of care" in leadership preparation; Infusing gender and diversity issues into educational leadership programs; Social justice and educational administration: mutually exclusive?

Sommario/riassunto

Over the past few years, there was been a notable increase in scholarly presentations and publications involving the role of social justice in educational leadership. The diversity of social justice issues represents one aspect of the impact of globalization on schools and its leaders. In addition, internationally, schools and its leaders are grappling with social justice issues as a once vast world becomes ever small through technology and cross-cultural interactions (via economics, war, exchanges, etc.). Yet, while this is going on, social justice issues are often marginalized within educati



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812779803321

Titolo

Law librarianship in the twenty-first century / / edited by Roy Balleste, Sonia Luna-Lamas, and Lisa Smith-Butler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8108-9233-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BallesteRoy

Luna-LamasSonia

Smith-ButlerLisa

Disciplina

026.34

Soggetti

Law libraries

Law libraries - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: A Brief History of Law Librarianship; Chapter Two: Working at the Law Library: A Practical Guide; Chapter Three: The Administration of the Academic Law Library: The Glue That Binds; Chapter Four: Public Services; Chapter Five: State Law Libraries in the Twenty-First Century; Chapter Six: The Curious Case of County Law Libraries; Chapter Seven: Law Firm Librarianship; Chapter Eight: Collection Development, Acquisitions, and Licensing; Chapter Nine: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Librarianship

Chapter Ten: Technical ServicesChapter Eleven: The Evolution of Government Documents; Chapter Twelve: The Future of Law Libraries: Technology in the Age of Information; Chapter Thirteen: The Law Library of Congress; Chapter Fourteen: Library Consortia in the New Economy: Collaboration to Scale; Appendix A: Core Competencies of Law Librarianship; Appendix B: Top-10 List for New Depository Staff; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Law Librarianship in the 21st Century</span><span>, a text for library and information science



courses on law librarianship, introduces students to the rapidly evolving world of law librarianship. With no prior knowledge of the law required, students using this book will find practical answers to such questions as: What is law librarianship? How do you become a law librarian? How does law librarianship interrelate with the legal world? Individual chapters provide a concise treatment of such specialized topics as the history of law librarianship, interna