Vol 56, No 2 (2016)

Winter

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/rusq.56n2

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Table of Contents

Columns

From the Editor: "Many Thanks"
Barry Trott
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66-67
From the President of RUSA: What Is the Value of RUSA to You?
Alesia M. McManus
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68-69
Management: Librarianship in the Proprietary Education Context
Eric Rector
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70-74
Information Literacy and Instruction: How Can This Column Help You?
Esther Grassian, Sarah LeMire
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75-76
Amplify Your Impact: Communications and Engagement at West Vancouver Memorial Library: Successfully Promoting the Imagine IT Technology Fair
David Carson
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77-82
The Alert Collector: Depository Collection Management: Databases and Web-Based Resources as Assessment Tools
Charmaine Henriques
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83-86
A Reference for That: “What are We Stopping?” And “What is Shifting?”
Nicolette Warisse Sosulski, David A. Tyckoson
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87-90
Readers' Advisory: In the Readers’ Own Words: How User Content in the Catalog Can Enhance Readers’ Advisory Services
Louise F. Spiteri, Jen Pecoskie
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91-95

Features

An Exploration of Reading Promotion and Readers’ Advisory at Chinese Public Libraries
Lili Sun, Jingzhen Xie
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96-107
Weeding with ADDIE: Developing Training For Deselection At An Academic Library
J. Lindsay O'Neill
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108-115
Financial Literacy Education in the United States: Library Programming versus Popular Personal Finance Literature
Ashley E. Faulkner
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116-125

From Committees of RUSA

From Committees of RUSA: Outstanding Business Reference Sources 2015
BRASS Business Reference Sources Committee
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126-130
From Committees of RUSA: Best of the Best Business Websites
BRASS Education Committee
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131-134

Sources: Professional Materials

Book Review: Adding Value to Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Harnessing the Force That Drives Your Organization’s Future
Jennifer A. Bartlett
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135-135
Book Review: The Craft of Librarian Instruction: Using Acting Techniques to Create Your Teaching Presence
Allison Embry
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136-136
Book Review: Critical Literacy for Information Professionals
Ann Agee
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136-136
Book Review: Emerging Strategies for Supporting Student Learning: A Practical Guide for Librarians and Educators
Joan Plungis
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136-137
Book Review: Exploring Discovery: The Front Door to Your Library’s Licensed and Digitized Content
Jennifer Tatum
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137-138
Book Review: The Innovative School Librarian, 2nd edition.
Deidre Winterhalter
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138-138

Sources: Reference Books

Book Review: The 101 Most Unusual Diseases and Disorders
Ryan McLaughlin
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139-139
Book Review: The 21st-Century Voter: Who Votes, How They Vote, and Why They Vote
Anne C. Deutsch
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139-140
Book Review: Asian American Culture: From Anime to Tiger Moms
Megan Coder
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140-141
Book Review: At the Table: Food and Family around the World
Rachel Wexelbaum
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141-141
Book Review: Campaigning for President in America, 1788–2016
Sally Moffitt
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141-142
Book Review: Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967
Grove Koger
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142-143
Book Review: Global Happiness: A Guide to the Most Contented (and Discontented) Places Around the Globe
Michael F. Bemis
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143-143
Book Review: Gun Politics in America: Historical and Modern Documents in Context
Shannon Pritting
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144-144
Book Review: ISIS: An Introduction and Guide to the Islamic State
Brent D. Singleton
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144-145
Book Review: Miracles: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Supernatural Events from Antiquity to the Present
Paul Fehrmann
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145-145
Book Review: The Persian Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia
David Lincove
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145-146
Book Review: Resisting the Holocaust: Upstanders, Partisans, and Survivors
Matthew Laudicina
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146-147
Book Review: The Sage Encyclopedia of Quality and the Service Economy
Carol Krismann
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147-147
Book Review: U.S. Conflicts in the 21st Century: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, and the War on Terror
Evan Davis
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147-148