Meeting Community Needs With Job and Career Services (How to Do It Manuals for Librarians)

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People are increasingly turning to libraries for help with such career-related goals as assessing their own interests and abilities, putting together a resume, preparing for a job interview, finding training and education programs, learning about jobs and employers, and starting a business. This guide is built on the experience of scores of librarians who have worked extensively in job and career services. Filled with strategies and programs and other invaluable information, the manual shows librarians how to efficiently and effectively meet these customers' needs. Included is information on evaluating the special needs of your community, increasing access to resources and publicizing their availability, and a discussion of funding, facilities, and staffing. Directories of critical resources, career-advising software products, and sample materials are also provided.

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Justification for Library Services for Children and Youth.......2000-05-29

This book consists of 12 well-written accounts by various authors about successful library services and programs for children and youth. The authors of each of the articles provide facts and examples of the differences that libraries have made for the people in the areas they serve. Read this book for two reasons: for the examples of positive contributions to cite whenever libraries and their services are being labeled as ineffective, and to be reminded why librarians do what we do for children and youth to make a difference.

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If there is one book every professional electrical designer, installation electrician, electrical inspector, consulting engineer, and contractor cannot afford to be without, it's Electrical Raceways and Other Wiring Methods by the authority on all things electrical, Richard Loyd! From power source to end-use equipment, this one-of-a-kind electrician's handbook details specific design criteria, wiring methods, and materials for all types of installations as required by the 2002 National Electrical Code (NEC®). This is especially important, since the wiring section in the 2002 NEC® constitutes the largest and most sweeping change to the Code® in recent history. Other important NFPA standards are also referenced throughout the book as appropriate, making this the single most authoritative building design how-to and reference book available today.

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"Anyone interested in discovering why the sweatshop is still with us and why it still holds an important place in our nation's discourse will do well to read this book."—Richard A. Greenwald, coeditor of Sweatshop USA: The American Sweatshop in Global and Historical Perspective

"Adding a critical new perspective to existing political, social, and economic histories, Laura Hapke has crafted a book on the sweatshops of our imagination. Hers is an important project precisely because this particular space for the production of goods carries extensive symbolic and political weight."—Eileen Boris, author of Home to Work: Motherhood and the Politics of Industrial Homework in the United States

"A wholly unique, compelling, and marvelous survey. Laura Hapke once again astonishes the reader with her salutary blend of historically based interdisciplinary scholarship and wide-ranging references that treat ideology, gender, and ethnicity with appropriate clarity and sophistication."—Alan Wald, author of Exiles from a Future Time

"A scholar of the sweatshop, Laura Hapke expands the boundaries of cultural studies while never losing sight of the worker behind the machine."—Janet Zandy, author of Hands: Physical Labor, Class, and Cultural Work

Arguing that the sweatshop is as American as apple pie, Laura Hapke surveys over a century and a half of the forms, verbal and pictorial, in which the sweatshop has been imagined and its stories told.

Drawing on sources including antebellum journalism, Progressive era surveys, modern movies, and anti-sweatshop Web sites, Hapke illustrates how the sweatshop has been a facilitator of assimilation, a promoter of upward mobility, the epitome of exploitation, a site of ethnic memory, a venue for political protest, and an expression of twentieth-century managerial narratives.

An important contribution to the real and imagined history of garment industry exploitation, this book provides a valuable new context for understanding contemporary sweatshops that now represent the worst expression of an unregulated global economy.

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Sweatshop: The History of an American Idea.(Book review): An article from: The Historian
Susan Rimby
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000MX6Y0U
Release Date: 2007-01-24

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Title: Sweatshop: The History of an American Idea.(Book review)
Author: Susan Rimby
Publication: The Historian (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 68 Issue: 1 Page: 142(2)

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Ever since Darwin, animal behavior has intrigued and perplexed human observers. The elaborate mating rituals, lavish decorative displays, complex songs, calls, dances and many other forms of animal signaling raise fascinating questions. To what degree can animals communicate within their own species and even between species? What evolutionary purpose do such communications serve? Perhaps most importantly, what can animal signaling tell us about our own non-verbal forms of communication? In The Handicap Principle, Amotz and Ashivag Zahavi offer a unifying theory that brilliantly explains many previously baffling aspects of animal signaling and holds up a mirror in which ordinary human behaviors take on surprising new significance. The wide-ranging implications of the Zahavis' new theory make it arguably the most important advance in animal behavior in decades. Based on 20 years of painstaking observation, the Handicap Principle illuminates an astonishing variety of signaling behaviors in animals ranging from ants and ameba to peacocks and gazelles. Essentially, the theory asserts that for animal signals to be effective they must be reliable, and to be reliable they must impose a cost, or handicap, on the signaler. When a gazelle sights a wolf, for instance, and jumps high into the air several times before fleeing, it is signaling, in a reliable way, that it is in tip-top condition, easily able to outrun the wolf. (A human parallel occurs in children's games of tag, where faster children will often taunt their pursuer before running). By momentarily handicapping itself--expending precious time and energy in this display--the gazelle underscores the truthfulness of its signal. Such signaling, the authors suggest, serves the interests of both predator and prey, sparing each the exhaustion of a pointless chase. Similarly, the enormous cost a peacock incurs by carrying its elaborate and weighty tail-feathers, which interfere with food gathering, reliably communicates its value as a mate able to provide for its offspring. Perhaps the book's most important application of the Handicap Principle is to the evolutionary enigma of animal altruism. The authors convincingly demonstrate that when an animal acts altruistically, it handicaps itself--assumes a risk or endures a sacrifice--not primarily to benefit its kin or social group but to increase its own prestige within the group and thus signal its status as a partner or rival. Finally, the Zahavis' show how many forms of non-verbal communication among humans can also be explained by the Handicap Principle. Indeed, the authors suggest that non-verbal signals--tones of voice, facial expressions, body postures--are quite often more reliable indicators of our intentions than is language. Elegantly written, exhaustively researched, and consistently enlivened by equal measures of insight and example, The Handicap Principle illuminates virtually every kind of animal communication. It not only allows us to hear what animals are saying to each other--and to understand why they are saying it--but also to see the enormously important role non-verbal behavior plays in human communication.

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The full explanatory power of this book is unlikely to be accepted any time soon.......2007-02-11

In The Handicap Principle, the Zahavis have created a compelling case for a seemingly paradoxical revelation: Strength may only be demonstrated by showing vulnerability.

The simplest distillation of its central tenets is that interspecies or intraspecies communication must be costly in order to be meaningful. While it would be useful for any animal to be able to view another's cardiovascular health, the body provides few outright signals of its internal function ... or does it? Amazingly, many seemingly useless appendages like peacock's tails do precisely that. If a peacock can grow a perfectly symmetrical, useless tail, chances are it's in good physical health otherwise.

When we pause to try to determine which traits are considered beautiful, the likely candidates are those with no obvious survival value (long lustrous hair, unblemished skin, clear eyes, perfect teeth, symmetry, and artfully placed fat deposits). All of these traits are also the ones most vulnerable to parasites, and the first to fade in the event of poor health or old age. These are the last places an animal will put its nutritional resources if it was worried only about its daily survival. It is their very wastefulness that shows their value. While no one literally wears their hearts on their sleeves, our dermis is a fairly good proxy of our overall health. This is precisely because of its exceptional vulnerability.

Indeed, any time a scientist wants to test material properties, he or she usually has to break the sample that is being tested. It is only by showing vulnerability that true (breaking) strength can be gauged.

Thorstein Veblen's The Theory of the Leisure Class, published in 1899, and Nancy Etcoff's Survival of the Prettiest both form interesting companion pieces to this work. The Zahavis demonstrate that Veblen's concept of conspicuous consumption applies to the animal kingdom as well.

Just like The Origin of Species or The Selfish Gene, the Handicap principle is a theory that has yet to be proven. From a scientific perspective, however, a theory is far more than a guess. Theories can be judged primarily for their explanatory power, and all of these works provide considerable ammunition. While The Handicap Principle is by no means proven, it provides an amazing lens through which to view the world. You'll never look at animals (or yourself) the same way again.

Truly Fabulous!.......2003-07-15

I thought that the Zehavis' research and book was outstanding.
I feel this book and their theory is a must for any comprehensive review of the literature on altruism.

Interesting research.......2001-12-15

One problem with this book is that it refutes other forms of cooperative altruism such as reciprocal altruism instead of combining them with the theory and expanding upon them. The Handicap Principle is one of a few theories on explaining cooperative behavior in different species and the authors here give it a good starting point to their theory. It seems that several theories stemming from evolutionary research need to use the cooperation they often rave about and come together to overcome their flaws.

Best book on evolution in many years.......2000-05-19

Why does the peacock grow that tail? Why does the springbok leap straight up into the air when it sees a predator? Why do people behave heroically? The handicap principle answers these questions, eloquently, simply and with an overwhelming sense of conviction. The peacock is advertising his fitness. He is saying to the female in essence, I am so fit I can carry around this cumbersome adornment and still scratch out a very fine living. The springbok is saying to the predator: don't even think about going after me. I am in such good shape I can waste energy jumping up and down and still have plenty of reserves to outrun you. Save us both the bother and go after someone weaker. (By the way, the springbok jumps straight up instead of sideways because by jumping straight up its performance can be effectively judged by a predator from any direction.) And the man who dives into the swiftly flowing river to save a drowning child is actually advertising his fitness and improving his station in society. He is so fit he can take chances that others dare not. He's the man the women want to mate with.

The Handicap Principle thus is about signals, signals between prey and predator, between one sex and the other, and between the individual and the group. The purpose of these signals is to display in an unequivocal way the fitness of the signaler. Note that such signals have to be "fake proof." They have to be what the authors call "reliable." An animal that can't run fast and has limited resources of energy can't waste them jumping in the air. It needs to get going immediately or to stay hidden if it is to have any chance of survival. A man leads with his chin. That's a signal that he's confident. When men had beards it was a little dangerous to stick your chin out since the other guy might grab your beard and you could be in trouble. People demonstrate wealth by wasting money. This is a "reliable" (if ugly) signal because without an ample supply of money, you can't afford to waste it.

Part of the beauty of this book comes from the personality of the authors, who spent a large part of their lives studying little babbler birds in Israel. I feel I know these little social birds just from the loving descriptions in the text. One can see that even though the Zahavis made their discovery of the handicap principle in 1975 and waited almost two decades before it was generally accepted in the scientific community, they harbor no bitterness, nor is their tone at all gloating. They come across as hard-working field scientists who love their work and nature.

Besides being full of exciting and original ideas, The Handicap Principle is also extremely well written. Each sentence is clear and to the point without the burden of unnecessary jargon or the wordy clumsiness sometimes found in such books. Amotz and Avishag Zahavi took great pride in effectively communicating their ideas to a wide audience. Additionally there are scores of exquisite, loving little black and white drawings by illustrator Amir Balaban of animals, birds, insects and people, etc., illuminating the text.

If you're interested in evolutionary theory, this is a book not to be missed. As Jared Diamond says on the cover, "Read this fine book, and discover what the excitement is all about."

I loved it, insightful, entertaining, astounding........1998-05-06

This very readable book covers a wide range of biological behavior, and really demonstrates the reality of the Handicap Principle. Not only am I convinced of its truth, but now understand much more about human behavior than before.

Disability And Dependency (Disability, Handicap and Life Chances Series)

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Disability And Dependency (Disability, Handicap and Life Chances Series)
Len Barton
Manufacturer: Routledge
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1850006164

Community-Based Curriculum: Instructional Strategies for Students With Severe Handicaps

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Community-Based Curriculum: Instructional Strategies for Students With Severe Handicaps
Mary A. Falvey
Manufacturer: Brookes Publishing Company
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1557660239

The Adventures of Granny: Granny Goes to the Zoo (HARDCOVER)

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The Adventures of Granny: Granny Goes to the Zoo (HARDCOVER)
Nancy Eberhart
Manufacturer: Lifevest Publishing, Inc.
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ASIN: B000UXWVQ8

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Follow Granny as she spends the day visiting the animals in the zoo. This book is based on a real Granny of five, who has multiple sclerosis.

Assessment of individuals with severe handicaps: An applied behavior approach to life skills assessment

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Assessment of individuals with severe handicaps: An applied behavior approach to life skills assessment
Diane M Browder
Manufacturer: P.H. Brookes
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Challenging Prejudice Through Education: The Story of a Mental Handicap Awareness Curriculum Project (Disability, Handicap and Life Chances Series)

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Challenging Prejudice Through Education: The Story of a Mental Handicap Awareness Curriculum Project (Disability, Handicap and Life Chances Series)
John Quicke , Karen Beasley , and Caroline Morrison
Manufacturer: Falmer Pr
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1850006938

The Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling: Life's Handicap Being Stories of Mine Own People/Volume 4 of a 28 Volume Set Isbn 0404037402

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The Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling: Life's Handicap Being Stories of Mine Own People/Volume 4 of a 28 Volume Set Isbn 0404037402
Kipling
Manufacturer: Ams Pr
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Binding: Hardcover

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Departmental Ditties and Barrack Room Ballads, Soldiers Three, Plain Tales from the Hills, Under the Deodars, Life's Handicap, The Light that Failed

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Departmental Ditties and Barrack Room Ballads, Soldiers Three, Plain Tales from the Hills, Under the Deodars, Life's Handicap, The Light that Failed
Rudyard Kipling
Manufacturer: Doubleday Paige and co.
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Binding: Hardcover

Disabling Policies?: A Comparative Approach to Education, Policy and Disability (Disability, Handicap and Life Chances Series)

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Disabling Policies?: A Comparative Approach to Education, Policy and Disability (Disability, Handicap and Life Chances Series)
Gillian Fulcher , and Gillian Gulcher
Manufacturer: Falmer Pr
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The Golden Handicap: A Spiritual Quest : A Polio Victim Asks, "Why?" and Turns His Life Around

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The Golden Handicap: A Spiritual Quest : A Polio Victim Asks, "Why?" and Turns His Life Around
Garrett, Ph.D. Oppenheim , and Gwen Oppenheim
Manufacturer: Are Pr
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From its beginnings at World's End, King's Road, London, where Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood turned art into fashion and fashion into life from their shop SEX, punk sent shock waves of anarchistic music, attitude, fashion, and style through Europe, the United States, and beyond with a force that is still at work at the end of the century. Nils and Ray Stevenson were there from the start. More graphically than any other writer, Nils traces the roots of the experience that lay at the heart of punk: "We had no regard for 'authenticity.' We owned it and we manipulated it with an irreverence that was previously unheard of. . . . Punk was a cage to go wild in." The raucous reality of the unfolding story is recreated month by month in Ray's riveting photographs, accompanied by his brother's startlingly frank diary entries and handwritten comments from others who were part of the scene. McLaren and Westwood, the Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Clash, the Buzzcocks, the Slits, the Stranglers, and their fellow renegades from across the Atlantic--Richard Hell, the New York Dolls, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, and Debbie Harry--all come alive and kicking off the page. The first book to capture the immediacy and excitement of the original punk, this is a must-buy for all fans of punk, neo-punk, and the distinctive British music and fashion scenes.

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Slice of Life.......2002-07-15

This book is an excellent photo journal of the early Britpunk era. As the writer was the early manager of Siouxsie and the Banshees, he has included many pics of Siouxsie, along with all the major people during the scene back then. I think this book is a good companion not to "Please Kill Me" (as a previous reviewer mentioned) but to Jon Savage's "England's Dreaming". I say this because Savage's book is all about the British punk scene during the late 70's and he talks about all of the people who appear in photo form (and write their own little notes) in "Vacant"; "Please Kill Me" is really about the American punk scene which was totally different. I agree that Nils Stevenson's journal entries are a little disjointed and don't always connect with the photos being shown, but it doesn't seem to matter all that much because many of the people he mentions are pictured more than once in the book anyway. The quality of the photos, even the live concert shots, are exquisite. The still shots are crisp, with detail that makes them look like they were taken just yesterday. I definitely recommend this book for people interested in the early British punk scene; the photos alone are well-worth the price of the book!

Great Book For Those Interested In Brit Punk and Photography.......2002-01-03

This book is a great one if your into the '77 sound of the early british punk scene. It's a great companion to the Punk magazine book and "Please Kill Me." It seems to be a bit more honest than "Please Kill Me" and less pretenious also (though I still enjoy "Please Kill Me"). The photographs that accompany the text of the diary are great and really show the shoot from the hip attitude that punk music and art had at the time. I would recommend this book for young kids first getting into punk as a primer on the who's who, and also to old timers to get a glipse at their long loved heroes.

Oh so pretty!.......2000-10-19

A nice addition to the recent explosion of books on punk. With the loverly image of young Sue Catwoman gracing the cover (a cool parody of "Vogue" magazine), you know the publishers are appealing to those already in the know about UK punk. Brothers Nils and Ray Stevenson were chroniclers of this demi-monde, now over twenty years old, and in their words and pictures capture the era.

Color and b/w photos abound, with glorious portraits of all the guilty parties, from the usual suspects like Johnny R, Sid, Siouxsie, & Poly Styrene, to the fringe characters like Debbie Wilson, Linda the dominatrix and Helen Wellington-Lloyd. Nils' diary entries start February 1976 and close August '80 (hanging out with the Banshees on a California beach). In between comes all the mayhem, the excitement, and the wonderful creative, anarchic energy that is true punk rock.

Look how young they all are! Sigh. It's amazing that these kids were between 16 and 20 years old and changed pop music so drastically. It's fun to read the contemporary handwritten comments written about those days by the folks involved. You just know that their lives were forever altered by these couple years.

There's a good intro that traces the roots of punk, from the mods and rockers of the sixties to the teddy boys of the early seventies to Malcolm's shop Sex. This book will go nicely on the shelf with "England's Dreaming," "Rotten," and "Blank Generation." It's not for the casual fan of punk, but for the true fan.

Ageless style when people could still be shocked........1999-07-19

Wow what a book. I once had a scary pet rock that had a mohawk. It brought me back two decades.

Punk before the pretension!.......1999-07-15

This is a thoroughly enjoyable romp through the formative years of punk in the UK, courtesy of Nils' journal entries, and more importantly, through excellent photographs. In many ways this book makes the whole original punk scene/moment look not only incredibly avant garde, but also very disturbingly beautiful and innocent (in a deranged way of course--excluding the junkie tendencies of many of the characters...). My only complaint is that I wish the book were a bit meatier text-wise. The photos compensate for this slightness in text--candid, unstaged photos of Johnny Rotten, Siouxsie et.al. in all their shock glamor splendor.

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Get expert tips on using Project to keep all your projects on track
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MS Project for Dummies is a good starter.......2007-01-09

MS Project for Dummies is a good starter for the basic usage of this program. Good for first time users. If your looking for more advance skills, I would go somewheres else.

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