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What is the difference between a librarian and an academic mentor? A librarian can help you find a book in a library, issue a library card, or order materials from other libraries. A librarian cannot guide others to become competent teachers, engineers, medical doctors, administrators, news editors, lawyers, judges, legislators, police officers, correctional officers, entrepreneurs, governors, or professionals in essential areas of the economy. An academic mentor guides others in a specific subject or academic discipline. I am Asif Qureshi. I am the founder of Qureshi University. Take a look at this. www.qureshiuniversity.com Take a look at this. http://www.qureshiuniversity.com/form_to_email_submit.html How many competent teachers do you need? How many competent engineers do you need? How many competent medical doctors do you need? How many competent administrators do you need? How many competent news editors do you need? How many competent lawyers do you need? How many competent judges do you need? How many competent legislators do you need? How many competent police officers do you need? How many competent correctional officers do you need? How many competent entrepreneurs do you need? How many competent governors do you need? How many competent professionals do you need in essential areas of the economy? I can be a mentor to all of them. You need to nominate students; I will educate them in a short period of time. They need to fill out a form. Take a look at this. http://www.qureshiuniversity.com/form_to_email_submit.html The following should be communicated to the students. You need to e-mail and answer all relevant questions. You need to call. Once you e-mail regularly and answer all relevant questions, then a meeting can be arranged if it is required. If you do not know an answer to a question, honestly declare, "I do not know." You will be taught. If there is any deficiency of skills and knowledge, extra courses will be recommended. Q: Who may procure these resources? A: Department of Education, libraries, universities, schools, booksellers, others. Q: Why should you procure them only from me? A: The product and service is of highest quality, researched, perused, edited, copyrighted, sole source, and indispensable. Q: What should be the remuneration? A: You answer that. |
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1.0 Introduction * 1.1 * 1.2 * 1.3 2.0 General Information About Libraries * 2.1 What is a library? * 2.2 What is library science? * 2.3 What types of libraries are there? * 2.4 How long have libraries existed? * 2.5 How old is librarianship * 2.6 Where can I get the latest news regarding libraries and library science? * 2.7 What is the largest library in the world?...the oldest?...the most popular? * 2.8 Where can I read more about libraries and library science? 3.0 Education & Training * 3.1 Where can I earn a degree in library science? 3.2 Where can I earn a library technician diploma? 3.3 Can I take courses or earn an accredited library degree through correspondence? 3.4 What conferences can I attend to keep my knowledge and skills up to date? 3.5 Where can I find rankings of LIS graduate school programs? 4.0 Work 4.1 What distinguishes the work of shelvers, library assistants, library technicians and librarians? 4.2 Who decides the attitudes, policies and actions of libraries? 4.3 What can I do about mouse ball theft? 4.4 What's the latest word on book banning attempts in public libraries? 4.5 Where do librarians stand on the use of software filters to screen content on library Internet workstations? 4.6 Where can I get information on careers in LIS? 4.7 What are information brokers? 4.8 What are some alternative careers for librarians? 4.9 Where can I find information on contracting out and outsourcing library services? 4.10 What should librarians know about copyright law? 4.11 Will that be a double-mocha-decaf-cappucino with your StephenKing? 4.12 Where can I find information on setting up a small school or church library? 4.13 Where can my library get information on applying for grants? 4.14 Where can I find library related promotional materials? 5.0 Classification, Cataloging & Citation 5.1 What are classification systems and cataloging systems? 5.2 What are the major classifications of the DDC? 5.3 What are the twenty major classes of Library of Congress? 5.4 What are the major Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) classes? 5.5 What are the ten major classes of Universal Decimal Classification? 5.6 What other classification systems are there? 5.7 How do I cite information I find on the Internet? 5.8 How do I set up a cataloging system for a small or private library 6.0 Organizations 6.1 What organizations can I join to network with fellow professionals? 6.2 What organizations are there for LIS students? 6.3What organizations can I join to actively help libraries? 7.0 Librarian Culture 8.0 Net Resources * 8.1 Where I get answers to difficult reference questions through the internet? 8.2 What library related web resources are available? 8.3 What newsgroups are available? 8.4 Are there e-mail discussion groups for librarians? 8.5 Where can I find online journals? 8.6 Are there any library-related IRC channels or chat forums? 8.7 Who are some of the prominent librarians writing about the Internet and digital libraries? 8.8 How can I become more comfortable using the Internet? 8.9 How do I evaluate information I find on the Internet? 8.10 Where can I find tips on searching the Internet? 8.11 How can I stay up-to-date on new information resources on the Internet? General Questions Circulation Questions Computer Questions Library Catalog Questions Special Needs Questions Miscellaneous Questions General Questions * What are the library hours? * Where is the library located? * Who can use the library? * Where is the Reserve Room? * Where are the restrooms? * Which floors are designated "Quiet Floors"? * Where are the photocopy machines? * Does the library have color photocopy machines? * Where can I send a fax? * Where are the public telephones? * Where is the lost and found? * Are there study rooms available? * Are there typewriters available? * Are there other libraries at _______? * I am a Distance Education Student. What library services are available? * What other library services are available? Circulation Questions * Who can borrow books from the library? * How can I get a library card if I'm not affiliated with __________? * Where do I check out books? * Where do I return books? * How do I renew books? * How many books can I borrow at one time? * How long can books be checked out? * Can journals be checked out? * Can videos be checked out? * Where do I pay overdue fines? How much will it cost? * I lost a book. What should I do? * I received an overdue notice for a book I returned. What should I do? Computer Questions * Where can I access the Internet? * Where can I check my e-mail? * Who can use the computer lab? * What services does the lab offer? * Does the library have scanners? * Does the library have color printers? Library Catalog Questions * Who can use the Library Catalog? * How do I access the Library Catalog? * How can I get help with My Library Account? * How do I search the Library Catalog? * I've found a book in the Library Catalog. Where is it located? * How do I read this call number? * The Library Catalog says: o Item is checked out. How can I get it? o Item is at the Annex. How can I get it? o Item is at another __________. How can I get it? o Item is at the Educational Film Library. How can I get it? * How do I access article indexes and databases? Special Needs Questions * What services are available for patrons with disabilities? * Who should I ask if I need special assistance? * Are the restrooms wheelchair accessible? Miscellaneous Questions * Where are the magazines? * Where are the newspapers? * Where are the microforms? * Does the library have books on tape? * Does the library have fun books? * Does the library have children's books? * How can I suggest a title for the library to purchase? * Why isn't the library open longer hours? * Who do I contact about job opportunities in the library? Who can use the library? Anyone may use the University Libraries for research or reading. However, you must have a valid library card to check out materials. Where are the restrooms? Restrooms are located on either side of the elevators on every floor. Which floors are designated "Quiet Floors"? Quiet study areas are available on level 1, level 5, and Mezzazine. No talking is permitted in these areas. Does the library have color photocopy machines? There are no color photocopiers in the library. However, the computer lab does have color scanners. Where can I send a fax? The Circulation Desk, located on the Main Level, offers photoduplication services including fax service at a cost of $1/page domestic and $6/page international. Where are the public telephones? An on-campus telephone is located by the Guard's Desk on the Main Level. Are there typewriters available? The Computer Lab, located on Level 5, has one typewriter for public use. Where is the lost and found? Lost and found items are kept in the Circulation Department. What library services are available? The directory of library services includes resources and services available for the following: For Faculty & Staff For Students For Distance Education Students For Alumni & Friends For Visitors All Services How can I get a library card if I'm not affiliated with __________? Former graduates of __________ may obtain library borrowing privileges by joining the Alumni Association. Faculty from other __________ colleges and universities may apply for borrowing privileges at the Circulation Desk. Non-faculty may be extended privileges by joining the __________. For more information, contact the Circulation Department. Where do I check out books? Books and other circulating library materials may be checked out at the Circulation Desk, located on the Main Level of __________. Where do I return books? Library materials may be returned at the following locations (__________): (__________) Center: Outside drive-up book drop box, between Health Center (111) and Bull St. Garage (117) at Devine and Bull (__________) Library: Outside book drop box,directly in front of Library to the left of Exit Doors (__________) Library: Circulation Department, Main Floor Business Library: 2nd floor, BA Building (__________) Library: 3rd floor, LeConte Music Library: 2nd floor, School of Music (Assembly St. next to (__________) Center)- Music library materials must be returned here. (__________): Lobby book drop box Inter-Library Loan: Return Inter-Library Loan items to either the Circulation Department (Main Floor) or to the Inter-Library Loan Office (5th Floor) Do not put in book drop. For more information, contact the Circulation Department. Can videos be checked out? Videos are available for limited check out from the Educational Film Library. Checkout and viewing policies are available at: http://__________/library/edfilms/checkout.html. Patrons may watch films in the Film Viewing Room, located on Level 3 of the __________ Library. For more information, contact the Circulation Department. I lost a book. What should I do? Contact the Circulation Department for information. Where can I access the Internet? The Internet can be accessed for research purposes through the terminals in the Reference area on the Main level of Thomas Cooper Library. Also, current _________ students, staff and faculty are welcome to use the Computer Lab on Level 5. Where can I check my e-mail? Current USC students, staff and faculty are welcome to check e-mail in the Computer Lab on Level 5. Does the library have scanners? Scanners are available in the Computer Lab on Level 5. Who can use the Library Catalog? The online Library Catalog may be used by anyone to search for books and other materials. Certain items may only be checked out by _________ students, faculty, or staff. I've found a book in the Library Catalog. Where is it located? The catalog record indicates the LOCATION and the CALL NUMBER for the book. To find a book located in __________, write down the CALL NUMBER and use the location guide. For more information on locating a book, Ask A Librarian. How do I access article indexes and databases? Access to the library's electronic resources is available in the library. Many resources are available off campus to students, faculty, and staff with a valid password. Please see the instructions for off campus access. Does the library have color printers? Color printers are available in the Computer Lab on Level 5. What services are available for patrons with disabilities? Handicapped parking is available on the East side (_________ House side) of the library. Patrons who are unable to use the main doors can enter the building through the Disabilities Services entrance also located on the East side. The Center for Adaptive Technology, located in the Computer Lab, offers computer resources for visually and auditory impaired patrons. For more information, contact the Circulation Department. Who should I ask if I need special assistance? Ask at the Circulation Desk for any assistance you require. Are the restrooms wheelchair accessible? Yes, the restrooms in the library comply with ADA standards for accessibility. For more information, contact the Circulation Department. Where are the magazines? Latest issues of some popular magazines are kept in the Reserve Room. Please consult the Library Catalog for locations of specific periodicals. For more information, contact the Reference Department. Where are the newspapers? Latest issues of The State and other major national and international newspapers in print are located on the main level on shelves across from __________ Corner. Copies on microfilm are on Level 5 in the Government Information Department. Electronic access to major newspapers may be available through various indexes including _________ Academic. For more information, contact the Reference Department. Where are the microforms? Microforms are kept in the Government Documents Department on Level 5. Does the library have tax forms? Current Federal and South Carolina state income tax forms are kept in the Government Documents Department on Level 5. Does the library have books on tape? Books on tape and CD are a recent addition to the library's collection. They are shelved in the Browsing section on the Main Level. For more information, please ask at the Reference Desk. Does the library have fun books? The Browsing section on the Main Level displays a variety of new fiction and non-fiction books selected for pleasure reading. For more information, please ask at the Reference Desk. Does the library have children's books? The Children's Collection, located on Level 1, is a research collection for library and education students. While many patrons do check out these books for their children to read, the collection is not meant to be a children's library. Please do not leave your children unattended anywhere in the library. How can I suggest a title for the library to purchase? eRequest is an online form that can be used to suggest a title for the library collection. Your request will be forwarded to the Collection Development Department and considered for purchase. Why isn't the library open longer hours? The library is currently open as many hours as staffing and budget will permit. Use of the library during the late evening is low and does not warrant the expense of staying open longer hours. Who do I contact about job opportunities in the library? Q: Why can I place only 5 holds? A. Our automated system provides the residents of York County with the ability to place holds on items that belong to any of our libraries and then choose the pickup location. That means that moving "on hold" items from one library to another is a big part of that process. With the present limit, our patrons placed 83,000 holds last year. Unfortunately, with the resources that we have at this time, we are not able to increase the limit on holds in our library system. As soon as we are able to increase the number of holds that can be placed by individual patrons, be assured that we will do that. We know how much our patrons would appreciate this added service. Q: Do you have (a specific item)? A: To check on the availability of a specific item within the York County Library System, check our catalog. Your can search by keyword or, using the drop-down menu, by title, author, subject, or genre. A good way to find an item quickly is to search by keyword for a word or two from the title plus the author's last name; for example, associate grisham. Q: How do I get a library card? Does it cost money? A: Membership is free to residents of ________. Click here to find out more about obtaining a card. Q: Can I find out what books I have out? A: Yes. Click here for our catalog, then click on My Record. Log in and then click on Items currently checked out. Q: Can I renew my books online? A: Yes. Click here for our catalog, then click on My Record. Log in and then click on Items currently checked out. Click on the Renew All button or check the items that you want to renew and click on the Renew Selected button. You may renew your items twice. Please note: If the item is on hold for someone else, or if you have renewed it twice already, you will not be able to renew the item. You can also renew books in person at any library or by telephone during library hours. Q: Can I place a hold online? A: Yes. Click here for the online catalog. Search for the item you want. When you find it, click on the Request button near the top of the page. On the next screen enter your last name and barcode and choose a pickup location. Click on Submit. You should get a confirmation screen telling you that your request was successful. If you have problems, call your local library for help. Holds can also be placed in person at any library or by telephone during library hours. Q: Can I request items not owned by a library in the __________ Library System? A: Yes, Interlibrary Loan is available at any of the York County Libraries. You can call or visit your local library to have the request placed for you, or you can request the item online. For more information, click here. Q: Do you have any online databases that I can search? A: Yes. The POWER Library is available both in-library and from home. Click on the Resources button on the home page or the POWER Library button on the right side of the menu at the top of most screens. At the Power Library welcome page, click on the in a library link or, if you are at home, select the name of your library and enter the barcode from the back of your library card. Then click on the name of the database you want to use to get started. Q: Do you have information on local history and genealogy? A: Yes we do! All information can be found here. Q: Do you have the local newspapers on microfilm? A: Microfilm of the _________ newspapers is available in the ________ Room, part of _________ Library in ______. Q: Do you have any job openings? A: Job openings, when available, are posted on this page. Q: Are you open (on a specific holiday)? A: In general, holiday closings are noted on each library's home page. To be sure, however, call your library to inquire. Click here for links to the library home pages. Normal hours of operation are listed in the column on the right side of each home page. Q: Do you provide proctoring services? A: Click here to find out which libraries offer proctoring services. What should you keep in mind while selecting a book or books? Contents of the book. Type of cover. Type of paper. Type of printing. What is most important among these? Contents of the book. What is important within contents of book? Is the book in question-and-answer format? If yes, preference goes to question-and-answer format. The best way to select is online. Once you choose the contents, after that, the type of cover, type of paper, type of printing can be selected. What are the available book covers? What is the available size? What the type of paper is available? Contents can't be changed. Contents are standard questions with standard answers. These questions and answers have been standardized, researched, edited, and perused. The type of cover, type of paper, type of printing can be changed. If you have a better answer for any question, you may be a co-author. Take a look at this. Let me know: What book would you like to get printed? |
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Size of Page in Inches 5.5"x8.5" inches 6" x 9" inches 1. What are the sizes of the hardcover books? 2. What is a MiniBook and how is it different from the Keepsake book? 3. How many pages can my hardcover book have? 4. What type of binding is used for the hardcover books? 5. What type of printing process is used for the hardcover books? 6. Are the hardcover books printed single or double-sided? 7. How many sheets of paper are in the standard 20-page book? 8. What type of paper is used for the hardcover books? 9. In what sequence will the pages of my hardcover book be printed? 10. What is the cover label? 11. Will my chapter titles be printed in my hardcover book? 12. Do I have to use __________ binding service to make hardcover books from my __________? 13. Can I see any samples? What is Publish on Demand or POD? POD has been around for years, but until recently it was limited to black and white printingcomputer manuals were a primary product. POD means that books are printed one-at-a-time (or a few-at-a-time), as needed, rather than printed in bulk and inventoried. New developments in pre-press and digital printing have made it affordable to print a singe copy of a beautiful, case-bound, full-color book. What is the minimum print quantity? Many POD companies have a minimum quantity of ONE, and offer discounts for 10 or more. What are the standard book sizes? Each POD company has a unique set of sizes, resulting in dozens of choices. For full-color printing, popular sizes are 7 x 7, 8 x 10, 10 x 8, and 13 x 11. How are the books bound? For full-color printing, styles include perfect binding (glued along the spine), linen case binding with printed dust jacket, and case binding with a printed and laminated wrap (pictured below top to bottom). bindings Photograph courtesy of __________.com How many pages can the book have? This varies by company and by the type of paper used, and generally ranges from 20 to 440 pages. How much does it cost to print a book? This varies by company, page count, binding style, and book size. Prices start as low as $13 for a 40-page, perfect bound, 7 x 7 book. Once the book size, binding, and approximate page count are established, Tome Town will provide a price range estimate for printing each book. When the exact page count is known, Tome Town will provide a firm price. How long does the printing take? The printing takes five to eight business days. Shipping adds one to 10 days. What does Tome Town charge for design and pre-press work? And, how long does it take? Generally, we prefer to quote a fixed price for each project, which includes minor alterations and additions. The pre-press work can take a few hours to several weeks. A 40-page art book with a custom cover design, and one to three designs for layout of images and captions, can be done for around $500. Longer books with complex page designs can go into the low thousands. In what format should I send the manuscript for the book? The manuscript should be typed into a word-processing program, such as _________ Word. It should be proofread by someone other than yousomeone trained in proofreading. You may want to consider the services of an editor, if the manuscript is lengthy. The manuscript should be re-proofread until all corrections and edits are made. Once finalized, the manuscript is ready to deliver to Tome Town as a Word document or text file, on CD or emailed as an attachment. What is the best resolution for images? Images should be 300 ppi (pixels per inch) when cropped and sized for the book. If you are providing images to __________, we often prefer that you provide the largest image files you have, and allow us to crop and size for the final design. After reviewing your image files and discussing how you would like them to appear in the book, Tome Town will be able to recommend the best book size for your project. What color profile should be used for images? What file format is best for images? JPG files are required by most _________. A one-page cover letter An introduction that sells your idea in two pages or less. Pretend that you are writing the publisher's catalog copy for them; tell them what the book is about, what makes it unique, what the market it is for your book, and how it will be reached. T he more concrete you are, the more convincing you will be. A table of contents, annotated if necessary, to give an overall picture of your book. Sample material, enough to convince, and enough to give a sense of what they are buying. Information about the author--what makes you the right person to do this book. Marketing information and plans. How can you help sell this book, what special places and ways can it be sold, and what special ways can it be promoted. Do I really need my own ISBN? What are the different ways I can have my book printed? How many books should I print? What is the difference between a cover, a jacket and a casewrap? What is on-demand book printing? On-demand publishers set up your digital manuscript to be printed one book at a time using a Docu-tech. You pay a set fee of between $350 and $1,250 and receive in return one hardback copy of your book and one softback copy. If they set the retail price of the softback at $18, say, then each additional book you order from them costs you $10.80. If a bookstore, wholesaler, or on-line bookseller orders your book, you receive a royalty ranging from $1 to $2.30 per book. Q. What is the difference between 'Digital printing' and 'Offset printing'? A. Digital vs. Offset Offset printing uses plates and inks to impress onto paper. The makeready process of offset varies, but often requires 20-30 minutes to burn the plates, as well as time to mount, register the plates, and bring the output "up to color". It often takes an hour or more to print a single page. Once up and running however, the economies and speed of offset printing for print runs over 750 pages generally will be better than digital processes. Digital Printing however, uses a different technology altogether. It images with very fine toner. The time it takes to output the first page is usually well under a minute, therefore this latest technology makes short printing runs, or runs from 1 to about 750 impressions less expensive, as well as quicker to produce than offset printing. What should I charge for my book? That is up to you as you are the publisher. Do your homework though, and check out similar books in bookstores. Be aware that if you use a book distributor that it is common for them to charge 55 percent of the retail value. Understand that there are many costly complications that can occur in the printing process. That's why you should seek out a printing company that specialises in books; not the ones that also do business cards or letterheads, but the book printing companies that solely concentrate on books, day in day out. Before meeting with book printers, here are some of the questions that you should ask yourself: What size do you want your book? There are many different sizes and you have the choice to make your book any size you want, however, you should note that the printing presses are designed for certain dimensions â A-size; B-size, B-plus, C-format, Quarto; and so forth. So while you can customise you dimensions, it is highly recommended to follow the set dimensions otherwise you will end up paying for the larger size only to have unused dimensions cut of the sides. What paper do I use? The answer to this question depends on the number of pages and whether you wish to increase the perceived value of the book. For example, the Bible contains a lot of pages so to use bulky paperback would not be a good idea; hence the numerous bibles that use extremely thin paper. If a publisher has a set price they want to put on a book they may bulk the book up by using a thicker paper. However, bulky paper doesn't work well for books with a lot of graphics and photographs because it will absorb the colour too much. So if you have a lot of images then you need a high-bright paper (it looks white and is slightly thinner) where the colour bleeds less. What type of cover do I want? Firstly you need to decide whether you want a hard or soft cover. Then if you want a hard cover are you going to print on the cover or are going to have a jacket? If you go with a soft cover is your design going to be matt or gloss? Are you going to use design techniques such as embossing (where the letters have been punched out and the letters are raised like Braille) or spot varnish (where the light picks up part of the cover)? What costs are involved with each approach? Do I want bookmarks? This a great promotional tool that is cheap and easy. However, if you decide to print bookmarks then make sure you tell your printer before they start printing. The reason for this is that when they print your cover, they usually have left over space on the paper which allows for them to print the bookmarks at the same time. This means if you are a good negotiator often you can secure a large volume of bookmarks at no cost. How many books do I print? This is always the million dollar questions, as price it influenced dramatically by the number of books that you print. If it's your first time then you should look at a short print runs, like 100-200 copies. Typically this will be done digitally and will cost you a lot more to print each individual book. However you now have something to show your database, clients, publishers, the media and other members of your audience. After evaluating everyone feedback, you can then make all of the necessary changes and then think about doing larger print runs. Printing can be a complicated stage in the book production process and one that can become clouded with the many decisions that need to be made. However, if you are clear on what you want and articulate these ideas to your printer then you should be able to minimise any problems that may occur. What are the benefits of print-on-demand printing technology for new authors? On demand book printing has eliminated many of the financial barriers to becoming a published author. AuthorHouse is harnessing this technology to offer low-cost publishing options that include the design, printing, and distribution of quality books. AuthorHouse gives authors creative control and ensures that each authorâs vision is translated into a high-quality printed product. Authors can also determine the quantity of books printed and choose the selling price of the book, options that are not offered by traditional publishers. How does print-on-demand technology work? Print-on-demand book technology is a modern digital printing technology that allows books to be printed to match market demand. This technology enables publishers to print both paperback and hardcover books on demand as orders are received, rather than doing large print runs that sit in warehouses, waiting for orders. Print-on-demand book technology helps reduce costs by printing books specific to each booksellers order. AuthorHouse uses print-on-demand technology to offer high-quality book printing to aspiring authors with no big up-front printing costs. How is print-on-demand book printing different from the offset printing that was used in the past? The development of the personal computer revolutionized nearly every industry, and book publishing is no exception. Until the late 1980s, professional printing was done on large printing presses using printing plates. Pre-press work required printing plates for each spread within a book, which were then used for offset print runs. With the advent of desktop publishing and digital printing, pre-press work is now completed within the constraints of digital assets. As printers are now capable of working from digital files prepared by AuthorHouse, the amount of time the printer spends preparing each book is drastically reduced as compared to offset printing. How quickly can a print-on-demand book printer generate one book? Using revolutionary technology, a print-on-demand book printer can print and bind up to 800 pages a minute! How does print-on-demand book quality compare to books that are printed on an offset press? Originally, as new technology developed, experimentation with printing techniques produced books that varied in quality. Print-on-demand book technology has continuously been refined during the past 10 years, and book quality has improved dramatically. Although paper weight and color vary by individual book, books printed using print-on-demand technology are indistinguishable from other books. AuthorHouse books always feature full-color covers, clean graphics, and easy-to-read text. While the quality remains the same, on demand book printing methods require no up-front printing costs. My local bookstore wants to order 20 copies of my book. How will the books get from the printer to their receiving room? Once an order is placed for a book, whether it is a single copy ordered through the AuthorHouse bookstore or an order for 50 books from a retailer, the order is sent to the book printer. The printer is then able to print and bind the entire order in one run. Do traditional publishers use print-on-demand book printing technology? What does "copyright" mean? How do I get my work copyrighted? Should I copyright my work before sending it to an agent? What rights are involved in a manuscript? Who owns them? There are two layers of rights involved in a manuscript: primary and secondary rights. Primary rights include: Right to produce the work Right to prepare derivative works (including translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, movie, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgement, condensation) Right to distribute copies of the work (This usually is confined to first distribution rights, which means that after the book has been purchased in the first sale, i.e., in a bookstore, the copyright holder has no say over how the copy is further distributed.) The right to perform the work The right to display the work Secondary rights (rights to publish beyond the initial grant of form/territory) include: Translation rights Copublication and coedition rights Book club rights Paperback rights Reprint rights Serial rights Digest and condensation rights Anthology and quotation rights Electronic publishing rights Dramatization rights (theatrical rights, radio, movie, television) Videotape and audiocassette rights Merchandizing rights Visually handicapped rights Large print rights I understand that if I let my publisher have the world rights, I can lose a lot of money. Iâve heard I can do better by having an agent handle the world rights or doing this myself. True? Does my title have to be unique? Can I copyright my title? Do I need to include a copyright notice or symbol on my work for it to be protected? Can I transfer the copyright? How do I do that? Use Permissions What does plagiarism mean? What responsibilities do I have for quotes I use from someone elseâs work? Do you have to get permission to use photographs, illustrations, figures, and tables created by others, and, if so, who is responsible for getting permission? Do I have to request permissions to refer to titles of copyrighted works in my own work? In my nonfiction work, I wish to use actual grave stone inscriptions that I found among those listed in a copyrighted Internet. Who owns these inscriptions and do I need permission to use these? Nobody owns individual gravestone inscriptionsâcertainly not someone who collected them and posted them on Internet. What does public domain mean, and what works are in the public domain? Is there a fast way for me to determine whether an old book has entered the public domain and thus can be quoted without permission? How do I find out who owns the rights to a copyrighted work so I can request use permission? I am using interviews with other people in my book. What should go into the release form they will have to sign for me to be able to publish their stories? The release form for interviews can be a simple dated and signed statement denoting agreement to how the interview statements will be used. Information covered in the form should include the purpose of the interview (e.g., that the interview is for use in a for-profit published book entitled "X") and should declare that use permission is being provided for this sole purpose. The form should specify any remuneration. The interviewee should receive a copy of the permission form. If the interview is audio or video taped, the purpose of the interview and the permissions for use of interview statements should be captured on the tape. This procedure should be explained to the interviewee before the tape is turned on. Libel What is libel and do I need to worry about it when I write? Do I have to worry about libel equally in writing fiction and nonfiction? What can I do to guarantee that I wonât be sued for libeling someone in my manuscript? What is a press release, and what do I put in one if my publisher doesnât provide one? If the publisher doesnât provide a press release, the first thing an author should do is to work up one her/himself. Usually, this is printed on a single side of a standard sheet of paper and includes several selling points about the book, the cover blurb on the bookâs contents, a few (favorable) comments from reviewers (as and if you can collect them), the cover design, a brief bio, where the book can be boughtâand at what bookstore discount, and how and where to contact the author for book signings, interviews, reviews, and other types of personal appearances. A press release is sent along with a cover letter to the appropriate managers at bookstores, to review editors, and to anyone the author wishes to approach to talk about or sell her/his book. What can I send to newspapers and appropriate magazines to announce the release of my book? Release announcements, book reviews, and/or chapter excerpts printed in widely read newspapers and magazines prior to a bookâs release bring the book to the attention of and, the author can hope, injects an eager anticipation in the bookâs potential readership. This publicity most certainly isnât a given, but it is something an author should try to achieve (with the publisherâs concurrence, as this activity needs to be coordinated with the publisherâs own marketing plan), because the benefit will be rewarding to both the publisher and the author. The magazines you approach should be subject appropriate or you are wasting your time as well as the magazine staff membersâ time. Below is a sample of a cover letter to accompany the type of press release shown above when submitting publicity to a newspaper or magazine. What goes into a good request for a book review? Garnering reviews is perhaps the most important first step in marketing a book, because quotes from these can be used in so many ways to enhance advertising for a book whether from print or Web marketing or as a means to encourage book stores to order books and request book-signing events. Book reviewers can be very busy people, and most receive far more requests for book reviews than they can satisfy. Therefore, material you send to them needs to be eye catching (but not to the point of garish and amateurish), succinct, and complete. A good press release must grab the editorâs eye instantly, because reviewers see many such releases on a daily basis. You should send them a cover letter describing your book project and requesting a review, a copy of the bookâs press release, and a copy of the book, which will be in the form of a prepublication proof copy (known as an advance review copy, or ARC) if you are trying to garner reviews before the actual release of the book. The ARCs are made from the proofs/galleys sent out to authors to approve before the manuscripts are sent to press and will be provided by the publisher by mutual agreement on how many you need and who will pay for them. Many, but not all publishers automatically send these out to various reputable reviewers. This is a crucial marketing step that should not be taken for granted by an author. Reviews, especially by reputable reviewers, can give an instant boost to a book. Authors who must use their own resources in sending out press releases and proofs to reviewers can have the proofs bound at a commercial copier shop such as Kinkos. The cover and back cover should be plain white, with a centered title. In the lower left corner put the authorâs name. Below that put the name of the publisher along with the publisherâs address, the name of the contact person at the publisher, and the date of bookâs release. Fold the press release and brief cover letter in half and insert inside the front cover. A cover letter should include the e-mail address, if the author has one. For a detailed discussion of what goes into a good book review and how the review system works, read "How the Book Review System Works" by Midwest Book Review editor in chief Jim Cox at http://midwestbookreview.com/bookbiz/advice/system.htm. Under what circumstances would I need my own publicist for a book? The use of publicists is basedâas is the whole book publishing structureâon the human tendency to more quickly believe a product is worthwhile if someone other than the creator of the product endorses it and is promoting it. The buying public is much more likely to consider a book worth purchase if a traditional publisher has validated it by taking on the risk of publishing and promoting it than if the author has self-published it and is doing the promotion her/himself. If you have no such publisher backing for your book, however, or if you think you need a bigger publicity campaign than your publisher will underwrite, finding someone else other than yourself to promote your book is the next best option. This promotion can be taken on as cheaply as hiring a college student specializing in public relations on a part-time basis to send out fliers and pitch the great worth of your book to local newspapers and other media outlets or as expensively as hiring a national firm that specializes in promoting people through their books. Professional publicists are mostly engaged to boost the profile of a person rather than a single book they have writtenâalthough boosting the profile of a book or two by a person is certainly a good way of making the person more public. Using a publicist for a book is something you more likely want to do if you had a nonfiction book to use as a base of a lecture tour or to promote your own particular theories or methods for doing something the public would likely connect with and that would generate significant attention and incomeâsomething like a new diet program or medical procedure. Thus, publicists would rarely be engaged to boost the sales of a book of fiction, unless, of course, the fiction was planned as a platform for commercial spin-off, such as a Star Trek-type of series or a childrenâs cartoon series with other products tied to it. And you would not want to engage a publicist for any book promotion project that did not have good potential for generating a significant amount of money, because in most cases publicists would be very expensive. The most reputable association of professional PR specialists is the Public Relations Society of America (APSR). Its Web site can be found at http://www.prsa.org. The organization has a code of ethics, and you can usually count on fair treatment by engaging one of its members. What do publicists do? Publicists come in all "effort sizes." You could hire someone to handle on a part-time basis the basic promotion chores that the author develops and might otherwise expect to have to do him/herself, such as sending out promotional fliers, soliciting book reviews, getting material on the book posted on Web sites, setting up a book-launching event and book signings, trying to work to get the book onto bookstore shelves, and/or trying to arrange newspaper, radio, and television coverage. At the other end of the scale, the professional publicist could take the whole burden of developing the strategies and tactics of promotional activities from the shoulders of the author. Services at this level could include creating and distributing press materials; developing and handling media relations; developing and maintaining a Web site; providing a clipping service on all media coverage of the author and the book; researching, creating, and coordinating cross-promotional events (for instance, arranging for the book and the author to be used in an appropriate conference or program being presented by someone else); scheduling and monitoring book-signing tours; soliciting endorsements; arranging for printing of posters and bookmarks; soliciting book reviews; creating press coverage and arranging media interviews; and/or researching other promotional venues. What do publicists charge? How do I find a publicist? For basic help in following up on a book promotional plan that you have devised yourself, help may not be any further away than the business department at your local university, where you can probably find public relations or marketing students who would be eager for some hands-on experience in their field of endeavor and a little ready cash. For more substantial support, youâll be more interested in hiring an experienced book publicist. There arenât too many professional specialists in book promotion work, however. Most publicists are focused on promoting people or highly commercial products, and there usually isnât enough money that can be generated by profits from an isolated book to support a professional publicist. However, you may be able to find a local public relations firm that would take on book promotion, and there are a few national-level companies that include book promotion in their specialties. These can be found in a careful and patient Internet search. Examples of such firms are Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists, which can be found at http://www.bookpros.com/, and Five Star Publications, which can be found at http://www.fivestarpublications.com/marketing.php. Post Release Promotion What can I do to help publicize my book-signing events? Setting up newspaper announcements and radio and television interviews to coincide with a coming book-signing event will certainly entice a few people to peruse and possibly buy a book. Just in case such media coverage is not so easily attained or is not possible, there are things an author can do to advertise the book signing. If the publisher has not or cannot supply table posters for the book, something the author should seriously consider is to have posters printed by an inexpensive print shop such as Kinkos. One poster will do if the author remembers to retrieve it when the event is finished. The poster should show a color cover of the book along with much the same information as the press release provides. It should be eye catching. A bookstore can use it to set up a display that advertises the coming book signing. At the same time the poster is printed, some bookmarks can be printed showing the cover, Web site URL, publisherâs name, the bookâs ISBN, and other pertinent information. Another thing an author can do if he/she has a computer and color printer is to make up flyers advertising the book signing. These should have a small cover graphic and should include the date, time, and place of the event. They can be mailed out to friends and acquaintances and can be placed in coffee shops, stores, and any place where people who are likely to be interested in reading a book of this genre gather. Bookmarks can be included along with the flyers. The bottom line is to get the word out so people will come. Combining the signing with another relevant event that would draw people in its own right can also maximize attendance at a book signing. Be sure to wear a smile and be willing to answer questions about you and your book. For the most comprehensive book-signing tips, go to the site of book-signing guru Larry James at http://www.celebratelove.com/booksigningtips.htm. How should I try to arrange for radio or television interviews on my book? To arrange for radio or television interviews for your book, send a synopsis of the book along with the press release and cover letter to the station program director. You can usually locate the name of the program director from the stationâs Web site (which you can find through the Kidon Media Web site at http://www.kidon.com/media-link/usa.shtml) or by calling the station using telephone numbers you find in the telephone book (see http://yellowpages.com/Index.aspx). You should get better results by contacting someone who works with the stationâs program directly rather than addressing your cover letter to the station manager. Let the individual know you are willing to be interviewed at his/her convenience. You can offer a list of questions for the interviewer to ask. Are there some face-to-face venues in which I can talk about my book and promote it? Speaking engagements, workshops, and readings are good ways for an author to market. Social Clubs are often open to special guests and speakers at their meetings. Libraries and bookstores are often looking for authors to make personal appearances to conduct writing workshops or readings. Schools are another potential outlet, especially if the work is appropriate for youths. Senior Center programs are a great venue if the book can at all be related to their interests. The bottom line is to get out and talk about the book. An author should be sure to take along a stack of books to sign and sell to potential readers. How can I use the Internet to help promote my book? Web marketing is critical in the age of the Internet and no less so in the world of books, where readers are bombarded with options but have a finite time to read. At the base, authors should have their own Web sitesâcontaining content they themselves controlâthat advertises their book(s). This should be a place where potential customers can go and read an excerpt or reviews, learn more about the author, and order the book through a bookstore. If an author isnât well versed as a Webmasterâand has no inclination to learn what has become a fairly easy procedureâit would be worth the nominal monthly fee to pay a good Webmaster to design and host a Web site. Just having a Web site isnât enough, however. The site will need to be listed on search engines and directories around the world. It will need keywords and site titles appropriate for the search engines to find the site. What an author can do is devote several hours a day searching for sites on the Web where he or she can place a link to the URL (Web site address) of his/her own Web site. These can include sites that specialize in the same subject matter as the book, review sites, reader sites, ad sites, and any other appropriate Web site that will allow a link. Check out author-friendly sites and write articles for e-zines, or post excerpts of your book where appropriate. Join online writer groups and message boards, and while on such message boards, exchange marketing tips and be willing to offer adviceâand accept it gracefully and gratefully. How can I directly promote my book without spending a lot of money? Here are some techniques you can use to promote your book cheaply. What must be kept in mind, however, is that promotion techniques such as these will produce a limited number of sales; these suggestions are not appropriate for a national-level promotional campaign, which could not be accomplished without spending a large amount of moneyâunless, by some miracle (which happens occasionally) the book was picked up and spread by Internet/media buzz. How do I get my book into bookstores? The only assured way to get your book into bookstores is to get it published by a traditional publisher that has sales agents who promote books directly to bookstore chains and that has good store discount and returns policies. Bookstores normally take books to sell from publishers on what is more a consignment arrangement than direct purchase. They order books on a contracted returns policy with an understanding that they can return the book (often by returning only the cover and destroying the book contents) for full reimbursement if the book does not sell within a time frame chosen by the bookstore (and most bookstores just donât pay their book purchase bills until/unless they already sold most of the books theyâve taken). An author who self-publishes or who has a book produced by a POD production service can usually only get this book into a bricks and mortar bookstore by establishing such a returns policy and by personally negotiating with individual bookstores to carry the book (or by buying the bookstore). Such large chains as Barnes & Noble and Borders have very strict, centralized policies and procedures on book adoption that have to be negotiated by the single author who wants to get a single title directly stocked in an individual branch of the chain or a regional collection of bookstore branches. It thus becomes almost impossible for an author who is not published by a traditional publisher with book agents and an acceptable returns policy to get a book stocked beyond the highly localized areaâand even then the local bookstore must be extremely author friendly to agree to stock the book. I read that the publisher doesnât promote its books anymore and now the author has to do this him/herself. Whatâs with this? There are two parts to a response to this. Itâs true that if you self-publish or have your book produced through a POD producer, you are largely on your own for the promotion of that book. Itâs also true that when you are contracted with a traditional publisher, you will need to at least help promote your book and should consider what you can do to promote your book above what the publisher is doing. But that doesnât mean that the publisher is doing nothingâor even that the publisher isnât providing the objectively viewed level of promotion your book deserves in consideration of the bookâs market potential. Of course, every author assumes her/his book is the only important one being promoted, but that isnât a view the market is likely to share. When a traditional publisher contracts your book, this becomes the publisherâs book just as much as yours. They have taken the risk and laid their financial future on the line on that book. Itâs certainly true that the author has to join in the promotion, but to take the "author has to do it all" or "is doing it all" or even that the author "has to do most of it" route is just not objective. Good publishing houses, big and small, have marketing departments that are doing the bulk of the promotion no matter what individual effort the author puts into itâand are doing their jobs more or less in ways the author doesnât come anywhere close to realizingâand apparently that the author doesnât always appreciate. Consider the following illustration of what a typical big publishing house is providing as a base of promotion for your book even before any charges are expensed to that bookâs individual promotion account: Say your book is published by Simon and Schuster. It says that on the spine. Your book automatically gets into bookstores nationwide (and maybe beyond). You can fairly easily get the book reviewed. Your book is readily accepted as worthy of consideration. Your book gets into the catalog of a respected publisher, and that catalog, the base of bookstore ordering routines, travels far and wide. When the regional sales agents of S&S travel their routes, your book is in their cases and gets shown to buyers. Media outlets return calls. Simon and Schuster provides booths at major book shows; your book is sitting there on their table. This is promotion. This all happens outside of the individual promotion budget assigned to your book. This level of promotion has happened without the author lifting a finger or writing a check. Simon and Schuster has paid for and expended the shoe leather on this promotion. What are an ISBN and a barcode and why are those important in the marketing of my book? The ISBN, or the International Standard Book Number, is a unique number issued to every form of book (print, electronic) for marketing identification purposes. ISBN numbers, which are marketed by a private company, R. R. Bowker, identify the language, publisher, and the title of each separate book so that book distributors and bookstores can quickly identify the specific book someone wishes to order and to aid sales record keeping. (Remember that titles canât be copyrighted, so there could be two books with the same title and the same author name that only could be distinguished by their unique ISBN number.) Technically, Bowker only sells ISBNs to publishers, but if you are self-publishing your books, you can apply for unique ISBN numbers as a publisher. The current price is $225 for 10 ISBNs (the least number you can buy at a time) at the least fast serviceâplus you would have to register as a publisher at $14.95 for the 10 ISBNs. The R.R. Bowker Company can be contacted at 121 Charlan Road, New Providence, New Jersey, 07974, and you can apply for ISBNs on line at http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/isbn/us/index.asp. A barcode is a lined price code found on the backs of books and is used to scan the price of the book into bookstore cashier systems. It shows the ISBN number transferred into a worldwide compatible optical character recognition (OCR) form that can either be printed directly on the back cover of the book or on a separate strip that is pasted on the back cover of the book. The scanned lines will identify the title, author, and publisher of the book, and the use of the barcode rather than just the marked retail price on the cover of the book allows the bookstore to scan the transaction into its automated records system as well as to change the actual sales price of the book in its record-keeping system as often as it wishes. There are innumerable printing services that will print bar code strips for you if one is not printed directly on your book cover. Both the ISBN number and the barcode should be supplied by your publisher and need only be your concern if you are self-publishing. If you need to obtain barcode labels or barcode scanners yourself, there are multiple sources for these, which can be found with a simple Internet search. Although bookstores sometimes have their own barcode systems to substitute for the printed barcode, both the ISBN and barcode are considered necessary if you want your book to be able to be sold in bookstores, and you should ensure that your publisher provides these. Since the barcode translates the ISBN into unique lines that can be scanned, of course the ISBN would need to be obtained before the barcode was devised. How do I get my book prominently displayed in bookstores? Most visitors to bookstores assume that books are arranged purely by whim or on the basis of some book managerâs sense of aesthetics. But, for the most part, the display of books in bookstores is highly orchestratedâand is based largely on promotion money flowing from publishers to the bookstores. There are several devices for highlighting a book in a bookstore: book pyramids and/or posters in the store window, placement in front-cover-out display shelves, placing the front cover out on the general bookshelves, placement in racks at the ends of bookshelves, and/or inclusion in an "employeeâs picks" bookshelf. Other than going around from bookstore to bookstore and arranging your own book cover out on the bookshelvesâuntil some bookstore manager discovers the switchâor paying directly for highlighted display yourself, there is little that you, as an author, can do to get your book prominently displayed in a bookstore. If you arrange a book reading/signing in a bookstore far enough in advance, you might, of course, manage to have a poster and a display made of copies of your book in the bookstore window for a few days prior to the program. |
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Library Electronic Resource Exposition # Public Libraries # Academic Libraries # Archival Studies # Executive MLIS # Information Organization and Description # Management # Reference Services and Instruction # Special Libraries # Teacher Librarianship Public Libraries The MLIS program requires an introductory technology course (LIBR 203); three core courses (LIBR 200, LIBR 202, LIBR 204); one additional required course (LIBR 285); and the culminating electronic portfolio OR a thesis (LIBR 289 or LIBR 299) for graduation. Beyond these requirements, a student is free to select electives reflecting individual interests and aspirations. Program specializations are thus provided here solely for advising purposes. No such designation appears on your transcript or diploma. Many students find these introductions to different program areas useful, however, for course selection and career planning. What does a librarian do? How should I store my books? What do off-duty librarians do? What Is Interlibrary Loan? What does a Children's Librarian do? What Do Public Librarians Do? How do public libraries measure success? What does a reference librarian do? Public libraries vary widely in size of community served as well as size of library. Librarians may provide highly specialized assistance to users in large settings with large staffs. In small branch libraries or small city libraries, they may deal with all ages and kinds of patrons, run a bookmobile, or keep in touch with community organizations and schools. Most public librarians in all but the main branch of a very large system are involved with: * Reference * Collection development * Technical services * User services for adults, teens and/or children * Programming * Administration * Outreach/Advocacy Recommended Coursework Note: The following are suggestions of courses you should consider. If you do not have all of these courses it does not mean that you will not work in a public library. Required Courses: * LIBR 203 Online Social Networking: Technology and Tools * LIBR 200 Information and Society * LIBR 202 Information Retrieval * LIBR 204 Information Organizations and Management * LIBR 285 Research Methods in Library and Information Science * LIBR 289 or LIBR 299 Culminating Experience Foundation Courses: The elective courses listed below are suggested choices to best prepare to become a Public Librarian. * LIBR 210 Reference & Information Services * LIBR 220 Resources & Information Services in Professions & Disciplines * LIBR 221 Government Information Sources * LIBR 232 Issues in Public Libraries * LIBR 240 Information Technology Tools & Applications * LIBR 248 Beginning Cataloging & Classification * LIBR 260A Programming and Services for Children OR LIBR 261A Programming and Services for Young Adults * LIBR 266 Collection Management * LIBR 275 Library Services for Racially & Ethnically Diverse Communities * LIBR 283 Marketing of Information Products & Services * LIBR 294 Professional Experience: Internships Recommended Courses: * LIBR 282 Seminar in Library Management particularly courses focusing on Financial Management, Fund Development and Grant writing, and Human Resources Management; related courses often offered as LIBR 282 include vendor relations and managing electronic resources * LIBR 283 Marketing of Information Products and Services * LIBR 286 Interpersonal Communication Skills for Librarians One or two of the following courses are also suggested. * LIBR 262A Materials for Children, Ages 0-4 * LIBR 263 Materials for Children, Ages 5-8 * LIBR 264 Materials for Tweens * LIBR 265 Materials for Young Adults http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/classes/public.htm http://faq.lib.umn.edu/public/PubAccess.pl http://www.ibiblio.org/librariesfaq/faqidx.htm http://www.sc.edu/library/faq.html |