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    Beyond Books: Advice for New School Librarians
    Beyond Books: Advice for New School Librarians
    Beyond Books: Advice for New School Librarians
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    Beyond Books: Advice for New School Librarians

    By Kristin Fontichiaro

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    A crowdsourced set of tips for new school librarians provided by librarians in international schools throughout China and Mongolia. Crowdsourced at the 2015 conference of the Association of China and Mongolia Independent Schools (ACAMIS.org) in Guangzhou, China, in a 90-minute session with Kristin Fontichiaro of the University of Michigan School of Information.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKristin Fontichiaro
    Release dateMar 12, 2015
    ISBN9781310589966
    Beyond Books: Advice for New School Librarians
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    Kristin Fontichiaro

    Faculty member, University of Michigan School of Information

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      Beyond Books - Kristin Fontichiaro

      BEYOND BOOKS: ADVICE FOR NEW SCHOOL LIBRARIANS

      Edited by Kristin Fontichiaro

      With contributions from the ACAMIS librarians

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      * * * * *

      PUBLISHED BY:

      Kristin Fontichiaro and the ACAMIS librarians on Smashwords

      March 13, 2015, with updates made December 16, 2015

      Each contribution appears thanks to a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 license granted by each author.

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. Although this is a free book, we hope you will encourage your friends to download their own copy at Smashwords.com, where they can also discover other works. Thank you for your support.

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