Browsing by Author "Burek Pierce, Jennifer"

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    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Burek Pierce, Jennifer
    This special issue acknowledges the role of INSPIRE, also known by its fuller name, INdiana SPectrum of Information REsources, and more simply as Indiana’s Virtual Library on the Internet, in Indiana libraries. This collection of databases is available to all Indiana residents, both in their libraries and their homes. INSPIRE offers Hoosiers a wealth of resources: full-text online articles from a diverse collection of popular and academic publications, Midwestern tree identification materials, Spanish-language resources, current biographical information, and more.
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    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Burek Pierce, Jennifer
    This general issue of Indiana Libraries focuses on Youth and Reading. A recent survey of Indiana Libraries readers indicates this is an area some would like to read more about. While youth services librarians are likely to find these articles most immediately relevant to their working lives, I’m hopeful that these essays will offer librarians in all venues insights into their patrons’ lives as readers. These authors delve into the types of books, programming, and issues that have constituted patrons’ experiences with libraries and reading during their formative years.
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    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Burek Pierce, Jennifer
    This general issue, with its focus on health information, represents a touchstone for me, first because it explores a compelling area of professional interest and also because it is the last issue of Indiana Libraries of my editorship. Connecting with the professionals who have worked on these essays (as well as those that have come before) has been a thought-provoking experience. Essays addressing a range of health information topics written by librarians with diverse insights into health as a professional concern form the content of this issue.
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    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Burek Pierce, Jennifer
    his issue of Indiana Libraries marks a transition: Emily Okada, who has served as Editor since 2000, has stepped aside and facilitated my role as the new Editor of Indiana Libraries. I use the phrase “stepped aside” purposefully: Emily has not left Indiana Libraries entirely but instead now offers her experience and advice in the capacity of Associate Editor. The working relationship we have developed led to the thematic focus on partnerships for this general issue. One simple denotation of partnership is this: “A relationship of individuals or groups marked by mutual cooperation and responsibility.” The realities of working with partners are more complex, challenging, and nuanced than such a simple definition might suggest. The articles presented here represent different ways that Indiana librarians put this concept into practice. Librarians, administrators, faculty, and library school students describe the ways partnerships benefit both libraries and the communities they serve.
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    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Burek Pierce, Jennifer
    This issue of Indiana Libraries returns to the format of the traditional general issue, featuring articles on diverse topics and concerning a range of library environments. Contributors to this issue work in public libraries and in education; they serve in positions ranging from school media specialist to administrator. The differences of experience and perspective represented by their work should offer readers of Indiana Libraries not simply ideas for their own libraries but also increased understanding of the matters which concern librarians in venues around the state.
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    Professional Reading? Or the Case of Librarian Detectives in Mystery Fiction
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Burek Pierce, Jennifer
    In real life, reference librarians field a wide range of questions; in fiction, librarians-turned-amateur sleuths take on the classic murder question, “Whodunnit?” in addition to their library duties. A number of mystery series have come to feature crime-solving librarians. The prevalence of these librarian-as-detective books, including the Aurora “Roe” Teagarden mysteries by Charlaine Harris and the Claire Reynier mysteries by Judith Van Gieson, encourages consideration of features of the fictional librarian in her role as sleuth.
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    Understanding the "Sexual Plagues": Evidence for Correcting Catalog Records for an Indiana State Government Publication
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2007) Burek Pierce, Jennifer
    When Indiana’s State Board of Health began distributing “Social Hygiene Versus the Sexual Plagues,” an early twentieth-century sex education pamphlet intended to keep young men from risking sexually transmitted infection, this pamphlet positioned Indiana at the vanguard of a growing public health movement. “Social Hygiene Versus the Sexual Plagues” warned against both the “rapid invasion of the American home” by incurable ailments like syphilis and “the direful consequences of sex secrecy." Although these cautions may sound hyperbolic, or even simply strange, to our ears, the matter of providing sex education to unmarried individuals was deeply controversial. It took considerable effort to publish this title, which is still found in a number of Indiana libraries. The hidden story of the creation of this state government publication provides new information about its authorship and publication dates, which are often inaccurate in catalog records for this title.