District Professional Collection

BOARD

• Advisory Councils (Nancy R. Axelrod)
• The Handbook of Nonprofit Governance (BoardSource)
• The Nonprofit Board Answer Book: A Practical Guide for Board Members and Chief Executives (BoardSource)
• The Source 12: Twelve Principles of Governance that Power Exceptional Boards (BoardSource)
• Transforming Board Structure: Strategies for Committees and Task Forces (Marla J. Bobowick)
• Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards (Richards Chait)
• Structures and Practices of Nonprofit Boards (Charles F. Dambach)
• The Nonprofit Board’s Role in Mission, Planning, and Evaluation (Kay Sprinkel Grace)
• Legal Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards (Bruce R. Hopkins)
• Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards (Richard T. Ingram)
• Trouble at the Top: The Nonprofit Board’s Guide to Managing an Imperfect Chief Executive (Katha Kissman)
• The Board Building Cycle: Nine Steps to Finding, Recruiting, and Engaging Nonprofit Board Members (Berit M. Lakey)
• Financial Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards (Andrew S. Lang)
• The Nonprofit Chief Executive’s Ten Basic Responsibilities (Richard L. Moyers)
• Better Bylaws: Creating Effective Rules for Your Nonprofit Boards (D. Benson Tesdahl)
• Govern More, Manage Less: Harnessing the Power of Your Nonprofit Board (Cathy A. Trower)

COLLECTIONS

• Book Repair: A How-To-Do-It Manual (Kenneth Lavender, rev. Artemis BonaDea)
• How to Archive Family Keepsakes: Learn How to Preserve Family Photos, Memorabilia & Genealogy Records (Denise May Levenick)
• Local History Collections in Libraries (Faye Phillips)
• Maxwell’s Handbook for RDA, resource description & access: Explaining and Illustrating RDA: resource description & access Using MARC21 (Robert L. Maxwell)

  FUNDRAISING

• The Fundraiser’s Guide to Irresistible Communications: Real-World, Field-Testing Strategies for Raising More Money (Jeff Brooks)
• Beyond Book Sales: The Complete Guide to Raising Real Money for Your Library (ed. Susan Dowd)
• Asking Styles: Harness Your Personal Fundraising Power (Andrea Kihlstedt)
• Train Your Board (and Everyone Else) to Raise Money: A Cookbook of Easy-to-Use Fundraising Exercises (Andrea Kihlstedt)
• The Generosity Network: New Transformational Tools for Successful Fund-Raising (Jennifer McCrea)
• Ask Without Fear!: A Simple Guide to Connecting Donors with What Matters to Them Most (Marc A. Pitman)
• The Good, The Great, and the Unfriendly: A Librarian’s Guide to Working with Friends Groups (Sally Gardner Reed)

 GRANT

•  The ALA Book of Library Grant Money (2014)
•  Winning Library Grants: A Game Plan (Herbert B. Landau)

 LAW

•  How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation (Anthony Mancuso)
•  Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide (Peri Pakroo)

 LIBRARIANSHIP

• Intellectual Freedom Manual (ALA)
• Resilience (Rebekkah Smith Aldrich)
• Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World (Rebekkah Smith Aldrich)
• Compact Copyright: Quick Answers to Common Questions (Sara R. Benson)
• Emergent Strategy (adrienne maree brown)
• Design Thinking (Rachel Ivy Clarke)
• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … And Others Don’t (James C. Collins)
• Say It With Data: A Concise Guide to Making Your Case and Getting Results (Priscille Dando)
• White Fragility (Robin DiAngelo)
• New Routes to Library Success: 100+ Ideas from Outside the Stacks (Elisabeth Doucett)
• The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness (Ryan Dowd)
• Resonate (Nancy Duarte)
• Transforming Libraries, Building Communities (Julie Biando Edwards)
• Crash Course in Contemporary Reference (Francisca Goldsmith)
• The Black Belt Librarian: Real-World Safety & Security (Warren Davis Graham)
• Five Steps of Outcome-Based Planning and Evaluation for Public Libraries (Melissa Gross)
• Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World (Devorah Heitner)
• Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals (Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic)
• Supporting Trans People in Libraries (Stephen G. Krueger)
• The New Librarianship Field Guide (R. David Lankes)
• The Atlas of New Librarianship (R. David Lankes)
• Anonymity (Alison Macrina and Talya Cooper)
• Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques (Michael Michalko)
• Planning Optimal Library Spaces (David R. Moore)
• Beyond Banned Books (Kristin Pekoll)
• How to Turn a Place Around (Kathleen Madden)
• Checklist of Library Building Design Considerations (William W. Sannwald)
• The Practical Handbook of Library Architecture (Frederick A. Schlipf)
• Useful, Usable, Desirable: Applying User Experience Design to Your Library (Aaron Schmidt)
• Creating the Sustainable Public Library (Gary L. Shaffer)
• The Art of Relevance (Nina Simon)
• Basics of Genealogy Reference (Jack Simpson)
• Data Points (Nathan Yau)

 MANAGEMENT

• Why Are We Yelling?: The Art of Productive Disagreement (Buster Benson)
• The Book of Beautiful Questions (Warren Berger)
• The Ten-Minute Trainer: 150+ Ways to Teach It Quick and Make It Stick! (Sharon Bowman)
• Dare to Lead (Brené Brown)
• Mission Critical Meetings: 81 Practical Facilitation Techniques (Ava S. Butler)
• Management Basics for Information Professionals (G. Edward Evans)
• 101 Tough Conversations to have with Employees (Paul Falcone)
• Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership (Joan Garry)
• The Dysfunctional Library: Challenges and Solutions to Workplace Relationships (Jo Henry, Joe Eshleman, and Richard Moniz)
• Elevate: the Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking (Rich Horwath)
• Immunity to Change (Robert Kegan)
• Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews (Douglas Max)
• The New Breed: Understanding and Equipping the 21st Century Volunteer (Jonathan R. McKee and Thomas W. McKee)
• Map It (Cathy Moore)
• The Mediation Process (Christopher W. Moore)
• Small Public Library Management (Jane Pearlmutter)
• Nine Minutes on Monday (James Robbins)
• Financial Management for Libraries (William W. Sannwald)
• The Skilled Facilitator (Roger M. Schwarz)
• Effective Difficult Conversations (Catherine B. Soehner and Ann Darling)
• The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever (Michael Bungay Stanier)
• The Third Side (William Ury)
• Go Long (Dennis Carey)
• The Leader’s Checklist (Michael Useem)
• Breaking Bad Habits (Freek Vermeulen)
• The Secrets of Facilitation (Michael Wilkinson)

 PR/MARKETING

• So You Want to Make a Difference (Nancy Amidei)
• Start a Revolution: Stop Acting Like a Library (Ben Bizzle)
• How to Build and Mobilize a Social Media Community for Your Nonprofit in 90 Days (JUlia Campbell)
• Courageous Communication (Maryanne Dersch)
• The Little Book of Likes: Social Media for Small (and Very Small) Nonprofits (Erik Hanberg)
• Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited (Steve Krug)
• UX for Beginners (Joel Marsh)
• Create Your Website the Easy Way: The Complete Guide to Getting You or Your Business Online (Alannah Moore)
• RE:Imagining Change: How to Use Story-Based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World (Patrick Reinsborough)
• The Librarian’s Nitty-Gritty Guide to Content Marketing (Laura Solomon)
• Right to Petition (Nicole Tisdale)
• The Non-Designer’s Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice (Robin Williams)

 PROGRAMMING – ALL

• Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Mattes (Kylene Beers)
• Hacking Project Based Learning (Ross Cooper)
• The Big Book of Makerspace Projects (Colleen Graves)
• Escape Rooms and Other Immersive Experience in the Library (Ellyssa Kroski)
• The Art of Gathering (Priya Parker)
• Literacies in Action (Pennsylvania Library Association)
• Groups, Troops, Clubs, & Classrooms: The Essential Handbook for Working with Youth (Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor)
• The Art of Community (Charles H. Vogl)
• Young Activists and the Public Library (Virginia A. Walter)

PROGRAMMING – ADULTS

• A Year of Programs for Millennials and More (Amy Alessio)
• Book Club Reboot (Sarah Ostman)

PROGRAMMING – CHILDREN

• Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library (ASLC)
• Baby Steps to STEM (Jean Barbre)
• Gardening Labs for Kids (Renata Fossen Brown)
• Big Science for Little People: 52 Activities to Help You & Your Child Discover the Wonders of Science (Lynn Brunelle)
• Supercharged Storytimes (Kathleen Campana)
• Maker Lab Outdoors: 25 Super Cool Projects (Jack Challoner)
• Brain Lab for Kids: 52 Mind-Blowing Experiments, Models, and Activities to Explore Neuroscience (Eric H. Chudler)
• 150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids (Asia Citro)
• Loose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children (Lisa Daly)
• Loose Parts 2 (Lisa Daly)
• Mother Goose on the Loose: Updated (Betsy Diamant-Cohen)
• Mother Goose on the Loose: Here, There, and Everywhere (Betsy Diamant-Cohen)
• Books in Motion (Julie Dietzel-Glair)
• Nonfiction in Motion (Julie Dietzel-Glair)
• Tinkerlab: A Hands-On Guide for Little Inventors (Rachelle Doorley)
• The Movie Making Book: Skills & Projects to Learn & Share (Dan Farrell)
• Becoming a Media Mentor (Claudia Haines)
• Creative Block Play (Rosanne Regan Hansel)
• Wonder Art Workshop (Sally Haughey)
• Energy Lab for Kids: 40 Exciting Experiments to Explore, Create, Harness, and Unleash Energy (Emily Hawbaker)
• Playful Learning Lab for Kids (Claire Heffron and Lauren Drobnjak)
• STEAM Lab for Kids: 52 Creative Hands-On Projects for Exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (Liz Lee Heinecke)
• Making and Tinkering with STEM (Cate Heroman)
• Artsy Toddler Storytimes (Carol Garnett Hopkins)
• 36 Workshops to Get Kids Writing: from Aliens to Zebras (AnnMarie Hurtado)
• Where’s the Math? (Mary Hynes-Berry)
• Ultimate Slime (Alyssa Jagan)
• 7 Mighty Moves: Research-Backed, Classroom-Tested Strategies to Ensure K-to-3 Reading Success (Lindsay Kemeny)
• Cool Creations in 35 Pieces (Lego) (Sean Kenney)
• 25 Projects for Art Explorers (Christine Kirker)
• 25 Projects for Global Explorers (Christine Kirker)
• Engaging Babies in the Library (Debra Knoll)
• Seamless Youth Services for Every Age and Stage (Karis Loop)
• Baby Storytime Magic (Kathy MacMillan)
• What’s the BIG Idea? Making Math and Science Come Alive for Children and Families in Your Library (Mother Goose on the Loose)
• More than Counting: Standards-Based Math Activities for Young Thinkers in Preschool and Kindergarten (Sally Moomaw)
• More than Magnets: Science Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten (Sally Moomaw)
• Even More Fizzle, Bubble, Pop & Wow! (Lisa Murphy)
• Lisa Murphy on Play: The Foundation of Children’s Learning (Lisa Murphy – the Ooey Gooey Lady)
• Diversity Programming for Digital Youth: Promoting Cultural Competence in the Children’s Library (Jamie Campbell Naidoo)
• Show Me a Story: 40 Craft Projects and Activities to Spark Children’s Storytelling (Emily Neuberger)
• Picture Science: Using Digital Photography to Teach Young Children (Carla Neumann-Hinds)
• Math Labs for Kids (Rebecca Rapoport and J.A. Yoder)
• Lifelong Kindergarten (Mitchel Resnick)
• After-School Clubs for Kids: Thematic Programming to Encourage Reading (Lisa M. Shaia)
• STEAM Kids (Anne Carey)
• Family Math (Jean Kerr Stenmark)
• The Power of Play; Designing Early Learning Spaces (Dorothy Stoltz)
• Engaging Young Engineers (Angela Stone-MacDonald)
• Art Workshops for Children (Herve Tullet)
• Wordplay for Kids (Tim Wadham)
• The Ramped-Up Read Aloud (Maria P. Walther)
• Roots and Wings: Affirming Culture and Preventing Bias in Early Childhood (Stacey York)

PROGRAMMING – TEENS

• 50+ Fandom Programs: Planning Festivals and Events for Tweens, Teens, and Adults (Amy Alessio)
• Club Programs for Teens (Amy J. Alessio and Heather Booth)
• The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services (Heather Booth)
• Putting Teens First in Library Services (Linda W. Braun and Shannon Peterson, ed.)
• LGTBQAI+ Books for Children and Teens: Providing a Window for All (Christina H. Dorr and Liz Deskins)
• Family Math, the Middle School Years (Virginia H. Thompson)
• Mental Health First Aid USA: For Adults Assisting Young People (Youth Mental Health First Aid)