February 2018 Archives - State Library of Ohio

General/Miscellaneous

Prohibition in Columbus, Ohio

by Alex Tebben

The Prohibition era often conjures up images of Tommy guns and speakeasies, but prohibition in Columbus added up to more than a crime stat sheet. […]

The Ohio Valley Jazz Festival

by Scott M. Santangelo

Cincinnati, Ohio, might have seemed like an unlikely choice to host the nation’s largest annual R&B concert, but thanks to local promoter Dino Santangelo, the […]

Nonbinary gender identities : history, culture, resources

by Charlie McNabb

This timely resource–the first reference on nonbinary gender identities–offers an accessible entry into researching this topic. Written by a nonbinary scholar and librarian, this guide […]

Fall or fly : the strangely hopeful story of foster care and adoption in Appalachia

by Wendy Welch

Chaos. Frustration. Compassion. Desperation. Hope. These are the five words that author Wendy Welch says best summarize the state of foster care in the coalfields […]

Virtual training tools and templates : an action guide to live online learning

by Cindy Huggett

Starting with a simple four-step process (get started, get ready, get buy-in, and get going), this complete guide helps you select the right technology, then […]

You’re more powerful than you think : a citizen’s guide to making change happen

by Eric Liu

This is an age of epic political turbulence in America. Old hierarchies and institutions are collapsing. From the fracturing of the major political parties, to […]

Beyond Snowden : privacy, mass surveillance, and the struggle to reform the NSA

by Timothy H. Edgar

America’s mass surveillance programs, once secret, can no longer be ignored. While Edward Snowden began the process in 2013 with his leaks of top secret […]

Getting started with digital collections : scaling to fit your organization

by Jane D. Monson

Digital collections have already changed the ways users access and interact with an institution’s materials. And small or medium-sized libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies […]

Fundamentals of electronic resources management

by Alana Verminski and Kelly Marie Blanchat

Whether it’s networking with vendor reps or poring over data, the continually evolving field of electronic resources management (ERM) is always throwing something new your […]

American libraries, 1730-1950

by Kenneth Breisch

An expansive overview of our storehouses of knowledge, from the earliest library building (Philadelphia, 1745) to midcentury modern and beyond. Although new technologies appear poised […]

Operating model canvas : aligning operations and organization with strategy

by Andrew Campbell, Mikel Gutierrez, and Mark Lancelott

The journey from strategy to operating success depends on creating an organization that can deliver the chosen strategy. This book, explaining the Operating Model Canvas, […]

Managing at the leading edge : navigating and piloting business strategy at critical moments

by Tom Rose P.h.D.

Easy to grasp and recall, this book proposes a framework of leadership with a dual focus on navigating and piloting, supported by new evidence based […]

New Books: February 2018