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cacy or outreach opportunities. Included are theory and case studies all designed to aid the reader in defining ideas for implementing, sustaining, or growing programs that will help them explore and contextualize advocacy. The book explores each of three areas in-depth—advocacy, outreach, and en-gagement—and offers a wealth of suggestions. It also delivers a no-nonsense " now is the time " message that will resonate with the reader. The editors hope that librarians who read Advocacy, Outreach, and the Nation's Academic Libraries: A Call for Action will be able to better understand our role in the world of civic engagement as well as our role as advocates for the library on campus. They also hope to equip librarians with an understanding of issues that will help them initiate discussions for productive results. Consisting of two sections, the book is divided into twelve chapters entitled " Advocacy through Engagement, " " Librarians, Advocacy, and the Research Enterprise, " " Librarians and Scholarly Communication, " " The NIH Public Access Policy, " " Frontline Academic Library Advocacy: Whose Job Is It Anyway? " " Library Advocacy in the Campus Environment, " " Outreach Issues for Information Technology in Libraries, " " Digital Advocacy, " " Advocacy & Academic Instruction Librarians, " " Advocacy and Workplace Diversity, " " Academic Libraries and Graduate Education, " and " Advocacy in Higher Education Environments: No More Excuses. " Each chapter describes an area where outreach, advocacy, or engagement is defined , then expanded to include examples, benefits, challenges, suggestions for implementation , and, most important, a way to find opportunities within challenging situations. The authors are leaders in the field, knowledgeable about the subject and able to offer viable options relevant to every reader looking to create an action plan of his or her own. Especially useful is the chapter on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and open access, which explains in detail the legislative advocacy process, including the highs and lows, political implications and privacy issues that every library professional should be aware of and concerned with. Julie Todaro concludes the book with her " no excuses " argument that we need to acknowledge the fact that librarians have " only baseline knowledge of the target audience, an uncertain commitment , a lack of political acumen, a lack of knowledge of the umbrella institution, budget process, disagreements on what the message is, unreal expectations …

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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;M-libraries 2: A Virtual Library in Everyone’s Pocket&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Eds. Mohammed Ally and Gill Needham. London: Facet Publishing, 2010. 273p. Paperback, $105 (ISBN 9781856046961). LC 2010-478224.