Encyclopedia of Leadership

Goethals, G. R., Sorenson, G. J., & Burns, J. M. 2004. Encyclopedia of leadership. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications.

HD 57.7 E53 2004

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This four volume set includes 373 entries on leadership theory, practice, and effects. About 150 of the entries are biographies. What stands out most about this work are the primary source documents you’ll find in it. About 300 sidebars reprint speeches, quotes and texts ranging from Aristotle on Authority to the Body Shop’s Values Mission statement. Appendix 1 reprints presidential speeches on foreign policy and war. Appendix 2 reprints a few sacred texts relevant to leadership.

The finding aids could be better; the index appears in Volume 4 alone and the lists of entries and sidebars do not include page numbers. So try browsing it.

ListenAlaskaPlus!

For quite some time, the Alaska State Library has been a part of a consortium of libraries that subscribe to downloadable audiobooks from Overdrive. This service has been known as ListenAlaska. At the recent Alaska Library Association conference in Anchorage, the group decided to expand our holdings into electronic books. These are available in two different Adobe formats, and in a variety of subjects. To determine whether or not you are eligible to access ListenAlaska, click on Member Libraries from the home page. If you have a Capital City Libraries card, you can access this resource with your library card barcode. If you are an employee of the State of Alaska, regardless of whether or not you are in Juneau, the State Library would be happy to create a library card for you so that you can access this neat resource. Please contact us at 907-465-2920 for more information.

National Recreation Trails Database

In 1968, Congress passed the National Trail System Act to develop a network of recreational, scenic and historic trails in all 50 states. Every year, the Secretary of Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture designates trails of local or regional importance to become a part of the national trail system and receive benefits such as funding and promotional assistance.

To search the listing of over 1,000 trails, visit the National Recreation Trails Database at http://tutsan.forest.net/trails/default.htm. On the main page, you will see big green buttons to perform a basic search, browse through the entire list of trails or use the help button for a brief overview of a basic and advanced search. In a basic search, you can narrow by the trail name or part of a name, a specific state and/or trail use from a long list of activities. Whether you browse or search, you can always re-sort the list by clicking on the link at the top of any column. For example, "Len (mi)" will sort results by the length of the trail in miles, from shortest to longest.

Once you enter the database, you will find a link to the advanced search at the bottom and in the right hand sidebar. The advanced search does everything that a basic search can do as well as limit by county, trail type (e.g. "snow trail" or "Urban trail/bikeway"), up to two types of trail activities, managing agencies (e.g. "U.S. Corps of Engineers" and "State"), and/or year of designation. You can indicate how you want your results sorted prior to hitting the "Find Trails!" button.

Lastly, peruse through NRT photo contest entries and past winners from a link on the page above or directly at http://americantrails.org/photoGalleries/photocontest2009/index.html. This is an excellent way to get a snapshot of the trails prior to putting on your hiking boots or snow shoes!