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Author: Carol A. Singer
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2012-06-21
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 0838911536
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis important new book will help librarians make better reference decisions, aligned to customer needs and expectations, especially significant with today’s limited budgets.
Author: Carol A. Singer
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2012-06-21
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 0838994652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis important new book will help librarians make better reference decisions, aligned to customer needs and expectations, especially significant with today’s limited budgets.
Author: Peggy Johnson
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2014-03-21
Total Pages: 569
ISBN-13: 0838911919
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this sweeping revision of a text that has become an authoritative standard, expert instructor and librarian Peggy Johnson addresses the art of controlling and updating library collections, whether located locally or accessed remotely. Each chapter offers complete coverage of one aspect of collection development and management, including numerous suggestions for further reading and narrative case studies exploring the issues.
Author: Jo Bell Whitlatch
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2014-08-06
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 0838919952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIdeal for public, school, and academic libraries looking to freshen up their reference collection, as well as for LIS students and instructors conducting research, this resource collects the cream of the crop sources of general reference and library science information.
Author: Jeffrey T. Huber
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2014-04-22
Total Pages: 489
ISBN-13: 083891957X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPrepared in collaboration with the Medical Library Association, this completely updated, revised, and expanded edition lists classic and up-to-the-minute print and electronic resources in the health sciences, helping librarians find the answers that library users seek.
Author: Melissa A. Wong
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2020-05-04
Total Pages: 853
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis revised and updated sixth edition of Reference and Information Services continues the book's rich tradition, covering all phases of reference and information services with less emphasis on print and more emphasis on strategies and scenarios. Reference and Information Services is the go-to textbook for MSLIS and i-School courses on reference services and related topics. It is also a helpful handbook for practitioners. Authors include LIS faculty and professionals who have relevant degrees in their areas and who have published extensively on their topics. The first half of the book provides an overview of reference services and techniques for service provision, including the reference interview, ethics, instruction, reader's advisory, and services to diverse populations including children. This part of the book establishes a foundation of knowledge on reference service and frames each topic with ethical and social justice perspectives. The second part of the book offers an overview of the information life cycle and dissemination of information, followed by an in-depth examination of information sources by type—including dictionaries, encyclopedias, indexes, and abstracts—as well as by broad subject areas including government, statistics and data, health, and legal information. This second section introduces the tools and resources that reference professionals use to provide the services described in the first half of the text.
Author: Jack O'Gorman
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2014-02-25
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 0838919758
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocusing on new reference sources published since 2008 and reference titles that have retained their relevance, this new edition brings O’Gorman’s complete and authoritative guide to the best reference sources for small and medium-sized academic and public libraries fully up to date.
Author: Horn Book, Inc
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 0838935052
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rebecca Vnuk
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2015-05-18
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 083891327X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“No! We can’t rid of that!” Vnuk, author of the popular “Weeding Tips” column on Booklist Online, is here to show you that yes, you can. A library is an ever-changing organism; when done the right way, weeding helps a library thrive by focusing its resources on those parts of the collection that are the most useful to its users. Her handbook takes the guesswork out of this delicate but necessary process, giving public and school library staff the knowledge and the confidence to effectively weed any collection, of any size. Going through the proverbial stacks shelf by shelf, Vnuk Explains why weeding is important for a healthy library, demonstrating that a vibrant collection leads to robust circulation, which in turn affects library budgetsWalks readers through a library’s shelves by Dewey area, with recommended weeding criteria and call-outs in each area for the different considerations of large collections and smaller collectionsFeatures a chapter addressing reference, media, magazines and newspapers, e-books, and other special materialsShows how a solid collection development plan uses weeding as an ongoing process, making it less stressful and more productiveOffers guidance for determining how to delegate responsibility for weeding, plus pointers for getting experienced staff on boardGives advice for educating the community about the process, how to head off PR disasters, and what to do with weeded materialsIncludes a dozen sample collection development plans, easily adaptable to suit a library’s individual needsFilled with field-tested, no nonsense strategies, this handbook will enable libraries to bloom by maintaining a collection that users actually use.
Author: Peggy Johnson
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2018-07-23
Total Pages: 542
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTechnical Services Quarterly declared that the third edition “must now be considered the essential textbook for collection development and management … the first place to go for reliable and informative advice." For the fourth edition expert instructor and librarian Johnson has revised and freshened this resource to ensure its timeliness and continued excellence. Each chapter offers complete coverage of one aspect of collection development and management, including numerous suggestions for further reading and narrative case studies exploring the issues. Thorough consideration is given to traditional management topics such as organization of the collection, weeding, staffing, and policymaking;cooperative collection development and management;licenses, negotiation, contracts, maintaining productive relationships with vendors and publishers, and other important purchasing and budgeting topics;important issues such as the ways that changes in information delivery and access technologies continue to reshape the discipline, the evolving needs and expectations of library users, and new roles for subject specialists, all illustrated using updated examples and data; andmarketing, liaison activities, and outreach. As a comprehensive introduction for LIS students, a primer for experienced librarians with new collection development and management responsibilities, and a handy reference resource for practitioners as they go about their day-to-day work, the value and usefulness of this book remain unequaled.
