The Vertical File and Its Alternatives
The Vertical File and Its Alternatives

Author: Clara Loewen Sitter

Publisher: Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 280

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A step-by-step guide to working with vertical files and its alternatives based on Shirley Miller's Vertical Files and its Satellites, second edition (Libraries Unlimited, 1979), this volume introduces new resources, new products and new techniques, and serves as a guide to specific kinds of supplementary materials. The general approach and the coverage of topics has been changed, placing the emphasis on alternatives.

Readings on the Vertical File
Readings on the Vertical File

Author: Michael D. G. Spencer

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 200

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Pamphlets and clippings are compact, retrievable, current, unique and authoritative. They enable librarians with limited budgets to cover many otherwise financially prohibitive subjects. With these features, vertical files are becoming increasingly attractive to school, public and academic librarians. This book is designed for library staff members working on their library's vertical file, or those wanting to set one up.

Doing the Work of Reference
Doing the Work of Reference

Author: Celia Hales-Mabry

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 9780789013231

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Twenty-eight contributions from reference librarians discuss a variety of professional issues. Topics include, for example, orientation for the new reference librarian, customer service at the reference desk, working in a teaching library, reference assistance to remote users, training student information assistants, and professional development. The volume has been published simultaneously as The Reference Librarian, nos.72 and 73, 2001. Readers must bypass four pages of advertising ahead of the title page. c. Book News Inc.

Information Resources in Toxicology
Information Resources in Toxicology

Author: Philip Wexler

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 953

ISBN-13: 0127447709

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History: -- K.D. Watson, P. Wexler, and J. Everitt. -- Highlights in the History of Toxicology. -- Selected References in the History of Toxicology. -- A Historical Perspective of Toxicology Information Systems. -- Books and Special Documents: -- G.L. Kennedy, Jr., P. Wexler, N.S. Selzer, and L.A. Malley. -- General Texts. -- Analytical Toxicology. -- Animals in Research. -- Biomonitoring/Biomarkers. -- Biotechnology. -- Biotoxins. -- Cancer. -- Chemical Compendia. -- Chemical--Cosmetics and Other Consumer. -- Products. -- Chemical--Drugs. -- Chemical--Dust and Fibers. -- Chemical--Metals. -- Chemicals--Pesticides -- Chemicals--Solvents. -- Chemical--Selected Chemicals. -- Clinical Toxicology. -- Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology. -- Environmental Toxicology--General. -- Environmental Toxicology-- Aquatic. -- Environmental Toxicology--Atmospheric. -- Environmental Toxicology--Hazardous Waste. -- Environmental Toxicology--Terrestrial. -- Environmental Toxicology--Wildlife. -- Ep ...

So You're Going to Run a Library
So You're Going to Run a Library

Author: Dave Sutton

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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Designed to help novices get started in providing basic-level services to patrons of their library, this book separates professional tasks from others, indicating when expertise is needed above and beyond the use of common sense and natural organization skills. The author's A-to-Z approach covers the entire realm of a librarian's responsibilities, offering simple and straightforward advice on topics that range from shelf arrangement, classification systems, and reference services to collection development, staff management, and self-evaluation. With a multitude of ideas, tips, and guidelines and an annotated bibliography of professional reading, a glossary, a list of library abbreviations, job descriptions, evaluation forms, and a list of professional associations, the book is a treasury of information for beginners.

Student Assistants in the School Library Media Center
Student Assistants in the School Library Media Center

Author: Therese Bissen Bard

Publisher: Teacher Ideas Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 244

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Demonstrating how a dynamic student assistant program can be integrated into the school's educational program, this book provides library media specialists with an idea book and guide to expanding library services with limited resources. Bard offers practical guidance in planning, setting up, managing, and evaluating the program, always relating media center tasks to the curriculum and learning. She goes beyond the conventional approach of using students to help with circulation and reshelving materials to explore such exciting possibilities as casting students in the roles of peer teachers and engaging assistants in library promotions. Appendixes include curriculum plans; goals, objectives, and learning activities; management forms, sample by-laws for student clubs, guidelines for preparing pathfinders and vertical files; and essays by practicing librarians on how to create a supportive environment for student assistants. Designed for school media specialists, this book will also benefit public and