Download or read book Reference Services in Public Libraries in the 1980 s written by John O. Christensen and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reference Services in the 1980s written by William A. Katz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1982 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a thought-provoking volume on the future of reference services in libraries, with an emphasis on the challenges and needs that have come about as a result of automation.
Download or read book The Public Library in the 1980s written by Lawrence J. White and published by Free Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1979 1990 written by Henryk Sawoniak and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 1284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Information and Referral in Reference Services written by Marcia Stucklen Middleton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates a wide variety of situations and models which fall under the umbrella of information and referral. It examines traditional views in public libraries and library systems as well as descriptions of programs in nontraditional settings, such as academic libraries. A human services perspective is explored and research models are presented.
Download or read book Library Users and Reference Services written by Linda S Katz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This useful book helps reference librarians understand the information seeking needs and behaviors of the diverse groups of people in the communities they serve. With the increasing diversity of the American population, librarians striving to plan and deliver excellent reference services must enhance their understanding of how best to assist many types of individuals and groups, from children to the elderly. Library Users and Reference Services provides much-needed help in this area, delivering strategies and methods to aid readers in their quest for increasingly effective service for all members of the communities in which they work.Library Users and Reference Services is divided into four sections of chapters which cover a broad range of topics to assist readers in planning and delivering appropriate services. Section One explores customer service, economics of information, and marketing as key concepts useful in studying information needs of specific groups in the population. Section Two focuses on scholars and students in three broad academic disciplines: science, humanities, and social sciences. Section Three covers groups with special characteristics such as age, economic standing, gender, or profession. Section Four discusses evaluation and provides guidance in the use of the most widely accepted measures for assessing reference effectiveness.The book’s final chapter explores redesigning reference services for the future, providing a glimpse of how such services may change. Library Users and Reference Services is a practical guide to help readers understand the many issues related to serving diverse populations in a community. Reference librarians and graduate library school students and faculty will learn more effective ways to help a heterogeneous public with the help of this new book.
Download or read book Evaluation of Reference Services written by Linda S Katz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Library authorities address the increasing significance of reference services and the increasing need for evaluation of those services to further ensure professionalism and efficiency.
Download or read book Information for the 1980 s written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ethics and Reference Services written by Linda S Katz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative book, librarianship experts discuss the major ethical and legal impications that reference librarians must take into consideration when handling sensitive inquiries and questions dealing with confidential material.
Download or read book Conflicts in Reference Services written by Bill Katz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1985, examines issues such as the discussion of goals and rationales for charging for online searches, conflicts between reference and other library departments, how to provide quality service and who is best suited to provide it.
Download or read book Technical Processing Librarians in the 1980s written by Gail Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Options for the 80s written by Association of College and Research Libraries. National Conference and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reference and Information Services written by Kay Ann Cassell and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2013 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Search skills of today bear little resemblance to searches through print publications. Reference service has become much more complex than in the past, and is in a constant state of flux. Learning the skill sets of a worthy reference librarian can be challenging, unending, rewarding, and-- yes, fun.
Download or read book A Library and Information Science Research Agenda for the 1980s written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Library Reference Services and Information Literacy Models for Academic Institutions written by Cordell, Rosanne M. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2013-06-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As classrooms and universities strive to adapt their instructional methods to an ever progressing technological age, it is imperative that academic libraries also revisit the ways in which reference and instruction services are organized and implemented. Library Reference Services and Information Literacy: Models for Academic Institutions not only advocates for a more intentional integration of reference and instructional services, but it also provides organizational background, staff objectives, and various successes and challenges that have already been experienced by real institutions. This publication is an important reference source for librarians, practitioners, and university leaders who wish to maximize the current utilization of their resources.
Download or read book Digital reference services in academic libraries written by Wan Ab Kadir Wan Dollah and published by The University of Malaya Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital Reference Services in Academic Libraries presents the background of DRS, evolution of DRS, the concept of DRS, emerging models of DRS, benefits and limitation of DRS, personalized services, trends and challenges, technological developments, evaluation and guidelines, effectiveness and DRS in academic libraries. The case study examined the existing status of digital reference services (DRS) in four selected public academic libraries in Malaysia. Focused is given on the awareness, usage, users’ perception, users’ satisfaction, library’s performance, and looked at the perceived needs, issues and problems faced by librarians and students. The study is important to determine how academic librarians are exploiting the latest information and communication technologies to improve reference service operations. Recommendations are made on the need for the implementation of synchronous DRS, enhancing the role of DRS, marketing and promotion, staff training, user education programmes and cooperation. The main contribution of this book is the assessment of effectiveness of DRS in academic libraries in Malaysia, the identification of perceived needs, issues and problems and suggestions on the areas of improvement in the use of DRS. In the process, a conceptual model for the effectiveness of the implementation of DRS in academic libraries in Malaysia is presented. The author also proposes directions for future research in the area of DRS.
