Download or read book The Development of Reference Services Through Academic Traditions Public Library Practice and Special Librarianship written by Samuel Rothstein and published by Chicago : Association of College and Reference Libraries. This book was released on 1955 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book So You Want To Be a Librarian written by Lauren Pressley and published by Library Juice Press, LLC. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provides information about librarianship as a career, including types of libraries, types of jobs within libraries, professional issues, and educational requirements"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Reference Work written by James Ingersoll Wyer and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managing the Twenty first Century Reference Department written by Kwasi Sarkodie-Mensah and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing the Twenty-First Century Reference Department: Challenges and Prospects provides librarians with the knowledge and skills they need to manage an effective reference service. Full of useful and practical ideas, this book presents successful methods for recruiting and retaining capable reference department staff and management, training new employees and adapting current services to an evolving field. Expert practitioners address the changing role of the reference library worker and how longstanding traditions and practices can be re-evaluated and re-applied. The information in this book is ideal for librarians and students of library studies looking to take their skills to the next level.
Download or read book Career as a Special Librarian written by Institute for Research (Chicago, Ill.) and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessment and Accountability in Reference Work written by Susan Griswold Blandy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1992, explores the issue of library assessment methods and the impact of accountability on the delivery of reference services. It is a call for librarians to actively adopt performance measures and learn how to work with the results. It analyses a wealth of assessment methods that librarians can use to collect data and create standards that are valid, practical, and useful in accounting for reference services. Some of the methodologies described include quantitative measures, qualitative measures, patron surveys, questionnaires, interviews, case studies, peer review, unobtrusive testing, and even updating the library's policies and procedures manual as a way to evaluate services. A variety of assessment methods for reference services are applied to all types of libraries. Chapters in Assessment and Accountability in Reference Work describe how a small town library defends the relevancy of its services at a town meeting, how a special library documents the value of its services to cost-conscious management, and how academic libraries can become involved in university- and college-level assessment programs. Librarians seeking to develop their own assessment methods will benefit from practical advice on assessing diversity in the library, and helpful suggestions for improving reference services through training workshops, peer-coaching, and changes in organizational climate.
Download or read book The Reference Function of the Library written by Pierce Butler and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Role of the Academic Reference Librarian written by Jo Bell Whitlatch and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1990-04-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examining key factors related to successful reference service practices provides librarians with an important and significantly different perspective on the reference process. Author Jo Bell Whitlatch describes the major factors that need to be considered to obtain a comprehensive view of the reference process in academic libraries, arguing that the understanding of the reference process can be enhanced by borrowing from current research in other disciplines that place an increasing emphasis on service organizations rather than on manufacturing organizations. The book identifies major studies and theories related to how people who are served participate in organizations. Further, Whitlatch discusses how such studies can contribute to an understanding of the academic reference librarian's role. In addition, the study that constitutes a central part of The Role of the Academic Reference Librarian reports on the results of testing parts of a model of the reference process. The material presented here is drawn from four principal sources: the literature on reference service; broader literature on service organizations from the disciplines of business, psychology, and sociology; the author's professional experience; and a detailed study of reference encounters in five academic libraries that assesses reference service effectiveness by focusing on the librarian's perception of the quality of service, the library users' perception of the quality of service, and whether or not the information sought was located. Included are tables and figures that graphically enhance the text. For academic librarians and library researchers, the volume will serve as a guide to designing studies of reference services that will add to the present understanding of the subject. Graduate students in library and information science will find this handbook indispensable for the successful practice of reference services.
Download or read book Special Libraries Directory written by Special Libraries Association and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reference Service written by Donald Edward Davinson and published by London : C. Bingley ; New York : K.G. Saur. This book was released on 1980 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Special Libraries written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most vols. include Proceedings of the Special Libraries Association.
Download or read book Assessment and Accountability in Reference Work written by Susan Griswold Blandy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1992 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessment and Accountability in Reference Work explores the issue of library assessment methods and the impact of accountability on the delivery of reference services. It is a call for librarians to actively adopt performance measures and learn how to work with the results. This fascinating book explores a wealth of assessment methods that librarians can use to collect data and create standards that are valid, practical, and useful in accounting for reference services. Some of the methodologies described include quantitative measures, qualitative measures, patron surveys, questionnaires, interviews, case studies, peer review, unobtrusive testing, and even updating the library's policies and procedures manual as a way to evaluate services. A variety of assessment methods for reference services are applied to all types of libraries. Chapters in Assessment and Accountability in Reference Work describe how a small town library defends the relevancy of its services at a town meeting, how a special library documents the value of its services to cost-conscious management, and how academic libraries can become involved in university- and college-level assessment programs. Librarians seeking to develop their own assessment methods will benefit from practical advice on assessing diversity in the library, and helpful suggestions for improving reference services through training workshops, peer-coaching, and changes in organizational climate. A valuable bibliography of additional resources on assessment and accountability assembled by the editors completes this well-rounded work. All librarians concerned with finding the best way to justify the value of their reference services will find Assessment and Accountability in Reference Work a valuable introduction to the assessment methods that will fit the individual needs of their libraries.
Download or read book Circular of Information written by New York Public Library. Library School and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reference Librarian s Policies Forms Guidelines and Procedures Handbook written by Rebecca Brumley and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers ideas for service in your library, and comparisons to measure your policies against. This work provides policies from public and academic libraries covering both traditional and expanded service areas. It is broken down into seven subjects including: the Reference Program; People in the Reference Program; Reference Collections; and more.
Download or read book Instruction in Library Administration and Public Service written by University of Wisconsin. Library School and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reference Work written by James Ingersoll Wyer and published by Chicago, American Library Association. This book was released on 1930 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Municipal Reference Library Notes written by New York Public Library. Municipal Reference Library and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
