NEW DIRECTIONS IN REFERENCE by Bryon D. Anderson, Paul Webb ( 9780789030894 )

Item Details

Title:

NEW DIRECTIONS IN REFERENCE

By:

Bryon D. Anderson, Paul Webb

Format:

Paperback

List price:

£29.99

Our price:

£29.09

Discount:

3% off

You save:

£0.90

ISBN 10:

0789030896

ISBN 13:

9780789030894

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC

Pub. date:

1 January, 2006

Pages:

170

Description:

Examines how librarians can use new and innovative methods to design and deliver traditional reference services in a range of settings. Also including case studies, this book is a useful professional resource for public, academic, and special librarians, especially those providing reference services.

Synopsis:

Design and deliver traditional reference services in new and innovative ways Librarians work in an environment of constant change created by new technology, budget restraints, inflationary costs, and rising user expectations. New Directions in Reference examines how they can use new and innovative methods to design and deliver traditional reference services in a wide range of settings. The book's contributors relate first-hand experiences in libraries large and small, public and academic, and urban and rural dealing with a variety of changes, including virtual reference, music reference, self-service interlibrary loan, e-mail reference, and copyright law. Change isn't new to libraries but the accelerated pace of change is. Traditional lines that have existed between library departments have been erased and traditional notions about general and specialized reference services have been reconsidered. New Directions in Reference documents how librarians are re-thinking their roles and responsibilities to keep pace with the ongoing process of evolution that borders on revolution.New Directions in Reference examines: * the skills needed to manage and evaluate virtual reference services * the basics of modern copyright law and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) * the changes in users, sources, and modes of access in music reference services * the use of interlibrary loan management software that allows patrons to request, track, and renew borrowed materials online * the "Ask-A-Librarian" e-mail reference service * the Government Printing Office and government information online * and much more!New Directions in Reference also includes case studies involving the new Martin Luther King Jr. Library in San Jose, California, and the impact of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) in providing references services for medical libraries. This important book is an essential professional resource for public, academic, and special librarians, especially those providing reference services.

Publication:

Imprint:

Haworth Press Inc

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

11 WEEK ENERGY PROGRAM

BRITISH ELECTIONS & PARTIES REVIEW (HB)

BRITISH ELECTIONS & PARTIES REVIEW (PB)

BRITISH ELECTIONS AND PARTIES REVIEW (HB)

CAROL KINGDON FOSTER, PETITIONER, V. GEORGIA PHILLIPS KINGDON. U.S. SUPREME COURT TRANSCRIPT OF RECORD WITH SUPPORTING PLEADINGS

DANICA PATRICK (PB)