Introduction to Library Public Services

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Libraries Unlimited, 1999 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 500 pages

Emphasizing the enormous changes wrought by technology, this essential text offers a solid, broadly based view of library public service and its functions. Chapters are arranged by type of service-reference services and sources, bibliographic instruction, interlibrary loan, circulation, reserve services, special collections, serials, media services, government documents, and security issues.

Emphasizing the enormous changes wrought by technology, this essential text offers a solid, broadly based view of library public service and its functions. Chapters are arranged by type of service-reference services and sources, bibliographic instruction, interlibrary loan, circulation, reserve services, special collections, serials, media services, government documents, and security issues. Within each chapter, the authors consider the philosophy and role of the particular service, variations in service and format, physical facility (and storage) implications, staffing patterns and administrative concerns, and legal and ethical issues. The duties and responsibilities of professional librarians and support staff are incorporated throughout. The book has been entirely rewritten, integrating technological information throughout the book in context. For example, the effects of automation and the Internet on reference service are examined and there is greater emphasis on electronic, and especially Inte

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Contents

2REFERENCE SERVICES continued
2
5INTERLIBRARY LOAN
5
7RESERVE SERVICES
7
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academic libraries American Library Association answer automated borrower brary CD-ROM circulation classroom collection development College & Research cost database electronic example expert systems faculty files format Gonzaga University guidelines handouts important Information Literacy institutions instructor interlibrary loan Internet issues learning Librarianship library catalog library customers library instruction Library Journal library service library staff library users library's Loyola Marymount University networks online searching paraprofessional patron periodical indexes person photocopy printed problems professional programs public libraries public service staff readers records reference collection reference desk reference interview reference questions reference service reference sources reference staff requests require Research Libraries reserve School Library selected serials session shelves special collections special libraries specific staff member strategies support staff teaching tion titles types vendors World Wide Web

About the author (1999)

G. EDWARD EVANS, renowned Fulbright scholar and sought-after international consultant, is University Librarian and Adjunct Professor at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California. ANTHONY J. AMODEO is Associate Reference Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction at the same institution.

Bibliographic information

TitleIntroduction to Library Public Services
Library and information science text series
Library science text series
AuthorsG. Edward Evans, Anthony J. Amodeo, Thomas L. Carter
Edition6
PublisherLibraries Unlimited, 1999
ISBN1563086328, 9781563086328
Length500 pages
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Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General
  
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