Reference Reborn

Breathing New Life into Public Services Librarianship
Herausgeber: Zabel, Diane

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Produktbeschreibung

More than 30 stellar authors have contributed to these up-to-date essays on public services librarianship, including timely topics such as new service configurations, the impact of e-resources in reference and collection development, and innovative outreach. The roles of reference and public librarians are constantly changing. Today, it's not unusual for librarians to also serve as trend trackers, data analysts, project managers, IT troubleshooters, marketers, and staffing specialists. Academic and public libraries across the country are experimenting with new service models to accommodate new technology, budget constraints, and a clientele with new needs and expectations. Not surprisingly, librarians are assuming revised roles as a result. Reference Reborn: Breathing New Life into Public Services Librarianship is a collection of over two dozen essays on developments and trends in reference and public services librarianship, highlighting some of the best thinking on reference services, outreach initiatives, the migration from print to e-reference collections, staffing 21st century libraries, library school curriculum, and more. This text will appeal to library and information science students and educators, beginning and seasoned reference librarians and managers of public service departments in academic and public libraries. The education and training of reference librarians receives special attention.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Libraries Unlimited
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 641g
• ISBN-13: 9781591588283
• ISBN-10: 1591588286
• Artikelnr.: 31382553

Autorenporträt

Diane Zabel is Louis and Virginia Benzak Business Librarian at The Pennsylvania State University.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS Preface Linda C. Smith Acknowledgments Introduction Diane Zabel
Part I: OUR CHANGING USERS Chapter 1: Who Are Our Users? Scanning the
Environment to Detect Trends Ellysa Stern Cahoy Part II: NEW AND IMPROVED
SERVICE MODELS Chapter 2: Demystifying Virtual Reference Daniel Hickey
Chapter 3: Going beyond the Desk: 21st-Century Reference, Outreach, and
Teaching Services Elizabeth McKeigue and Laura Farwell Blake Chapter 4: The
Integrated Services Model: Information Commons in Libraries Juliet Rumble
Chapter 5: Librarians in Second Life and Future Virtual Worlds Alexia
Hudson Chapter 6: An Exploration of the Hybrid Reference Service Model:
Keeping What Works Marie L. Radford and Scott Vine Part III: NEW AND
REVISED ROLES FOR REFERENCE LIBRARIANS Chapter 7: The Embedded Academic
Librarian Susan Sharpless Smith and Lynn Sutton Chapter 8: Community
Reference Work James LaRue Chapter 9: Contemporary and Future Roles for
Readers' Advisory in Public Libraries Barry Trott and Neil Hollands
Chapter 10: Leisure Reading Collections in College and University
Libraries: Have Academic Librarians Rediscovered Readers' Advisory? Anne
Behler Chapter 11: Librarian as Marketer: Learning to Promote Reference and
Outreach Services Elisabeth Leonard Chapter 12: Reference Quality: A Primer
on Methods and Tools for Assessing Reference Services Julie A. Gedeon and
Joseph A. Salem, Jr. Part IV: OLD TOOLS/NEW TOOLS: THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY
IN REFERENCE SERVICE Chapter 13: Telephone Reference as the Past and the
Future of Library Service M. Kathleen Kern Chapter 14: Reconfiguring
Reference Services for Mobile Devices Jim Hahn Chapter 15: Using Online
Social Networking Tools for Reference and Outreach Emily Rimland Chapter
16: What's Next? Tracking Tech Trends Michael Stephens Part V: REFERENCE
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT Chapter 17: From Print to E-Reference David A.
Tyckoson Chapter 18: Digital Visibility: Creating Usable Interfaces So
Users Can Find Resources Jody Condit Fagan and Meris A. Mandernach Chapter
19: Scholarly Communication: Library as Content Provider-Digital Projects
to Support Reference and User Services Linda Friend Part VI: STAFFING
21ST-CENTURY LIBRARIES Chapter 20: What Skills Are Needed for the Next
Generation of Librarians? Sally W. Kalin Chapter 21: Retirements in
Reference: Passing the Torch to the Next Generation of Reference Librarians
Charlotte Ford and Lili Luo Part VII: THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF
REFERENCE LIBRARIANS Chapter 22: The Education of Reference Librarians: A
Detailed Survey and Analysis Lisa G. O'Connor Chapter 23: The Guide to
Reference and Learning Reference Librarianship Robert H. Kieft Chapter 24:
Practitioners as Adjunct Teachers Christopher LeBeau Chapter 25: Outside
the School Doors: Lessons Learned after Library School Amber A. Prentiss
Index About the Editor and Contributors