Research Issues in Public Librarianship

Trends for the Future
Herausgeber: Greiner, Joy M.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Public librarianship is a constantly changing field, and the direction of its development depends on theoretical and applied research. This book examines many of the research needs in public librarianship and discusses appropriate strategies to meet those needs. The chapters, written by active researchers in the public library field, reflect a variety of issues and opinions. Included are chapters on the evaluation of collections, community awareness of the library as an information source, models for library siting, and communication between librarians and public library educators. Recommendations for further investigations provided by the researchers identify possibilities for increasing knowledge in this field, and a bibliographic essay organizes and summarizes much of the work discussed in the text.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 539g
• ISBN-13: 9780313278679
• ISBN-10: 0313278679
• Artikelnr.: 25566497

Autorenporträt

Joy M. Greiner

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Public Library Research: Use and Utility by
Connie Van Fleet and Joan C. Durrance "At Early Candlelight": Researching
Library History on the Yazoo Delta by William E. Buchanan Professional
Ideology and Conflict: Reactions to the Public Library Inquiry by Douglas
Raber African-Americans and Public Library Collections in the South: A
Preliminary Investigation by William D. Boyd Community Awareness of
Everyday Sources of Information: Implications for Public Library User
Research by Catherine Smith Planning Cooperative Library Services for a
Federated Public Library Service by Annabel Stephens Young Adult Services
for the Year 2000 by Marilyn L. Shontz and Susan A. Bryson What Patrons
Read and Why: The Link Between Personality and Reading by Sharon L. Baker
An Investigation of Differences in Public Library Usage Patterns Between
Gifted Adults and Members of the General Public by Rita Schoch Foudray
Retail Location Theory: Can It Help Solve the Public Library Location
Dilemma? by Christine M. Koontz Education for Public Librarians in the
Future: An Examination of the Perceptions of Public Library Educators,
Public Library Administrators, and State Library Agency Directors by Joy M.
Greiner Research Issues in Public Librarianship: A Bibliographic Essay by
Joy M. Greiner Index