An introduction to reference services in academic libraries.9780789029577 An introduction to reference services in academic libraries. Ed. by Elizabeth Connor, editor. Haworth Haw·orth , Sir Walter Norman 1883-1950. British biochemist. He shared a 1937 Nobel Prize for his research on carbohydrates and vitamin C. Pr. 2006 194 pages $29.95 Paperback Z675 Working at the practical as well as the theoretical levels, this collection of case studies and essays gives students the basic principles behind planning, managing and evaluating private and public academic libraries. Case studies include a virtual information literary tutorial An instructional book or program that takes the user through a prescribed sequence of steps in order to learn a product. Contrast with documentation, which, although instructional, tends to group features and functions by category. See tutorials in this publication. on an urban campus, reference triage triage Division of patients for priority of care, usually into three categories: those who will not survive even with treatment; those who will survive without treatment; and those whose survival depends on treatment. in a medical university library, marketing library services to young male faculty, relational and virtual reference, learning from experience, professional responsibility to students and faculty, evolution in reference and technology, common queries, models for measuring and evaluating costs, and conducting customer surveys. Essays, which include exercises, include such topics as diversity, getting respect, preparing the teaching portfolio, trends, the meaning of "reference," unusual patrons (such as those wearing tin foil tin·foil also tin foil n. A thin, pliable sheet of aluminum or of tin-lead alloy, used as a protective wrapping. Noun 1. hats), and the teaching and publishing involves with the profession of academic librarian (1) A person who works in the data library and keeps track of the tapes and disks that are stored and logged out for use. Also known as a "file librarian" or "media librarian." See data library. (2) See CA-Librarian. . ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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