Authors:William Katz, Linda Sternberg Katz, Esther Crain,
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: poetry, anthologies, guide, s�, granger, columbia
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 1995-10-15
List price: $134.00
ISBN-10: 023110104X
ISBN-13: 9780231101042

Author: Linda S Katz
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: impact, internet, services, information, reference, evolution
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 2002-04-09
List price: $36.00
ISBN-10: 0789017237
ISBN-13: 9780789017239

Explore ways to bring and keep your library’s electronic services up to date!From editor Di Su: “Some years ago, if you were told that a library’s catalog would be available on a 24/7/365 basis, you’d think it was just another fiction. Perhaps as influential as Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of movable type printing, the Internet is one of the most significant happenings in the information world in modern times.”In addition to showing you how library services have been influenced and enhanced by the advent of the Internet, Evolution in Reference and Information Services: Th

Author: Linda S Katz
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: instruction, comes, bibliographic, revisited, library
Number of Pages: 482
Published: 1995-11-22
List price: $68.00
ISBN-10: 1560247592
ISBN-13: 9781560247593

Library Instruction Revisited explores the progress, status, and challenge of bibliographic instruction over the past decade and speculates about its future. A central aspect of the changing nature of librarianship has been a shift in the reference staff’s self-definition. Reference librarians who once sat in a specific location awaiting students and faculty who needed help now have increasingly proactive functions teaching users systematic approaches to research using discipline-specific and general library research methods. As librarianship has transformed with an increasingly technolo

Author: Linda S Katz
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: simultaneously, acquisitions, librarian, published, monograph, assessment, rlg, conspectus, collection
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1996-03-06
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0789000520
ISBN-13: 9780789000521

This is the single most convenient reference source available about the RLG Conspectus. Collection Assessment explains in detail why the Research Libraries Conspectus is the best collection development and assessment methodology available for acquisitions librarians. Experienced collection development librarians thoroughly and precisely define the RLG Conspectus and explore its origins and describe how librarians can use it effectively for consistent evaluation of total library collections in an individual or consortium environment. Chapters include in-depth discussions of pitfalls to avoid wh

Author: Linda S Katz
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: reference, services, practice, librarian, interactions, technical, library
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1984-01-01
List price: $72.00
ISBN-10: 0866561749
ISBN-13: 9780866561747

Learn how to provide more effective library service by relying more heavily on collaboration between reference and technical services librarians.

Author: Linda S Katz
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: reference, series, librarian, services, government, documents
Number of Pages: 302
Published: 1991-10-16
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 1560241365
ISBN-13: 9781560241362

This helpful new book discusses access possibilities and policies with regard to government information. New and impending legislation, information on most frequently used and requested sources, and grant writing are some of the topics covered in the comprehensive chapters. Government Documents and Reference Services helps make sense of technical reports, government regulations, patents, and other difficult areas the librarian has to deal with. Reference and technical librarians will find this an indispensable tool to guide them through the intricacies of government document research.

Author: Linda S Katz
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: reference, librarian, services, library, users
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1995-07-20
List price: $98.00
ISBN-10: 1560247312
ISBN-13: 9781560247319

This useful book helps reference librarians understand the information seeking needs and behaviors of the diverse groups of people in the communities they serve. With the increasing diversity of the American population, librarians striving to plan and deliver excellent reference services must enhance their understanding of how best to assist many types of individuals and groups, from children to the elderly. Library Users and Reference Services provides much-needed help in this area, delivering strategies and methods to aid readers in their quest for increasingly effective service for all memb