Successful Enquiry Answering Every Time: Thinking your way from problem to solution

Author:   Tim Buckley Owen
Publisher:   Facet Publishing
Edition:   7th edition
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9781783301935


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   11 April 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Tim Buckley Owen
Publisher:   Facet Publishing
Imprint:   Facet Publishing
Edition:   7th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.148kg
ISBN:  

9781783301935


ISBN 10:   1783301937
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   11 April 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Why thinking skills matter Eight essential thinking skills for successful enquiry answering 1. What do they really want? Using your analytical thinking skills to understand the question Avoiding misunderstandings Asking the right questions Does all this really work? Agreeing the task Finding out how long you’ve got Coming next – when the enquirer’s not there 2. Why remote enquiry handling is different Anticipating problems by thinking emphathetically Can’t see, can’t hear – the risk of misunderstanding, even offence Keeping your remote enquirer on-side Keeping good records Coming next – avoiding panic, thinking on your feet 3. Getting started Dealing with the panic by thinking imaginatively Imagining the final answer Choosing the best type of source and delivery medium Does all this really work? Identifying actual sources Coming next – smarter searching 4. Smarter searching Developing efficient search strategies by thinking systematically Who needs to be able to search smarter? Working out your search strategy Searching systematically Making the most of indexes Electronic search tools Reading strategically Making sure that what you find is reliable Coming next – even more things that can go wrong 5. Help! Everything’s going wrong Using lateral thinking to get out of difficulties Vital versus urgent tasks Your working timetable Managing expectations Plan B Referrals Coming next – adding value 6. Success! Now let’s add some value Using your creative thinking skills to present your answer well Quality-checking your answer Presenting your answer – orally Presenting your answer – in writing Copyright, licensing, ethics Has the answer arrived – and does the enquirer like it? Sign-off: what can we learn from this enquiry? Coming next – adding even more value 7. Don’t just give me another reading list! Using critical thinking skills to add further value to your answer POWER and KISS Making your search results manipulable Selecting, rejecting, prioritizing 140 Strategic reading – finding the best bits of each document Capturing the content for your report Now you’re ready to write! Making sure your work gets read and valued Coming next – choosing your toolkit 8. Choosing your toolkit Using your predictive thinking skills to determine the resources you’ll need Making best use of your Time, Intellect and Money Keeping track of your enquiries Discovering information in your own resources (and beyond) Choosing and using the right search engine Adding value to your search results Starter Sources Your goal: successful enquiry answering – every time

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'Overall, Owen succeeds in providing a valuable and informative guide to answering enquiries, written in a lively and accessible style which archive practitioners could constructively use either as a source of directly relevant advice or perhaps as a prompt to think about how aspects of this area of work might be carried out differently.' -- Matti Watton * Taylor & Francis Online * Owen is incredibly thorough in this exhaustive presentation of strategies and different outlets for research, which is what makes this text a strong pick for any information professional, but particularly for students developing their search strategies and those in academic, medical and special library fields -- Audrey Hopkins * VOYA * 'In this book, now in its seventh edition and originally titled Success at the Enquiry Desk, experienced enquiry answerer and trainer Tim Buckley Owen provides a well-written instruction manual covering such skills, principally in the context of library services. Although each new edition has taken account of technological developments, the book is not technology led. Its focus is on the thinking skills which information professionals need, irrespective of the nature of the enquiries they receive. Owen succeeds in providing a valuable and informative guide to answering enquiries, written in a lively and accessible style which archive practitioners could constructively use either as a source of directly relevant advice or perhaps as a prompt to think about how aspects of this area of work might be carried out differently.'- Matti Watton, The British Library, Archives and Records * Archives and Records *


Owen is incredibly thorough in this exhaustive presentation of strategies and different outlets for research, which is what makes this text a strong pick for any information professional, but particularly for students developing their search strategies and those in academic, medical and special library fields -- Audrey Hopkins * VOYA *


'In this book, now in its seventh edition and originally titled Success at the Enquiry Desk, experienced enquiry answerer and trainer Tim Buckley Owen provides a well-written instruction manual covering such skills, principally in the context of library services. Although each new edition has taken account of technological developments, the book is not technology led. Its focus is on the thinking skills which information professionals need, irrespective of the nature of the enquiries they receive. Owen succeeds in providing a valuable and informative guide to answering enquiries, written in a lively and accessible style which archive practitioners could constructively use either as a source of directly relevant advice or perhaps as a prompt to think about how aspects of this area of work might be carried out differently.'- Matti Watton, The British Library, Archives and Records * Archives and Records * Owen is incredibly thorough in this exhaustive presentation of strategies and different outlets for research, which is what makes this text a strong pick for any information professional, but particularly for students developing their search strategies and those in academic, medical and special library fields -- Audrey Hopkins * VOYA *


Author Information

Tim Buckley Owen BA DipLib MCLIP is an independent writer and trainer with over 40 years' experience of information work - at Westminster Central Reference Library, the City Business Library, and as Principal Information Officer at the London Research Centre. He has also held strategic media and communications posts at CILIP, the Museums, Libraries & Archives Council and the Library & Information Commission.

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