Library & information services books

This book offers a sound basis for the design and management of information services to: provide decision-makers...  Read More >>

Public librarianship is a constantly changing field, and the direction of its development depends on theoretical...  Read More >>

This book describes subject analysis and subject searching in online catalogues, including the limitations of retrieval,...  Read More >>

The case studies in this volume focus on the way electronic resources have changed relationships within the library...  Read More >>

Covers the issues an American librarian might encounter when managing...  Read More >>

Draws on some challenging problem areas from an imaginary yet familiar scenario at the fictional Rocky Creek Public...  Read More >>

Based on the author's experiences, this handy guide offers the kind of information not found in standard texts....  Read More >>

This book offers a completely new approach to the measurement of academic library effectiveness. It argues that...  Read More >>

This work, based upon a survey, focuses on the services that libraries can offer businesses that lack their own...  Read More >>

The story of the University of Colorado Library unfolds within the societal forces that shaped universities over...  Read More >>

Although urban historians point to the creation of the American public library as one response to the chaos experienced...  Read More >>

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Describes the use of libraries from the point of view of a child in the process of acquiring reading skills.  Read More >>

Difficult people can be encountered anywhere and they frequent...  Read More >>

This work offers advice to busy professional librarians on how to supply an advisory service to their customers,...  Read More >>

This bibliography is the first to provide systematic coverage of the numerous guides, directories, calendars, inventories,...  Read More >>

This work offers a text of Lord Acton's notes for his projected book, History of Liberty , which he worked upon...  Read More >>

This text provides information for librarians on how best to set up and provide job and careers services. It includes...  Read More >>

This book is directed toward graduate students who are preparing to become, or already serving as, school library...  Read More >>

A complete instructional program for introducing students to the process of library research, with ready-to-use...  Read More >>

This book is directed toward graduate students who are preparing to become, or already serving as, school library...  Read More >>

Documents current practice, state of the art innovations, and trends in health sciences reference and information...  Read More >>

A study of 56 libraries underlies this text on how to combine...  Read More >>

This work explains how older adults get all their everyday information; it also debunks stereotypes of the older...  Read More >>