Linda Katz: 42 books
Doing the Work of Reference
Practical Tips for Excelling as a Reference Librarian
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Become more versatile, competent, and resourceful with these practical suggestions!
Becoming a first-class reference librarian demands proficiency in a wide range of skills. Doing the Work of Reference offers sound advice for the full spectrum of your responsibilities. Though many aspects of...
by Linda S Katz
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
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...
by Linda S Katz, Sally J Kenney, Helen Kinsella
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Acquisitions and Collection Development in the Humanities is a one-of-a-kind guide on the procedures, approaches, and principles needed to make sound decisions in acquiring materials in various areas of the humanities. It gives you an inside look at managerial concerns in documentary delivery, changing...
by Linda S Katz
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Discover innovative outreach services you can implement for your library!
Outreach Services in Academic and Special Libraries examines the creation and delivery of outreach programs designed to promote awareness of the library by meeting the information needs of underserved or uninformed patrons....
Collection Development Policies
New Directions for Changing Collections
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2003
Get the tools you need to build a collection development policy that will help your library run efficiently-today and in the future!
Considering the amount and variety of topics being published, effectively organizing and guiding a library in today’s accelerated world is no easy task. Collection Development Policies: New Direct
by Linda S Katz
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Learn how acquisitions librarians successfully serve specialized users!
In this book, you’ll find profiles, methods, and processes for acquisitions in specialized subject areas, such as local and regional poetry, oceanography, educational information in electronic formats, popular fiction,...
From Past-Present to Future-Perfect
A Tribute to Charles A. Bunge and the Challenges of Contemporary Reference Service
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Explore a compilation of reference service works by Charles A. Bunge, a leader in the field!
This informative and delightful book highlights the contributions of Charles A. Bunge to the literature on reference service. From Past-Present to Future-Perfect: A Tribute to Charles A. Bunge and the...
Cooperative Reference
Social Interaction in the Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Expert advice for more effective teamwork in the library!
Cooperative Reference: Social Interaction in the Workplace addresses the need for reference librarians to work together to keep the system running smoothly. This book explores the various means of developing social professionalism, collaborating...
by Linda S Katz
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
New recognition within society of previously unserved populations has created the need for librarians to also recognize these groups and to find ways to serve them equally. Reference Services for the Unserved provides information, guidance, and inspiration to library professionals in their work with...
Helping the Difficult Library Patron
New Approaches to Examining and Resolving a Long-Standing and Ongoing Problem
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
This insightful book shows you how to deal with an issue as old as the library profession: interacting with problem patrons. It looks at this fact of life that affects almost every facet of library work and provides practical solutions--some developed within the field and some borrowed from other...
by Linda S Katz
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
In this provocative book, librarianship experts discuss the major ethical and legal impications that reference librarians must take into consideration when handling sensitive inquiries and questions dealing with confidential material.
by Linda S Katz
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Experts present proven methods and techniques for studying about or in Africa!
Research, Reference Services, and Resources for the Study of Africa helps you steer clear of washouts, cave-ins, and dead ends on the road to successful research on-or in-Africa. This one-of-a-kind research guide...
Coming of Age in Reference Services
A Case History of the Washington State University Libraries
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Coming of Age in Reference Services: A Case History of the Washington State University Libraries focuses on the triumphs, trials, ideas, and difficulties of the Holland Library and how these experiences can help other professionals enhance services for patrons. The articles, written by reference librarians...
by Linda S Katz
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Library authorities address the increasing significance of reference services and the increasing need for evaluation of those services to further ensure professionalism and efficiency.