Tag Archives: library services
Instructional Design for Librarians
Instructional Design for Librarians and Information Professionals, Lesley Farmer, – 2011 Educators will want to read this book. The section on course-ware is useful. 200 pages.
Listening to the Customer
Listening to the Customer, Peter Hernon, – 2011 Librarians will want to read this book. It would also be worthwhile reading for business owners. 200 pages.
Small Business and the Public Library
Small Business and the Public Library – Strategies for A Successful Partnership, Luise Weiss, (- 2011) A book for librarians who want to help people starting businesses. Very readable, 100 pages.
Conversations with Catalogers
Conversations with Catalogers in the 21st Century – 2011) A collection of articles by library specialists. 250 pages. Contents: I AACR2 and RDA 1 Moving Cataloguing Rules Out of the Library: Goodbye, AACR2? 2 AACR and RDA: One Cataloguer’s Reaction … Continue reading
Reference Reborn
Reference Reborn – Breathing New Life into Public Services Librarianship (- 2011) Librarians will want to read this collection of essays about the changing roles of American university librarians. 400 pages.
EXtensible Catalog
Scholarly Practice, Participatory Design, and the EXtensible Catalog – 2011 If you are in charge of a university library system you will find this book useful. System designers will also want to read it. 150 pages.
Atlas of New Librarianship
The Atlas of New Librarianship, R. David Lankes, MIT Press, 2011 Librarians will want to read this weighty tome on library services (and note: it’s not an atlas). I liked the discussion of semantics and searching on the web. Hardcover, … Continue reading
Introducing RDA
Introducing RDA – A Guide to the Basics, Chris Oliver, American Library Association, 2010 Library administrators will need to know about the RDA classification scheme, and this very detailed book will help. Large format, 100 pages.
No Shelf Required
No Shelf Required – E-books in Libraries, Sue Polanka, 2011 This book for librarians is required reading. 150 pages.
Web 2.0 and Libraries
Web 2.0 and Libraries – Impacts, Technologies and Trends 2010 A collection of essays on technology tools used in libraries. Let’s hope that the people planning the new Ottawa Library have read this. Well written, 200 pages.
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