Download or Read online The Human Side of Reference and Information Services in Academic Libraries full in PDF, ePub and kindle. this book written by Lesley Farmer and published by Elsevier which was released on 31 January 2007 with total page 160 pages. We cannot guarantee that The Human Side of Reference and Information Services in Academic Libraries book is available in the library, click Get Book button and read full online book in your kindle, tablet, IPAD, PC or mobile whenever and wherever You Like. This book examines the questions: how academic libraries provide value-added reference and information services in the digital age. It provides best practices from a global perspective. The book starts by looking at the information needs and info-seeking behaviours of university students and faculty. Then it examines the use cycle: consumer, instruction, and producer. It examines the resource cycle: collection development, instructor, maintenance. What are the essential elements of reference: orientation, instruction, collaborative planning, products? Focuses on information needs and information-seeking behaviours of academic library stakeholders (faculty, students, community) Focuses on technologies: impact on reference and information services (selection, access, interaction, instruction, administration), focusing on the human issues Emphasizes collaborative aspects of reference/info services (with faculty for program/course instruction, with computer services for digital integration, with other libraries for resource
The Human Side of Reference and Information Services in Academic Libraries
- Author : Lesley Farmer
- Publisher : Elsevier
- Pages : 160 pages
- ISBN : 1780631006
- Release : 31 January 2007
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