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Title:

Reinventing reference : how libraries deliver value in the age of Google / edited by Katie Elson Anderson and Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic.

Publisher:

ALA Editions

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xv, 176 pages ; 23 cm

Other Authors:

Anderson, Katie Elson, 1973- editor.
Cvetkovic, Vibiana Bowman, 1953- editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

LibraryNext : reference in 2052 / by John Gibson. History of reference / Julie M. Still -- Terrorism, privacy, and porn : reference ethics in the twenty-first century / Zara Wilkinson and Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic -- Real reference revolution : the digital library user / Susan J. Beck -- Reference service trends and forecasts for academic librarianship / Gary Golden -- State of reference in school libraries / Lawrence V. Ghezzi and Walter Johnson -- Future of public library reference / Justin Hoenke -- Central image : the future of reference in academic arts libraries / Sara Harrington -- Whither libraries? : user-driven changes in the future of reference / John Gibson -- Future world : strategic challenges for reference in the coming decade / Stephen Abram -- LibraryNext : reference in 2052 / by John Gibson.

Summary:

Shrinking budgets, curtailed hours, closed branches... libraries appear to be an endangered species. These essays take a critical look at the megatrends and factors that affect current library policy and practice regarding the process of delivering information services. They offer historical and cultural contexts, as well as practical solutions for new paradigms of reference service for all users.

ISBN:

0838912788
9780838912782

OCLC:

(OCoLC)890799077

LCCN:

2014031542

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)