By Popular Demand: Various Genres and Tastes. Reading in season: how the yearly cycle affects your choice of books -- Mystery madness: understanding the demand for crime fiction in libraries -- Reaching the outer limits: science fiction in the library -- Life enjoyed: the appeal of biography collections -- Travel collections: off the shelf, on the road -- Blankets will not protect you! an overview of horror fiction -- Making the Penguins fly: classics collections in public libraries -- First love, printed and bound. Social Studies. Alternative librarianship: voices from the field -- Life at the cellular level: dealing with wireless communications -- Moonlight sonata: librarians discuss their work after work -- Manual matters: developing successful guidelines and losing priceless boredom -- Keeping up appearances: looking like a librarian in an age of paranoia -- Surviving hard times: how libraries can deal with recessions -- What goes down: library experiences of the urban poor -- Keynoting: an honest overview -- Quote us freely: British librarians speak out about recent cutbacks -- For your eyes only: love and disorder in our domestic libraries -- Who's next door? Living with your library's neighbors -- Worldwide weeding: when books no longer furnish a room -- What care ye for raiment? Dress codes and styles in our libraries -- Circulation counter service in public and academic libraries: dealing face-to-face with patrons. Visiting the Library: People and Programs. Gold, Frankincense, and Murder: the wise bookseller's guide to corporate gifts -- "It's not just the books!" Wheelchair patrons speak out -- What's cooking at your library: a special event -- Abroad in your library: what tourists want, what they get -- Here's looking at you, kid: what special visitors want when they tour your library -- Discover your inner elf: Christmas programs for public libraries -- Boo! Halloween in our libraries -- Confessions of a library Santa -- November memories: librarians and patrons observe Remembrance Day -- Gone astray: an exploration of library lost-and-founds -- Cat care programs in public libraries: providing essential information to owners -- Serving the solitary: librarians demonstrate "in-reach." Senior Moments. Seniors: what they want and what they get in Canada's public libraries -- Leisure reading for seniors: sorting out tastes and topics -- Finance, felines, and figuring It all out: utilitarian reading for seniors -- Tis the season: Christmas programs for seniors -- It's never too late to Tolstoy: adventures of a seniors' reading club. Library Technicians. Training techs: preparing library technicians for an evolving job market -- File under tango: lifelong learning for library technicians. For the Record. Paper crazy no more: records management for library chaos junkies -- CIA for beginners: records management training for library technicians -- Records management for office managers: a special librarian's clip 'N share. Rare Books and Other Rubbish. Gold in the garbage: making the most from the treasure in your trash -- One for the books: lectures on collecting from coast to coast. English Hours. Librarian's London: visiting the city of readers -- Under the bridge with Margaret and Charles: browsing in London's South Bank Book Market -- Spirited business: styles of bookselling in Piccadilly -- Here be dragons: continuing education in library history -- Finding Mr. Perfect: WH Smith in Paddington Station -- Visiting Oxford: lifelong memories from one day on the move -- Perfect for your wall or shelf: shopping at London's popular tourist attractions. Corporate concerns. Confidentiality at risk: how the info-thief threatens your corporate information -- E-pest alert -- Data on the road: keeping portable IT safe while you travel.
Summary:
Front-Line Librarianship presents a diverse range of observations, viewpoints and useful commentary on the current workplace experiences of librarians and their associates. The book's author presents an unrivalled portrait of front-line librarianship that is based upon his unique experience and voice. Chapters consider workplace matters, the fate of hardcopy books, speechmaking at conferences, the effects of recessions on libraries, continuing education, and corporate gift-giving programs. This book will make an excellent and useful addition to library collections in library science.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.