Managing The Twenty First Century Reference Department
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Author | : Linda S Katz |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2014-05-22 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1317955552 |
Learn the skills needed to update and manage a reference department that efficiently meets the needs of clients today—and tomorrow! Managing the Twenty-First Century Reference Department: Challenges and Prospects provides librarians with the knowledge and skills they need to manage an effective reference service. Full of useful and practical ideas, this book presents successful methods for recruiting and retaining capable reference department staff and management, training new employees and adapting current services to an evolving field. Expert practitioners address the changing role of the reference library worker and how longstanding traditions and practices can be re-evaluated and re-applied. The information in this book is ideal for librarians and students of library studies looking to take their skills to the next level. Reference departments continue to evolve as the number of applicants qualified to run them declines. Managing the Twenty-First Century Reference Department: Challenges and Prospects explores the dynamics of leadership and management as well as a variety of other characteristics needed in a Head of Reference. It recognizes the increasing need for visionary leaders who can deal with shrinking budgets, soaring costs, expensive electronic resources, and high user expectations and provides you with practical advice on finding, training, and keeping these individuals. In addition to the training and recruitment techniques documented in this book, you will find extensive information on: setting and achieving goals creating and maintaining a positive work environment how to deliver quality services how to improve job satisfaction for library staff problem solving strategies the importance of communication making your reference department task- and employee-centered Managing the Twenty-First Century Reference Department: Challenges and Prospects also provides an inside look at Oregon State University’s Valley Library’s new management model. The library’s information professionals detail this new model’s current function, potential hazards, and multiple advantages. The user-friendly information documented in this chapter and in the book as a whole makes Managing the Twenty-First Century Reference Department: Challenges and Prospects an essential read for any librarian or student of library studies looking to meet the demands of an increasingly technical field.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 105 |
Release | : 1995-11-27 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0309053781 |
This book responds to an request by the U.S. Army to study the applicability of commercial multimedia technologies to command, control, communications and intelligence needs on future battlefields. After reviewing Army's needs and discussing relevant commercial technologies within the context of a generic architecture, the book recommends approaches for meeting the Army's needs. Battlefield potential is illustrated, andâ€"drawing on lessons learned from the private sectorâ€"a technology management strategy consisting of specific recommendations to the Army is provided. The key to future benefits is for the Army to accommodate the rapid changes taking place in the commercial world of multimedia technologies.
Author | : Beryl A. Radin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Policy sciences |
ISBN | : 9780367225421 |
Policy Analysis in the Twenty-First Century is designed to familiarize students with the diversity of experiences that they can expect to face in their practitioner role. Case studies illustrate realities in the current policy analysis environment as well as the analyst's personal values and career goals.
Author | : Kay Ann Cassell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
Specifies the top resources in major subject areas and genres and shows students how to approach the reference transaction by matching specific types of questions to the best available resources regardless of format.
Author | : Zeger van der Wal |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2017-09-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1350311936 |
Truly global in scope and ambition, the 21st Century Public Manager addresses key trends, challenges, and opportunities facing public managers across contexts and regimes. This accessible textbook aims to inspire public managers in rethinking their roles, skills, and values as they enter a VUCA world-one characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. It is written for aspiring and current public managers in graduate schools and executive education programs.
Author | : Kay Ann Cassell |
Publisher | : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1555708595 |
Search skills of today bear little resemblance to searches through print publications. Reference service has become much more complex than in the past, and is in a constant state of flux. Learning the skill sets of a worthy reference librarian can be challenging, unending, rewarding, and-- yes, fun.
Author | : Kay Ann Cassell |
Publisher | : ALA Neal-Schuman |
Total Pages | : 461 |
Release | : 2011-05-31 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781555707408 |
This practical guide teaches failsafe methods for identifying important materials by matching specific types of questions to the best available sources, regardless of format. Information on more than 300 sources has been updated to provide you high quality information.
Author | : Victor Roy Squires |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2014-07-10 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1466579625 |
Worldwide development of agriculture and industry creates burgeoning demands on natural resources. Management of the rivers and the surrounding landscape is one of the important tasks for today and for the foreseeable future. Lessons learned from centuries of management (and mismanagement) have been distilled into principles and practices which form the subject matter for this book. It provides both a global perspective and an entrée to the special problems associated with management of transboundary rivers.
Author | : Juliet Christian-Smith |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2012-07-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0199859450 |
It is zero hour for a new US water policy! At a time when many countries are adopting new national approaches to water management, the United States still has no cohesive federal policy, and water-related authorities are dispersed across more than 30 agencies. Here, at last, is a vision for what we as a nation need to do to manage our most vital resource. In this book, leading thinkers at world-class water research institution the Pacific Institute present clear and readable analysis and recommendations for a new federal water policy to confront our national and global challenges at a critical time. What exactly is at stake? In the 21st century, pressures on water resources in the United States are growing and conflicts among water users are worsening. Communities continue to struggle to meet water quality standards and to ensure that safe drinking water is available for all. And new challenges are arising as climate change and extreme events worsen, new water quality threats materialize, and financial constraints grow. Yet the United States has not stepped up with adequate leadership to address these problems. The inability of national policymakers to safeguard our water makes the United States increasingly vulnerable to serious disruptions of something most of us take for granted: affordable, reliable, and safe water. This book provides an independent assessment of water issues and water management in the United States, addressing emerging and persistent water challenges from the perspectives of science, public policy, environmental justice, economics, and law. With fascinating case studies and first-person accounts of what helps and hinders good water management, this is a clear-eyed look at what we need for a 21st century U.S. water policy.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |