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Author: Jo Bell Whitlatch ,
Beth S. Woodard
Publisher: American Library Association
Imprint: ALA Editions
ISBN: 9780838917800
ISBN 10: 0838917801
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 30 January 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""The authors' expertise helps them to emphasize developing the reference librarian as a person rather than focusing solely on reference questions. Both authors primarily have an academic background, but they also address reference and user services as they relate to public library settings. School media specialists and reference librarians, while these fields are not directly addressed, could also adapt many of the methods put forward in the book. Additionally, even though the development and assessment methods best serve those already established in their career, up-and-coming librarians can use the book to identify gaps in their formal education or training and prepare for forthcoming employment."" -- Technical Services Quarterly ""This work helps reference and user services librarians take charge of their own careers ... Every library should have this work on its shelf for staff training and development."" -- Journal of Hospital Librarianship ""Whitlatch and Woodward are clearly knowledgeable about all facets of reference work and it's hard to imagine how the book could more comprehensively cover that topic ... For librarians looking to bolster every aspect of their reference game (and to become more desirable candidates for career opportunities in the process), this book will be a valuable resource."" --Booklist"
The authors' expertise helps them to emphasize developing the reference librarian as a person rather than focusing solely on reference questions. Both authors primarily have an academic background, but they also address reference and user services as they relate to public library settings. School media specialists and reference librarians, while these fields are not directly addressed, could also adapt many of the methods put forward in the book. Additionally, even though the development and assessment methods best serve those already established in their career, up-and-coming librarians can use the book to identify gaps in their formal education or training and prepare for forthcoming employment. -- Technical Services Quarterly This work helps reference and user services librarians take charge of their own careers ... Every library should have this work on its shelf for staff training and development. -- Journal of Hospital Librarianship Whitlatch and Woodward are clearly knowledgeable about all facets of reference work and it's hard to imagine how the book could more comprehensively cover that topic ... For librarians looking to bolster every aspect of their reference game (and to become more desirable candidates for career opportunities in the process), this book will be a valuable resource. --Booklist
Author Information
Jo Bell Whitlatch is reference librarian, history and political science selector, and occasional instructor at San Jose State University Library. She offers general reference and basic library instruction as well as specialized research assistance and collection development in history and political science. A leader in the professional reference discipline, she is past president of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) and has served as author and/or editor on Reference Assessment Manual, Library Users and Reference Services, and The Role of Academic Reference Librarian. She holds a doctorate in library and information studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Beth S. Woodard has been an academic reference librarian for her whole career but developed deep interests in staff development and training and teaching when she coordinated a separate information desk staffed by graduate assistants. From training a dozen graduate assistants to coordinating an orientation program for 75 graduate assistants at the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign, she developed staff training programs, retreats, and wellness activities for the entire library—for librarians, academic professionals, and support staff in addition to graduate and undergraduate students. She is currently teaching reference and library management at the Ischool at UIUC.
