Overview

Addresses the special resources, collection development needs, policies, and user services of libraries in mental health settings.

Full Product Details

9780810833067

Table of Contents

Reviews

4 stars...This book would be most helpful to the library school student or to a librarian who is new to the mental health field... Any library or librarian working with mental health professionals or patients would benefit from perusing this title. Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal ...successfully addresses the wide variety of issues in this field. This text is a useful addition to both library science and psychiatric collections. Recommended. Library Journal As in all other areas of medicine, mental health librarians are expected to expand their services to a wider circle of users while contending with shrinking budgets. This book provides networking channels for combining resources as one means to meet the increasing information demands. Lisca ...a solid, basic overview...Mary Johnson does an excellent job of weaving together information on a significant and complex area of librarianship...recommend...the book for purchase by any university which has a curriculum in library and information science. This is an ambitious book...the editor is successful in providing a provocative, timely discussion on mental health librarianship. Congratulations to Mary Johnson and her contributors. Medical Reference Services Quarterly

4 stars...This book would be most helpful to the library school student or to a librarian who is new to the mental health field... Any library or librarian working with mental health professionals or patients would benefit from perusing this title. Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal ...successfully addresses the wide variety of issues in this field. This text is a useful addition to both library science and psychiatric collections. Recommended. Library Journal As in all other areas of medicine, mental health librarians are expected to expand their services to a wider circle of users while contending with shrinking budgets. This book provides networking channels for combining resources as one means to meet the increasing information demands. Lisca ...a solid, basic overview...Mary Johnson does an excellent job of weaving together information on a significant and complex area of librarianship...recommend...the book for purchase by any university which has a curriculum in library and information science. This is an ambitious book...the editor is successful in providing a provocative, timely discussion on mental health librarianship. Congratulations to Mary Johnson and her contributors. Medical Reference Service Quarterly

Author Information

Mary E. Johnson is the Library Director of the Missouri Institute of Mental Health in St. Louis, a position which she has held since 1984. She has been Chair for the Mental Health Librarians Section of the MLA, and is the 1997 incoming President of the Association of Mental Health Librarians.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available