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Author: Carolyn A. Sheehy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc
Edition: Annotated edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.592kg
ISBN: 9780313296505
ISBN 10: 0313296502
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 09 December 1996
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
.,. provides a wealth of information to librarians with new responsibilities for business collections. Chapters on planning, personnel, facilities, collection development, print and electronic resources, technical and access services, and reference services to both internal and external communities were written by librarians with special expertise in these areas. -American Libraries
.,. highly recommended to both librarians and information professionals new to the profession, as well as those who may be unfamiliar with the idiosyncrasies of managing business collections. -Business Information Alert .,. provides a wealth of information to librarians with new responsibilities for business collections. Chapters on planning, personnel, facilities, collection development, print and electronic resources, technical and access services, and reference services to both internal and external communities were written by librarians with special expertise in these areas. -American Libraries ?...highly recommended to both librarians and information professionals new to the profession, as well as those who may be unfamiliar with the idiosyncrasies of managing business collections.?-Business Information Alert ?...provides a wealth of information to librarians with new responsibilities for business collections. Chapters on planning, personnel, facilities, collection development, print and electronic resources, technical and access services, and reference services to both internal and external communities were written by librarians with special expertise in these areas.?-American Libraries ?This handy manual will guide anyone who is faced with the challenge of managing a business collection. The field of business information is in a constant state of flux, so it is nice to have a guide to form a core collection. The book is not limited to any one type of library or user needs, so its broad coverage will be of use to many librarians.?-Public Library Quarterly ... highly recommended to both librarians and information professionals new to the profession, as well as those who may be unfamiliar with the idiosyncrasies of managing business collections. -Business Information Alert This handy manual will guide anyone who is faced with the challenge of managing a business collection. The field of business information is in a constant state of flux, so it is nice to have a guide to form a core collection. The book is not limited to any one type of library or user needs, so its broad coverage will be of use to many librarians. -Public Library Quarterly ... provides a wealth of information to librarians with new responsibilities for business collections. Chapters on planning, personnel, facilities, collection development, print and electronic resources, technical and access services, and reference services to both internal and external communities were written by librarians with special expertise in these areas. -American Libraries
Author Information
CAROLYN A. SHEEHY is Clare and Lucy Oesterle Director of Library Services at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Formerly, she was Head of the Reference Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Administrative Curator of Special Collections at The Newberry Library. She is the editor of Managing Performing Arts Collections in Academic and Public Libraries (Greenwood, 1994) and the author of Reference and Information Service in Academic Libraries in Urban and Metropolitan Areas: A Management Handbook, edited by Gerard B. McCabe (Greenwood, 1992). She is the current president of the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries and a former president of LIBRAS, a consortium of eighteen private Chicago-area academic libraries.
