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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Our new public, a changing clientele. Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, c2008 (OCoLC)682397532 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James R Kennedy; Lisa Vardaman; Gerard B McCabe |
| ISBN: | 9781591584070 1591584078 |
| OCLC Number: | 173243720 |
| Description: | xv, 305 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | The library as place in the new millennium : domesticating space and adapting learning spaces / Delmus Williams -- Reflection and thinking and all of that stuff : student learning, engagement, and the Net generation / Anne-Marie Deitering -- Baby boomers and generation Y in the public library : keeping them both happy : an Australian perspective / Carolyn Jones -- Reaching out to gen Y : adapting roles and policies to meet the information needs of the next generation / Susanne Markgren -- Deconstructing librarians' fascination with gamer culture : toward making acadmic libraries venues for quiet contemplation / Juris Dilevko -- Information literacy and the modern university library / Carol C.M. Toris, Ashlee B. Clevenger, and Katina Strauch -- Enhancing library instruction : creating and managing online interactive library tutorials for a wired generation / Mark Horan, Suhasini L. Kumar, and John Napp -- Educating the millennial user / Lauren Pressley -- English as a second language students and the college library / Eric E. Palo -- Connecting diversity to management : further insights / Tim Zou and La Loria Konata -- Community college libraries/learning resource centers meet the generation Y challenge / Michael D. Rusk -- "I want it all and I want it now!" : the changing face of school libraries / Leslie Boon -- A traditional library meets twenty-first century users / Glenda A. Thornton, Bruce Jeppesen, and George Lupone -- Planning an information commons : our experiences at the University of Toledo's Carlson Library / John C. Phillips and Brian Hickam -- Renewing the tech-forward library : information commons development at the University Library of Indiana University Purdue University Library Indianapolis / Rachel Applegate and David W. Lewis -- What's old is new again : library services and the millennial student / Jamie Seeholzer, Frank J. Bove, and Delmus Williams -- Evaluation and selection of new format materials : electronic resources / Bethany Latham and Jodi Poe -- Libraries and the millennials : changing priorities : bibliographic essay / Marilyn Stempeck, Rashelle Karp, and Susan Naylor. |
| Series Title: | Libraries Unlimited library management collection. |
| Responsibility: | edited by James R. Kennedy, Lisa Vardaman, and Gerard B. McCabe. |
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"[T]he authors do a good job of presenting commentary and examples of working in today's continually evolving libraries. . . The bibliographies that follow each article are full of sources to guide the reader who would like to pursue in more detail specific topics discussed by the authors. The discussion points out that, although one size does not fit all, improving facilities and services for a target group of users can improve services for all." - Reference & User Services Quarterly
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