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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Juris Dilevko; Lisa Gottlieb |
| ISBN: | 0786416521 9780786416523 |
| OCLC Number: | 53325339 |
| Description: | vi, 263 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Ideology and the deprofessionalization of the reference function -- Reading and reference work -- The importance of being current : how reading newspapers and magazines affects the work of academic reference librarians -- Developing a "reader's mind" : how reading nonfiction and fiction affects the work of academic reference librarians -- You can lead librarians to knowledge, but you can't make them think : factors affecting how and how much academic librarians read -- Being a jack-of-all-trades : how staying current affects the work of public library reference staff members -- Meeting the expectations of professors : the need for academic librarians to read and think as if they were researchers -- Reading as a species of intellectual capital. |
| Responsibility: | by Juris Dilevko and Lisa Gottlieb. |
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Abstract:
"For reference librarians, technological competence has become the order of the day. Process-based training increasingly dominates many library and information science programs. This book suggests another approach to providing quality reference service: reading."--BOOK JACKET.
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