Reference Services and Public Policy

ISBN-13: 9780367373771 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 230 str.

Richard D. Irving; Bill Katz

Opis

This book, first published in 1988, looks at the relationship between public policy and information and reports ways in which libraries respond to the need for public policy information. Chapters provide perspectives from a variety of library settings with different user groups who, in turn, have different information needs.

Spis treści

1. Introduction Richard D. Irving  2. Consequences of Federal Government Information Policies, 1981-1986 Joe Morehead  3. OMB A-130: A Policy Which Could Affect Your Reference Service Sara D. Knapp  4. Research Guides in a Public Policy Environment Nancy A. Davenport and Kristin M. Vajs  5. The Quotation File in the Congressional Research Service Suzy Platt  6. Linking Research, Policy, and Activism: Library Services in Women's Studies Sarah M. Pritchard  7. Common Public Policy Issues Faced by the Nation's Communities: Forging a Viable Public Library Response Joan C. Durrance and Doris Preston  8. Two Levels of Reference Service in a Municipal Reference Library Linda J. Benigno  9. Reference Service to State Government: The New York State Library Program Mary Redmond and Lee Stanton  10. Public Policy Issues in the Medical Literature Beverly L. Renford  11. Black Politics and Public Policy: A Guide to Selected Reference Sources Auriel Pilgrim  12. A Comparison of Public Policy Reference Inquiries in Two Academic Libraries Maolne B. Stinson and Alva W. Stewart  13. Interactions: A Library Faculty Matrix Organization and a Public Policy and Administration Program Helen H. Britton  14. The User and the Library: A Discussion of Communication John Budd

O autorze

Richard D. Irving, Bill Katz