A Practical Study Guide For New Or Busy Managers In Libraries And Other Information Agencies

Learn Management Skills for Libraries and Information Agencies By Dr. Bob Pymn provides a concise, practical workbook to support busy managers. It is intended for those on the front lines, facing the challenge of supervising a busy work environment but aware they need to delve a little deeper into management issues to gain a broader understanding of why some approaches work and some do not. It is a basic introduction to established management...

A Practical Workbook for Learning Library of Congress Subject Headings

Learn Library of Congress subject access covers the skills necessary for a subject cataloger in a library or information agency, whether at a professional or a paraprofessional level. It is suitable for use by librarianship students, and for those studying subject cataloging by themselves as part of their continuing professional development. Since most catalogs provide some subject access, it is important for all library students and most library staff to be familiar...

A PRACTICAL STUDY GUIDE FOR WORKING IN LIBRARY REFERENCE SERVICES

This combination textbook/workbook provides an introduction to reference work by covering the theory and principles of good reference service, major reference sources in both electronic and print formats, and basic reference skills and procedures.

Learn Reference Work reviews all the major types of reference sources including dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, yearbooks, handbooks, manuals, maps, atlases, and government documents. It examines the skills involved...