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Solutions to the unique problems of academic libraries in urban and metropolitan areas are provided in this professional handbook.

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Managing and budgeting for an integrated service are covered in detail in chapters of interest to library managers planning to institute or expand a search service or to managers of existing search services.

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The future of reference librarianship as a viable and essential part of the library depends on developing a proactive, participatory, and hands-on approach to automation.

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In this book, experts in the field describe best practices based on their experiences in corporate libraries worldwide.

With information driving today's global economy, corporate librarians must become even more proactive in their daily assignments.

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For new circulation department heads, Battaile begins with a discussion of the department head's responsibilities, then goes on to discuss the functions and processes of the circulation department (including noncirculation functions and special projects), the physical environment with which and in w

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Authored by cataloging librarians, educators, and information system experts, this book of essays addresses ideas and methods for tackling the modern challenges of cataloging and metadata practices.

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Presents a qualitative study of the management of selected public libraries in the Unites States and Great Britain in relation to their histories and missions. Unique in the management literature, this study is timely and focused, and will be of critical importance to public library administrators everywhere.

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This volume is intended to aid both those organizations considering the establishment of an institutional archives and those practicing archivists needing materials to assist them in evaluating their programs and planning for their development.

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This book helps directors of small college libraries to plan, staff, and organize their facilities and make the right decisions to effectively contribute to their college's mission.

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The new edition of the guide to the complex options, techniques, and details needed to successfully carry out a library collection move.

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The volume is organized in several broad sections devoted to the history and mission of news libraries, managerial issues and approaches, news libraries and computer-assisted journalism, special concerns of news libraries, and profiles of particular types of news libraries.

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This guide focuses on the implementation and management of second-generation automated library systems. The book expands the subject to include special, public and academic libraries and takes into account the experience of those libraries which have already automated and are now considering migration to more powerful automated library systems.

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The volume includes an overview of the unique challenges facing academic institutions and libraries today in serving a diverse student population, suggestions on working effectively in the current academic environment, and practical guidelines for specific program design, implementation, and evaluation.

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This professional reference for academic librarians provides detailed guidance for the strategic management of academic libraries. This book offers solutions to immediate operational problems within the academic library and treats strategic planning as but one component of overall strategic management.

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Strategic Marketing for Libraries is a straightforward discussion of the full range of marketing concepts and tools applied to various types of libraries including public, special, and academic.

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This sourcebook offers an overview of the accreditation process, focused specifically on contemporary expectations for, and challenges to, libraries, information technologies, and academic computing. It also offers practical advice to those librarians involved with academic accreditation.

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Learn and perfect the skills needed to conduct satisfying reference interviews in the modern technological environment with this easy-to-use guide.

In today's technology-driven world, reference librarians must serve users who come into the building as well as remote users who ask via various digital means.

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Journal of Academic Librarianship

The Smaller Academic Library, which is a collection of thirty essays by diverse hands on the management of libraries in colleges of up to about 7,500 students, should help practitioners build that kind of leadership and sense of mission.

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It includes chapters written by full-time professional library consultants, information specialists, and library administrators who have had extensive experience in using consultants to solve a range or problems in information service.

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This professional publication represents the broadest discussion of video collection development in libraries currently available. Background discussions include the impact of video on society, the role of video in multi-type libraries, and the uses of video to meet special client needs.