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Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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Category : Statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 986

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Author: Linda S Katz
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136588027
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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This useful book helps reference librarians understand the information seeking needs and behaviors of the diverse groups of people in the communities they serve. With the increasing diversity of the American population, librarians striving to plan and deliver excellent reference services must enhance their understanding of how best to assist many types of individuals and groups, from children to the elderly. Library Users and Reference Services provides much-needed help in this area, delivering strategies and methods to aid readers in their quest for increasingly effective service for all members of the communities in which they work.Library Users and Reference Services is divided into four sections of chapters which cover a broad range of topics to assist readers in planning and delivering appropriate services. Section One explores customer service, economics of information, and marketing as key concepts useful in studying information needs of specific groups in the population. Section Two focuses on scholars and students in three broad academic disciplines: science, humanities, and social sciences. Section Three covers groups with special characteristics such as age, economic standing, gender, or profession. Section Four discusses evaluation and provides guidance in the use of the most widely accepted measures for assessing reference effectiveness.The book’s final chapter explores redesigning reference services for the future, providing a glimpse of how such services may change. Library Users and Reference Services is a practical guide to help readers understand the many issues related to serving diverse populations in a community. Reference librarians and graduate library school students and faculty will learn more effective ways to help a heterogeneous public with the help of this new book.

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Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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Publisher: Claitor's Pub Division
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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This is the fourth in a series of reports evaluating the Public Library Statistics (PLS) program, an annual census of public libraries in the United States. The census includes, in addition to a full count of public libraries and their outlets, a variety of statistics about the services provided by and, the financial condition and the staffing levels of public libraries. This report contains the results of an evaluation of the definitions and internal consistency of the staffing variables and a comparison of the statistics collected for these variables to selected statistics from independent sources. This evaluation was conducted to raise specific issues for discussion among members of the Federal State Cooperative System for Public Library Data. Chapter 1 evaluates the definitions used for the staff variables, while Chapter 2 considers the internal consistency of staff measures. Chapter 3 compares statistics from the public library census to those from other reference sources for public library staffing information. Four appendixes list the variables, libraries without paid staff, and library reports and directories, and present comparisons of dataset and other figures. (Contains 70 references and 14 tables.) (SLD)

Author: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Publisher:
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Category : Life insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Author: United States. Bureau of the Census. Governments Division
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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Category : Public libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 46

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Author: National Center for Education Statistics
Publisher: Washington
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 492

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Author: Education Department
Publisher: Bernan Press
ISBN: 9781636710112
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 638

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The Digest of Education Statistics provides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of education from prekindergarten through graduate school. It includes a selection of data from many sources and draws especially on the results and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).