Information and Referral - Public Libraries

This book is the culmination of three years of study of information and referral activity in U.S. public libraries. Information and referal (I&R) is defined broadly as facilitating the link between a people and the resource or resources outside the library that can meet their needs. The book helps to define what I&R is, how some libraries have approached it, and what major problems have been associated with its adoption. It serves as a guide on the role of public libraries in I&R, managing I&R in a library environment, appropriate skills and training, the performance of libraries where I&R has been tried, the impact of library-based I&R on the client group, and how library-based I&R compares with non-library I&R.

About the author

Thomas Childers is the Sheldon and Lucy Hackney Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of four previous books on World War II, including The Wings of Morning. He lives in Media, Pennsylvania.

Product details

• Authors: Ablex, Thomas Childers, Childers Thomas, Unknown
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1984
• EAN: 9780893911478
• ISBN: 978-0-89391-147-8
• Series: Child and Family Policy; Child and Family Policy
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; Library & information services, Library and information services, Librarianship: Philosophy, Values, and Issues