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Providing Reference Services: A Practical Guide for Librarians was written for the working librarian. Topics covered include:
Reference services
Reference resources and tutorials
Organizing and providing services
Staffing and performance management
Forming helpful partnerships
Future of reference
Sommario
Chapter 1. What Is Library Reference Service?
Chapter 2. Reference Collections Today
Chapter 3. Putting Reference Service into Practice
Chapter 4. Managing Staff for Reference Services
Chapter 5. Oversight and Administration of Reference Services
Chapter 6. Marketing and Collaboration for Reference Services
Chapter 7. The Future of Reference Services
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Katherine Pennavaria is a Professor at Western Kentucky University and Coordinator of the Visual & Performing Arts Library at WKU. She is the author of Genealogy: A Practical Guide for Librarians (R&L, 2015) and Providing Reference Services: A Practical Guide for Librarians (R&L, 2017), and writes a regular column on genealogy for Kentucky Libraries. Katherine has done numerous national and state presentations and webinars; topics include genealogy record types, search strategies, and resources the beginning researcher needs to know about. She has published articles in Libraries and Culture, College & Research Library News, Library Journal, and WordRiver Literary Review.
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Providing Reference Services: A Practical Guide for Librarians was written for the working librarian. Topics covered include:*Reference services*Reference resources and tutorials *Organizing and providing services *Staffing and performance management*Forming helpful partnerships*Future of reference
