Reinventing Reference : How Libraries Deliver Value in the Age of Google.
Title:
Reinventing Reference : How Libraries Deliver Value in the Age of Google.
Author:
Anderson, Katie Elson.
ISBN:
9780838912850
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (193 pages)
Contents:
Reinventing Reference -- Cover -- Contents -- Introduction. Referencing the Future -- Part 1. Understanding Reference -- Chapter 1. A History of Reference -- Chapter 2. Terrorism, Privacy, and Porn -- Chapter 3. The Real Reference Solution -- Part 2. Reference 2.0 -- Chapter 4. Reference Service Trends and Forecasts for Academic Librarianship -- Chapter 5. The State of Reference in School Libraries -- Chapter 6. The Future of Public Library Reference -- Chapter 7. The Central Image -- Part 3. "Dude, Where's My Jetpack?" -- Chapter 8. Whither Libraries? -- Chapter 9. Future World -- Coda. LibraryNext: Reference in 2052 -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
This collection takes a critical look at the overarching trends that affect current library policy and practice regarding the process of delivering information services, and how factors such as public policy, economics, and popular culture will continue to affect those trends in the future.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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