The Whole Library Handbook 3: Current Data, Professional Advice, and Curiosa About Libraries and Library Sciences: Part 3 (The Whole Library Handbook: ... Curiosa about Libraries and Library Sciences) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838907814 ISBN 13: 9780838907818

Publisher: ALA Editions, 2000

Synopsis

This library handbook is an encyclopaedia of library history, demographics, folklore, humour, current events, and popular wisdom. It is organized in general categories, on topics such as types of libraries, the profession, people, materials, special users, operations, technology, promotion, issues and librariana. Readers will come across bits of trivia, as well as sections on "the most bizarre reference questions", "the best excuses for overdue books", and "job description of a Renaissance librarian". Also included are essays and reprints of important journal articles by experts. This third edition includes a range of serious and not-so-serious discussions on subjects such as: 50 things you can do with a library card; quotable facts about library funding; how to have fun with the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2); what digital libraries are and why you need to know; how the technical processing manager can determine the unit cost for any acquisition or cataloguing function; nine rules for creating Web graphics; five criteria for Web evaluation; practical ways to serve special populations; a quick history of the First Amendment; 12 new and silly illogical reasons to ban a book; and what to do if you're served with a subpoena.

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Review

"An entertaining and useful compendium for all professional collections." ..".this book is fun to read... [I]f you were beginning to believe that librarianship is dead, this is the book which will restore your faith--and greatly entertain you in the process." "This valuable handbook deserves a place in every library without exception...its user-friendly format makes it a definite asset for library instructors, students and most especially anyone contemplating joining the library profession. Highly recommended for all libraries and librarians who are looking for answers to today's questions and issues." "Cute. Charming. Entertaining. Informative." ..".covers a broad and eclectic array of information on libraries and the library profession. Written in a personable and readable manner, it touches on many practices and current issues. The availability of so much diverse information in a single volume is one of the book's chief selling points."

Edition details

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838907814
• ISBN 13: 9780838907818
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 569
• Editor: Eberhart George M.