Essential Reference Services for Today's School Media Specialists: Second Edition - Softcover

Lanning, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591588839 ISBN 13: 9781591588832

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2009

Synopsis

At one time, it was believed that reference librarians answered questions correctly only 55 percent of the time. With the expansion of resources, training, and responsibility, that is certainly no longer true. Today's school media specialist is an active instructional partner, an advocate for information literacy and media center resources, and a reference librarian.|Newly updated, this book offers a concise overview of the state of reference services and their role in school libraries.|Essential Reference Services for Today's School Media Specialists: Second Edition is an overview of today's reference environment covering the essentials of reference services, from selecting resources to weeding the collection, from the advantages of chat reference to the types of library instruction. This book is the place to start for information on reference services. It begins with a discussion of information and information literacy and also covers using and evaluating print and electronic reference sources, providing and evaluating reference services, creating web resources, teaching the core curriculum, and more.||In this second edition, the authors focus on updating all of these areas. Core reference skills are updated with information on virtual reference services and library instruction. The resource section reflects new editions and changes in electronic resources and Web 2.0 tools, and the leadership section is expanded as well. ||Grades K-12|âe¢ Provides a concise overview of the current state of reference services|âe¢ Discusses information power, the 21st-century learner and Big6 Skills and how they apply to reference services|âe¢ Discusses the reference transaction and the Behavioral Performance Guidelines from RUSA|âe¢ Examines the strengths and weaknesses of the various methods for providing digital

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Review:

"This title contains a detailed reference list with a range of book material, journals and many websites and an index. It is a place to start for an understanding of contemporary reference collection development and reference services. Core, established reference services as well as virtual reference services are part of the 2010 skills portfolio of the teacher librarian profession." - Australian Library Journal "An invaluable resource for both new and experienced librarians. . . . Highly recommended." - Library Media Connection "This is quite a comprehensive and informative monograph in the area of reference services, through K-12 standards, in the U.S. The monograph is primarily intended for media specialists, who will find the text, contents and delineation useful and handy for needed orientation for reference services." - Library Times International "Newbie librarians and teachers, as well as veterans in the field, will find useful information that can be applied to daily practice not only in the school library, but also in the classroom." - School Library Journal "For a simple introduction to reference services for teacher-librarians, this book does a satisfactory job." - Booklist "Lanning (library media and reference, Southern Utah U.) and Bryner (teacher education, Brigham Young U.), a website developer, offer an overview of essential reference services for school library media specialists. Focusing on core reference skills, electronic resources, and leadership skills, they discuss information and information literacy, using and evaluating print and electronic resources, providing and evaluating reference services, creating web resources, catalogs, searching the web, teaching the core curriculum, and building a reference collection. This edition updates the core reference skills with information on virtual reference services and library instruction. The resource section has new editions and updates to electronic resources and Web 2.0 tools, and the leadership section has been expanded." - SciTech Book News "This will work will be a good choice for the busy practitioner or student who needs updated material. It is recommended for professional collections." - ARBAonline

About the Author:

Scott Lanning is associate professor of library media and head of reference at Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT. John Bryner is instructor in teacher education at Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, and is a website developer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1591588839
• ISBN 13: 9781591588832
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 160