Managing Reference Today: New Models and Best Practices

Cassell, Kay Ann

ISBN 10: 0810892219 / ISBN 13: 9780810892217

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 2017

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159 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.55 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Managing Reference Today: New Models and Best Practices
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810892219
• ISBN 13: 9780810892217
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.26 kilograms

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Synopsis

Managing Reference Today: New Models and Practices • highlights newly developed service models used by libraries and ways to handle changing reference collections. • describes new ways to provide reference services and ideas of how to select and manage reference collections. • identifies the best practices for meeting the needs of library users.

About the Author

Kay Cassell is presently an Assistant Teaching Professor at the School of Communication and Information, Department of Library and Information Science, at Rutgers University. Her areas of teaching and research include reference services and collection development. Dr. Cassell has been the director of several public libraries and an academic library as well as working as a reference librarian. She was the Associate Director for Collections and Services of the Branch Libraries of the New York Public Library. She served in the Peace Corps in Morocco and was the Director of the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines. She is active in the American Library Association and served as president of RUSA (Reference and User Services Association). Dr. Cassell has also been the editor of the quarterly journal, Collection Building.