1st Edition

Evolution in Reference and Information Services The Impact of the Internet

By Linda S Katz Copyright 2002
246 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

Explore ways to bring and keep your library’s electronic services up to date! From editor Di Su: “Some years ago, if you were told that a library’s catalog would be available on a 24/7/365 basis, you’d think it was just another fiction. Perhaps as influential as Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of movable type printing, the Internet is one of the most significant happenings in the... Read more
  • Preface
  • Background
  • From Magicians to Teachers: The Development of Electronic Reference in Libraries: 1930-2000
  • Teaching and Training
  • The Impact of the Internet: Increasing the Reference Librarian’s Role as Teacher
  • Reference, Mental Models, and Teaching Technology
  • The Evolution of Internet Training in a Corporate Library
  • Electronic Service
  • E-Mail Reference: Who, When, Where, and What Is Asked
  • Internet Engineering Reference—An Academic Strategy
  • Meeting Reference Responsibilities Through Library Web Sites
  • Evaluation and Analysis
  • Evaluating Electronic Reference Services: Issues, Approaches, and Criteria
  • Historical Fabrications on the Internet: Recognition, Evaluation, and Use in Bibliographic Instruction
  • Government Information on the Web
  • Finding and Evaluating Health Sources on the Internet: An Overview
  • Information Technology (IT) Management
  • The Impact of “Scholar’s Workstations” in an Undergraduate Academic Library: Would a Holistic Approach Work?
  • Libraries to Labs: Managing Public Access Computer Labs in an Academic Library Environment
  • Index
  • Reference Notes Included

Biography

Linda S Katz