Nothing changes faster in today's libraries than reference services. The purpose of this collection of thirty articles is to help both the beginner and the experienced librarian keep up with that change through the explanations and points of view of leaders in the field. This volume, like the first two (1978 and 1982), brings together in a single, convenient place a representative view of today's reference and information services for students, teachers, and librarians. It can be used alone, or in conjunction with the author's fifth edition of 'Introduction to Reference Work' (McGraw-Hill, 1986, 2 vols.). All of the pieces in this collection are cited in one of those two volumes.

Reference and Information Services: A New Reader

Politics & Social Sciences

Katz, Bill

Clifford, Anne

Social Sciences

Scarecrow Press

Nothing changes faster in today's libraries than reference services. The purpose of this collection of thirty articles is to help both the beginner and the experienced librarian keep up with that change through the explanations and points of view of leaders in the field. This volume, like the first two (1978 and 1982), brings together in a single, convenient place a representative view of today's reference and information services for students, teachers, and librarians. It can be used alone, or in conjunction with the author's fifth edition of Introduction to Reference Work (McGraw-Hill, 1986, 2 vols.). All of the pieces in this collection are cited in one of those two volumes.

Reference and Information Services: A Reader for Today

Among this year's best are articles on the Reagan administration's attack on the gathering of information and dissemination of government publications, by James Bolner, Ken Carlborg, Joe Morehead, and ALA; on libraries charging for information on databases, by Margaret F. Stieg and Carlton Rochell; on library services for young adults, by Richard Ashford and Mary K. Chelton; and on Jesse Shera, last of the library philosophers, by H. Curtis Wright.

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Literature & Fiction

Literary

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Library Literature: The Best of 1986

Among this year's best are articles by Leigh S. Estabrook ("Librarianship and Information Resources Management: Some Questions and Contradictions"), Ted Solotaroff ("The Literary-Industrial Complex"), Margaret F. Stieg ("The Nazi Public Library and the Young Adult"), and Kay Vandergrift, Marlyn Kemper, Sandra Champion, and Jane Anne Hannigan ("CD-Rom: Perspectives on an Emerging Technology"). Southwest Review, The Mid-western Archivist, AB Bookman's Weekly, The Boston Review, and New Republic are represented alongside the library press, both new and old.

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Nothing changes faster in today's library than reference services. The purpose of this collection of 24 articles is to help both the beginner and the experienced librarian keep up with that change through the explanations and points of view of leaders in the field. This volume, like the first three (1978, 1982, and 1986), brings together in a single, convenient place a representative view of today's reference and information services for students, teachers, and librarians. It can be used alone, or in conjunction with the author's 6th edition of Introduction to Reference Work (McGraw-Hill, 1992, 2 vols.). Most of the pieces in this collection are found as "suggested reading" in the Introduction.

Reference and Information Services

This collection of scholarly articles traces the history of book illustration from its first notion in cave art to the early 20th century. It is arranged chronologically with the first section covering the beginning of illustration; the second moves from the illuminated manuscript to the advent of printing; the third and fourth takes the reader from the earliest woodcut illustrations to the beginning of the 20th century; and the final part is concerned with children's books. An annotated bibliography follows which will lead the reader to additional delights and discoveries. The contributors are distinguished art historians as well as well known anthropologists, members of Classics and English departments, librarians, historians, and educators. The contributions have been chosen to cover areas, points, or ideas not generally covered in the basic histories of illustration. Other criteria for inclusion have been the readable style of the author, offering of new insights into the subject, and current reporting on the field. All the articles chosen are in English. Black and white illustrations are provided to support the authors' presentations.

A History of Book Illustration

Reference

From cave paintings to computers, this overview of the history of books and communication is written for the layperson and student. It provides clear information on how books shaped and reflected major social, political, and literary developments. As a general guide, it moves from the earliest writing in the Middle East and Egypt to Greece, Rome, and early Christian contributions to book production and literacy. Major sections discuss publishing during the Middle Ages and how the invention of printing drastically changed and improved the distribution of knowledge. Later chapters take the reader from the age of encyclopedias in the seventeenth century to the great technological advances of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. For those who wish to pursue specific areas in the history of the book in greater detail, there are three parts devoted to additional reading with descriptive, critical annotations: general histories and bibliographies, scribes and printers, and printing to the modern period. Extensive notes and documentation will lead to additional sources.

Dahl's History of the Book

History

Americas

Magazines for Libraries

Katz, William A.

Richard, Berry G.

Catalogs & Directories

R.R.Bowker

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Books by Katz, Bill

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Reference and Information Services: A New Reader

Reference and Information Services: A Reader for Today

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Library Literature: The Best of 1986

Library Lit. 18

Reference and Information Services

A History of Book Illustration

Dahl's History of the Book

Magazines for Libraries

Magazines for Libraries