Learn Basic Library Skills Second North American Edition

Author : Elaine Andersen,Mary Gosling,Mary Mortimer
Publisher : Totalrecall Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05
Category : Information science
ISBN : 1590958020

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Learn Basic Library Skills Second North American Edition by Elaine Andersen,Mary Gosling,Mary Mortimer Pdf

Learn Basic Library Skills Second North American Edition A Practical Study Guide for Beginning Work in a Library or Other Information Agency This combination text and workbook describes skills needed by anyone beginning work in a library or other information agency, whether at a professional or paraprofessional level. It explains tasks performed by library trainees; aspiring library technicians; librarians starting their training; clerical, temporary, and volunteer staff; and others with no relevant education or experience. Written by a team of international librarians and library educators, it covers all areas of library work, including the types of materials collected by libraries; bibliographic records and tools; cataloging; acquisition and processing of materials; circulation systems; collection maintenance; shelving; damage; and inventory. Plentiful, clear examples and practice exercises help the reader master the basic skills needed for working in public, school, college, corporate, government, and special libraries. Learn Basic Library Skills is one of nine study guides in the Library Education Series. Please see the back of this book for a complete listing, or visit www.totalrecallpress.com for more information. Elaine Andersen has taught library studies at Canberra Institute of Technology in Canberra, Australia. She has worked in several special and public libraries, especially in acquisitions and reference work, and has taught a wide variety of subjects, including client services, acquisitions, and loan services. Mary Gosling is a reference librarian and library educator who has taught reference and basic library skills for many years. She has been coordinator of the Library Studies Program at the Canberra Institute of Technology and is now a senior reference librarian and manager at the National Library of Australia. Mary Mortimer has worked in libraries in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Britain in many capacities. She has taught library skills in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Brunei and Malaysia. Mary McConnell is Associate Director of Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Trina Grover is a catalog librarian at Ryerson University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. She has taught cataloging workshops and courses. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface 1. Basic Library Skills 2. Bibliographic Records 3. Assets and Access 4. The Catalog 5. Other Bibliographic Tools 6. Circulation Systems 7. Collection Maintenance 8. Shelving 9. Damage 10. Inventory Answers Glossary Bibliography Index

Author : Helen Rowe,Trina Grover
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 1590954343

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Learn Basic Library Skills A Practical Study Guide For Beginning Work In A Library by Helen Rowe,Trina Grover Pdf

A Practical Study Guide For Beginning Work In A Library Or Other Information Agency This combination text and workbook describes skills needed by anyone beginning work in a library or other information agency. Written by international librarians who are library educators, it addresses the key areas of library work. Among the topics discussed are: the types of materials collected by libraries; bibliographic information; copy cataloging; circulation systems; interlibrary loans; acquisition and processing of materials; collection maintenance; shelving; filing; damage; and inventory. "Learn Basic Library Skills" covers the changes that new technologies and new standards have brought to the library environment, with expanded coverage to show what is happening in libraries across the world. The abundance of examples and practice exercises help the reader master the skills needed for working in all types of libraries, including public, school, college, corporate, government and special libraries. "Learn Basic Library Skills" is suitable for newly qualified librarians or those at the paraprofessional and volunteer level, as it clearly explains the basic skills of library work and how they can be applied. It can also be used as a manual for anyone developing or maintaining a collection, either for a special interest group like a church or historical society, or to organize personal materials. "Learn Basic Library Skills" is one of the study guides in the Learn Library Skills Series. Details of each publication are in the back of this book, or visit the publisher website for more information. Helen Rowe has worked in a variety of libraries in Canberra, Australia, including academic, government, national, public, school and special libraries. In her work, she has covered all aspects of the library environment. Helen is currently a trainer for Lynn Farkas Information Services Pty. Ltd. and Libraries Australia, and travels around Australia, conducting face-to-face training and webinar sessions on RDA, cataloging, and interlibrary loans. Trina Grover is a librarian at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. Her roles include cataloging & acquisitions, subject liaison & teaching, and library systems. Trina is a member of the Canadian Committee on MARC and the Pan-Canadian Working Group on cataloging with RDA.

Author : Elaine Andersen,Mary Gosling,Mary Mortimer,Mary Eleanor McConnell,Trina Grover
Publisher : Library Basics Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 0810844982

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Learn Basic Library Skills by Elaine Andersen,Mary Gosling,Mary Mortimer,Mary Eleanor McConnell,Trina Grover Pdf

Introductory text of basic library skills.

Author : Carolyn E. Wolf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015047716181

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Basic Library Skills by Carolyn E. Wolf Pdf

This brand new edition of Wolf's acclaimed work provides a self-contained, short course in essential library skills for patrons of college, high school and public libraries. New material about online catalogs reflects the widespread use of the Internet, and a new section on career information has been added. Subjects addressed include online public access catalogs; card catalogs and cataloging systems; subject headings; bibliographies; book reviews and parts of a book; information sources (newspapers, periodicals, encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.); CD-ROM indexes and database searching; government, business and consumer information; nonprint materials; online computer use in school libraries; and hints for writing papers. Numerous facsimiles of actual reference book pages and online screen displays are provided. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Carolyn Wolf
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780786451616

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Basic Library Skills, 5th ed. by Carolyn Wolf Pdf

This brand new edition of Wolf's acclaimed work provides a self-contained, short course in essential library skills for patrons of college, high school and public libraries. The intent is to provide a quick and easy way to learn to do library research. The exercises contained herein give students hands-on experience by applying rules stated in the text to situations that approach real "research problems." Subjects addressed include a brief tour of the library; card catalogs and cataloging systems; filing rules; online public access catalogs; subject searching; bibliographies; book reviews and parts of a book; dictionaries; encyclopedias; handbooks; atlases; gazetteers; periodicals; newspapers; online database searching and reference sources; literature and criticism; e-books; government information and government documents; biographies; business, career and consumer information; non-print materials and special services; online computer use in libraries and schools; and hints for writing term papers. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Carolyn E. Wolf,Richard Wolf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015005362051

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Basic Library Skills by Carolyn E. Wolf,Richard Wolf Pdf

Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : CUB:U183034913772

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jacki Ganendran,Lynn Farkas
Publisher : Totalrecall Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04
Category : Subject cataloging
ISBN : 1590958098

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Learn Library of Congress Subject Access Second North American Edition by Jacki Ganendran,Lynn Farkas Pdf

LEARN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT ACCESS Second North American Edition A Practical Workbook For Learning Library of Congress Subject Access Two experienced library educators and librarians take a practical approach in teaching subject access, focusing on Library of Congress Subject Headings and the Library of Congress Subject Cataloging Manual. They provide plentiful, clear explanations and examples; numerous exercises with answers; a glossary; a bibliography; and an index. The authors also include free-floating subdivisions, pattern headings and MARC codes for ease of use. This second edition reflects practices as recorded in the 28th edition (2005) of Library of Congress Subject Headings and the online version of the Subject Cataloging Manual current in December 2006. The book is suited to the needs of students of librarianship, both at the professional/master s level and at the paraprofessional/technician level, and to library staff seeking to upgrade their knowledge and skills .a useful self-teaching or classroom text. It should be considered for supplementary use even by teachers who may not assign it as a regular text, as its thorough explanations and exercises will be useful in any related teaching situation. Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services review of the first edition Learn Library of Congress Subject Access is one of nine study guides in the Library Education Series. Please see the back of this book for a complete listing, or visit www.totalrecallpress.com for more information. Jacki Ganendran is a highly experienced educator who has taught library and information science in universities and colleges of technical education and has also worked as a corporate trainer and workshop facilitator. She began her library career as a cataloger at the National Library of Australia in the 1980 s and has been a library manager and an educational manager. She currently works as both an educator and a therapist. Lynn Farkas is currently director of Lynn Farkas Information Services, a consulting company based in Canberra, Australia that specializes in the practical management of organizational knowledge. Her particular interests include subject analysis, thesaurus development for portal sites, knowledge management applications, metadata and database indexing. She has developed national bibliographic databases in health and multiculturalism for the Australian government and indexed for most of the national databases in Australia. Before founding her own company, Lynn worked as a special librarian, indexer and librarianship lecturer, teaching both reference and cataloging subjects. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Introduction to Subject Cataloging 2. Introduction to LCSH 3. Assigning Subject Headings 4. MARC 5. Subdivisions 6. Free Floating Subdivisions & Pattern Headings 7. Geographic Names & Subdivisions 8. Names 9. Subject Authority Files 10. More Practice MARC Codes Answers Free Floating Subdivisions Glossary Bibliography Index "

Author : Carol Collier Kuhlthau
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781461671626

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Teaching the Library Research Process by Carol Collier Kuhlthau Pdf

This practical resource gives academic librarians and school media specialists a complete instructional program for introducing students to the process of library research. The program has been tested and proven as an exceptionally effective method for guiding students in independent learning using library resources. The second edition of this highly regarded text incorporates use of newer library technologies into innovative process strategies, instructional plans, and coaching techniques. Seven basic steps of the research process are identified and described. Ready-to-use activities with worksheets are provided to help students achieve the specific task to be accomplished at each stage. In many ways the book is more timely than when the first edition was published in 1985. The library research process approach to learning integrates subject area content with essential information processing skills, preparing students to address real problems in real-world contexts in the information age. Cloth edition previously published in 1994. Paperback edition available April 2002.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1280 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015023534558

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Research in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mary Mortimer
Publisher : Totalrecall Publication Incorporated
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1590958039

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Learn Descriptive Cataloging Second North American Edition by Mary Mortimer Pdf

LEARN DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING Second North American Edition A Practical Study Guide For Learning Anglo-American Cataloging Rules MARC 21 Codes And Library of Congress Authorities All the fundamental skills of descriptive cataloging are covered here: using AACR2, and coding descriptions and access points into MARC format. All catalogers, whether professional or paraprofessional, need these basic skills. Consequently, this guide is equally suitable for college students studying library science, and library technicians and others who want to know more about cataloging, with a specific goal or as part of their professional development. Since the bibliographic record is the foundation of all the tools used in a library, from catalog to bibliography to online database, it is important for all library staff to be familiar with at least these basics. This book contains many clear explanations and examples, along with numerous practice exercises that help students master creating MARC descriptions and access points. It includes the relevant MARC codes, a glossary, an index, and answers to exercises at the back of the book. Learn Descriptive Cataloging is one of nine study guides in the Library Education Series. Please see the back of this book for a complete listing, or visit www.totalrecallpress.com for more information. Mary Mortimer is a librarian, library and Internet trainer, author, multimedia developer, and publisher. Since her professional education in the Universities of Sydney and New South Wales, Mary has worked in libraries in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Britain in many capacities. She is a director of DocMatrix Pty Limited in Canberra, Australia, which publishes workbooks to help librarians and assistants develop the practical skills they need in the workplace. These books have been modified for libraries in Southeast Asia, South America and North America. Mary has also developed interactive multimedia programs for librarians, and organizes in-service training for library assistants. She has taught cataloging to library paraprofessionals and professionals, including staff of the National Library of Australia, and in doing so has refined her explanations and examples. The result is this clear and comprehensive study guide that helps students and staff apply cataloging rules and standards sensibly and correctly. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface About CatSkill 1. The Catalog 2. The Bibliographic Record 3. International Standard Bibliographic Description 4. Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Second Edition 2002 Revision 5. MARC 6. Areas of Description 7. Description of Monographs 8. Description of Continuing Resources 9. Description of Nonbook Materials 10. Access Points 11. Authority Control and References 12. Headings for Persons 13. Geographic Names As Headings 14. Headings for Corporate Bodies 15. Series 16. Uniform Titles 17. Cataloging Procedures MARC Codes Answers Glossary Bibliography Index

Author : Diane E. Peters
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780810874305

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International Students and Academic Libraries by Diane E. Peters Pdf

This book addresses the issues faced by both international students and by librarians who work with them and offers suggestions on ways to make the relationship between the two groups more positive and productive. The annotated bibliography provides an overview of the literature on the topic.

Author : United States. Office of Libraries and Learning Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Education
ISBN : MINN:30000010587263

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Directory of Library Research & Demonstration Projects, 1966-1975 by United States. Office of Libraries and Learning Resources Pdf

Author : Pat Miller
Publisher : Upstart Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Elementary school libraries
ISBN : 1579500838

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Library Skills by Pat Miller Pdf

Contains 10 lessons that focus on basic library skills including the parts of a book, fiction and nonfiction, genres, and the Dewey Decimal system.

Author : Susan Levy
Publisher : Ready-Ed Publications
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Elementary school libraries
ISBN : 186397119X

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Library Skills by Susan Levy Pdf

"The purpose of this book is to assist the Teacher Librarian to teach or revise library skills with students aged from about 8 to 13. While it is not comprehensive, the book focuses on areas where children may be lacking in skills. The activities attempt to remedy this lack of knowledge with easy to complete tasks"--Page 2.