Reinventing reference : how libraries deliver value in the age of Google / edited by Katie Elson Anderson and Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anderson, Katie Elson, 1973- editor.

Cvetkovic, Vibiana Bowman, 1953- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reference services (Libraries).

Electronic reference services (Libraries).

Reference services (Libraries)--Information technology.

Reference librarians--Effect of technological innovations on.

Reference librarians.

Librarians--Professional ethics.

Librarians.

Libraries and the Internet.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, [Illinois] : ALA Editions, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection takes a critical look at the overarching trends that affect current library policy and practice regarding the process of delivering information services, and how factors such as public policy, economics, and popular culture will continue to affect those trends in the future

Contents:

Cover; Reinventing Reference; Contents; Introduction. Referencing the Future; Part 1. Understanding Reference; Chapter 1. A History of Reference; Chapter 2. Terrorism, Privacy, and Porn; Chapter 3. The Real Reference Solution; Part 2. Reference 2.0; Chapter 4. Reference Service Trends and Forecasts for Academic Librarianship; Chapter 5. The State of Reference in School Libraries; Chapter 6. The Future of Public Library Reference; Chapter 7. The Central Image; Part 3. ""Dude, Where's My Jetpack?""; Chapter 8. Whither Libraries?; Chapter 9. Future World; Coda. LibraryNext: Reference in 2052

About the Editors and ContributorsIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8389-1285-0

OCLC:

911001245