Numeric data services and sources for the general reference librarian / Lynda M. Kellam with contribution from Katharin Peter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kellam, Lynda M.

Contributor:

Peter, Katharin.

Series:

Chandos Information Professional Series

Chandos information professional series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reference services (Libraries).

Statistical services.

Information services.

Information resources.

Electronic information resources.

Statistics--Databases.

Statistics.

Reference services (Libraries)--Marketing.

Library science.

Information services--User education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The proliferation of online access to social science statistical and numeric data sources, such as the U.S. Census Bureau's American Fact Finder, has lead to an increased interest in supporting these sources in academic libraries. Many large libraries have been able to devote staff to data services for years, and recently smaller academic libraries have recognized the need to provide numeric data services and support. This guidebook serves as a primer to developing and supporting social science statistical and numerical data sources in the academic library. It provides strategies for the estab

Contents:

Cover; Numeric Data Services and Sources for the General Reference Librarian; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; About the authors; Acknowledgements; 1Introduction to data services and sources; History of support for numeric data; Data definitions; Notes; Works cited; 2Supporting statistical and numeric data services and sources; Environmental scanning; Levels of service; Models of support; Marketing and assessing data services; Future directions; Notes; Works cited; 3Reference and instruction for data sources; The reference interview and data

Data instructionStatistical and data literacy; Notes; Works cited; 4 Basic sources for supporting numeric data services; Producers of statistics; Types of sources; Search strategies; List of sources; Quick start to finding statistics and data; International; European Union and United Kingdom; United States; Canada; Other parts of the world; Special topics; Locating spatial data; Notes; Works cited; 5Data librarianship: a day in the life; Notes; Work cited; 6The future for numeric data services; Visualization; Preservation of data; Data citation; The future is data; Notes; Suggested reading

Works citedAppendix A Respondents' institutionalprofiles and full responses; Institutional profiles; Data librarian responses; Notes; Appendix B Selected annotated bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 26, 2013).

ISBN:

9781780632599

1780632592

OCLC:

866858730