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Introduction to Library and Information Science / Reed Hepler, David Horalek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reed Hepler, author.
- David Horalek, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Library science--Philosophy--History.
- Library science.
- Library science--Aims and objectives.
- Library science--Textbooks.
- Library education--Textbooks.
- Library education.
- Libraries--Aims and objectives.
- Libraries.
- Libraries--Textbooks.
- Technical services (Libraries)--Textbooks.
- Technical services (Libraries).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (151 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Twin Falls, Idaho : College of Southern Idaho Pressbooks Network (CSI), 2023.
- Summary:
- This book explores the history, present, and future of library science, both in theory and in practice. It examines the place of the librarian as arbiter of information access in a constantly-changing and modernizing global community.
- Contents:
- Part I. Library History and Essential Functions
- Data, Information, and Knowledge
- History of Libraries
- Library Services
- Acquisitions
- Collection Development
- Classficiation and Cataloging
- Facilities and Funding
- Circulation
- Reference Librarianship
- Preservation
- Part II. Improvements and Adapatations in the Modern World
- Intellectual Freedom
- Digitial Initiatives and Library 2.0
- Representation in the Library
- Copyright
- Part III. Supporting the Public to Obtain Public Support
- Patron Services
- Reader's Advisory
- The Modern Library Experience
- Part IV. Conclusion
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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