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Whole Library Handbook 4: Current Data, Professional Advice, and Curiosa about Libraries and Library Services
Whole Library Handbook 4: Current Data, Professional Advice, and Curiosa about Libraries and Library Services
by American Library Association
American Library Association, 2006 Paper: 978-0-8389-0915-7 Library of Congress Classification Z665.2.U6W49 2006 Dewey Decimal Classification 020.973
TOC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE v
1 LIBRARIES
Basic Information 2
Academic Libraries 13
Public Libraries 20
School Libraries 28
Special Libraries 32
National Libraries 35
State Libraries 44
Small & Rural Libraries 46
Mobile Libraries 50
Facilities 55
The Past 60
The Future 69
2 PEOPLE
Recruitment 72
Job Search 82
Librarians 91
Managers 105
Media Specialists 110
Trustees 117
Friends 125
Support Staff 132
Volunteers 137
3 THE PROFESSION
Events 140
Grants and Awards 153
Library Education 183
Research and Writing 191
4 MATERIALS
Books 210
Documents 227
Special Collections 234
Multimedia 252
Children's Materials 266
Young Adult Materials 272
5 OPERATIONS
Bibliography 280
Acquisition & Selection 283
Cataloging 291
Classification 315
Reference 329
Circulation 340
Distance Learning 342
Systems 344
Preservation & Disasters 348
Planning 364
6 THE UNDERSERVED
Ethnic Groups 370
People with Disabilities 381
Gender Issues 384
Older Adults 387
Incarcerated Persons 389
Homeless Persons 392
7 PROMOTION
Promotion 396
Fundraising 408
8 TECHNOLOGY
Low Technology 418
Library Systems 430
Digitization 435
The Internet 438
Other Technology 452
9 ISSUES
Core Values 458
Information Commons 459
Copyright 461
Legislation 465
Intellectual Freedom 468
Privacy 481
Adult Literacy 484
Information Literacy 487
Patron Behavior 491
Ethics 498
Global Concerns 503
10 LIBRARIANA
Words 516
Books 522
Media 533
Collections 548
Anomalies 556
Whimsy 576
INDEX 579
