Recruiting, Educating, and Training Librarians for Collection Development
Sheila S Intner author Peggy Johnson author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:25th Apr '94
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This volume addresses three significant problems experienced by library administrators around the country: attracting new collection development librarians, educating them in appropriate library school programs, and training them to perform their jobs.
The chapters in this book, written by leading collection development officers, practitioners, and educators, cover innovative ways of looking at the entire range of collection development activities, from goals and objectives in staff development for collection work to scenarios from the next millennium.
At a time of shrinking budgets and increasing demands, libraries are facing problems in meeting their needs for new collection development specialists. This volume proposes creative solutions to the three significant problems experienced by library administrators: attracting new collection development librarians, educating them in appropriate library school programs, and training them to perform their jobs. The chapters in this book, written by leading collection development officers, practitioners, and educators, cover innovative ways of looking at the entire range of collection development activities, from goals and objectives in staff development for collection work to scenarios from the next millennium.
ISBN: 9780313285615
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264 pages