Basic Internet for Busy Librarians: A Quick Course for Catching Up

By Laura K. Murray

For those tired of techno-hotshots running virtual circles around them in cyberspace comes this practical crash course primer, a book that offers skill-building concepts and instructions specifically... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0838907253
• ISBN13: 9780838907252
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: American Library Association
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Chanceux d'etre bibliothecaire!

Les internautes cherchent en ligne les bibliotheques et les travaux faits par les bibliothecaires. Les derniers journaux sont deja en ligne. Les LawLib-L, Lib-Ref-L, et PACS-L se lisent deja en ligne. Les cours annuaires que suivent les bibliothecaires leur rendent de plus en plus experts des bonnes sources et des renseignements en ligne. Alors pourquoi les bibliothecaires ne mettent-ils pas les bouchees doubles pour classer tout ce qui est en ligne? Car actuellement les recherches trebuchent sur des mots et des techniques qui ne sont pas standardises.

Lucky Librarians

Libraries take up quite a bit of the Internet, and library science is changing with computer technologies. One way to get to and beyond BASIC INTERNET FOR BUSY LIBRARIANS is checking up-to-date magazines and online resources for cyberadvances and choosing among discussion lists for information professionals, such as LawLib-L, LibRef-L, and PACS-L. Another way is becoming comfortable with library homepages on the web. Still another is making sure continuing education trains with the latest concepts and skills. Yet another is working with search engine producers to index and categorize resource records: search tools try different search techniques to bring about lots of search query matches; yet net searching might be more manageable, organized and predictable if search engines worked with the standardized subject headings and search techniques that librarians use. Laura K. Murray's book gets the job done, along with Pat Ensor's THE CYBRARIAN'S MANUAL, Patricia Iannuzzi's TEACHING INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS, and Evan Morris' THE BOOKLOVER'S GUIDE TO THE INTERNET.