Reading and the Reference Librarian: The Importance to Library Service of Staff Reading Habits

by Juris Dilevko

Reference librarians are no longer expected to know much about the information they find; they are merely expected to find it. Technological competency rather than knowledge has become the order of the day. In many respects, reference service has become a matter of typing search terms into a library's online catalog or a web search engine and providing the patron with the results of the search. Calling for a re-intellectualization of reference...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786416521
• ISBN13: 9780786416523
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher