Reading and the reference librarian : the importance to library service of staff reading habits / by Juris Dilevko and Lisa Gottlieb.

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Main Author: Dilevko, Juris
Other Authors: Gottlieb, Lisa
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ideology and the deprofessionalization of the reference function
  • Reading and reference work
  • The importance of being current : how reading newspapers and magazines affects the work of academic reference librarians
  • Developing a "reader's mind" : how reading nonfiction and fiction affects the work of academic reference librarians
  • You can lead librarians to knowledge, but you can't make them think : factors affecting how and how much academic librarians read
  • Being a jack-of-all-trades : how staying current affects the work of public library reference staff members
  • Meeting the expectations of professors : the need for academic librarians to read and think as if they were researchers
  • Reading as a species of intellectual capital.