Providing effective library services for research / Jo Webb, Pat Gannon-Leary and Moira Bent.

By:

Webb, Jo

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Publication details: London : Facet, 2007.Description: xvii, 278 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781856045896
1856045897

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Additional physical formats: Providing effective library services for research.DDC classification:

Ref 0.25.5 Web 22

LOC classification:

Z675.R45 W425 2007

Other classification:

AN 67700
AN 96000
24,1
G258.5

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Table of contents

Contents:

1. Supporting research and researchers : some perspectives -- 2. Current challenges for libraries and research support -- 3. Defining research and researchers -- 4. Collection management -- 5. The researcher's toolkit : resources -- 6. Services to facilitate research -- 7. The information-literate researcher -- 8. Facing the future : key challenges -- 9. Key principles for supporting research.

Summary: Libraries are one of the most important stops in the research process -- and with the right collections and services, librarians can give researchers a serious advantage. This practical manual explains how libraries can better support study and scholarship by understanding the information seeking behaviors of scholars and current issues in academia. Chapters explore unique considerations for collection development, creation of toolkits, and information literacy instruction in support of this special group of users. Whether serving undergraduate and graduate students, doctoral candidates, professors, visiting scholars, or writers, librarians will benefit from this practical guidance.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	Ref 0.25.5 Web (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available
Books	OCLC Data	Unknown		Available		0000000011293

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-262), webography (p. 263-269) and index.

Libraries are one of the most important stops in the research process -- and with the right collections and services, librarians can give researchers a serious advantage. This practical manual explains how libraries can better support study and scholarship by understanding the information seeking behaviors of scholars and current issues in academia. Chapters explore unique considerations for collection development, creation of toolkits, and information literacy instruction in support of this special group of users. Whether serving undergraduate and graduate students, doctoral candidates, professors, visiting scholars, or writers, librarians will benefit from this practical guidance.

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