Description: Automation in Library Reference Services Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). A Handbook Author(s): Robert Carande Format: Hardback Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc ISBN-13: 9780313278372, 978-0313278372 Synopsis The future of reference librarianship as a viable and essential part of the library depends on developing a proactive, participatory, and hands-on approach to automation. This book pulls together the most important elements of change likely to influence library information services and explains them clearly. It covers both the conceptual context and practical real-life implementations of current automation in reference services. The automation technologies include OPACs, CD-ROM, international networks, expert systems, natural language processing, and virtual reality. In addition to helping people find information, reference librarians also perform another service: the comprehension and understanding of the operative connections between and route to information. It necessitates an unrelenting exploration and immersion within the world information matrix to maintain currency and knowledge. The author shows how reference librarians have in the past and will in the future take a leading role in adapting automation to reference services.
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Book Title: Automation in Library Reference Services
Publisher: ABC-Clio
Subject: IT
Publication Year: 1992
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Name: Automation in Library Reference Services: a Handbook
Language: English
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Information Management
Author: Robert Carande
Series: Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection
Format: Hardcover
