Introduction to Technical Services (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781591588894)

Used in library schools worldwide, this standard text provides students with a thorough understanding of technical services. Updated and expanded, the eighth edition further emphasizes the rapidly changing environment in which technical services are conducted.

The book covers all aspects of the field--from acquisitions to managing the cataloging department--with five new chapters. "Technical Services Issues" includes material related to physical space needs; "E-resources Issues" examines how the growth of e-materials impact technical services work; "Copy Cataloging" reflects the ever increasing need to be more efficient and also to save limited funds for technical services activities; "Overview and Decisions" addresses the issue of why and how the local OPAC has become a gateway to the universe of knowledge; and "Processing Materials" covers the activities involved in making sure items that go into a library's collection are properly identified as belonging to the library and where the item is physically located in the collection. All other chapters have been extensively rewritten and updated to reflect 2010 technical service functions and activities. Complete with helpful illustrations, statistics, and study guide questions, this text is a must for library and information science students!

Author: G. Edward Evans, Sheila S. Intner, Jean Weihs
ISBN-10: 1591588898
ISBN-13: 9781591588894
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Language: English
Published: 11/11/2010
Pages: 500
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.65lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.50d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 360