Whole Library Handbook 4: Current Data, Professional Advice, and Curiosa about Libraries and Library Services (Pt. 4) (Paperback)

by George M. Eberhart (Author)

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Product Description
Now in its fourth version, "The Whole Library Handbook" is a one-volume encyclopedia of library history, demographics, folklore, humor, current events, and popular wisdom. The new volume is organized in easy-to-find general categories, including types of libraries, the profession, people, materials, special users, operations, technology, promotion, issues, and librariana. Readers will find fascinating bits of trivia, as well as humorous sections on "how many academic librarians does it take to change a lightbulb?" and "advice from naughty library assistants." Also included are thoughtful essays and reprints of important journal articles by noted experts. "The Whole Library Handbook 4" provides a range of current facts and serious and not-so-serious discussions on subjects including: 20th-century library movements in a nutshell; fundamentals of good press releases; more silly and illogical reasons to ban a book; why people challenge library materials; a glossary of blogging terms; and the earliest printed books in selected languages. Full of lists, contacts, resources, and additional references, "The Whole Library Handbook 4" answers all types of library-related questions in a one-stop, must-have guide!

About the Author
George M. Eberhart is senior editor of American Libraries, the magazine of the American Library Association. He served for ten years (1980-1990) as editor of College & Research Libraries News, the news magazine of ALA's Association of College & Research Libraries, and still writes the "New Publications" column for it. He has compiled three book-length bibliographies on UFOs and other scientific anomalies, and is a frequent contributor to Postcard Collector magazine. Eberhart holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio State University and an M.L.S. from the University of Chicago.

Product Details

• Paperback: 596 pages
• Publisher: American Library Association; 4 edition (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0838909159
• ISBN-13: 978-0838909157
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #275,114 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Strongly recommended reading, especially for academic, corporate, and community librarians and library system administrators, May 3, 2006

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Very highly recommended, The Whole Library Handbook 4: Current Data, Professional Advice, And Curiosa About Libraries And Library Services, knowledgeably compiled and edited by George M. Eberhart (Senior Editor of "American Libraries" magazine for the American Library Association) provides a complete understanding of library functions, orders, procedures, and perspectives focused on people, materials, guidelines, technology, operations, funding, staff development, issues, diversity, the internet, and librarians. Exploring the vast conceptual development of 20th-century libraries movements and modern progressive fundamentals, The Whole Library Handbook 4 concerns the innovative grasp of the ideals and perspective contrast of the innovative and adaptive modern library system. The Whole Library Handbook 4 is very strongly recommended reading, especially for academic, corporate, and community librarians and library system administrators for its exclusive coverage of every necessary grasp of the new age of library science.