This updated edition also provides a guide to the 120 library collections of directories. This practical guide contains detailed samples of standard position functions complemented by objective and measurable assessment criteria - that can be adapted for use by all libraries. Standards for paraprofessional staff include public services, technical services and administrative jobs. This collection of 15 essays focuses on how information may be packaged and disseminated in a networked environment, how to think about the nature and qualities of electronic information, and rethinking the purpose of the university and the library. This revised work examines the documentation, publications, and computerized information services of major IGOs, such as the United Nations, the European Union, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the League of Nations, the International development Research Center and the G-7.
Special attention is given to the consequences of recent institutional restructuring.
Organized into three sections, the book covers institutions, resources and processes. Chapters discuss the organizational and functional characteristics of IGOs, and examine IGO documentation in microform, electronic information, maps and other cartographic material, and archives. They also explore the role of the private sector and institutions outside IGOs in providing access to IGO information. Finally, the book focuses on the IGOs' role as publishers, issues of bibliographic control and collection development, cataloguing and classification, reference and information work, and citation styles. By Lisa A. Wolfe.