Reading and the reference librarian
Subtitle: the importance to library service of staff reading habits
By: by Juris Dilevko and Lisa Gottlieb.
Contributors: Gottlieb, Lisa.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Reference librarians -- Books and reading.; Academic librarians -- Books and reading.; Academic libraries -- Reference services.; Public libraries -- Reference services.; Library surveys -- United States.; Library surveys -- Canada.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-259) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ideology and the deprofessionalization of the reference function; title: Reading and reference work; title: The importance of being current : how reading newspapers and magazines affects the work of academic reference librarians; title: Developing a "reader's mind" : how reading nonfiction and fiction affects the work of academic reference librarians; title: You can lead librarians to knowledge, but you can't make them think : factors affecting how and how much academic librarians read; title: Being a jack-of-all-trades : how staying current affects the work of public library reference staff members; title: Meeting the expectations of professors : the need for academic librarians to read and think as if they were researchers; title: Reading as a species of intellectual capital.