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Access Services in Libraries: New Solutions for Collection Management
In the current information environment, public and academic libraries are recognizing that providing access to materials is a complex multi-dimensional phenomenon. To meet the changing needs of their patrons, libraries are reorganizing their service structures and developing organizational units called “access services.” Even though access services fall within the realm of public services, technical services, or library circulations, they are driven by an entirely new mentality. There has been an extreme paucity of information on access services available for libraries struggling to meet the challenges of the electronic age. Access Services in Libraries is the first book to establish a theoretical base for access services while also suggesting connections between theory and practice. Anyone involved in access services or considering adoption of this new organizational unit will benefit from the information in this groundbreaking volume.
Access Services in Libraries provides fresh thinking that reexamines previous writings in this area, presents new experimental designs and results, creates contemporary organizational solutions, and adopts innovative techniques for increasing users’access to library materials within constrained budgets. Access services librarians, circulation department librarians, and library managers, especially those who are considering a reorganization that will include access services, will benefit from the philosophical and theoretical articles as well as practical advice on the design, delivery, and evaluation of responsive library services. Chapters in this invaluable book fill the gap in the literature about access services including theoretical descriptions of access services, current developing trends in access services, the historical development of the access services concept, practical studies related to common access services issues, and projections of future challenges. As Peter Watson-Boone states in his preface, “This volume is notable for charting a new current of thinking and practice that is moving quickly into the mainstream. It substantially documents the state of the art, and should bring increased clarity and focus to the debate now proceeding in many libraries about how we are to honor a commitment to the 'access’concept in the era when it will challenge the 'ownership’concept as never before.”
Access Services in Libraries provides fresh thinking that reexamines previous writings in this area, presents new experimental designs and results, creates contemporary organizational solutions, and adopts innovative techniques for increasing users’access to library materials within constrained budgets. Access services librarians, circulation department librarians, and library managers, especially those who are considering a reorganization that will include access services, will benefit from the philosophical and theoretical articles as well as practical advice on the design, delivery, and evaluation of responsive library services. Chapters in this invaluable book fill the gap in the literature about access services including theoretical descriptions of access services, current developing trends in access services, the historical development of the access services concept, practical studies related to common access services issues, and projections of future challenges. As Peter Watson-Boone states in his preface, “This volume is notable for charting a new current of thinking and practice that is moving quickly into the mainstream. It substantially documents the state of the art, and should bring increased clarity and focus to the debate now proceeding in many libraries about how we are to honor a commitment to the 'access’concept in the era when it will challenge the 'ownership’concept as never before.”
245 pages, Hardcover
First published January 25, 1993
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Gregg Sapp
23 books22 followersNEWS FIT to PRINT:
FORTHCOMING: "Hinky Memorial Dinky Day," the next installment in the "Holidazed" series.
The Latest: "Mother Fracking Earth Day," Book seven in the "Holidazed" series
Follow my humor essays on Medium: https://muddyum.net/something-went-wr...
I've published a new short story, "Buzzard Day," in the lit journal Instant Noodles. Homage to Hinkley, Ohio. https://instantnoodleslitmag.com/buzz...
Check out my interview on Robb Grindstaff's blog, "A Writers Block" https://robbgrindstaff.substack.com/p...
Stories recently published include:
"Knock Knock," Creative Colloquy, https://www.creativecolloquy.com/the-...
"Pray" Muleskinner Magazine, https://www.muleskinnerjournal.com/pray
"The Spud," Darkhouses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction, no. 4, May 2022: 87-109
My short story, "Clean Enough to Eat Off," which was published in the Summer 2021 issue of 96Logic, was nominated for the annual Pushcart Prize for the Best in Indie Lit. Cool.
By popular demand (?!?), I am placing the entirety my published creative writing on Medium. As I add to the catalog, I'll also include excerpts, new original material, unpublished stuff, works in progress, and other odds and ends. The first story is "Fu Manchu, Foo Man Choo, Man Chew Food," which originally appeared in Zodiac Review, spring 2012. Go to https://sappgregg.medium.com/
"Murder by Valentine Candy," Book Four of the "Holidazed" series -- Evolved, February 2021
Hey, everybody. My short piece, "Blue Yodel," was published in the latest issue of Bear Creek Gazette. lhttps://www.welcometobearcreek.com/bl...
Published in 2020:
"Upside Down Independence Day." Book Three of the "Holidazed" series. -- Evolved Publishing, available in both print and e-book.
The neighboring small towns, Coon Creek and Golden Springs, Ohio, start their own little war, and may never be the same after the coming Fourth of July celebration.
NOW AVAILABLE:
"The Christmas Donut Revolution" and "Halloween from the Other Side," books one and two in the "Holidazed" series of satires, each set around a different holiday. https://evolvedpub.com/team-member/au...
"Fresh News Straight from Heaven." www.evolvedpub.com/FNSFH. Named one of the Best Ohio Books of 2018 by the Akron Beacon Journal.
"Johnny Appleseed told many a tale about his life and times. He would've liked this book..." Howard Means, author "Johnny Appleseed."
A native of Columbus, Ohio, I've crafted a peripatetic career as a librarian, editor, college teacher, and academic administrator. In my career in higher education, I have authored some 60 academic articles, four monographs, 300-some reviews, and served as editor of five professional journals.
I have master degrees in library science from the University of Washington and adult education from Montana State University. Among my jobs were positions at Idaho State University, University of Miami (FL), University at Albany (SUNY), and the Evergreen State College in Washington.
Back in the 1980's and 90's, I wrote some poems and short stories that appeared in various small literary arts journals (does anybody remember The Redneck Review of Literature?). For my 50th birthday present to myself, I decided to resume creative writing.
Hence, I was thrilled when my first novel, Dollarapalooza -- or -- The Day Peace Broke Out in Columbus, was published by Switchgrass Books of Northern Illinois University Press in May, 2011. Since then, happily, I've published several short stories, some poetry, and humor in journals such as Marathon Review, Zodiac Review, Waypoints, Semaphore, Imaginaire, and been a frequent contributor to Midwestern Gothic.
My second novel, Fresh News Straight from Heaven, is based upon the true mythology of the American folk hero, John
FORTHCOMING: "Hinky Memorial Dinky Day," the next installment in the "Holidazed" series.
The Latest: "Mother Fracking Earth Day," Book seven in the "Holidazed" series
Follow my humor essays on Medium: https://muddyum.net/something-went-wr...
I've published a new short story, "Buzzard Day," in the lit journal Instant Noodles. Homage to Hinkley, Ohio. https://instantnoodleslitmag.com/buzz...
Check out my interview on Robb Grindstaff's blog, "A Writers Block" https://robbgrindstaff.substack.com/p...
Stories recently published include:
"Knock Knock," Creative Colloquy, https://www.creativecolloquy.com/the-...
"Pray" Muleskinner Magazine, https://www.muleskinnerjournal.com/pray
"The Spud," Darkhouses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction, no. 4, May 2022: 87-109
My short story, "Clean Enough to Eat Off," which was published in the Summer 2021 issue of 96Logic, was nominated for the annual Pushcart Prize for the Best in Indie Lit. Cool.
By popular demand (?!?), I am placing the entirety my published creative writing on Medium. As I add to the catalog, I'll also include excerpts, new original material, unpublished stuff, works in progress, and other odds and ends. The first story is "Fu Manchu, Foo Man Choo, Man Chew Food," which originally appeared in Zodiac Review, spring 2012. Go to https://sappgregg.medium.com/
"Murder by Valentine Candy," Book Four of the "Holidazed" series -- Evolved, February 2021
Hey, everybody. My short piece, "Blue Yodel," was published in the latest issue of Bear Creek Gazette. lhttps://www.welcometobearcreek.com/bl...
Published in 2020:
"Upside Down Independence Day." Book Three of the "Holidazed" series. -- Evolved Publishing, available in both print and e-book.
The neighboring small towns, Coon Creek and Golden Springs, Ohio, start their own little war, and may never be the same after the coming Fourth of July celebration.
NOW AVAILABLE:
"The Christmas Donut Revolution" and "Halloween from the Other Side," books one and two in the "Holidazed" series of satires, each set around a different holiday. https://evolvedpub.com/team-member/au...
"Fresh News Straight from Heaven." www.evolvedpub.com/FNSFH. Named one of the Best Ohio Books of 2018 by the Akron Beacon Journal.
"Johnny Appleseed told many a tale about his life and times. He would've liked this book..." Howard Means, author "Johnny Appleseed."
A native of Columbus, Ohio, I've crafted a peripatetic career as a librarian, editor, college teacher, and academic administrator. In my career in higher education, I have authored some 60 academic articles, four monographs, 300-some reviews, and served as editor of five professional journals.
I have master degrees in library science from the University of Washington and adult education from Montana State University. Among my jobs were positions at Idaho State University, University of Miami (FL), University at Albany (SUNY), and the Evergreen State College in Washington.
Back in the 1980's and 90's, I wrote some poems and short stories that appeared in various small literary arts journals (does anybody remember The Redneck Review of Literature?). For my 50th birthday present to myself, I decided to resume creative writing.
Hence, I was thrilled when my first novel, Dollarapalooza -- or -- The Day Peace Broke Out in Columbus, was published by Switchgrass Books of Northern Illinois University Press in May, 2011. Since then, happily, I've published several short stories, some poetry, and humor in journals such as Marathon Review, Zodiac Review, Waypoints, Semaphore, Imaginaire, and been a frequent contributor to Midwestern Gothic.
My second novel, Fresh News Straight from Heaven, is based upon the true mythology of the American folk hero, John
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