by:
McCabe, Gerard B. (Editor)

Publisher:
Greenwood Press
Published:September 26, 1989
ISBN:0313264740
Format:Hardcover
Pages:360

Description: Review
. . . Each chapter is well-written, and includes further relevant references. Also, considerably more attention has been paid to the "peculiar needs" of the smaller academic library than was the case in the companion work. Finally, not only does the handbok contain some downright good advice (on the Library Advisory Committee, staff training, and preservation programs, for example) but includes helpful articles on issues either infrequently addressed in the literature (e.g. student workers) or relatively new (e.g. micrcomputer personal productivity software, electronic book ordering). Recommended for the libraries of colleges, small universities and schools of library and information science.CLJ

Product Description:
"Gerard McCabe's Operations Handbook for the Small Academic Library fills a real need. It should be of substantial benefit to many librarians working in such settings. The editor has done a good job of identifying the issues, finding a range of skilled practitioners to write intelligently and succinctly about those issues, and arranging and presenting the material in a straightforward fashion. . . . The information and advice is consistently sound and reliable, which makes this a text that can be recommended as a solid manual for those responsible for the management of small academic libraries." Wilson Library Bulletin