Utah State Library

Select a title and place a request directly from the item's catalog record. Search for additional materials pertaining to libraries, library development, and information management in the State Library's Online Catalog. Utah public libraries and state agencies will need their access codes. Other libraries may request items through interlibrary loan.

Administration | Buildings | Customer Service | General Interest | Internet/Technology | Employment-Careers || Reference | Schools/Special Libraries | Spanish Speaking | Technical Services | Trustees/Friends | Youth Services

Administration

The functions and roles of state library agencies by Ethel E. Himmel. Chicago, Ill.: American Library Association, 2000. State library agencies -- United States --State libraries -- United States.

Running a small library: a how-to-do-it manual by John Moorman. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2006. Small libraries -- Administration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Evaluating the impact of your library by Sharon Markless. London : Facet, 2006. Part 1. The context: The demand for evidence -- Getting to grips with impact -- The research base of the work -- Part 2. Evaluating impact: Putting the impact into planning -- Getting things clear: objectives -- Success criteria and impact indicators: how you know you are making a difference -- Making things happen: activities and process indicators -- Thinking about evidence -- Gathering and interpreting evidence -- Taking stock, setting targets and development planning -- Part 3. Back to the issues: Where do we go from here?

Buildings

The librarian's facility management handbook by Carmine J. Trotta and Marcia Trotta. New York : Neal-Schuman, c2001.
Chapters cover planning and valuating, security and safety, lighting, climate control, parking, access, costs and finances, preventive maintenance and repairs, record-keeping, contracts, bidding, specifications, and much more.

Customer Service

Library services for the incarcerated: applying the public library model in correctional facility libraries by Sheila Clark, Westport, Conn., Libraries Unlimited, 2006. Prison libraries -- United States. Libraries and prisons -- United States.

General Interest

Supervising staff: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians by Marcia Trotta. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2006. Library personnel management. Library personnel management -- United States. Supervision of employees.

Internet / Technology

Crash course in web design for libraries by Charles P. Rubenstein. Westport, Conn., Libraries Unlimited, 2007
Library web sites -- Design -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Web sites -- Design -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Librarian's guide to online searching by Suzanne Bell. Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2006. A guide to online searching of databases covers such topics as database structure, searching strategies, the various types of databases and their content, and evaluation of databases.

Employment-Careers

A day in the life: career options in library and information science by Priscilla K. Shontz and Richard A. Murray. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. Librarians -- Vocational guidance -- United States, Librarians -- Employment -- United States, Library science -- Vocational guidance -- United States, Information science -- Vocational guidance -- United States. Librarians -- Vocational guidance.

Reference
Virtual reference service: from competencies to assessment by David R. Lankes. New York: Facet Pub., c2008. Implementing VR on the fly –- Adding instant messaging to an established virtual reference service -- Responding to triage taxonomy : answering virtual medical questions -- Examining interpersonal communication in virtual reference -- Assessing inappropriate use : learning from the AskColorado experience -- A comprehensive VR training program.

The reference librarian's policies, forms, guidelines, and procedures handbook by Rebecca Brumley. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2006. The reference department : mission and management -- The reference department : personnel -- Reference collections : selection and evaluation -- Reference services : circulation and interlibrary loan (ILL) of materials -- Reference services : query categories, resources, and assistance offered -- Reference services : in-person patron assistance -- Reference services : virtual reference -- Reference services : children.

Schools/Special Libraries

Leadership issues in the information literate school community by James Henri and Marlene Asselin. Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2005. School libraries -- Issues for teachers to address to become leaders in the information literate school community.


Spanish Speaking

Habla espanol? no, but I can try to help you : practical Spanish for the reference desk by Patricia Promis and Maria Segura Hoopes. Chicago : Reference and Adult Services Association, American Library Association, 2001. Phrase book -- Glossary -- Computer related glossary. Spanish language -- Conversation and phrase books (for library employees).

Libros esenciales : building, marketing, and programming a core collection of Spanish-language children's materials by Tim Wadham. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2006. Libraries -- Special collections -- Spanish imprints. Libraries -- Special collections -- Children's literature, Spanish. Children's literature, Spanish -- Bibliography.

Technical Services

Understanding FRBR: what it is and how it will affect our retrieval tools by Arlene G. Taylor. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. An introduction to functional requirements for bibliographic records (FRBR) -- An introduction to functional requirements for authority data (FRAD) -- Understanding the relationship between FRBR and FRAD -- FRBR and the history of cataloging.

Trustees/Friends

The essential friends of libraries : fast facts, forms, and tips by Sandy Dolnick. Chicago : American Library Association, 2005. Supplemental CD-ROM. Friends of the library -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Ready reference articles.

Youth Services

101+ teen programs that work by RoseMary Honnold. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2003. Young adults' libraries -- Activity programs -- United States. Libraries and teenagers -- United States. Teenagers -- Books and reading -- United States.

Get connected : tech programs for teens by RoseMary Honnold. The game connection -- The Internet presence connection -- The audiobook and music connection -- The art and film connection -- The reading program connection -- The database, Internet, and software connection -- The technology instruction connection -- Get connected with special audiences -- The TAG connection.

More teen programs that work by RoseMary Honnold. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2005. Young adults' libraries -- Activity programs -- United States. Libraries and teenagers -- United States. Teenagers -- Books and reading -- United States.

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