Current Awareness in Librarianship.

Stenstrom, Patricia F.; Tegler, Patricia

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Publication Date: 1988

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Current Awareness in Librarianship.

Stenstrom, Patricia F.; Tegler, Patricia

Library Trends, v36 n4 p725-40 Spr 1988

Explores the ways in which librarians keep up to date through the use of professional literature. Several current awareness services--bulletins, newsletters, table of contents services, bibliographies, and book reviews--are described, and the role of the popular library press is discussed. It is concluded that a more coherent current awareness system is needed. (24 references) (MES)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Seeking, Librarians, Library Science, Periodicals, Selective Dissemination of Information, Users (Information)

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