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Jestes, Edward C. – 1974
Librarians store, protect, and provide the knowledge our modern society needs, but it is frequently difficult to justify the services a reference librarian provides. The work load of a reference librarian varies greatly with periods of frantic activity separated by much longer inactive periods. The role is principally passive, waiting for library…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Librarians, Libraries, Library Expenditures
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Mount, Ellis, Ed. – Science and Technology Libraries, 1989
Aspects of collection management of scientific and technical materials are discussed in 12 articles. Areas covered include academic science library collections; collection assessment of biotechnology literature; humanities and social science librarians in science-engineering libraries; editorial preparation of the "International Dictionary of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Sources, Library Collection Development, Library Expenditures