Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
Government documents are a rich and varied resource-- but most librarians have little or no experience with them. This collection by experienced librarians addresses many issues that are not dealt with in other sources. They provide real-world insight into the work, collections, and interests of the profession. |
Contents |
Part 1. Advice for the new document professional -- Networking and training : essential tools for collaboration and learning / Hayley Johnson -- Experience of a new government documents librarian / Andrew Lopez and Lori Looney -- Middle management : strategies for success / Jill Vassilakos-Long -- Part 2. Collection management -- Visualizing space : your depository library as place / Aimée C. Quinn -- Space planning : weeding, moving and providing access to government information / Julia Stewart -- Streamlining collections : disasters, consolidation, and the digital landscape / Vickie Mix -- Growth and maintenance of digital collections / Susanne Caro -- Part 3. Working with collections -- Hunt for the elusive : finding and utilizing the history in government documents / Paula L. Webb and Leasha E. Martin -- Federal maps and the depository library / Valery King -- Help! I'm new here and I speak Spanish : government information for Spanish speakers / Jane Canfield -- Part 4. Teaching and training -- Teaching with library guides : using collections with government information / Latanya N. Jenkins -- Creating more powerful library guides / David Dillard -- Documents to the students / Susanne Caro -- Navigating government information : working with midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy / Antoinette W. Satterfield -- Part 5. Advocacy and events -- Advocating for transparency and access to information / Shari Laster -- A cupcake, an eagle, and a war : promoting government documents / Lisa Pritchard -- Exhibits and community outreach / Susanne Caro -- Appendix 1. General resources -- Appendix 2. Sample project plan -- Appendix 3. Sources for space planning : best practices -- Appendix 4. Map resources -- Appendix 5. Spanish-language resources -- Appendix 6. Library guide resources. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Federal Depository Library Program.
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Federal Depository Library Program. |
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Documents libraries -- United States -- Administration.
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Documents libraries. |
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United States. |
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Administration. |
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Libraries -- United States -- Special collections -- Government publications.
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Libraries. |
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Government publications. |
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Government publications -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Subject |
Depository libraries -- United States -- Administration.
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Depository libraries. |
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Documents librarians -- United States.
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Documents librarians. |
Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Caro, Susanne, 1980- editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Government information essentials. Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2018 9780838915974 (DLC) 2017024225 (OCoLC)992689010 |
ISBN |
9780838916070 (electronic book) |
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0838916074 (electronic book) |
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9780838915974 |
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0838915973 |
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9780838916087 (epub) |
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9780838916094 (Kindle) |
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