Advances in Librarianship, Volume 30 (Advances in Librarianship) (Advances in Librarianship) (Advances in Librarianship)

Cover......Page 1
Advances in Librarianship......Page 4
Copyright page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Part I. Tracing Issues in Communication: Relevance and Freedom of Expression......Page 18
I. Prologue: How Parts I and II Are Connected Across Time and What This Work Is All About......Page 20
II. Introduction: How Information Technology Made the Study of Relevance Ever More Relevant......Page 21
III. Historical Footnote: A Reminder of How Relevance Came into Being in IR and Affected a Lot of Things......Page 23
IV. Meaning of Relevance: How Relevance Is Universally Well Understood, How It Is Understood in Information Science and, Nevertheless, How Problems with Relevance Are in Its Understandings......Page 26
V. Theories of Relevance: What Theoretical Constructs Were Borrowed From Elsewhere and How We Still Don’t Have an Applicable Theory of Relevance......Page 31
VI. Models of Relevance: How Relevance Was Reviewed and Reviewed, and How a Few Models Came Out of Reviews......Page 38
VII. Manifestations of Relevance: How Relevance Is Not One Thing But Many And How They Are Interpreted......Page 47
VIII. Behavior of Relevance: Or Rather, How People Behave Around Relevance and How It Was Studied......Page 54
IX. Effects of Relevance: Or Rather, What Influences Are Related To Relevance Judges and Judgments......Page 62
X. Epilogue: A Backward and a Forward Look on Relevance Scholarship With Some Suggestions for Research Agenda......Page 74
References......Page 80
I. Introduction......Page 90
II. Predictions Made in the 1970s for the Future of Intellectual Freedom in Libraries......Page 91
III. Intellectual Freedom Cases and Laws of Direct Relevance to Libraries from the 1970s to 2005......Page 92
IV. The Expanding Role of the Library Profession in Defending Intellectual Freedom from the 1970s to 2005......Page 106
V. The Future of Intellectual Freedom for Library Users......Page 116
References......Page 117
Part II. Focusing on Library Services and Resources......Page 120
I. A Representative Reference Transaction circa 1976......Page 122
II. Introduction......Page 124
III. Technological Change......Page 125
IV. Rethinking Reference......Page 135
V. Meeting Users Where They Are......Page 140
VI. Assessment......Page 142
VII. Collaboration......Page 144
VIII. Reference Works......Page 145
IX. Instruction......Page 150
X. The Future......Page 153
XI. Coda: A Representative Instant Messaging Reference Transaction circa 2006......Page 154
References......Page 155
I. Introduction......Page 162
II. Information Resources......Page 164
III. IT and Library Services......Page 177
IV. Collaboration and Resource Sharing......Page 181
V. Health Sciences Librarians’ Education and Professional Development......Page 182
VI. Informatics......Page 184
VII. Health Information Outreach......Page 186
VIII.Conclusions......Page 187
References......Page 188
I. Oral History Then and Now......Page 196
II. Defining the Term and the Work......Page 197
III. Evolution and Direction......Page 198
IV. The Present and the Past......Page 200
V. A Case Study in the Oral History of Contemporary Events......Page 201
VI. Oral History and Immigrant Communities......Page 203
VII. The Construction of Oral History: Interviewers, Narrators, and Postproduction......Page 204
VIII. Paper and Electronic Versions......Page 207
IX. Funding Oral History......Page 209
X. Navigating the Digital Ocean......Page 211
XI. Audio vs. Video......Page 212
XII. The Present and the Future......Page 213
XIII. Conclusion......Page 215
References......Page 216
I. The Continuing Vigor of Library Building Construction......Page 218
II. How Changing Functions are Influencing Academic Library Design......Page 224
III. The Information Commons......Page 225
IV. Undergraduate Libraries......Page 227
V. Branch, Divisional, and Special Collections Libraries......Page 231
VI. Offsite Storage......Page 234
VII. Sustainable Design......Page 236
VIII. Safety and Security......Page 240
IX. Conclusion......Page 241
Acknowledgments......Page 244
References......Page 245
Part III. Tailoring Services to Different User Groups......Page 248
I. Given a ‘‘Special’’ Population by Any Other Name......Page 250
II. A Catalogue of Special Populations......Page 256
III. The Essential Ideas Behind Special Populations......Page 262
IV. The Dangers of Defining Subpopulations As Special......Page 265
V. Arguments Behind the Arguments......Page 266
VI. How the Polarities Converge in Our Understanding of User SubGroups......Page 272
VII. Adding Clarity about Communicating to Our Understandings of Special Populations......Page 274
VIII. Summary and Conclusions......Page 276
References......Page 278
I. Introduction and Overview......Page 288
II. Where Have We Been?......Page 290
III. National Standards: a Brief Historical Perspective......Page 296
IV. Where Are We Now 1975–2005?......Page 301
V. Where Are We Going?......Page 309
VI. Recommendations from the Research......Page 311
References......Page 312
I. Introduction......Page 316
II. What Has Emerged from the Undergraduate Library Concept?......Page 317
III. What Has Been Consequential to the Undergraduate Library Concept?......Page 321
IV. Challenges for the Undergraduate Library......Page 327
V. Conclusion......Page 334
References......Page 335
Part IV. Educating the Profession for the Future......Page 342
I. Introduction......Page 344
II. The Environment of Academic Librarianship......Page 346
III. Library Education 30 Years after Asheim......Page 355
IV. Education for Academic Librarianship......Page 360
V. Conclusions......Page 376
References......Page 377
I. A Tradition of Change......Page 382
II. CLIR in the World of Tolkien......Page 385
Acknowledgments......Page 403
References......Page 404
I. Introduction......Page 406
II. Background......Page 408
III. Literature Review......Page 409
IV. LIS Quality Guidelines and Standards......Page 418
V. LIS School Survey......Page 424
VI. Conclusions......Page 436
References......Page 437
Index......Page 442