Setting up a Library and Information Service from Scratch

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Setting up a Library and Information Service from Scratch

Sheila Pantry and Peter GriffithsFacet PublishingLondon2005ISBN 1-85604-558-7208 pp.£29.95,

Keywords: Information services, Workplace training

This work is a basic guide to the mechanics and components of such services. Each chapter covers the various steps in the procedure for establishing a service: reasons for an information service; information audits, location and access; staffing; information networks; training; service promotion; support and publicity. At the end of the work is a 30-page bibliography relating to each chapter. Most references are from the 2000s, with the earliest from 1990. Appendix 2 contains a five-page list of “basic reference books and periodicals”. Appendix 5 provides a list of suppliers, subscription agents and hints on how to formulate searches on the internet.