The Whole Library Handbook Pt. 4: Current Data, Professional Advice, and Curiosa About Libraries and Library Services - Softcover

Now in its fourth version, ""The Whole Library Handbook"" is a one-volume encyclopedia of library history, demographics, folklore, humor, current events, and popular wisdom. The new volume is organized in easy-to-find general categories, including types of libraries, the profession, people, materials, special users, operations, technology, promotion, issues, and librariana. Readers will find fascinating bits of trivia, as well as humorous sections on ""how many academic librarians does it take to change a lightbulb?"" and ""advice from naughty library assistants."" Also included are thoughtful essays and reprints of important journal articles by noted experts. ""The Whole Library Handbook 4"" provides a range of current facts and serious and not-so-serious discussions on subjects including: 20th-century library movements in a nutshell; fundamentals of good press releases; more silly and illogical reasons to ban a book; why people challenge library materials; a glossary of blogging terms; and the earliest printed books in selected languages. Full of lists, contacts, resources, and additional references, ""The Whole Library Handbook 4"" answers all types of library-related questions in a one-stop, must-have guide!

George M. Eberhart is senior editor of American Libraries, the magazine of the American Library Association. He served for ten years (1980-1990) as editor of College & Research Libraries News, the news magazine of ALA's Association of College & Research Libraries, and still writes the ""New Publications"" column for it. He has compiled three book-length bibliographies on UFOs and other scientific anomalies, and is a frequent contributor to Postcard Collector magazine. Eberhart holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio State University and an M.L.S. from the University of Chicago.