Providing effective library services for research /

Webb, Jo

Providing effective library services for research / Jo Webb, Pat Gannon-Leary and Moira Bent - [London] : Facet, [2007] - xvii, 278 p. : tabs. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Supporting research and researchers: some perspectives -- Current challenges for libraries and research support -- Defining research and researchers -- Collection management -- The researcher's toolkit: resources -- Services to facilitate research -- The information-literate researcher -- Facing the future: key challenges -- Key principles for supporting research

Exploring the relationship between libraries and researchers, focusing on developing and managing library services to support research and researchers, this book covers researchers' information-seeking behaviour and their needs and wants.

9781856045896 . 9781856045896 . £39.95


Libraries and scholars
Information storage and retrieval systems--Research
Libraries and Museums.
Library, archive & information management
Library & information services
Social research & statistics
Science: general issues