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1997
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| author | Vesper, Virginia |
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| contents | The Readers' Advisory in Academic Libraries. Vesper, Virginia Academic Libraries College Students Electronic Libraries Higher Education Library Collections Library Role Library Services Public Libraries Reading Interests Reading Material Selection Reading Materials Recreational Reading World Wide Web This paper discusses readers' advisory services in academic libraries from the 1920s to the present. Highlights include: definition of readers' advisor or advisory; browsing rooms and collections; reasons for the decline of this service in academic libraries; recent decline in reading interest and ability among college students; the importance of recreational reading; use of the World Wide Web by public librarians to provide readers' advisory services; use of the Web by academic libraries to support recreational reading interests; and a list of readers' advisory Web sites. Contains 14 references. (MES) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| language | en |
| publishDate | 1997 |
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| spellingShingle | The Readers' Advisory in Academic Libraries. Vesper, Virginia Academic Libraries College Students Electronic Libraries Higher Education Library Collections Library Role Library Services Public Libraries Reading Interests Reading Material Selection Reading Materials Recreational Reading World Wide Web The Readers' Advisory in Academic Libraries. Vesper, Virginia Academic Libraries College Students Electronic Libraries Higher Education Library Collections Library Role Library Services Public Libraries Reading Interests Reading Material Selection Reading Materials Recreational Reading World Wide Web This paper discusses readers' advisory services in academic libraries from the 1920s to the present. Highlights include: definition of readers' advisor or advisory; browsing rooms and collections; reasons for the decline of this service in academic libraries; recent decline in reading interest and ability among college students; the importance of recreational reading; use of the World Wide Web by public librarians to provide readers' advisory services; use of the Web by academic libraries to support recreational reading interests; and a list of readers' advisory Web sites. Contains 14 references. (MES) |
| title | The Readers' Advisory in Academic Libraries. |
| topic | Academic Libraries College Students Electronic Libraries Higher Education Library Collections Library Role Library Services Public Libraries Reading Interests Reading Material Selection Reading Materials Recreational Reading World Wide Web |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED430531 |