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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2000
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED440646 |
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- Literature in English: A Guide for Librarians in the Digital Age. ACRL Publications in Librarianship No. 54. Day, Betty H., Ed. Wortman, William A., Ed. English Literature Library Collection Development Library Materials Library Services Library Technical Processes Reference Materials Reference Services User Needs (Information) This book of essays is a guide to help librarians in reference and/or collection development in the field of literature in English. Chapters fall into two broad sections: Resources and Collections, and Readers and Services. The first section includes six chapters: "The Nature of Library Collections" (William A. Wortman); "Retrospective Collection Development and Its Bibliographies" (Richard Heinzkill); "Primary Source Material: Responsibilities and Realities" (Susan L. Peters); "Critical Editions" (John L. Tofanelli); "Electronic Texts and Selected Web Sites for English and American Literature" (Shelley Arlen); and "Assessment of Literature Collections" (Scott Stebelman). The second section comprises seven chapters: "The 'MLA [Modern Language Association] International Bibliography' and Library Instruction in Literature and the Humanities" (Judy Reynolds); "Literary Reference into the New Century" (Michael Adams and Candace R. Benefiel); "Management of Electronic Text Collections" (Perry Willett); "Issues in Cataloging Electronic Texts" (Timothy Shipe); "The Return to History in English Studies" (J. Paul Hunter); "A Typology of Literary Scholarship for Academic Librarians" (Stephen E. Wiberley, Jr.); and "Faculty Liaison: Librarians and Faculty as Colleagues" (Marcia Pankake). Contains an index. (AEF)