Readers, Reading, and Librarians
Linda S Katz
Sozialwissenschaften, Recht, Wirtschaft / Buchhandel, Bibliothekswesen
Beschreibung
This vital book reaffirms librarians'enthusiasm for books and readers in the midst of the evolution of libraries-from reading centers to information centers where librarians are now Web masters, information scientists, and media experts. Readers, Reading, and Librarians explores the future of the book as a medium. With nearly two hundred open-ended interviews with readers who read for pleasure, this book looks at how and why they choose or reject certain books.Readers, Reading, and Librarians examines: reasons for the current decline in pleasure reading the need for librarians to sponsor book groups the current focus on "e;electronic wonders"e; balancing the missions of acting as an advisory service for readers and maintaining your library's technological services and much more!
