Compentcy 6- Library Literature-Citation Pearl

Library Literature

Citation Pearl.

Using the article, “Leading from the Middle” by Margaret Thomas, a citation pearl search was used to find like articles.

I used the subject of “Administration”, found in the subject of the citation, and the author’s name to find like titles.

I located the following six articles.

The search resulted in three more articles that addressed the information need of library management/administration. The 3 articles area as follows.

Thomas, M. NextGen Delivers the Straight Scoop on Library Work. Alki v. 22 no. 2 (July 2006) p. 21-2

Thomas, M. KCLS: Clustering Means Flexibility. Alki v. 22 no. 1 (March 2006) p. 20-1

Thomas, M. Private Fundraising for Public Libraries. Alki v. 21 no. 1 (March 2005) p. 5-6, 10

Using the citation information from the original article I was able to easily locate other articles that were equally valuable to my information need.

Competency 6- ASP-Building Block Search.

Academic Search Complete.

Building Block Search

S1= library staff or library employee* (3445)

S2= manag* or human resouce* (744859)

S3= problem* or retention (624787)

S4= S1, S2, and S3. (80)

Screen shot of S1

Screen shot of S4

Refined search by limiting to Full Text. (54 hits)

Best Results:

No Free Lunch. By: Rogers, Michael. Library Journal, 5/1/2003, Vol. 128 Issue 8, p58, 2/3p; (AN 9631622)

Let Them Eat Cake. By: Rogers, Michael; Mounce,, Clara. Library Journal, 5/1/2003, Vol. 128 Issue 8, p58, 2p; (AN 9631643)

Fair Pay Is an Issue for Managers, Too. By: Orenstein, David. Library Journal, 4/1/2003, Vol. 128 Issue 6, p45, 1p, 1c; (AN 9400553)

Facing the Shortage of Children's Librarians: Updating the Challenge. By: Somerville, Mary R.. American Libraries, Oct98, Vol. 29 Issue 9, p50, 5p, 1c; (AN 1125504)

Module 5- Tagging/Indexing/Cataloging

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The resource chosen for this post is "Staffing The Modern Library: A How-to-do-it Manual" by John M. Cohn. This resource was chosen for its information concerning the staffing of libraries.