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Table of Contents
| Part I. Special Libraries and Information Centers: An Overview | 1 | ||
| 1. | The Nature of Special Libraries and Information Centers | 3 | |
| 2. | Typical Special Libraries and Information Centers in Action | 19 | |
| 3. | The Nature of Information | 27 | |
| Part II. Management | 4 | ||
| 4. | The Role of the Manager | 43 | |
| 5. | Relating to Top Management | 53 | |
| 6. | Planning and Budgeting | 63 | |
| 7. | Organizing and Staffing | 79 | |
| 8. | Supervising | 89 | |
| 9. | Marketing and Public Relations | 101 | |
| 10. | Managerial Techniques | 107 | |
| 11. | The Role of Technology | 121 | |
| Part III. User Services | 133 | ||
| 12. | Retrieval Services | 135 | |
| 13. | Current Awareness Services | 147 | |
| 14. | Circulation Services | 151 | |
| 15. | Editorial Services | 157 | |
| Part IV. Technical Services | 163 | ||
| 16. | Cataloging and Indexing | 165 | |
| 17. | Acquisitions | 177 | |
| 18. | Care and Preservation of Materials | 185 | |
| Part V. Collections | 197 | ||
| 19. | Types of Library Materials | 199 | |
| 20. | Collection Development | 209 | |
| 21. | Weeding of Materials | 217 | |
| 22. | Archives and Records | 223 | |
| Part VI. Library Facilities and Equipment | 229 | ||
| 23. | Planning Library Facilities | 231 | |
| 24. | Furnishings and Special Equipment for Libraries | 241 | |
| Part VII. Professional Activities and Networks | 247 | ||
| 25. | Cooperative Activities and Networks | 249 | |
| 26. | Professional Organizations and Continuing Education | 263 | |
| 27. | Employment in Special Libraries and Information Centers | 275 | |
| 28. | Alternative Careers | 285 | |
| Appendix: Descriptions of Selected Special Libraries, Information Centers, | ||
| and Alternative Careers | 289 | |
| Section A: Traditional Positions | 291 | |
| 1. | Artistic Funding | 291 |
| New Jersey Performing Arts Center: Research Library | ||
| Lynn Lazar | ||
| 2. | College Library | 292 |
| Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts: Library Bobbie Xuereb | ||
| 3. | Government-Sponsored Agency | 294 |
| Software Engineering Institute Library | ||
| Karola M Yourison | ||
| 4. | Government-Sponsored Center | 295 |
| Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research: The Information Service | ||
| Dorothy S Tao | ||
| 5. | Government Agency | 299 |
| NASA"s Goddard Space Flight Center Library | ||
| Robin Miller Dixon | ||
| 6. | Insurance Company | 301 |
| Fireman"s Fund Insurance Company: Corporate Library & Information Center | ||
| Lori Deibel | ||
| 7. | Law Firm | 303 |
| Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue | ||
| Joan E Jarosek | ||
| 8. | Newspaper | 305 |
| Washington Post: News Research Center | ||
| Melody Blake | ||
| 9. | Public Library | 307 |
| Los Angeles Public Library: Science, Technology and | ||
| Patents Department | ||
| Billie M Connor | ||
| 10. University Library | 310 | |
| Columbia University: Biological Sciences Library | ||
| Kathleen Kehoe | ||
| Section B: Alternate Positions | 312 | |
| 1. | Information Broker | 312 |
| Working Knowledge | ||
| Andrea Meyer | ||
| 2. | Market Segment Manager, Digital Library Technologies | 315 |
| IBM Corporation | ||
| Richard P. Hulser | ||
| 3. | Non-Traditional Information Company | 317 |
| Dysart & Jones | ||
| Jane Dysart & Rebecca Jones | ||
| Subject Index | 321 | |
| Author Index | 331 | |
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