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Professional Tasks Of Librarians At Small Bible College Libraries, Jeffery S. Gates
Professional Tasks Of Librarians At Small Bible College Libraries, Jeffery S. Gates
Library Faculty Publications
The author attempts to define professional library tasks by surveying small Bible college librarians to discover the tasks on which they spent the most time performing directly and which tasks they considered “professional.” Respondents generally spent most of their time directly performing many tasks that they considered professional in nature. They apparently were unaware that they directly performed many tasks that they did not consider professional and did not directly perform many tasks that they considered professional. The author concludes that most professional tasks of small Bible college librarians tend to be indirect and long-range and that most of their …
The Biblical Basis Of Selection, Jeffery S. Gates
The Biblical Basis Of Selection, Jeffery S. Gates
Library Faculty Publications
Selection is not only the first step if! libraria1lship, it is also the first application of the philosophy of librarianship. Before anything call be searched and accessed in a library, it must be selected by that library. But the process of selection requires a selection policy~- whether or not it is written. A written selection policy would help in sure consistency in the selection process, but whether it is written or 1I0t, one who selects resources for a library does follow some policy. And this policy is shaped by the selector's philosophy of librarianship.