Librarians of Babel : a toolkit for effective communication /

A librarian's main task is to acquire, organize, process, retrieve and disseminate information to all possible users, but also to communicate and develop professional skills in this field. This collection offers an introduction to the different challenges that librarians and information special...

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Main Author: De Castro, Paola
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Chandos, 2009.
Series:Chandos information professional series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:A librarian's main task is to acquire, organize, process, retrieve and disseminate information to all possible users, but also to communicate and develop professional skills in this field. This collection offers an introduction to the different challenges that librarians and information specialists are called upon to carry out in order to achieve effective communication through different media. The main elements of professional writing, conference or workshop organization power point presentations are outlined. Concise introduction to professional writing and conference organizationEasily understood, even without background informationBased on practical experience rather than on theories.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxii, 133 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130) and index.
ISBN:1843343789
9781843343783
9781780630014
1780630018