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Role of Standards in Sci-Tech Libraries
Contributor(s): Mount, Ellis (Author)

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ISBN: 1560240210     ISBN-13: 9781560240211
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $44.60  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 1990
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Annotation: Required reading for any librarian who has been asked to identify standards and specifications, this unique new book highlights the importance of standards in many sci-tech libraries. Collections of standards in sci-tech libraries encompass a great variety--from the most narrow subject fields, to those covering many, and from collections of American standards only, to those with an international array. Role of Standards in Sci-Tech Libraries addresses the need for standards in libraries and provides crucial guidelines for developing standards collections.
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - General
Dewey: 026.502
LCCN: 90004306
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 8.5" L (0.65 lbs) 140 pages
Features: Bibliography, Table of Contents
 
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Required reading for any librarian who has been asked to identify standards and specifications, this unique new book highlights the importance of standards in many sci-tech libraries. Collections of standards in sci-tech libraries encompass a great variety--from the most narrow subject fields, to those covering many, and from collections of American standards only, to those with an international array. Role of Standards in Sci-Tech Libraries addresses the need for standards in libraries and provides crucial guidelines for developing standards collections. The first chapter describes the operation and collections of the ideal service that could be established to serve those needing stadards and to promote the use and collection of standards. A helpful list of foreign and domestic organizations that issue standards is included. Successive chapters explore the role of standards in different types of libraries--a public library's science and technology department, a corporate library, an academic library, and the library of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The final chapter addresses the role of Information Handling Services (IHS), a commercial source of all types of standards, discusses the range of standards services, and explains how information is acquired.

 
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