Our New Public, A Changing Clientele: Bewildering Issues or New Challenges for Managing Libraries?

by Lisa Vardaman, James Kennedy, Gerard B. McCabe, et al.

Just beginning to enter the workplace, Millennials have never known a world that wasn't connected by email, instant messages, text messages, and the Internet. For libraries, the challenge is clear: how do we serve older and more established clientele, yet sustain progress? How do we welcome this new generation into our professional midst?

These 18 chapters explore the pervasiveness of change: in personnel selection and training; budget planning;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591584078
• ISBN13: 9781591584070
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"