2. Preliminaries
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3. Who we are
Melissa Wood
Sales and Marketing Director, ALA Digital Reference
Denise Beaubien Bennett
General Editor of the Guide to Reference
Special Guests
Mary K. Mannix
Editor, Genealogy Section of the Guide to Reference
Fred Burchsted
Editor, Biography Section of the Guide to Reference
4. Guide to Reference: the
premier evaluative
bibliography
» Reflects the accumulated knowledge and
wisdom of the reference community over
many years
» Continues to serve as a center for learning
about and practicing reference
librarianship
» Some call it “the Bible” of reference
sources
5. Use the Guide to support:
» Reference
» To direct users to authoritative sources
» Help identify books you’ve sent to the stacks
» Collection development
» Evaluate what’s missing, what needs updating,
what can be withdrawn or circulated
» Teaching and training
» Teaching tool in LIS coursework
» Train and orient new reference staff and
students/paraprofessional staff
6. Guide to Reference formats
» Online
» all topics, continually updated
» Segments produced in 2014 as print or e-books:
» Medical & Health Sciences
» Essential General Reference & Library Science
» Business & Economics
» Genealogy & Biography
13. Getting involved
» Incorporate into LIS assignments
» Create public notes
» Become an editor – watch for calls
» Want to do what Mary and Fred do?
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16. Guide to Reference Essentials
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Good afternoon, and thanks for joining us! [read slide]
The Guide to Reference Books was my text in general reference class, and it remains viable today in its online form.
The Guide serves 3 primary areas where you can really leverage it in your work: reference, collection development, and teaching and training both within LIS programs and on the job.
The Guide is an online database, in which you’ll find sources on all topics, continually updated
In 2014, we also produced 4 segments of the Guide as print or e-books…
You may purchase the segments as print or e-books through the ALA store.
Today, we are featuring some of the Division Editors’ favorite sections. Then we will highlight some favorite sources from our latest segment, Genealogy and Biography.
I will start with some of the Division Editors’ top picks for sections and annotations from all topic areas. [go live]
Now I’d like to introduce the Editor of the Genealogy section, Mary Mannix from Frederick County Public Libraries in Maryland. She’ll show us some of her favorite sources.
Next, the Editor of the Biography section, Fred Burchsted from Harvard University, will show some of his favorites.
Thanks to Mary and Fred for pointing out the value you’ll receive from using the Guide to Reference in its online or segment forms.
You can become involved with the Guide by…
Summing up….
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