Product Overview
From Follett
Includes bibliographical references.;Getting started as a new business selector -- Getting up to speed -- Strategies for current awareness -- Selection tools -- The special case of online databases -- Advice froma seasoned selector. Provides business librarians without formal business education or experience with lists of resources, tools, and organizations that can aid them in their position and selections.
From the Publisher
Selectors gain most of their knowledge on the job, which might provide some small comfort to those librarians who find themselves plunged into the world of business, perhaps even unexpectedly. The purpose of this book is to help the sudden selector through the first few months of a new position. It is a guide to becoming a competent selector of business resources and all that it entails: joining associations, finding mentors, monitoring electronic discussion lists, and of course, learning how to select materials for your collection.new business librarians with solid advice on learning user information needs, building a network of colleagues, becoming familiar with their collection, and getting equipped with effective selection tools.This Sudden Selector guide is part of a new series from the Collection Management