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User Services

User services encompass the library programs that directly help library users in their searching for, obtaining, and evaluating information and informational materials.

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Sites in User Services

Access, Internet, and Public Libraries
A report to the Santa Clara County Libraries. Studies the issues involved in providing access to the internet in public libraries. Discusses a variety of possible solutions, including filtering, restricted access, blocking software in children's rooms, training, and parental permission.
Working with Campus Writing Centers: Opportunities for Cooperation
Details how academic libraries can work with campus writing centers to improve service to patrons.
Falling Through the Net
Released July 8, 1999 by the US Department of Commerce, a series of three reports in the Falling Through the Net series on the telecommunications and information technology gap in the United States.
Innovative Internet Applications in Libraries
A sampling of new and interesting uses of the Web by libraries.
Are We Ready for the Library of the Future?
Article from Salon Magazine theorizing that new technology in libraries is only more efficient if patrons can use it. Argues that the role of librarians now includes being teachers of technology.
Avoiding Plagiarism: A Librarian's View
Article on teaching students to avoid plagiarism. Includes bibliography of print and web sources about plagiarism.
NNLM - Consumer Health Manual
Guidance for librarians in building and evaluating consumer health materials for their libraries' collections.
Satellite Writing Centers in Academic Libraries
Offers ideas for setting up writing centers in the university library.
MeL: Disability Resources for Libraries
Links to disabilities documents, library services examples, and other resources, from the Michigan Electronic Library.
Library Services for Visually Impaired People: a Manual of Best Practice
Offers an online book which gives tips and advice for how librarians can best serve blind patrons.

sub categories in User Services

Circulation Services Circulation Services
Library Instruction Library Instruction
Reference Services Reference Services
Tutorials Tutorials
Information Literacy Information Literacy
Readers Advisory Readers Advisory
Reserves Services Reserves Services

other references

Arts : Literature : Reading Groups Arts : Literature : Reading Groups
Reference : Libraries : Library and Information Science : Resource Sharing : Document Delivery Reference : Libraries : Library and Information Science : Resource Sharing : Document Delivery

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