Information Practice in Science and Technology

This book addresses current challenges and changes in science and technology libraries—and shows how librarians are handling them in difficult financial times. It examines issues related to closing and merging libraries, online collections maintenance and costs, assistance/outreach geared toward specific groups of library patrons, and the gathering of usage statistics in the electronic environment. You'll also find specific descriptions—and a general overview—of new technologies as well as case studies of the impact of new technologies on sci-tech library management. Handy tables and figures make the information easy to access and understand.