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.