Vol 56, No 1 (2016)

Fall

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/rusq.56n1

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Table of Contents

Columns

From the Editor: A Thirty-Year Reflection on the Value of Reference
David C. Murray
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2-5
From the President of RUSA: RUSA Directions
Alesia M. McManus
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6-7
For Your Enrichment: Assistance Animals in the Library: How One Academic Library Developed Best Practices
Rebecca M. Marrall
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8-13
Management: Work for the Decision Makers: Literature Reviews as a High-Impact Service
Mary Naylor
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14-16
Information Literacy and Instruction: Scaling Instruction to Needs: Updating an Online Information Literacy Course
Sarah LeMire
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17-22
Amplify Your Impact: Trickery as Marketing Strategy
Mallory Arents
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23-25

Features

Librarians Applying Information Literacy Standards as Evaluators of Peer-to-Peer Course Content in a First-Year College Success Course
Peter Klubek
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26-35
Do You Want to Chat? Reevaluating Organization of Virtual Reference Service at an Academic Library
Maryvon Côté, Svetlana Kochkina, Tara Mawhinney
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36-46

From Committees of RUSA

From Committees of RUSA: Best Free Reference Websites: Eighteenth Annual List
Emerging Technologies Section ETS
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47-50

Sources: Professional Materials

Book Review: Adults Just Wanna Have Fun: Programs for Emerging Adults
Teralee ElBasri
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51-51
Book Review: Excellent Books for Early and Eager Readers
Jenny Foster Stenis
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51-52
Book Review: Five Steps of Outcome-Based Planning and Evaluation for Public Libraries
Lisa Powell Williams
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52-52
Book Review: Managing Creativity: The Innovative Research Library
Matt Cook
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52-53
Book Review: More Storytime Magic
Robin Sofge
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53-53
Book Review: The Neal-Schuman Library Technology Companion: A Basic Guide for Library Staff, 5th ed.
Dana Lucisano
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53-54
Book Review: Putting Assessment into Action: Selected Projects from the First Cohort of the Assessment in Action Grant
Larry Cooperman
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54-54

Sources: Reference Books

Book Review: Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society
Kristin J. Henrich
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55-55
Book Review: Border Disputes: A Global Encyclopedia
Amanda Babirad
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56-56
Book Review: The Central Intelligence Agency: An Encyclopedia of Covert Ops, Intelligence Gathering, and Spies
Todd J. Wiebe
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56-57
Book Review: Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe
Marissa Ellermann
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57-57
Book Review: Crimes of the Centuries: Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History
Anita J. Slack
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57-58
Book Review: The Early Republic: Documents Decoded
Mike Tosko
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58-58
Book Review: Folk Heroes and Heroines around the World, 2nd ed.
Dona J. Helmer
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58-59
Book Review: The Gilded Age and Progressive Era: A Historical Exploration of Literature
Jennifer A. Bartlett
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59-60
Book Review: How They Lived: An Annotated Tour of Daily Life through History in Primary Sources
Carla Wilson Buss
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60-60
Book Review: Imperialism and Expansionism in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection
Michael F. Bemis
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60-61
Book Review: Latinos and Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia
Molly Molloy
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61-61
Book Review: Mental Health and Mental Disorders: An Encyclopedia of Conditions, Treatments, and Well-Being
Rachael Elrod
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61-62
Book Review: Modern China
Dana M. Lucisano
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62-62
Book Review: Native American Almanac: More than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples
Lisa Euster
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62-63
Book Review: Youth Cultures in America
Lisa Presley
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63-63