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Title: Libraries


1
Libraries
  • Dr. Jim Burton
  • Marketing Real Estate
  • Richards College of Business

2
Overview
  • Benefits of Libraries
  • Limitations of Libraries
  • Types of Libraries
  • Business Libraries
  • Library of Congress
  • GA Business Libraries
  • Storage Retrieval Systems

3
Benefits of Libraries
  • Study research quietly
  • Volumes of research materials
  • Accessible by anyone
  • Research assistance is available
  • Computer searches

4
Limitations of Libraries
  • Libraries are similar different
  • No single library has it all
  • Frequent use is efficient
  • Research is work time
  • Books are discontinued
  • Libraries affected by funding
  • Ask them to order

5
Types of Libraries
  • City or county public
  • Colleges universities
  • Special libraries
  • Corporate/Legal
  • Medical
  • Associations institutes
  • Governmental

6
Business Libraries
  • New York Public Library
  • Chicago Public Library
  • Harvard Library
  • University of Alabama
  • MIT Dewey Library
  • University of Michigan

7
Library of Congress
  • 20 million volumes
  • 1 million technical reports
  • 3.5 million maps
  • 34 million manuscripts
  • 8.5 million photos
  • Telephone reference services

8
GA Business Libraries
  • Georgia State University
  • Georgia Tech
  • University of Georgia
  • Ivan Allen Business Center Atlanta Public
    Library
  • Business Information Center of Gwinnett-Forsyth
    Library

9
Public University Libraries Differ
  • Access check-out
  • Storage retrieval systems
  • Subject matter emphasis
  • Currency of resources emphasis

10
Storage Retrieval Systems
  • Card catalog
  • Computer
  • Classification Systems
  • Dewy Decimal System
  • Library of Congress System

11
Library Services
  • Free library assistance
  • Fee library assistance
  • GA Tech
  • Brooklyn Library
  • NAR Library
  • Appraisal Institute

12
Some References
  • STANDARD PERIODICALS DIRECTORY
  • ULRICHS PERIODICALS DIRECTORY
  • SMALL BUSINESS INFO SERVICES
  • BUSINESS PERIODICALS INDEX
  • READERS GUIDE TO PER. LIT.
  • BOOKS IN PRINT
  • FORTHCOMING BOOKS
  • MAGAZINES FOR LIBRARIES
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