Thursday, September 7, 2017

Serving Those Who Served: Librarian's Guide to Working with Veteran and Military Communities

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LeMire, Sarah and Kristen J. Mulvihill. Serving Those Who Served: Librarian's Guide to Working with Veteran and Military Communities. Libraries Unlimited, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-4408-3432-5

Description
Regardless of the type of library you work in, you are likely to encounter members of the veteran and military communities. This book offers tips to help you determine the size and the needs of the veteran and military communities in your local area. You’ll learn about some common information requests and information-seeking behavior of veterans and service members and discover how to take the needs and also the unique strengths of the veteran and military communities into account when developing library outreach efforts, programs, services, and collections.

Table of Contents 
  • Who are veterans and military service members?
  • What all librarians should know about the veteran and military communities
  • Public libraries and the veteran and military communities
  • Veteran and military communities on college and university campuses
  • School and special libraries and the veteran and military communities