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Successful Enquiry Answering Every Time: Thinking your way from problem to solution 7th edition [Pehme köide]

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  • Ilmumisaeg: 11-Apr-2017
  • Kirjastus: Facet Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1783301937
  • ISBN-13: 9781783301935
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 176 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 235x161x16 mm, kaal: 148 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 11-Apr-2017
  • Kirjastus: Facet Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1783301937
  • ISBN-13: 9781783301935
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Successful Enquiry Answering Every Time is designed to guide information professionals through all the stages of research, from finding out what the enquirer really wants, to providing a polished, value-added answer. When people want to satisfy their immediate curiosity theyre much more likely to use a search engine on their mobile device than ask their local library. But while the days of personal intervention in this kind of enquiry are inevitably numbered, the professional skills that underpin them are not. This book uses technology as the enabler of the thought processes that information professionals need to engage in when answering enquiries, and makes the case that new technology, far from making them irrelevant, raises the skill stakes for all. Now in its 7th edition, this book is fully updated to cover new skills, such as:





employing critical thinking to manipulate, categorise and prioritise raw search results using strategic reading and abstracting techniques to identify and summarise the essential information the enquirer needs from the retrieved documents drawing on established story-telling practice to present research results effectively whether orally or in writing working to the POWER model: plan, organise, write, edit, review.

This book is ideal for anyone who has to answer enquiries from users in any information role; those working in contact centres who are dealing with information enquiries, processing transactions or trouble-shooting technical issues; and information professionals working on enquiry desks in large or small academic, public, school or special libraries.

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'Overall, Owen succeeds in providing a valuable and informative guide to answering enquiries, written in a lively and accessible style which archive practitioners could constructively use either as a source of directly relevant advice or perhaps as a prompt to think about how aspects of this area of work might be carried out differently.' -- Matti Watton * Taylor & Francis Online * Owen is incredibly thorough in this exhaustive presentation of strategies and different outlets for research, which is what makes this text a strong pick for any information professional, but particularly for students developing their search strategies and those in academic, medical and special library fields -- Audrey Hopkins * VOYA * 'In this book, now in its seventh edition and originally titled Success at the Enquiry Desk, experienced enquiry answerer and trainer Tim Buckley Owen provides a well-written instruction manual covering such skills, principally in the context of library services. Although each new edition has taken account of technological developments, the book is not technology led. Its focus is on the thinking skills which information professionals need, irrespective of the nature of the enquiries they receive. Owen succeeds in providing a valuable and informative guide to answering enquiries, written in a lively and accessible style which archive practitioners could constructively use either as a source of directly relevant advice or perhaps as a prompt to think about how aspects of this area of work might be carried out differently.'- Matti Watton, The British Library, Archives and Records * Archives and Records *

Introduction: Why thinking skills matter xi
Eight essential thinking skills for successful enquiry answering xv
1 What do they really want?: Using your analytical thinking skills to understand the question
1(26)
Avoiding misunderstandings
2(5)
Asking the right questions
7(4)
Does all this really work?
11(7)
Agreeing the task
18(6)
Finding out how long you've got
24(1)
Coming next -- when the enquirer's not there
24(3)
2 Why remote enquiry handling is different: Anticipating problems by thinking empathetically
27(20)
Can't see, can't hear -- the risk of misunderstanding, even offence
29(4)
Keeping your remote enquirer on-side
33(7)
Keeping good records
40(5)
Coming next -- avoiding panic, thinking on your feet
45(2)
3 Getting started: Dealing with the panic by thinking imaginatively
47(18)
Imagining the final answer
48(3)
Choosing the best type of source and delivery medium
51(5)
Does all this really work?
56(4)
Identifying actual sources
60(2)
Coming next -- smarter searching
62(3)
4 Smarter searching: Developing efficient search strategies by thinking systematically
65(22)
Who needs to be able to search smarter?
66(1)
Working out your search strategy
67(1)
Searching systematically
68(2)
Making the Most of Indexes
70(5)
Electronic search tools
75(4)
Reading strategically
79(3)
Making sure that what you find is reliable
82(4)
Coming next -- even more things that can go wrong
86(1)
5 Help! Everything's going wrong: Using lateral thinking to get out of difficulties
87(20)
Vital versus urgent tasks
88(3)
Your working timetable
91(4)
Managing expectations
95(2)
Plan B
97(3)
Referrals
100(4)
Coming next -- adding value
104(3)
6 Success! Now let's add some value: Using your creative thinking skills to present your answer well
107(24)
Quality-checking your answer
108(2)
Presenting your answer -- orally
110(5)
Presenting your answer -- in writing
115(5)
Copyright, licensing, ethics
120(2)
Has the answer arrived -- and does the enquirer like it?
122(1)
Sign-off: what can we learn from this enquiry?
122(7)
Coming next -- adding even more value
129(2)
7 Don't just give me another reading list!: Using critical thinking skills to add further value to your answer
131(28)
Power and Kiss
132(3)
Making your search results manipulate
135(5)
Selecting, rejecting, prioritizing
140(4)
Strategic reading -- finding the best bits of each document
144(3)
Capturing the content for your report
147(3)
Now you're ready to write!
150(4)
Making sure your work gets read and valued
154(3)
Conning next -- choosing your toolkit
157(2)
8 Choosing your toolkit: Using your predictive thinking skills to determine the resources you'll need
159
Making best use of your Time, Intellect and Money
160(3)
Keeping track of your enquiries
163(1)
Discovering information in your own resources (and beyond)
164(1)
Choosing and using the right search engine
165(1)
Adding value to your search results
165(1)
Starter Sources
166(5)
Your goal: successful enquiry answering -- every time
171(2)
Index
173
Tim Buckley Owen BA DipLib MCLIP is an independent writer and trainer with over 40 years' experience of information work - at Westminster Central Reference Library, the City Business Library, and as Principal Information Officer at the London Research Centre. He has also held strategic media and communications posts at CILIP, the Museums, Libraries & Archives Council and the Library & Information Commission.