[Genealib] Seek opinions of a book for librarians

[William Blohm]

According to WorldCat, a couple of hundred libraries own a copy of 
"The librarian's guide to genealogical services and research" by 
James Swan (2004 edition), published by Neal-Schuman

My questions for list subscribers:

Does anyone who has this title in their collection use it on a 
regular basis?
Not any more.

Is it helpful?
It is most helpful for librarians who know little or nothing about handling
genealogy questions. I often point it out to new librarians at my library
who have an interest in helping those customers.

Are there other titles covering the same material which you use more often?
Nothing as recent that I know of.

Do you think it would be worth purchasing (for the list price of $75) 
for a genealogical society library?  (My library committee members 
are balking at the price and want me to justify it.  But I come from 
a work environment in which science books costing hundreds of dollars 
are purchased without so much as a second thought.)
Only if you need it for the reasons I mentioned above.


William R. Blohm   Reference Librarian & Collection Development Manager
Gail Borden Public Library District
270 N. Grove Ave.
Elgin, IL  60120