本书继承了《图书馆员英语选读I》之优点，涵盖了图书馆重点工作的范围，提供当前图书馆工作的有用信息，专业语言具有原汁原味的真实性，使图书馆员所获取的专业英语技能在工作、研究和对外交流的过程中具有实用性。

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和《图书馆员英语选读I》一样，本书取材于以英语为母语国家的多种类型图书馆网站，旨在提高图书馆员的专业英语阅读能力和理解力。所选部分内容新颖、适用性强、难度较小，侧重图书馆的背景知识和图书馆具体工作，适合图书馆员从工作实际的角度学习专业英语，开阔视野，了解国外图书馆发展趋势和工作现状，为深入进行国际交流打好基础。

PART ONE COLLECTIONS

 Unit 1 Introduction of Collections

1 Library and Archives Canada

2 Princeton University Library

3 Cambridge University Library

4 The Seattle Public Library

5 National Library of Ireland

 Unit 2 Rare Book/Manuscripts Collections

1 Princeton University Library

2 Boston Public Library

3 National Library of Ireland

 Unit 3 Preservation and Conservation

1 Library and Archives Canada

2 National Library of Ireland

PART TWO USING THE LIBRARY

 Unit 1 FAQs to visits

1 Library and Archives Canada

2 University of Chicago Library

3 British Library

4 Nanyang Technological University Libraries

5 UBC Library

 Unit 2 Finding Materials

University of Chicago Library

 Unit 3 Interlibrary Loan Services

1 Boston Public Library

2 Seattle Public Library

3 Luzerne County Lommunity College Libraty

4 University of Chicago Library

 Unit 4 Purchase Suggestions

1 Seattle Public Library

2 Boston Public Library

PART THREE POLICY/NOTICE

 Unit 1 Policy on Acceptable Use of Electronic Resources

University of Chicago Library

 Unit 2 Privacy Notice

1 Boston Public Library

2 Seattle Public Library

3 Syracuse University Library

 Unit 3 Support Your Library

1 Seattle Public Library

2 Library and Archives Canada

3 Boston Public Library

 Unit 4 Emergencies Preparedness

1 Cornell University Library

2 University of Washington Libraries

PART FOUR SCHOLARS/PROFESSIONAL PERIODICALS

 Unit 1 Introduction of Some Famous Scholars

1 Edward Edwards

2 Melvil Dewey

3 S.C. Bradford

4 Pierce Butler

5 Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan

6 Jesse H. Shera

7 D.J. Foskett

8 Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster

9 Maurice Tauber

10 Hwa-Wei Lee

 Unit 2 Introduction of Famous Library Periodicals

1 Annual Review of Information Science and Technology ( ARIST)

2 American Libraries

3 Journal of Academic Librarianship (JAL)

4 Aslib Proceedings : New information perpectives

5 College and Research Libraries

6 IFLA Journal

7 Information Science

8 Library & Information Science Research

9 Library Journal

10 Library Trends

11 International Journal on Digital Libraries

PART FIVE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE FOR LIBRARIANS

 Unit 1 Professional Organizations

1 IFLA

2 OCLC

3 ALA

4 CILIP

 Unit 2 Special Events

1 World Book and Copyright Day

2 National Library Week (USA)

3 National Library Workers Day (USA)

 Unit 3 International Book Fairs

1 Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF)

2 Beijing International Book Fair(BIBF)

3 The London Book Fair (LBF)

4 Tokyo International Book Fair (TIBF)

5 Warsaw International Book Fair (WIBF)

6 Hong Kong Book Fair (HKBF)

7 Leipzig Book Fair (LBF)

8 International Cairo Book Fair (ICBF)

9 Moscow International Book Fair (MBF)

10 Singapore Book Fair (SBF)

11 BookExpo America (BEA)

 Unit 4 Fellowships, Funds, Grants and Awards

1 Guust Van Wesemael Literacy Prize

2 Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship

3 Margreet Wijnstroom Fund

4 Dr Shawky Salem Conference Grant (SSCG)

5 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award