The Special Collections Handbook
This comprehensive and no-nonsense guide to working with special collections and rare books is an essential day-to-day companion.Working with special collections can vary dramatically from preserving a single rare book to managing and digitizing vast mixed-media archives, yet the role of the informa...
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| 504 | # | # | |a Includes bibliographical references and index |
| 505 | 0 | # | |a The care of special collections -- Emergency planning for special collections -- Understanding objects in special collections -- Acquiring and developing special collections -- Cataloguing, description and metadata in special collections -- Digitization and digital libraries in special collections -- Legal and ethical issues in special collections -- User services in special collections -- Marketing and communications in special collections -- Widening access to special collections -- Organizational resource for special collections : space and people -- Influencing and fund-raising for special collections -- Special collections futures -- Appendix A: The special collections reference shelf -- Appendix B: Skills for your special collections career. |
| 520 | # | # | |a This comprehensive and no-nonsense guide to working with special collections and rare books is an essential day-to-day companion.Working with special collections can vary dramatically from preserving a single rare book to managing and digitizing vast mixed-media archives, yet the role of the information professional is always critical in tapping into the potential of these collections, protecting their legacy and bringing them to the attention of the wider public. This book offers up-to-date guidance which pulls together insights from best practice across the heritage sector to build innovative, co-operative and questioning mind-sets that will help them to cope in turbulent times.The Handbook covers all aspects of special collections work: preservation, developing collections, understanding objects, emergency planning, security, legal and ethical concerns, cataloguing, digitization, marketing, outreach, teaching, impact, advocacy and fundraising. |
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The special collections handbook