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 and covers all aspects of special collections work, including preservation, developing collections, understanding objects, emergency planning, security, legal and ethical...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cullingford, Alison
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Facet Publishing, 2016.
Edition:Second edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.