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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| Language: | English |
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London :
Facet Publishing,
2016.
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| 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.