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Author: Linda McRae
Publisher: ALA Editions
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis sourcebook outlines cataloguing techniques for a wide variety of resources, from ancient artifacts to architectural drawings. Profiling the methods of experts from libraries, art galleries, museums and other institutions, the text offers practical guidance for organizing diverse materials.
Author: Murtha Baca
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2006-06-12
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780838935644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a visual and artifact-filled world, cataloging one-of-a-kind cultural objects without published guidelines and standards has been a challenge. Now for the first time, under the leadership of the Visual Resources Association, a cross-section of five visual and cultural heritage experts, along with scores of reviewers from varied institutions, have created a new data content standard focused on cultural materials. This cutting-edge reference offers practical resources for cataloging and flexibility to meet the needs of a wide range of institutions—from libraries to museums to archives. Consistently following these guidelines for selecting, ordering, and formatting data used to populate metadata elements in cultural materials' catalog records: Promotes good descriptive cataloging and reduces redundancy Builds a foundation of shared documentation Creates data sharing opportunities Enhances end-user access across institutional boundaries Complements existing standards (AACR) This is a must-have reference for museum professionals, visual resources curators, archivists, librarians and anyone who documents cultural objects (including architecture, paintings, sculpture, prints, manuscripts, photographs, visual media, performance art, archaeological sites, and artifacts) and their images.
Author: Priscilla Caplan
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2003-02-17
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780838908471
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMetadata is used to organize and access information in an effective way. This is a comprehensive description of the various forms of metadata, its applications, and how librarians can use it. Both descriptive and nondescriptive forms of metadata are defined and applied to library functions.
Author: Joan M. Benedetti
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780810859210
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEach chapter includes essays written by librarians in the field that deal with the unique environment of art museum libraries, from the largest research collections that serve many curatorial departments and multiple administrative layers to the smallest solo-librarian settings where staff work in relative isolation."--Jacket.
Author: Sarah Anne Murphy
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2013-11-04
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 0838994954
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSummarizing specific tools for measuring service quality alongside tips for using these tools most effectively, this book helps libraries of all kinds take a programmatic approach to measuring, analyzing, and improving library services.
Author: Simon Ford
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2015-05-19
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 3110954508
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe aim of each volume of this series Guides to Information Sources is to reduce the time which needs to be spent on patient searching and to recommend the best starting point and sources most likely to yield the desired information. The criteria for selection provide a way into a subject to those new to the field and assists in identifying major new or possibly unexplored sources to those who already have some acquaintance with it. The series attempts to achieve evaluation through a careful selection of sources and through the comments provided on those sources.
Author: Loriene Roy
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2011-10-10
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 0810881950
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHundreds of tribal libraries, archives, and other information centers offer the services patrons would expect from any library: circulation of materials, collection of singular items (such as oral histories), and public services (such as summer reading programs). What is unique in these settings is the commitment to tribal protocols and expressions of tribal lifeways—from their footprints on the land to their architecture and interior design, institutional names, signage, and special services, such as native language promotion. This book offers a collection of articles devoted to tribal libraries and archives and provides an opportunity for tribal librarians to share their stories, challenges, achievements, and aspirations with the larger professional community. Part one introduces the tribal community library, providing context and case studies for libraries in California, Alaska, Oklahoma, Hawai'i, and in other countries. The role of tribal libraries and archives in native language recovery and revitalization is also addressed in this section. Part two features service functions of tribal information centers, addressing the library facility, selection, organization, instruction, and programming/outreach. Part three includes a discussion of the types of records that tribes might collect, legal issues, and snapshot descriptions of noteworthy archival collections. The final part covers strategic planning, advice on working in the unique environments of tribal communities, advocacy and marketing, continuing education plans for library staff, and time management tips that are useful for anyone working in a small library setting.
Author: J.E. Rowley
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-01-18
Total Pages: 438
ISBN-13: 1351766104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title was first published in 2000: For its third edition, this text on knowledge organization and retrieval has been revised and restructured to accommodate the increased significance of electronic information resources. With new sections on topics such as information retrieval via the Web, metadata and managing information retrieval systems, the book explains principles relating to hybrid print-based and electronic networked environments experienced by today's users. The book is an accessible introduction to knowledge organization for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of information management and information systems.
