LC21

LC21

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2001-01-23

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0309171687

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Digital information and networks challenge the core practices of libraries, archives, and all organizations with intensive information management needs in many respectsâ€"not only in terms of accommodating digital information and technology, but also through the need to develop new economic and organizational models for managing information. LC21: A Digital Strategy for the Library of Congress discusses these challenges and provides recommendations for moving forward at the Library of Congress, the world's largest library. Topics covered in LC21 include digital collections, digital preservation, digital cataloging (metadata), strategic planning, human resources, and general management and budgetary issues. The book identifies and elaborates upon a clear theme for the Library of Congress that is applicable more generally: the digital age calls for much more collaboration and cooperation than in the past. LC21 demonstrates that information-intensive organizations will have to change in fundamental ways to survive and prosper in the digital age.


Local History Reference Collections for Public Libraries

Local History Reference Collections for Public Libraries

Author: Kathy Marquis

Publisher: ALA Editions

Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780838913314

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Speaking from their own experiences, while also sharing examples and ideas from other libraries around the country, the authors present a start-to-finish guidebook for creating a local history reference collection that your community will embrace and use regularly.


Collection Development Policies

Collection Development Policies

Author: Daniel C. Mack

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 078901470X

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Get the tools you need to build a collection development policy that will help your library run efficiently—today and in the future! Considering the amount and variety of topics being published, effectively organizing and guiding a library in today's accelerated world is no easy task. Collection Development Policies: New Directions for Changing Collections is the contemporary librarians guide to building or revising a first-rate collection development policy. In this up-to-date book, experts in the field take you step-by-step through the publishing process from writing an initial draft to applying the official copy. Find out what did and did not work in their own practices and get the tools you'll need to tackle any obstacles you may encounter. Collection Development Policies: New Directions for Changing Collection covers a variety of topics—including pricing policies and remote storage facilities—without leaving out the traditional concerns of space and funding. This valuable book also addresses the needs of specialized collections with information on acquisition policies for contemporary subjects collections and building subject specific policy statements. Experienced professionals examine the stability of the electronic resources market and explain how the impact of technical services is redefining the access, collection, and cataloging of libraries. Collection Development Policies also provides examples of collection policies currently in use. Read about: the subject specific policy statements of Schreyer Business Library and the women's studies collection at Pennsylvania State University Berkeley's Collection Development Policy (CDPS) and the factors hindering its revision the creation and revision of St. John's University's collection development policy Simmons College's Graduate School of Library and Information Science's term project and syllabus—and how it can be applied to functioning libraries the Association of Research Libraries' Web pages—and how they have been influenced by the electronic management revolution Collection Development Policies: New Directions for Changing Collection is a valuable resource for anyone selecting and acquiring library materials, maintaining a library collection, or building a collection development policy. The information in this book will help you organize your library collection in a manner that will be beneficial not only to you, but to your clients as well.


Moving Your Library

Moving Your Library

Author: Steven Carl Fortriede

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0838909949

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The task of moving collections of books and other materials can be overwhelming as library facilities evolve to reflect changing demographics and use patterns. Author and experienced mover Steven Carl Fortriede has everything you need to get the job done quickly and efficiently with step-by-step directions, diagrams, spreadsheets, and photos. Readers will learn How to plan a library move Which method is best for a particular situation How to recruit and train workers What tools and supplies are needed Everything you need for the move is included—even specifications for boxes, moving carts, sorting trays, and a worksheet to calculate shelving layouts and growth rates. Moving Your Library is the complete kit for any librarian facing the daunting prospect of moving a library collection.


Building Library Collections

Building Library Collections

Author: Arthur Curley

Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9780810817760

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A classic. Topics include resource-sharing networks, the importance of nonbook formats, the greater complexity of censorship challenges, and the expansion of the library's informational role.


Building Library Collections

Building Library Collections

Author: Arthur Curley

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780810817760

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A classic. Topics include resource-sharing networks, the importance of nonbook formats, the greater complexity of censorship challenges, and the expansion of the library's informational role.


Planning the Modern Public Library Building

Planning the Modern Public Library Building

Author: Gerard B. McCabe

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Published: 2003-07-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0313321558

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Offers insight into current activities in the area of building planning. Written by recognized building experts from the United States and Australia, the essays discuss critical planning issues from a management perspective.