Directory of British Photographic Collections
Author: John Wall
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13:
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A Directory of London Photographers, 1841-1908
Author: Michael Pritchard
Publisher: Photoresearch
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 148
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish Archives
Author: J. Foster
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-04-30
Total Pages: 847
ISBN-13: 1349652288
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish Archives is the foremost reference guide to archive resources in the UK. Since publication of the first edition more than ten years ago, it has established itself as an indispensable reference source for everyone who needs rapid access on archives and archive repositories in this country. Over 1200 entries provide detailed information on the nature and extent of the collection as well as the organization holding it. A typical entry includes: name of repositiony; parent organization ; address, telephone, fax, email and website; number for enquiries; days and hours of opening; access restrictions; acquisitions policy; archives of organization; major collections; non-manuscript material; finding aids; facilities; conservation; publications New to this edition: email and web address; expanded bibliography; consolidated repository and collections index
Current British Directories
Author: Sheila Murphy
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780900246609
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDirectory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the UK and Republic of Ireland
Author: Karen Attar
Publisher: Facet Publishing
Published: 2016-05-31
Total Pages: 609
ISBN-13: 1783300167
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis directory is a handy on-volume discovery tool that will allow readers to locate rare book and special collections in the British Isles. Fully updated since the second edition was published in 1997. this comprehensive and up-to-date guide encompasses collections held in libraries, archives, museums and private hands. The Directory: Provides a national overview of rare book and special collections for those interested in seeing quickly and easily what a library holds Directs researchers to the libraries most relevant for their research Assists libraries considering acquiring new special collections to assess the value of such collections beyond the institution,showing how they fit into a ‘unique and distinctive’ model. Each entry in the Directory provides background information on the library and its purpose, full contact details, the quantity of early printed books, information about particular subject and language strengths, information about unique works and important acquisitions, descriptions of named special collections and deposited collections. Readership: Researchers, academic liaison librarians and library managers.
British Archives
Author: Janet Foster
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1989-06-18
Total Pages: 891
ISBN-13: 1349095656
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis guide contains over 1000 entries of centres holding archive and manuscript collections in the UK includes many newly-established and specialist archives and their details. This edition includes over 400 additional entries, new indexes and cross-references.
Photography
Author: Liz Wells
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780415190589
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis textbook examines key debates in photographic theory and place them in their social and political context. This second edition includes key concepts, biographies of major thinkers and seminal references, and provides a coherent introduction to the nature of photographic viewing.
Local Studies Collection Management
Author: Michael Dewe
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-12-14
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 135192155X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA helpful and informative guide for librarians responsible for local studies collections covering the key issues in the twenty-first century. Each chapter is written by a different specialist, covering: resource providers; management of service provision; management of the collection and its materials (from books and pamphlets to microforms, CD-ROMs and websites); information access and retrieval; marketing; dealing with enquiries. Introductory and concluding chapters consider the local collection within its library context, the wider cultural, social, political and economic setting, the international local studies perspective and the future for this specialism in the UK. The guide is aimed principally at public librarians but will be of interest to academic, school and special librarians, library school students, archivists, those working with local history and related societies, and those in charge of private collections.
The British Journal of Photography
Author: William Crookes
Publisher:
Published: 1919
Total Pages: 956
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Author: Lois Swan Jones
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-12-16
Total Pages: 762
ISBN-13: 1135933456
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the first book of its kind, art information expert Lois Swan Jones discusses how to locate visual and textual information on the Internet and how to evaluate and supplement that information with material from other formats--print sources, CD-ROMS, documentary videos, and microfiche sets--to produce excellent research results. The book is divided into three sections: Basic Information Formats; Types of Websites and How to Find Them; and How to Use Web Information. Jones discusses the strengths and limitations of Websites; scholarly and basic information resources are noted; and search strategies for finding pertinent Websites are included. Art Information and the Internet also discusses research methodology for studying art-historical styles, artists working in various media, individual works of art, and non-Western cultures--as well as art education, writing about art, problems of copyright, and issues concerning the buying and selling of art. This title will be periodically updated.
