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Higginbotham, Barbra Buckner; Wild, Judith W. – 2001
A complete guide to developing a library-wide preservation program, this book can help library staff to map out a system that is both preventative and curative. By decentralizing preservation activities and integrating them into ongoing library functions, libraries can preserve materials effectively, efficiently, and with buy-in from staff. The…
Descriptors: Library Collection Development, Library Development, Library Materials, Library Networks
Ling, Evelyn R. – 1996
The Church and Synagogue Library Association is a nonprofit association that provides educational guidance in establishing and maintaining congregational library service. This guide for congregational libraries is a detailed manual of instruction for the establishment, reorganization, and use of archives in a congregation. It is geared especially…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Cataloging, Churches
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. State Library and Adult Education Office. – 1997
In accordance with a long range plan for libraries in Colorado, a committee was appointed to develop the first standards for basic library service in Colorado public libraries. Libraries and their boards may use this document as a workbook for assessing their library and its services, as well as a document to assist in planning for the library's…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Library Administration, Library Collection Development, Library Cooperation
Hirshon, Arnold; Winters, Barbara – 1996
In the effort to reduce costs, improve productivity, enhance quality of services, and improve turnaround time for ordering, receiving, and cataloging new materials, libraries are increasingly turning to outsourcing as a strategic management tool to help them maximize use of their fiscal and human resources. This guide covers all aspects of…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Guidelines, Human Resources
Piccininni, James – 1993
Guidelines are given for automating a library. Issues arising in automation are illustrated through the experience of the Doherty Library of the University of St. Thomas, Houston (Texas). The first step is to decide what type of system is right for the needs of the library and its patrons. In considering vendors of systems, it is important to…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Libraries, Computer Software Selection, Cost Effectiveness
Driessen, Karen C.; Smyth, Shelia A. – 1995
The librarian is presented with a foundation for decision making as it relates to the physical processing of nonprint materials, and with a demonstration of how these decisions move from theoretical to practical physical processing issues. Such issues include packaging and repackaging; treating accompanying materials; labeling; preparing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Audiotape Recordings, Cataloging, Decision Making
Boss, Richard W. – 1997
One of the most significant decisions in a library administrator's career is the decision to automate one or more of a library's operations. This book describes the present state of local library automation; the planning, selection, and implementation process; and the library administrator's role in the process. The bulk of the text provides a…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Costs, Decision Making, Information Technology
Cohn, John M.; Kelsey, Ann L.; Fiels, Keith Michael – 1997
This manual is written for any library planning to introduce a new or replacement automated system. It focuses on planning for an integrated system that computerizes a multiplicity of library functions using one common database. This second edition contains a new section on the preparation of a technology strategic plan, a section on developing…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Computer Networks, Consultants
Boon, Belinda – 1995
The method called CREW (Continuous Review, Evaluation, and Weeding) integrates material selection and acquisition, cataloging and processing, and circulation and reference into one ongoing routine that assures that all the necessary indirect services are accomplished in an effective way. This revision of the original guide, published in 1976,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Library Collection Development, Library Materials, Library Services
Slote, Stanly J. – 1997
Weeding is one of the best ways to make long-term improvements to library collections, but it is also a difficult and sometimes painful task. In the tradition of previous editions, this book guides librarians in the process of methodical and efficient weeding. The book shows how to identify core collections versus the weedable items. The approach…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Libraries, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development
Day, Betty H., Ed.; Wortman, William A., Ed. – 2000
This book of essays is a guide to help librarians in reference and/or collection development in the field of literature in English. Chapters fall into two broad sections: Resources and Collections, and Readers and Services. The first section includes six chapters: "The Nature of Library Collections" (William A. Wortman); "Retrospective Collection…
Descriptors: English Literature, Library Collection Development, Library Materials, Library Services
Touchard, Wolfhard – 1988
Written for the non-librarian or educated layperson, this manual provides step-by-step information on how to establish a school library. Although it is targeted for an African audience, the manual is general enough to provide information on school library development regardless of geographic location. The handbook begins by addressing the value of…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Library Collection Development
Wilson, John S.; And Others – 1989
This manual for the operation and maintenance of the Government Documents Department at Baylor University's Moody Memorial Library is divided into 13 topical sections. The guide opens with the collection development policy statement, which covers the general collection, the maps division, and weeding government documents. Technical processing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Policy, Depository Libraries, Government Publications
Belz, James; And Others – 1984
Designed for the reference staff at the Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, this manual functions as a guide to insure a uniform standard of service, to explain the duties and responsibilities of the reference staff, and to provide step-by-step explanations of how a variety of procedures are performed. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Collection Development
Berinstein, Paula – Searcher, 1998
Offers practical tips on how to develop and manage a visual library collection. Highlights include: acquisitions; selection criteria and decision making; documentation; licensing and rights; access, standard vocabularies, and issues in applying terms; skills needed to index pictures; storing images; connecting images with documentation; access…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Guidelines, Indexing, Information Storage
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