Local studies librarianship : a world bibliography

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Local studies librarianship : a world bibliography

compiled by Diana Dixon

Library Association, 2001

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"For the Local Studies Group of The Library Association"

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

Compiled to serve the needs of those librarians who specialize in local studies, this bibliography provides a comprehensive guide to the worldwide literature on local studies librarianship. It includes management, acquisition, cataloguing, bibliography, promotion, conservation and preservation. It also encompasses disciplines related to local studies, such as museums, archive and conservation. It covers material in English and all major European languages, and includes both technical subjects related to local studies libraries as well as material on the techniques of local studies proper (historical sources, fieldwork, and photographic).

Table of Contents

  • Challenges and issues facing local studies librarians in the 21st century
  • general works on local studies librarianship
  • collection management - acquisitions, cataloguing, preservation, conservation and disaster planning
  • services - educational, family history
  • materials
  • marketing and promotion - publications, history weeks
  • ICT and local studies - digitization, the Internet and CD-ROMs
  • partnerships and co-operation.

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  • NCID
    BA55435436
  • ISBN
    • 185604307X
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxi, 265 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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