Rare Books and Special Collections

ISBN-13: 9781783300150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 552 str.

Sidney E. Berger

Opis

From cuneiform, coins, and codices to prints, drawings, photographs, and maps, departments of rare books and special collections are the premier repositories of significant printed and manuscript works and artefacts. Entrusted with the responsibility of preserving the records of history and culture, these institutions enable access to millions of source materials. Showing readers everything they need to know about rare books and special collections, this book covers the profession's history and its relevance in the face of an increasingly digital world, archives' relationship to the special collections department and their role in the wider institution, and much more.

Spis treści

1. Some practical realities 2. Running a rare book department 3. Archives 4. The physical materials of the collection 5. Physical layout and operations 6. Fund-raising 7. Security 8. Legal issues 9. Bibliography 10. Book collecting and handling 11. Outreach 12. Preservation, conservation, restoration, and disaster planning 13. Special collections departments today 14. Other issues
Afterword Appendix 1: RBMS Thesauri and Rare Book Cataloging Appendix 2: Levels of Collecting and the RLG Conspectus Appendix 3: Booksellers’ Catalogs and the Business of Selling Appendix 4: Paper Sizes Appendix 5: RBMS Standards and Guidelines Appendix 6: Department Forms Appendix 7: Citing Sources and Plagiarism

O autorze

Sidney E. Berger