Archives & Special Libraries

Cultural Humility in Libraries: A Call to Action and Strategies for Success explores some of the challenges that libraries and librarians face due to diversity and inclusion issues among library staff, as well as the patrons that they serve. Including...

Written by one of the foremost records and information management leaders in the world, this book provides a clear explanation and analysis of the fundamental principles associated with information risk, which is broadly defined as a combination of...

New in paperback! This book fills a need for a selective bibliography focusing on design that will not only house collections appropriately, but also be comfortable for readers and staff. The books and articles cited here provoke thought about new...

Hugh A. Taylor is one of the most important thinkers in the English-speaking world of archives. A retired civil servant and archival educator, he was named to the prestigious Order of Canada, his nation's highest civilian award. The fifteen essays in...

Fire, flood, earthquake, vandalism, a terrorist attack-the issues of safety measures, emergency response, and disaster recovery have now become an important part of the planning strategies for most organizations. For the information organization, such as...

Moving an archive, historical society, or rare book library may occur only once in the career of a professional curator, archivist or librarian. Not only is each situation unique, but collections are irreplaceable and priceless. Moving Archives is a...

Cultural Humility in Libraries: A Call to Action and Strategies for Success explores some of the challenges that libraries and librarians face due to diversity and inclusion issues among library staff, as well as the patrons that they serve. Including...

Appraisal and Acquisition: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores how archivists and special collections librarians in organizations of different sizes and types have approached the challenges of collection, as well as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781547082094Author Kate TheimerFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Who has the right to represent Native history? The past several decades have seen a massive shift in debates over who owns and has the right to tell Native American history and stories. For centuries, non-Native actors have collected, stolen,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781511933292Author Lion of Judah SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Reference and Access: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores how archives of different sizes and types are increasing their effectiveness in serving the public and meeting internal needs. The book features twelve case studies...

Exhibiting the Archive examines the role that exhibition plays in archives and analyses the impact they are understood to have on how users and visitors experience the archive.Drawing on research conducted in Europe, North America and Australia, the book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781517031886Author Lion of Judah SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Digital Curation Projects Made Easy: A Step-By-Step Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums outlines simple steps for accomplishing practical digitization and digital preservation projects for those with little experience, time, and/or resources...

Academic collection practices in recent years have extended to the private libraries of notable individual authors. As a consequence, book historians have become more interested in the study of provenance of the contents of these libraries, while...

Educational Programs: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores how archivists and special collections librarians in organizations of different sizes and types have approached the challenges in creating effective educational...

Archival Basics for Historic Record Collections is an introduction to the concepts, policies, infrastructure and tasks needed to collect, preserve and make archival collections available to researchers. The book is based on content presented in workshops...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781574402513Author Primary Research GroupFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Primary Research GroupPublisher Primary Research GroupWeight(grams) 159g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788411233675Author Lino García MoralesFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Books on DemandPublisher Books on DemandWeight(grams) 236g

This updated new edition is a much- needed guide to marketing for libraries, archives, and museum professionals in the social media age. It is both an introductory textbook and a guide for working professionals who want to go beyond mere promotion to...

In Successful Campus Outreach for Academic Libraries: Building Community Through Collaboration, Peggy Keeran and Carrie Forbes bring together a variety of ways academic libraries are engaging with their communities through outreach, with creativity and...

Archiving Caribbean Identity highlights the "Caribbeanization" of archives in the region, considering what those archives could include in the future and exploring the potential for new records in new formats. Interpreting records in the broadest sense,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013290565Author Adam FarquharFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538179284Author Anthony BernierFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

This updated new edition is a much- needed guide to marketing for libraries, archives, and museum professionals in the social media age. It is both an introductory textbook and a guide for working professionals who want to go beyond mere promotion to...

In Successful Campus Outreach for Academic Libraries: Building Community Through Collaboration , Peggy Keeran and Carrie Forbes bring together a variety of ways academic libraries are engaging with their communities through outreach, with creativity and...

Digital Curation Projects Made Easy: A Step-By-Step Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums outlines simple steps for accomplishing practical digitization and digital preservation projects for those with little experience, time, and/or resources...

Written by one of the foremost records and information management leaders in the world, this book provides a clear explanation and analysis of the fundamental principles associated with information risk, which is broadly defined as a combination of...

Archival Arrangement and Description: Analog to Digital teaches the core functions of arrangement and description. A historical summary grounds new archivists to assess proposed changes for digital files. After presenting the basics of arrangement and...

Aboriginal and Visible Minority Librarians: Oral Histories from Canada, is a collection of chapters written by librarians of color in Canada writing about their experiences working in libraries. This book is not only for librarians in Canada and for...

Management: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores the kinds of challenges that managers of archival programs face today and how those challenges can be met to achieve optimal results while working within existing resources...

Using Twitter to Build Communities looks at ways for libraries, archives, and museums to go far beyond Twitter as a "broadcasting" tool, and highlights innovative methods to use the service to spark communication and create ties within your...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781722430139Author Institute for Career ResearchFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634626767Author Hakan EdvinssonFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Technics Publications LLCPublisher Technics Publications LLCWeight(grams) 0g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781574401646Author Joan OleckFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Primary Research GroupPublisher Primary Research GroupWeight(grams) 168g

This second edition has been updated to address new trends and concerns in software. It also addresses questions about preserving materials with no original physical format and preserving media storage devices as important artifacts in themselves.About...

Archivists and archival institutions are reappraising and deaccessioning now more than ever before. Archival reappraisal and deaccessioning have become vital tools for managing archival collections. Reappraisal and Deaccessioning in Archives and...

Much of our nation's documentary heritage resides in small historical societies, libraries, cultural organizations, houses of worship, and museums. The preservation of this heritage often depends on the dedicated efforts of people who, in their workaday...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781517032371Author Lion of Judah SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...