Archives & Special Libraries

Although most art museums possess a library of some kind, these facilities are often hidden from the public and seldom discussed in library schools despite the important role they play as substantial research venues. Co-published with the Art Libraries...

Urgent Archives argues that archivists can and should do more to disrupt white supremacy and hetero-patriarchy beyond the standard liberal archival solutions of more diverse collecting and more inclusive description.Grounded in the emerging field of...

Here are the stories of how music archives are preserving independent music and saving a part of our cultural heritage. Music Preservation and Archiving Today moves beyond the how-to and assembles the work currently being done to preserve music and...

Cultural heritage professionals-museum curators, museum professionals, archivists, and librarians- use their specialized knowledge to prioritize the needs of their collections. Preservation managers and collections care specialists draw from experts in...

Archiving Cultures defines and models the concept of cultural archives, focusing on how diverse communities express and record their heritage and collective memory and why and how these often-intangible expressions are archival records. Analysis of oral...

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) 388g

Digital Humanities is becoming an increasingly popular focus of academic endeavour. There are now hundreds of Digital Humanities centres worldwide and the subject is taught at both postgraduate and undergraduate level. Yet the term 'Digital Humanities'...

Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts: Lesson Plans for Librarians is a collection designed by instruction librarians to promote critical thinking and engaged learning. It provides teaching librarians detailed, ready-to-use, and easily...

Producing the Archival Body draws on theoretical and practical research conducted within US and Canadian archives, along with critical and cultural theory, to examine the everyday lived experiences of archivists and records creators that are often...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634000918Author Rebecka Taves SheffieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Litwin Books, LLCPublisher Litwin Books, LLCWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936117512Author Alana KumbierFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Litwin BooksPublisher Litwin BooksWeight(grams) 395g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorSuzanne M. Stauffer, PhD, is professor of library and information science at Louisiana State University and an affliated member of the faculty of the Doctor of...

Digital Detectives: Solving Information Dilemmas in an Online World helps students become independent and confident digital detectives, giving them the tools and tactics they need to critically scrutinize web-based digital information to ascertain its...

This book examines the changing relationship between communities, citizens and the notion of the archive. Digital resources have made archiving widely accessible, and there is now a growing plurality of practices associated with collecting and curating...

Addressing the most exciting and challenging areas in the profession, this text will be invaluable to any professional looking ahead to the future of special collections and related cultural heritage work. Special collections today-from rare books and...

This new edition of Digital Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums is the most current, complete guide to digital preservation available today. For administrators and practitioners alike, the information in this book is presented readably,...

Artfully curated by James R. Hansen, A Reluctant Icon: Letters to Neil Armstrong is a companion volume to Dear Neil Armstrong: Letters to the First Man from All Mankind, collecting hundreds more letters Armstrong received after first stepping on the moon...

The role of the school librarian is varied, extending far beyond resource management and collection curation, to include collaboration and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders for both curriculum support and leisure time. Whether working...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634000598Author Jeannette A BastianFormat PaperbackPage Count 830Imprint Litwin BooksPublisher Litwin BooksWeight(grams) 178g

The Digital Archives Handbook provides archivists a roadmap to create and care for digital archives. Written by archival experts and practitioners, Purcell brings together theoretical and practical approaches to creating, managing, and preserving digital...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648895586Author Jolene Mairs DyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Vernon PressPublisher Vernon PressWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

The Special Collections Handbook, Third Edition is a comprehensive desk reference providing the essential principles, skills, and knowledge to manage special collections in any setting and covering all aspects of special collections work: preservation;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634001359Author Shawn(ta) Smith-CruzFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Litwin Books, LLCPublisher Litwin Books, LLCWeight(grams) 395g

How do archives and other cultural institutions such as museums determine the boundaries of a particular community, and of their own institutional reach, in constructing effective strategies and methodologies for selecting and maintaining appropriate...

This alternative study of archive and photography brings many types of image assemblages into view, always in relation to the regulated systems operating within the institutional milieu. The archive catalogue is presented as a critical tool for mapping...

The rise of digitisation and social media over the past decade has fostered the rise of participatory and DIY digital culture. Likewise, the archival community leveraged these new technologies, aiming to engage users and expand access to collections...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782224631Author Berwick CoatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Paragon PublishingPublisher Paragon PublishingWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

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...

Since its initial publication this text has served as an essential resource for both LIS students and practitioners. Journal of Hospital Librarianship deemed it 'a librarian's dream... very forward-thinking.' The new fourth edition offers an updated,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607855569Author Nancy BartlettFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Michigan Publishing ServicesPublisher Michigan Publishing ServicesWeight(grams) 662g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788180521539Author DhawanFormat PaperbackImprint ANE BooksPublisher ANE Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788177552102Format HardbackImprint Cosmo PublicationsPublisher Cosmo Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788170208525Author M. A. KhanFormat HardbackImprint Cosmo PublicationsPublisher Cosmo Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788180520112Author Bruce E. MassisFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint ANE BooksPublisher ANE Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788174883261Author Sreenidhi IyengarFormat HardbackPage Count 364Imprint Anmol Publications Pvt LtdPublisher Anmol Publications Pvt Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780947219000Author Australian Society of ArchivistsFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Australian Society of ArchivistsPublisher Australian Society of...

Academic libraries continue to evolve from the traditional focus on collections to an increased emphasis on community space and the inclusion of makerspaces, academic success centers, learning commons, and other areas within the physical library space...

ACRL's Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education is a valuable tool for librarians working with faculty in developing curriculum that integrates information literacy into the disciplines. Faculty-Librarian Collaborations collects chapters,...

"The book is effervescent with potential to transform our work in everything from our relations with students to our role in developing teaching cultures on campus." -from the Foreword by Margy MacMillan Teaching and learning communities are...

This up-to-date guide provides informational professionals and their clients with much-needed assistance in navigating the immense field of government information. When information professionals are asked questions involving government information, they...