Local Studies Libraries
Library Association Guidelines for Local Studies Provision in Public Libraries
Published on 31. August 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-85604-005-1 (ISBN)
Description
This work presents a set of guidelines which cover the collection and care of local studies material. It deals with their conservation, classification, cataloguing and exploitation. This book also looks at staffing and accommodation and ends with hints on copyright.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Facet Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 147 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
147 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85604-005-1 (9781856040051)
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Library Association Local Studies Group | Don Martin
Local Studies Libraries
Library Association Guidelines for Local Studies Provision in Public Libraries
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02/2002
2nd Edition
Library Association Publishing
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Content
Introduction - definition of local studies and summary of resources; collecting material; bookstock; newspapers and periodicals; ephemera; maps and plans; illustrations; recordings; archives; conservation; classification and cataloguing; exploitation of collections - community groups, private research, the media, exhibitions; local service points; income generation; publishing; equipment; computers and other equipment, including photographic equipment and oral and video recorders; staff; accommodation; local studies centres; copyright.