Crash Course in Library Gift Programs
The Reluctant Curator's Guide to Caring for Archives, Books, and Artifacts in a Library Setting
1st Edition
Published on 30. October 2007
152 pages
978-0-313-09452-1 (ISBN)
Description
What do you do when you are offered any number of gifts including but not limited to artifacts, letters, historical documents, collections of pictures, postcards, arrowheads? This book helps you reject such offers (keeping the prospective donor happy) or add and maintain these in your collection so that they are useful and used. Since archival materials are not considered as the usual circulation materials, how and when to loan them is another question answered. You may also be able to get volunteers to help you at every step along the way when you are acquiring and restoring gifts.
Many librarians are recipients of a variety of gifts from members of the community. How to accept or reject these donations is a continuing problem for persons who work in public libraries and will be even more of a question when the librarian has little formal training in archival or preservation work.
Many librarians are recipients of a variety of gifts from members of the community. How to accept or reject these donations is a continuing problem for persons who work in public libraries and will be even more of a question when the librarian has little formal training in archival or preservation work.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
ISBN-13
978-0-313-09452-1 (9780313094521)
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Ann Roberts
Crash Course in Library Gift Programs
The Reluctant Curator's Guide to Caring for Archives, Books, and Artifacts in a Library Setting
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10/2007
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Ann Roberts is a Certified Archivist and has worked in historical societies, archives and libraries for almost twenty years. She is currently the Adult Services Consultant for the Missouri State Library and Coordinator of the Missouri Center for the Book.
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: To Keep or Not To Keep?
Chapter 2: A Happy Home or a Final Resting Place?
Chapter 3: A Meaningful Life
Chapter 4: Be Prepared
Chapter 5: Relying on the Kindness of Strangers: Parent Organizations, Boards, and the Community
Conclusion: Yet Another Reason You're Special
References
Index
Chapter 1: To Keep or Not To Keep?
Chapter 2: A Happy Home or a Final Resting Place?
Chapter 3: A Meaningful Life
Chapter 4: Be Prepared
Chapter 5: Relying on the Kindness of Strangers: Parent Organizations, Boards, and the Community
Conclusion: Yet Another Reason You're Special
References
Index
