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Overview
A helpful and informative guide for librarians responsible for local studies collections covering the key issues in the twenty-first century. Each chapter is written by a different specialist, covering: resource providers; management of service provision; management of the collection and its materials (from books and pamphlets to microforms, CD-ROMs and websites); information access and retrieval; marketing; dealing with enquiries. Introductory and concluding chapters consider the local collection within its library context, the wider cultural, social, political and economic setting, the international local studies perspective and the future for this specialism in the UK.The guide is aimed principally at public librarians but will be of interest to academic, school and special librarians, library school students, archivists, those working with local history and related societies, and those in charge of private collections.
Author Biography: About the Editor: Michael Dewe, also editor of the previous two-volume Local Studies Collections guides published by Gower, has extensive experience at senior level in public libraries and latterly as university lecturer in the Department of Information and Library Studies at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Synopsis
This guide will help librarians responsible for local studies collections. Each chapter is written by a different specialist, covering resource providers, management of service provision, management of the collection and its materials, information access and retrieval, and marketing. Introductory and concluding chapters consider the local collection within its library context, the wider cultural, social, political, and economic setting, the international local studies perspective, and the future of the field in the UK. Dewe has experience at senior level in public libraries and as a lecturer in the Department of Information and Library Studies at the University College of Wales. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR