Overview
In this second edition to Museum Librarianship, the author offers guidance in planning and providing information services in a museum--beginning or revitalizing the library; collection development and the bibliographic process; technical services; administration; space and equipment requirements; fundamental services; extended information services; and the information partnership between museums and their libraries. The Internet and other electronic resources are fully covered. The focus of this new edition has shifted slightly from mainly dealing with the start-up aspects to an emphasis on the goals of library and information services in a museum, and the processes through which such services can be achieved. The author's underlying goal is to help enhance and enrich the encounter of the museum-goer with enduring objects, in a time when we all seem to be assailed on every side by random noise and flickering image.
Full Product Details
Author: Esther Green Bierbaum
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.431kg
ISBN: 9780786408672
ISBN 10: 0786408677
Pages: 199
Publication Date: 15 September 2000
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
provide[s] a simple framework for organizing and structuring a library --Technicalities
Thoroughly readable...important...eloquent. -Library Journal All aspects...are covered. -Journal of Academic Librarianship Well-written...well-done work...recommended. -ARBA Vital resource...offers comprehensive practical guidance. -The Australian Library Journal Provide[s] a simple framework for organizing and structuring a library. -Technicalities Useful, practical...writing is clear, concise and easy to understand. -Feliciter
thoroughly readable...important...eloquent --<i>Library Journal</i>; all aspects...are covered --<i>Journal of Academic Librarianship</i>; well-written...well-done work...recommended --<i>ARBA</i>; vital resource...offers comprehensive practical guidance --<i>The Australian Library Journal</i>; provide[s] a simple framework for organizing and structuring a library --<i>Technicalities</i>; useful, practical...writing is clear, concise and easy to understand --<i>Feliciter.</i>
Author Information
Esther Green Bierbaum is professor emeritus at the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. She lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.
