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The Special Collections Handbook

by Alison Cullingford

  • 00. Introduction (some essentials)
  • 01. Care of Collections
  • 02. Emergency Planning
  • 03. Understanding Objects
  • 04. Acquiring and Developing Collections
  • 05. Cataloguing, Description and Metadata
  • 06. Digitisation and digital libraries
  • 07. Legal and Ethical Issues
  • 08. Serving Our Users
  • 09. Marketing Collections
  • 10. Widening Access
  • 11. Resources: space and people
  • 12. Influencing and fundraising
  • 13. Futures …
  • 14. Appendix A: Reference Shelf
  • 15. Appendix B: Skills for your career
  • About the Author
  • About this site
  • Reviews

Tag: Strategy

Manage and Grow your Web

December 21, 2011January 6, 2012 ~ alison-cullingford ~ Leave a comment

Managing and Growing a Cultural Heritage Web Presence: a strategic guide by Mike Ellis (Facet, 2011) is a handy book which I would certainly have included in the Handbook had it been available.  Mike offers loads of useful perspectives and advice for managers on the complexities of managing your service's online presence.  Highly recommended for … Continue reading Manage and Grow your Web

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