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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: Surveys

Save our Sounds!

February 4, 2015February 4, 2015 ~ alison-cullingford ~ 1 Comment

Sound recordings offer us extraordinary insights into the past. To take just one example from my own experience.  I had read the text many times, but I never fully understood the popularity or impact of J.B. Priestley's Second World War radio broadcasts until I heard him speak.  His homely, warm Yorkshire tones contrasted with the … Continue reading Save our Sounds!

Too Many Collections, So Little Time?

February 18, 2013 ~ alison-cullingford ~ 1 Comment

Are you struggling with increasing numbers of users, demand for digital, crumbling collections, unsuitable storage space, intellectual property conundrums, born-digital collections, lack of skills, pressure of public sector cuts and recession ...?  You are not alone! Two essential new reports reveal the challenges faced by UK special collections and archives and give us the evidence … Continue reading Too Many Collections, So Little Time?

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