Reference and Access

Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections
Herausgeber: Theimer, Kate

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reference and Access: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores how archives of different sizes and types are increasing their effectiveness in serving the public and meeting internal needs. The book features twelve case studies that demonstrate new ways to interact with users to answer their questions, provide access to materials, support patrons in the research room, and manage reference and access processes. This volume will be useful to those working in archives and special collections as well as other cultural heritage organizations, and provides ideas ranging from the aspirational to the immediately implementable. It also provides students and educators in archives, library, and public history graduate programs a resource for understanding the issues driving change in the field today and the kinds of strategies archivists are using to meet these new challenges.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780810890916
• ISBN-10: 0810890917
• Artikelnr.: 40188169

Autorenporträt

Edited by Kate Theimer

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1) Building Bridges: Closing the Divide between Minimally
Processed Collections and Researchers Emily Christopherson and Rachael
Dreyer, American Heritage Center 2) Managing Risk with a Virtual Reading
Room: Two Born-Digital Projects Michelle Light, University of California,
Irvine 3) Improvements on a Shoestring: Changing Reference Systems and
Processes Jackie Couture and Deborah Whalen, Eastern Kentucky University 4)
Twenty-First Century Security in a Twentieth-Century Space: Reviewing,
Revising and Implementing New Security Practices in the Reading Room
Elizabeth Chase, Gabrielle M. Dudley and Sara Logue, Emory University 5)
Talking in the Night: Exploring Webchats to Serve New Audiences Gary
Brannan, West Yorkshire Archive Service 6) A Small Shop Meets a Big
Challenge: Finding Creative Ways to Assist the Researchers of the Breath of
Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages Leanda Gahegan and Gina
Rappaport, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution 7)
The Right Tool at the Right Time: Implementing Responsive Reproduction
Policies and Procedures Melanie Griffin and Matthew Knight, University of
South Florida 8) Going Mobile: Using iPads to Improve the Reading Room
Experience Cheryl Oestreicher, Julia Stringfellow and Jim Duran, Boise
State University 9) Beyond "Trial by Fire": Towards A More Active Approach
to Training New Reference Staff Marc Brodsky, Virginia Tech 10) Access for
All: Making Your Archives Website Accessible for People with Disabilities
Lisa Snider 11) No Ship of Fools: A Digital Humanities Collaboration to
Enhance Access to Special Collections Jennie Levine Knies, University of
Maryland 12) Websites as a Digital Extension of Reference: Creating a
Reference and IT Partnership for Web Usability Studies Sara Snyder and
Elizabeth Botten, Archives of American Art About the Editor Index