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Main Author: Jordan, Sophia K.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1999
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED441451
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contents Collection Preservation Management: An Approach To Complement Item-by-Item Treatment Policies. Jordan, Sophia K. Academic Libraries Archives Higher Education Library Administration Library Collections Library Services Needs Assessment Preservation This paper discusses the importance and the place of collections preservation management in the larger preservation objectives of a library or an archive. Topics addressed include the issues, restraints, strategies, and difficulties associated with implementing collections preservation. The first section frames some of the management issues associated with collections preservation in the United States, including hybrid treatment approaches and integration with other library functions and units. The second section considers assessment, including condition surveys and the use of online catalogs and databases to provide critical information in terms of action surveys. The third section describes selection strategies, including the use-based/circulation-based approach, the subject/great collections/class approach, and the acquisitions-based approach. The fourth section discusses prioritizing, and the last section presents the framework for collections preservation activities at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana). (MES)
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spellingShingle Collection Preservation Management: An Approach To Complement Item-by-Item Treatment Policies.
Jordan, Sophia K.
Academic Libraries
Archives
Higher Education
Library Administration
Library Collections
Library Services
Needs Assessment
Preservation
Collection Preservation Management: An Approach To Complement Item-by-Item Treatment Policies. Jordan, Sophia K. Academic Libraries Archives Higher Education Library Administration Library Collections Library Services Needs Assessment Preservation This paper discusses the importance and the place of collections preservation management in the larger preservation objectives of a library or an archive. Topics addressed include the issues, restraints, strategies, and difficulties associated with implementing collections preservation. The first section frames some of the management issues associated with collections preservation in the United States, including hybrid treatment approaches and integration with other library functions and units. The second section considers assessment, including condition surveys and the use of online catalogs and databases to provide critical information in terms of action surveys. The third section describes selection strategies, including the use-based/circulation-based approach, the subject/great collections/class approach, and the acquisitions-based approach. The fourth section discusses prioritizing, and the last section presents the framework for collections preservation activities at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana). (MES)
title Collection Preservation Management: An Approach To Complement Item-by-Item Treatment Policies.
topic Academic Libraries
Archives
Higher Education
Library Administration
Library Collections
Library Services
Needs Assessment
Preservation
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED441451