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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452703403321

Titolo

Ambassadors of the book [[electronic resource] ] : competences and training for heritage librarians / / edited by Raphaële Mouren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : De Gruyter Saur, 2012

ISBN

3-11-030150-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Collana

IFLA Publications ; ; 160

IFLA publications, , 1868-6891 ; ; 160

Classificazione

AN 54600

Altri autori (Persone)

MourenRaphaële

Disciplina

026

Soggetti

Special librarians - Training of

Library education

Libraries - Special collections

Cultural property

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. Ambassadors of the Book: The Conference Theme and its Background -- All Books are Equal, but Some Books ... Towards a Modern Vision of Special Collections / Bos, Jan -- Competence Assessment: Challenges for Heritage Librarians / Stam, Deirdre C. -- Twenty-first-Century Librarianship: Training Specialists or Generalists? / Bos, Jan -- Transience in Old and New Librarianship / Cullhed, Per -- 'A Great Number of Useful Books': The National Trust and its Libraries / Purcell, Mark -- Skills, Competences and Training Needs in Digital Preservation and Curation: Results of a DigCurV Survey -- An Unused Resource: Bringing the Study of Bookbindings out of the Ghetto / Pickwoad, Nicholas -- Preparing Librarians Technologically for the 21st Century / Henningsen, Katie L. B. -- Cultural Heritage Education for Librarians in France / Richard, Hélène -- Educating Heritage Librarians on the Pacific Rim: California Rare Book School - the Past, the Present, and the Future / Allen, Susan M. -- Preparing Heritage Librarians to Welcome Readers 1: from the Librarian's Point of View / Hulvey, Monique -- Preparing Heritage Librarians to Welcome Readers 2: from the Library School's



Point of View / Mouren, Raphaële -- Cultural Heritage and IT Competence at the Catholic University, Milan / Barbero, Giliola -- Experiential Learning in Historical Bibliography / Welsh, Anne -- The STCV Workshop: Practical Training in Analytical Bibliography for Staff of Heritage Libraries / Lanoye , Diederik / De Schepper, Susanna -- Writings and Books: History and Stories to Enhance Rare Book Collections and to Promote Reading / Paolini, Adriana -- The Scholar/Librarian Goes Digital: New Times Require New Skills and Aptitudes / Mccombs, Gillian M. -- Index of Names and Institutions -- Table of Figures

Sommario/riassunto

What competences are needed for heritage librarians, and how can they be taught? The management of heritage collections requires a unique mix of knowledge and skills, including expertise in preservation and conservation; heritage policies; acquisitions and collection management; bibliographic description; the materiality of books and other collection objects; and the history of libraries. Librarians must also understand the need for open access, the importance of marketing, and the challenges posed by digitization.