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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807023103321

Titolo

Repository print libraries : vital strategies in the digital world / / editor: Stephen O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005

ISBN

1-280-50832-9

9786610508327

1-84544-240-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (109 p.)

Collana

Library management ; ; v. 26, no. 1/2

Altri autori (Persone)

O'ConnorStephen

Disciplina

025

Soggetti

Libraries - Automation

Library administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Editorial; Report on the 2nd International Conference on Repository Libraries; Depositories and repositories: changing models of library storage in the USA; The economics of repository libraries in the context of the future conventional libraries; From printed world to a digital environment; CASS: a collaborative academic store for Scotland; Access to print materials - role of print repositories; Distributed collections and central repository in France; Newspapers at the National Library of Norway

Preserving African digital resources: is there a role for repository libraries?The Norwegian Repository Library; Storage solutions in a co-operative library system; The print block and the digital cylinder; From traditional stacks to an automated storage and retrieval system; Preserving American Print Resources; A workshop into the futures of repositories; Note from the publisher

Sommario/riassunto

The focus of this issue is, at the one time, both reflective of legacy collections andcritically dealing with the future of coherent information access. The topic ofrepositories is one which many librarians would consider to be uninteresting andindeed, unworthy of current consideration.