Transforming the Bodleian / / edited by Michael Heaney and Catríona Cannon

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821589503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, : De Gruyter Saur, 2012
• ISBN: 3-11-028939-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Collana: Current Topics in Library and Information Practice; Current topics in library and information practice, , 2192-2742
• Classificazione: AN 83000
• Altri autori (Persone): HeaneyMichael; CannonCatriona
• Disciplina: 025.1
• Soggetti: Academic libraries - England - Oxford - History
• 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 -- Preface -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Introduction / Thomas, Sarah E. -- Chapter 1: Background / Thomas, Sarah E. -- Chapter 2: The Bod Squad / Thomas, Sarah E. / Heaney, Michael -- Chapter 3: Finance / How, Laura -- Chapter 4: The special collections / Hughes, Michael -- Chapter 5: The purchase of electronic journal backfiles / McAslan, Jonathan -- Chapter 6: The building of the Book Storage Facility / Kirtley, Toby -- Chapter 7: Book Storage Facility ingest and retrievals operations / Rodger, Boyd -- Chapter 8: 'And moveth all together, if it move at all': the Bookmoves Project 2010-2011 / Cannon, Catríona -- Chapter 9: Barcoding - the Inventory Control Project / Williams, Michael / MacDonald, Alasdair / Walsh, Cath -- Chapter 10: The Book Storage Facility Information System / Bonnie, Andrew -- Chapter 11: Implementation of a new integrated library system / Price, Dave -- Chapter 12: Staff relocation / Heaney, Michael -- Chapter 13: The creation of the Weston Library / Ovenden, Richard -- Chapter 14: Underground Bookstore and Old Bodleian Access Project / Legg, James -- Chapter 15: Reader services during a time of major changes / Mackay, Donald / Ptak-Danchak, Alena / Shaw, James -- Conclusion / Cannon, Catríona -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The transformation of the Bodleian Libraries provides an example of how major libraries can meet twenty-first century challenges: in 2008 it ; was facing a failed system installation, a failed plan to cope with its storage needs and the threat of losing status as a repository suitable to house important manuscripts. Three years later it had a new state-of-the-art repository already holding 7 million items under full automated control, a new advanced library system, transformed reader spaces and the reconstruction of its major building well under way; This was achieved in record-breaking time wit