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Focusing on one of the most fundamental areas of librarianship, Gorman and a host of distinguished contributors examine the current state of the field of technical services and offer their views on its future. The book is divided into four sections: acquisitions, bibliographic control, automation, and administration. Within these sections individual chapters address specific aspects of the field (e.g., serials acquisitions, descriptive cataloging, circulation services). The text has been thoroughly updated, with some chapters entirely rewritten and others replaced. Specialized chapters on book gathering plans, preservation, and Slavic technical services have been dropped from this edition and a chapter on global standardization has been added. Offering a stimulating diversity of voices and perspectives, this landmark work is a major contribution to the area of technical services in the tradition of Tauber's Technical Services in Libraries (Columbia University Press, 1954). Valuable as supplementary
Table of Contents
Contributors
Introduction
Technical Services Today
Acquistions
: The Ordering, Claiming, and Recept of Materials
Gifts and Exchanges
Serials Acquisitions: Trends and Prospects
Materials Budget Management: Good Practice, Good Politics
Bibliographic Control
: Bibliographic Standards and the Globalization of Bibliographic Control
Descriptive Cataloguing: Its Past, Present, and Future
Subject Cataloguing and Classification
Cataloguing Management: Managing the Bibliographic Control Process
Authority Control
Automation and Technical Services
: The Online Catalogue in Academic Libraries
Circulation Services
Administration of Technical Services
: Technical Services Organization
Technical Services Budgeting and Financing
Postscriptum
: Technical Services Tommorrow
Index
Product details
| Published | Jun 15 1998 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Extent | 213 |
| ISBN | 9781563085901 |
| Imprint | Libraries Unlimited |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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