Rare Books and Special Collections

List of contents

1. Some practical realities 2. Running a rare book department 3. Archives 4. The physical materials of the collection 5. Physical layout and operations 6. Fund-raising 7. Security 8. Legal issues 9. Bibliography 10. Book collecting and handling 11. Outreach 12. Preservation, conservation, restoration, and disaster planning 13. Special collections departments today 14. Other issues Afterword Appendix 1: RBMS Thesauri and Rare Book Cataloging Appendix 2: Levels of Collecting and the RLG Conspectus Appendix 3: Booksellers’ Catalogs and the Business of Selling Appendix 4: Paper Sizes Appendix 5: RBMS Standards and Guidelines Appendix 6: Department Forms Appendix 7: Citing Sources and Plagiarism

About the author

Sidney E. Berger is the Ann C. Pingree Director of the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. Since 2002, he has been a professor at Simmons College in Boston, USA, where he teaches Editing Copy and Proof, History of the Book, and Rare Books and Special Collections Librarianship. Sid is also an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. He has published and lectured widely on literary, bibliographical, and library subjects.

Summary

A landmark examination of the rare book and special collections field written by a veteran expert.

Product details

• Authors: Sidney E. Berger, Berger Sidney E.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2014
• EAN: 9781783300150
• ISBN: 978-1-78330-015-0
• No. of pages: 552
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 280 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 617 g
• Series: The Facet Rare Books Librarianship Collection
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; ART / Museum Studies, Library and information services, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Academic & specialist libraries, libraries;museums;archives;library