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List of contents
Part 1: Discovering collections 1. Understanding objects in Special Collections Part 2: Collections management 2. The care of Special Collections 3. Emergency planning for Special Collections 4. Acquiring and developing Special Collections 5. Cataloguing, description and metadata in Special Collections 6. Digitization and digital libraries in Special Collections Part 3: Managing public access 7. Legal and ethical issues in Special Collections 8. User services in Special Collections 9. Marketing and communications in Special Collections 10. Widening access to Special Collections 11. Using Special Collections in education Part 4: Governance and resources for Special Collections 12. Special Collections spaces 13. Organizational resources for Special Collections: people 14. Influencing and fund-raising for Special Collections Appendix A: The Special Collections reference shelf Appendix B: Skills for your Special Collections career Appendix C: Latin and palaeography
About the author
Alison Cullingford is Special Collections Librarian at the University of Bradford, where she is responsible for over 100 collections of modern archives and rare books. The service was the first English university to achieve Archive Accreditation. She also managed the Unique and Distinctive Collections project for Research Libraries UK. An active member of the CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group and many other sector groups, Alison also regularly presents at conferences, blogs and tweets on the importance of the special collections librarian.
Summary
Based on practical experience and the latest ideas in the heritage sector, The Special Collections Handbook is a no-nonsense companion to help librarians with limited resources care for unique and distinctive collections and share them with wider audiences.
