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Cataloging; Library Technical Processes; Problems

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Reports on the American Library Association's efforts to update the Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (DCRM). Describes topics of working groups that include transcription of early letter forms, rare book cataloging of machine-press books, collection-level cataloging, problems and lacunae, and varieties of editions and issues and when to create a new record. (Author/LRW)

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Academic Libraries; Books; College Libraries; Community Colleges; Library Acquisition; Library Collection Development; Library Material Selection; Library Planning; Library Policy; Library Role; Library Services; Library Standards; Library Technical Processes; Preservation; Two Year Colleges

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Discusses issues of identifying, storing, handling, and providing access to rare books and materials in institutions without special collections departments. Suggests that although many community colleges do not collect rare materials, they may nonetheless be in possession of books that are rare and that should receive special care. (ontains four references.)(JS)

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Curriculum Development; Elementary Secondary Education; Learning Resources Centers; Library Collection Development; Library Funding; Library Materials; Library Planning; Library Technical Processes; School Libraries; State Curriculum Guides; Workshops

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Discusses the process of weeding, updating, and building a school library media collection that supports the state curriculum. Explains resource alignment, a process for using the shelf list as a tool to analyze and align media center resources to state curricula, and describes a five-year plan and its usefulness for additional funding. (LRW)

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Elementary Education; Foreign Countries; Foreign Students; Library Instruction; Library Personnel; Library Policy; Library Technical Processes; School Libraries; Story Telling; Student Participation; Teaching Methods; Training Methods; Volunteers

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Describes experiences of a librarian who participated in the World Library Partnership to volunteer in a South African elementary school library during a summer. Discusses classroom teaching techniques; library technical processes; training library staff and teachers; student workers; story times; library instruction; and library policy. (LRW)

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Academic Libraries; Higher Education; Library Collections; Library Development; Library Materials; Library Services; Library Surveys; Library Technical Processes; Needs Assessment; Preservation

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Discusses the results of two collection assessments conducted 13 years apart at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Both assessments focused on the central stacks collection, a repository collection serving the institution's 42 branch and departmental libraries. Findings provide insight into the results of deferred collections care and facilities maintenance and offer guidance for conducting similar studies. (Author/AEF) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Cataloging; Information Management; Information Processing; Information Technology; Library Technical Processes; Metadata; Standards

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Focuses on the Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) developed by the Library of Congress' Network Development and MARC Standards Office. Discuses reasons for MODS development; advantages of MODS; features of MODS; prospective uses for MODS; relationship with MARC and MARCXML; comparison with Dublin Core element set; and experimentation with MODS. (AEF)

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Access to Information; Archives; Copyrights; Information Policy; Information Storage; Intellectual Property; Laws; Library Technical Processes; Ownership; Preservation

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The collection and long-term preservation of digital content pose challenges to the intellectual property regime within which libraries and archives are accustomed to working. How to achieve an appropriate balance between copyright owners and users is a topic of ongoing debate in legal and policy circles. This paper describes copyright rights and exceptions and highlights issues potentially involved in the creation of a nonprofit digital archive. The paper is necessarily very general, since many decisions concerning the proposed archive's scope and operation have not yet been made. The purpose of an archive (e.g., to ensure preservation or to provide an easy and convenient means of access), its subject matter, and the manner in which it will acquire copies, as well as who will have access to the archive, from where, and under what conditions, are all factors critical to determining the copyright implications for works to be included in it. The goal of this paper is to provide basic information about the copyright law for those developing such an archive and thereby enable them to recognize areas in which it could impinge on copyright rights and to plan accordingly. (Author) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Academic Libraries; Archives; Comparative Analysis; Higher Education; Library Statistics; Library Surveys; Library Technical Processes; Preservation; Program Evaluation; Statistical Data

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With funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the Council on Library and Information Resources, ARL (Association of Research Libraries), the University Libraries Group, and the Regional Alliance for Preservation conducted a joint study in 2001 to examine the state of preservation programs in American academic libraries. The study was conducted in two phases and relied on qualitative as well as quantitative data gathering. In Phase I, statistical information and other quantitative data relevant to preservation activity were collected in a survey of 116 libraries from the University Libraries Group, major non-ARL land grant institutions, and leading liberal arts colleges in what is informally known as the Oberlin Group. These data were compared with information that had been published in ARL Preservation Statistics for 2000-2001. Phase II focused on obtaining qualitative data to complement the statistical data. Qualitative data were gathered by means of 20 site visits to institutions that represented the three surveyed groups plus the ARL. Appendixes include the survey form with data and instructions, site visit interview questions and a list of institutions responding to statistical survey, Phase I. (Author) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Foreign Countries; International Cooperation; Library Associations; Library Development; Library Surveys; Library Technical Processes; National Libraries; Needs Assessment; Preservation; Program Development

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The issue of the permanent absence of some countries and/or libraries in the Preservation and Conservation sessions at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has been raised in years past. Within Europe, contributions from South Europe have been scarce. This paper discusses responses to a survey of national libraries of South Europe that was conducted to determine the reasons why these libraries do not appear at the international level. The survey questions focused on: internal activities in each library in the field of preservation and conservation; preservation and conservation national activities in the correspondent country including institutional cooperation; and international cooperation. The survey structure considered three levels: the library itself as a first level; the national scene as an intermediary level; and the international level as the broadest one. The paper concludes that it is clear that South Europe libraries face limitations concerning preservation and conservation, and that training in the field of preservation management should not be delayed. (AEF) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Archives; Futures (of Society); Library Collections; Library Development; Library History; Library Planning; Library Services; Library Technical Processes; Organizational Change; Preservation; Program Development

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This paper traces the roots of the current library preservation movement and its evolution during the second half of the 20th century. It also looks at some of the contemporary shifts in thinking about preservation and changes in practice that are being explored by libraries. Finally the paper draws some conclusions as to the scope of programs in future. It suggests that a 21st century preservation program might contain the following elements: risk management and mitigation; physical treatment; copying; registration; applied research (analog and digital); digital initiatives coordination; repository and facility management; and trend analysis and strategic planning. (Author/AEF) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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