1st Edition
Technical Services Management, 1965-1990 A Quarter Century of Change and a Look to the Future
386 Pages
by
Routledge
390 Pages
by
Routledge
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Gain an in-depth understanding of changes in technical services that have taken place over a quarter century and look at future trends and changes that may occur. Technical Services Management surveys and analyzes technical services in libraries from 1965 to 1990, a formative period and one of great change in library operations. The book also identifies trends that continue to impact technical... Read more
Contents
Introduction
- PART I: Trends in Technical Services
- Technical Services Literature, 1969–1990
- From Catalog to OPAC: A Look at 25 Years of Technical Services in School Libraries
- PART II: Acquisitions and Collection Development
- Acquisitions and Collection Development
- PART III: Catalogs
- A History of the Online Catalog in North America
- Automating Access to Bibliographic Information
- Authority Control
- PART IV: Cataloging
- Death of a Cataloging Code: Seymour Lubetzky’s Code of Cataloging Rules and the Question of Institutions
- Descriptive Cataloging
- The Transformation of Serials Cataloging 1965–1990
- Minimal Level Cataloging: Past, Present, and Future
- PART V: Subject Access
- Subject Cataloging
- The Dewey Decimal Classification: 1965–1990
- PART VI: Indexing
- Indexing, in Theory and Practice
- Some Post-War Developments in Indexing in Great Britain
- PART VII: Preservation
- Preservation: A Quarter Century of Growth
- Combining Old World Craftsmanship With New World Technology: A Quarter Century of Library Binding in Review, 1965–1990
- PART VIII: Education and Professional Development
- A Quarter Century of Cataloging Education
- Continuing Education and Technical Services Librarians: Learning for 1965–1990 and the Future
- Recollections of Two Little-Known Professional Organizations and Their Impact on Technical Services
- PART IX: Future
- The Effect of a Transition in Intellectual Property Rights Caused by Electronic Media on the Human Capital of Librarians
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Ruth C Carter, Linda C Smith
