Hoffman Gretchen L. Associate Professor School Of Library And Information Studies Texas Women
Hoffman Gretchen L. Associate Professor School Of Library And Information Studies Texas Women - Organizing Library Collections Theory And Practice - Paperback
Hoffman Gretchen L. Associate Professor School Of Library And Information Studies Texas Women - Organizing Library Collections Theory And Practice - Paperback
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Description: Libraries organize their collections to help library users find what they need. Organizing library collections may seem like a straightforward and streamlined process but it can be quite complex and there is a large body of theory and practice that shape and support this work. Learning about the organization of library collections can be challenging. Libraries have a long history of organizing their collections there are many principles models standards and tools used to organize collections and theory and practice are changing constantly. Written for beginning library science students Organizing Library Collections: Theory and Practice introduces the theory and practice of organizing library collections in a clear straightforward and understandable way. It explains why and how libraries organize their collections and how theory and practice work together to help library users. It introduces basic cataloging and metadata theory describes and evaluates the major cataloging and metadata standards and tools used to organize library collections and explains in general how all libraries organize their collections in practice. Yet this book not only introduces theory and practice in general it introduces students to a wide range of topics involved in organizing library collections. This book explores how academic public school and special libraries typically organize their collections and why. It also discusses standardization and explains how cataloging and metadata standards and policies are developed. Ethical issues also are explored and ethical decision - making is addressed. In addition several discussion questions and class activities reinforce concepts introduced in each chapter. Students should walk away from this book understanding why and how libraries organize their collections.
Title: Organizing Library Collections Theory And Practice
Author(s): Hoffman Gretchen L. Associate Professor School Of Library And Information Studies Texas Women
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Barcode: 9781538108512
Pages: 394 Pages
Publication Date: 8/7/2019
Category: Bibliographic & Subject Control
Description: Libraries organize their collections to help library users find what they need. Organizing library collections may seem like a straightforward and streamlined process but it can be quite complex and there is a large body of theory and practice that shape and support this work. Learning about the organization of library collections can be challenging. Libraries have a long history of organizing their collections there are many principles models standards and tools used to organize collections and theory and practice are changing constantly. Written for beginning library science students Organizing Library Collections: Theory and Practice introduces the theory and practice of organizing library collections in a clear straightforward and understandable way. It explains why and how libraries organize their collections and how theory and practice work together to help library users. It introduces basic cataloging and metadata theory describes and evaluates the major cataloging and metadata standards and tools used to organize library collections and explains in general how all libraries organize their collections in practice. Yet this book not only introduces theory and practice in general it introduces students to a wide range of topics involved in organizing library collections. This book explores how academic public school and special libraries typically organize their collections and why. It also discusses standardization and explains how cataloging and metadata standards and policies are developed. Ethical issues also are explored and ethical decision - making is addressed. In addition several discussion questions and class activities reinforce concepts introduced in each chapter. Students should walk away from this book understanding why and how libraries organize their collections.
Title: Organizing Library Collections Theory And Practice
Author(s): Hoffman Gretchen L. Associate Professor School Of Library And Information Studies Texas Women
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Barcode: 9781538108512
Pages: 394 Pages
Publication Date: 8/7/2019
Category: Bibliographic & Subject Control
