Repository print libraries : vital strategies in the digital world / editor: Stephen O'Connor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Connor, Stephen.

Series:

Library management ; v. 26, no. 1/2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Automation.

Libraries.

Library administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (109 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The focus of this issue is, at the one time, both reflective of legacy collections andcritically dealing with the future of coherent information access. The topic ofrepositories is one which many librarians would consider to be uninteresting andindeed, unworthy of current consideration.

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Editorial; Report on the 2nd International Conference on Repository Libraries; Depositories and repositories: changing models of library storage in the USA; The economics of repository libraries in the context of the future conventional libraries; From printed world to a digital environment; CASS: a collaborative academic store for Scotland; Access to print materials - role of print repositories; Distributed collections and central repository in France; Newspapers at the National Library of Norway

Preserving African digital resources: is there a role for repository libraries?The Norwegian Repository Library; Storage solutions in a co-operative library system; The print block and the digital cylinder; From traditional stacks to an automated storage and retrieval system; Preserving American Print Resources; A workshop into the futures of repositories; Note from the publisher

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-50832-9

9786610508327

1-84544-240-7

OCLC:

191038881