Transforming the Bodleian / edited by Michael Heaney and Catríona Cannon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heaney, Michael.

Cannon, Catriona.

Series:

Current Topics in Library and Information Practice

Current topics in library and information practice, 2192-2742

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bodleian Library--History.

Bodleian Library.

Academic libraries--England--Oxford--History.

Academic libraries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter Saur, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The transformation of the Bodleian Libraries provides an example of how major libraries can meet twenty-first century challenges: in 2008 it was facing a failed system installation, a failed plan to cope with its storage needs and the threat of losing status as a repository suitable to house important manuscripts. Three years later it had a new state-of-the-art repository already holding 7 million items under full automated control, a new advanced library system, transformed reader spaces and the reconstruction of its major building well under way; This was achieved in record-breaking time wit

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

List of illustrations

Introduction / Thomas, Sarah E.

Chapter 1: Background / Thomas, Sarah E.

Chapter 2: The Bod Squad / Thomas, Sarah E. / Heaney, Michael

Chapter 3: Finance / How, Laura

Chapter 4: The special collections / Hughes, Michael

Chapter 5: The purchase of electronic journal backfiles / McAslan, Jonathan

Chapter 6: The building of the Book Storage Facility / Kirtley, Toby

Chapter 7: Book Storage Facility ingest and retrievals operations / Rodger, Boyd

Chapter 8: 'And moveth all together, if it move at all': the Bookmoves Project 2010-2011 / Cannon, Catríona

Chapter 9: Barcoding - the Inventory Control Project / Williams, Michael / MacDonald, Alasdair / Walsh, Cath

Chapter 10: The Book Storage Facility Information System / Bonnie, Andrew

Chapter 11: Implementation of a new integrated library system / Price, Dave

Chapter 12: Staff relocation / Heaney, Michael

Chapter 13: The creation of the Weston Library / Ovenden, Richard

Chapter 14: Underground Bookstore and Old Bodleian Access Project / Legg, James

Chapter 15: Reader services during a time of major changes / Mackay, Donald / Ptak-Danchak, Alena / Shaw, James

Conclusion / Cannon, Catríona

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110289398

3110289393

OCLC:

827481541