This special report examines the management practices and business decisions of special collections libraries with a focus on rare books, manuscripts, maps, and

"This report presents 7 journalistic-style profile interviews with the directors of rare book collections ... [who] discuss digitization, personnel, fundraising

The Guide to Security Considerations and Practices for Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collection Libraries is the first such book intended specifically to a

In this sweeping revision of a text that has become an authoritative standard, expert instructor and librarian Peggy Johnson addresses the art of controlling an

First published in 1992, this volume recognises that it is not unusual, when practising librarianship, to come across small to medium collections within the lib