Transforming the Bodleian / / ed. by Catriona Jeanne Cannon, Michael Heaney.
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 importa...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Saur, , [2012] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Current Topics in Library and Information Practice ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Background -- Chapter 2: The Bod Squad -- Chapter 3: Finance -- Chapter 4: The special collections -- Chapter 5: The purchase of electronic journal backfiles -- Chapter 6: The building of the Book Storage Facility -- Chapter 7: Book Storage Facility ingest and retrievals operations -- Chapter 8: ‘And moveth all together, if it move at all’: the Bookmoves Project 2010–2011 -- Chapter 9: Barcoding – the Inventory Control Project -- Chapter 10: The Book Storage Facility Information System -- Chapter 11: Implementation of a new integrated library system -- Chapter 12: Staff relocation -- Chapter 13: The creation of the Weston Library -- Chapter 14: Underground Bookstore and Old Bodleian Access Project -- Chapter 15: Reader services during a time of major changes -- Conclusion -- Index |
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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 without significant interruptions in service. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110289398 9783110238570 9783110620979 9783110620962 9783110636246 9783110288995 9783110293708 9783110288933 |
ISSN: | 2191-2742 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110289398 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Catriona Jeanne Cannon, Michael Heaney. |