Transforming the Bodleian / / ed. by Catriona Jeanne Cannon, Michael Heaney.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Bonnie, Andrew,; Cannon, Catríona,; Heaney, Michael,; How, Laura,; Hughes, Michael,; Kirtley, Toby,; Legg, James,; MacDonald, Alasdair,; Mackay, Donald,; McAslan, Jonathan,; Ovenden, Richard,; Price, Dave,; Ptak-Danchak, Alena,; Rodger, Boyd,; Shaw, James,; Thomas, Sarah E.,; Walsh, Cath,; Williams, Michael,
• HerausgeberIn: Cannon, Catriona Jeanne,; Heaney, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Saur, , [2012]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Current Topics in Library and Information Practice ,
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (237 p.)

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...

Table of Contents

• 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