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Reference and Access - Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections (Paperback)
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Reference and Access - Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections (Paperback)
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Reference and Access: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special
Collections explores how archives of different sizes and types are
increasing their effectiveness in serving the public and meeting
internal needs. The book features twelve case studies that
demonstrate new ways to interact with users to answer their
questions, provide access to materials, support patrons in the
research room, and manage reference and access processes. The
featured case studies are 1.Building Bridges: Closing the Divide
between Minimally Processed Collections and Researchers 2.Managing
Risk with a Virtual Reading Room: Two Born-Digital Projects
3.Improvements on a Shoestring: Changing Reference Systems and
Processes 4.Twenty-First Century Security in a Twentieth-Century
Space: Reviewing, Revising and Implementing New Security Practices
in the Reading Room 5.Talking in the Night: Exploring Webchats to
Serve New Audiences 6.A Small Shop Meets a Big Challenge: Finding
Creative Ways to Assist the Researchers of the Breath of Life
Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages 7.The Right Tool at the
Right Time: Implementing Responsive Reproduction Policies and
Procedures 8.Going Mobile: Using iPads to Improve the Reading Room
Experience 9.Beyond "Trial by Fire": Towards A More Active Approach
to Training New Reference Staff 10.Access for All: Making Your
Archives Website Accessible for People with Disabilities 11.No Ship
of Fools: A Digital Humanities Collaboration to Enhance Access to
Special Collections 12.Websites as a Digital Extension of
Reference: Creating a Reference and IT Partnership for Web
Usability Studies Each of these case studies deconstructs reference
and access services into their essential elements: interacting with
people who have questions, providing access to materials that meet
researcher needs, assisting researchers as they use materials, and
managing the processes needed to support reference and access. The
volume will be useful to those working in archives and special
collections as well as other cultural heritage organizations, and
provides ideas ranging from the aspirational to the immediately
implementable. It also provides students and educators in archives,
library, and public history graduate programs a resource for
understanding the issues driving change in the field today and the
kinds of strategies archivists are using to meet these new
challenges.
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