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

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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Heaney, Michael, Cannon, Catriona
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter Saur, 2012.
Series:Current topics in library and information practice.
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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.