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The joint-use college/public library can be an ideal solution to serving patrons while managing overextended resources, and this illuminating book scrutinizes successes and failures of the joint-use model. Three founding faculty librarians of a joint-use college/public library discuss the factors th...

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1. Verfasser: Gunnels, Claire B.
Weitere Verfasser: Green, Susan E., Butler, Patricia M.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : American Library Association, 2012.
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Zusammenfassung:The joint-use college/public library can be an ideal solution to serving patrons while managing overextended resources, and this illuminating book scrutinizes successes and failures of the joint-use model. Three founding faculty librarians of a joint-use college/public library discuss the factors that should go into evaluating when and where a joint library is suitable. Incorporating lessons learned from five case studies, the authors: Include a short history of joint libraries, exploring how this model is a natural evolution from reciprocal borrowing, shared catalogs, and interlibrary loan. Explain how to manage all aspects of a joint-use library, including choices about the physical plant, decisions on contractual requirements, collection development, classification systems, cataloging and technical services issues, personnel, and moreAddress emerging trends and best practices for serving students and the general public simultaneously ...
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 220 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0838992188
9780838992180
9780838992388
0838992382

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