Rare Books and Special Collections by Sidney E Berger

Rare Books and Special Collections by Sidney E Berger

From cuneiform, coins, and codices to prints, drawings, photographs, and maps, departments of rare books and special collections are the premier repositories of significant printed and manuscript works and artifacts. Entrusted with the responsibility of preserving the records of history and culture, these institutions enable access to millions of source materials. Berger, a veteran of rare book and special collections, offers a landmark examination of this field, aimed at practitioners in the library field, instructors teaching courses on the subject, booksellers, private collectors, historians, bibliophiles, and others involved in rare and unique materials. Showing readers everything they need to know about rare books and special collections, this wide-ranging book offers coverage of such key topics as The profession’s history and its relevance in the face of an increasingly digital world Archives’ relationship to the special collections department and their role in the wider institution Collection development, cataloging, processing, physical layout, and other operational functions, with coverage of acquisition sources and methods What everyone needs to know about the physical materials in their care, including preservation, conservation, and restoration, storage, handling, and security Reference and outreach services, including a look at exhibitions and tours Fundraising and financial management Legal and ethical issues Forgeries, fakes, and facsimiles Bibliography and its impact on the rare book world, including a look at booksellers, donors, and auctions The present state of books in our digital environment The vocabulary of the trade Rare Books and Special Collections presents a meticulous and systematic understanding of this growing field.

Sidney E. Berger was the Ann C. Pingree Director of the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum of Salem; he is now the library's Director Emeritus. For the last nearly 14 years Dr. Berger has also been on the faculty of Simmons College and the University of Illinois in Urbana/Champaign, teaching rare book courses in both institutions' library schools. He was also Curator of Printed Books and then Curator of Manuscripts at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA, and headed the Special Collections Department at the University of California at Riverside. He is widely published in several fields--mostly in literary, bibliographical, and library fields--and his most recent book, Rare Books and Special Collections, won the 2015 ABC-CLIO/American Library Association award for the Best Book in Library Literature. He makes paper and casts type by hand, and he is the proprietor of the Doe Press, publishing short texts from handset type, printed on a hand press.

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ISBN 13	9781555709648
ISBN 10	1555709648
Title	Rare Books and Special Collections
Author	Sidney E Berger
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc
Year published	2014-06-30
Number of pages	560
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