Ambassadors of the Book
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Ambassadors of the Book

Competences and Training for Heritage Librarians

  1. 196 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Ambassadors of the Book

Competences and Training for Heritage Librarians

About this book

What competences are needed for heritage librarians, and how can they be taught? The management of heritage collections requires a unique mix of knowledge and skills, including expertise in preservation and conservation; heritage policies; acquisitions and collection management; bibliographic description; the materiality of books and other collection objects; and the history of libraries. Librarians must also understand the need for open access, the importance of marketing, and the challenges posed by digitization.

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Table of contents

  1. Abbreviations
  2. Introduction. Ambassadors of the Book: the Conference Theme and its Background
  3. All Books Are Equal, but Some Books Towards a Modern Vision of Special Collections
  4. Competence Assessment: Challenges for Heritage Librarians
  5. Twenty-First-Century Librarianhood: Training Specialists or Generalists?
  6. Transience in Old and New Librarianship
  7. ‘A Great Number of Useful Books’: the National Trust and its Libraries
  8. Skills, Competences and Training Needs in Digital Preservation and Curation: Results of a Digcurv Survey
  9. An Unused Resource: Bringing the Study of Bookbindings out of the Ghetto
  10. Preparing Librarians Technologically for the 21st Century
  11. Cultural Heritage Education for Librarians in France
  12. Educating Heritage Librarians on the Pacific Rim: California Rare Book School – the Past, the Present, and the Future
  13. Preparing Heritage Librarians to Welcome Readers 1: From the Librarian’s Point of View
  14. Preparing Heritage Librarians to Welcome Readers 2: From the Library School’s Point of View
  15. Cultural Heritage and IT Competence at the Catholic University, Milan
  16. Experiential Learning in Historical Bibliography
  17. The STCV Workshop: Practical Training in Analytical Bibliography for Staff of Heritage Libraries
  18. Writings and Books: History and Stories to Enhance Rare Book Collections and to Promote Reading
  19. The Scholar/Librarian Goes Digital: New Times Require New Skills and Aptitudes
  20. Index of Names and Institutions
  21. Table of Figures