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Building a special collection of children's literature in your library : identifying, maintaining, and sharing rare or collectible items / Dolores Blythe Jones [editor]. - Chicago : American Library Association, 1998. - 1 online resource (viii, 170 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Special collections of children's materials / DianeJude L. McDowell -- Collection development / John M. Kelly -- Appraising rare and collectible children's books / Justin G. Schiller -- Cataloging for special collections / Dolores Blythe Jones -- Special considerations of original materials / Dolores Blythe Jones and Anne Lundin -- Preservation and security / Mary Bogan -- Using children's literature special collections / Margaret Maloney -- Funding special collections / Karen Nelson Hoyle -- Public relations and programming / Linda Murphy and Mary Beth Dunhouse -- Friends groups / Serena F. Day.

This resource explains the benefits of creating a special collection of children's literature for a library. It points out the publicity to be generated by unique titles in a collection, and highlights many aspects of maintaining a collection, from fundraising to establishing policies.


English.

ISBN: 0585318700 9780585318707

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Libraries--Special collections--Children's literature.--United States
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Library & Information Science--General.
Libraries--Special collections.
Jeugdliteratuur.
Collectievorming.
Wetenschappelijke bibliotheken.
Library & Information Science.
Social Sciences.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Juvenile works.

LC Class. No.: Z688.C47 / B85 1998eb

Dewey Class. No.: 025.2/78088/99282