Building a special collection of children's literature in your library : identifying, maintaining, and sharing rare or collectible items / Dolores Blythe Jones [editor].
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago : American Library Association, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 170 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585318700
- 9780585318707
- Libraries -- United States -- Special collections -- Children's literature
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General
- Libraries -- Special collections
- United States
- Jeugdliteratuur
- Collectievorming
- Wetenschappelijke bibliotheken
- Library & Information Science
- Social Sciences
- 025.2/78088/99282 21
- Z688.C47 B85 1998eb
- 06.53
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Print version record.
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.
English.
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