Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9798765156254
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury


Description:
Library support staff who work with collections assist with the processes that put library materials on the shelf or online; this work requires knowledge and understanding of publishers, vendors, collection care, and item preparation. This is a text for library support staff programs and an introductory reference manual for support staff who work in libraries.


This book will prepare support staff to-


e Know how to use an integrated library system and other appropriate online tools.


e Know the basic principles of collection development and management.


e Assist with decisions regarding selection, de-selection, retention, and replacement of all types of library resources.


e Apply the appropriate procedures to the processes that provide users with access to a wide variety of content.


e Know the ways in which content, in multiple formats, is produced and distributed to libraries.


e Understand the value of resource sharing agreements and apply them to collection decisions.


e Know and use the recognized standard evaluative sources to assist with collection development.


e Know the principles and practices of cataloging materials.


e Know the principles and practices regarding the preservation of library resources.


e Apply appropriate methods and techniques to preparing library resources.


e Explain and apply policies regarding library collections.


The Library Support Staff series is aimed for staff that work in libraries and want to enhance their skills; college professors who teach library support staff instruction; and/or students who seek academic credit. Each book in the