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1 online resource |
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Introduction: Reference services for archives and manuscripts / Laura B. Cohen -- Archival reference: state of the art / James Edward Cross -- Public services education for archivists / Terry Eastwood -- Sitting in the hot seat: some thoughts from the reference chair / Le Roy Barnett -- Archival description / Fredric Miller -- The National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (NIDS-US) / Frank G. Burke -- Retrieving the irretrievable: providing access to "hidden groups" in archives / Diane Beattie -- The final barrier: security consideration in restricted access reading rooms / Richard Strassberg -- Ethics and reference services / Elena S. Danielson -- Grasping the nettle: the evolution of Australian archives electronic records policy / Greg O'Shea -- Reference services for electronic records in archives / Theodore J. Hull -- Open all night: using the Internet to improve access to archives: a case study of the New York State Archives and Records Administration / Thomas J. Ruller -- Reference no longer is a "P" word: the reference archivist as marketer / David B. Gracy II -- Archival reference and outreach toward a new paradigm / Bruce W. Dearstyne |
| Summary |
Like their librarian colleagues, reference archivists mediate between the user and the source material. However, given the nature of archival materials and of their holding repositories, unique issues arise. While such matters as provenance and original order and access and security continue to be vital underpinnings of their work, a myriad of other issues comes into play as reference archivists attempt to balance the competing demands of donors, researchers, the public, and the press. From the creation and dissemination of finding aids for electronic resources to the implementation of marketi |
| Notes |
Originally published by The Haworth Press in 1997 |
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Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 10, 2012) |
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"Has also been published as The reference librarian, number 56 1997"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Archives -- Reference services.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General.
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Archives -- Reference services
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Archieven.
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Handschriften.
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Inlichtingenwerk (dienstverlening)
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Digitale technieken.
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Archives -- Services de documentation.
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Archivistes.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cohen, Laura B
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| ISBN |
9781136371721 |
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1136371729 |
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