A most delicate monster : the one-professional special library /: the one-professional special library. (1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Jean Dartnall ; copy editing, J. Harris ; typesetting, L. Campbell ; cover design, K. Reid.
• Other Names: Dartnall, Jean; Harris, J; Campbell, L; Reid, K cover designer.
• Contents: Front Cover; A Most Delicate Monster: The One-Professional Special Library; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Contents of the book; null_00517; null_00518; Chapter 1. What's so special?; Flying solo; Value to the organisation; Services; Expertise; Clients; Collections; Size; Flexibility; Networking; Definitions; Extras; Wonderful examples; Standards; Education for special librarianship; Notes; Checklist of skills needed by a special librarian; Chapter 2. The focus; What is the library for?; Working for the organisation; Existing documentation. Existing statisticsSurveys; Hosting surveys; Interviews; Focus groups; Informal feedback; Brainstorming; Planning; Joining with other plans; Revising the plan; Implementing change; Marketing; Who is the market?; Some marketing practicalities; Notes; Checklist for finding out about the organisation; Checklist for planning a library; Checklist for identifying potential clients; Checklist of public relations ideas; Chapter 3. Being part of the whole; Taking over the baton; Communicating with management; Management and fashion; Your place in the organisation; Library committees; Other committees. Other rolesOther alliances; Dealing with a hostile environment; Budgets; Grants and sponsorships; Industrial issues; Other libraries; Part of the whole; Notes; Checklist for budgets; Checklist of issues for the library committee; Chapter 4. The collection; Why a collection?; Collection policies; Choosing individual items; Acquisition practices; Where to buy?; Tendering; Reprints and photocopies; Gift, exchange and other oddities; Receiving materials; Recording periodical issues; Claiming; Weeding; Cataloguing and classification; Automated or manual catalogue?; Binding; One library or many? NotesChecklist of what may be needed in a collection; Checklist of what might be in a selection policy; Checklist for choosing software; Checklist of computer security issues; Chapter 5. Getting physical; Where is the library?; Marriages not made in Heaven?; Access; Size; Floor loading; Furniture and arrangement; Lighting; Cleaning; Security; Notices; Preservation of materials; Notes; Checklist for moving a library; Checklist of issues when libraries merge; Checklist on access for people with physical disabilities; Checklist for choosing furniture; Checklist for choosing equipment. Chapter 6. Getting organisedUsing technology; Streamlining; Backlogs; Procedures manuals; Forms, records and statistics; Measurement; Preparing publications; Homepages; Taking a break; Stocktaking; Organising the unattended collection; Notes; Checklist of 'tools of the trade'; Checklist for assessing forms; Checklist of stocktaking issues; Chapter 7. Service; Which services?; Services for whom?; Going to the clients; Opening hours; Loans; Circulation of journal issues; Reference services; Online searching; End user searching; Internet sources; Interlibrary loans and alternatives.
• Publisher Details: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales : Centre for Information Studies
• Publication Date: 1998
• Copyright Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource (179 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 026.000994; Special libraries -- Australia; Small libraries -- Australia; Small libraries; Special libraries; Australia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781780634227; 1780634226
• Related ISBNs: 9780949060402
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 14, 2014).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.