Video Collection Development in Multi-type Libraries: A Handbook (The Greenwood Library Management Collection) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313279020 ISBN 13: 9780313279027

Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Synopsis

A professional handbook that provides detailed descriptions and discussions of resources, policies, concepts, and issues central to the practices of building and managing video collections in public, academic, school, and special libraries. Background discussions include the impact of video on society, the role of video in multi-type libraries, and the uses of video to meet special client needs. Also included are extensive listings of print, non-print, and institutional resources to assist librarians and educators in selecting, evaluating, and acquiring both mass market and independent video, as well as more elusive and specialized materials. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author

GARY HANDMAN is Head of the Media Resources Center at the Moffitt Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313279020
• ISBN 13: 9780313279027
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 496
• Editor: Handman Gary P.