Transforming the Bodleian (Current Topics in Library and Information Practice)

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ISBN 10: 3110289210 / ISBN 13: 9783110289213

Published by Walter de Gruyter, 2012

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237 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transforming the Bodleian (Current Topics in Library and Information Practice)
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110289210
• ISBN 13: 9783110289213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.67 kilograms

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Synopsis

The transformation of the Bodleian Libraries provides an example of how major libraries can meet twenty-first century challenges: in 2008 it was facing a failed system installation, a failed plan to cope with its storage needs and the threat of losing status as a repository suitable to house important manuscripts. Three years later it had a new state-of-the-art repository already holding 7 million items under full automated control, a new advanced library system, transformed reader spaces and the reconstruction of its major building well under way; This was achieved in record-breaking time without significant interruptions in service.

About the Authors

Michael Heaney, Bodleian Libraries, Universität Oxford;

Catriona Jeanne Cannon, Bodleian Libraries, Universität Oxford

Michael Heaney, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford;

Catriona Jeanne Cannon, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford