Organizing Library Collections : Theory and Practice

Hoffman, Gretchen L.

ISBN 10: 153810850X / ISBN 13: 9781538108505

Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2019

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 35360997-n

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Organizing Library Collections : Theory and Practice
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 153810850X
• ISBN-13: 9781538108505
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: New

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Written for beginning library science students, this book introduces the theory and practice of organizing library collections in a clear, straightforward, and understandable way. It explains why and how libraries organize their collections, and how theory and practice work together to help library users.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Gretchen Hoffman is an Associate Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman’s University. She has been teaching there since 2007. Her teaching and research agenda centers on the organization of information, specifically library cataloging. Courses she teaches include Cataloging and Classification, Advanced Cataloging and Classification, Collection Development, and Information Organization. Before moving to Texas Woman’s University, Hoffman was a professional cataloger at the University of Kansas, specializing in complex and difficult cataloging, music cataloging (scores and audio recordings), and cataloging German-language monographs. Prior to that, she worked as a professional serials cataloger at Portland State University, specializing in federal government documents.