Educational needs of staff in Libraries, Archives and Historical
Societies
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MBK CONSULTING designs in-service
training for professional and paraprofessional staff suited to the
specific needs of your institution. Take a look at our specific
workshop offerings, or we can design something especially for your staff. |
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Some suggested topics are: |
| Readers Advisory |
Helping Librarians identify
and recommend books to people of all ages and backgrounds. Learn to
evaluate reviews and sources for their appeal and audience. |
| Reference Interview Skills |
Brush up your reference
interview skills with exercises taken from real library reference desks.
Practice honing in on the need for the information, then locating the
print or on-line source for the answers. |
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Genealogy & Local History |
Improve your reference skills
in Genealogy & Local History. Learn about the print, microform and digital
resources and how to use them to get the information your patrons are
seeking. Build your Genealogy &
Local History collection to meet the needs of your patrons and community.
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| Collection Development |
Need to flesh out a
collection, weed or just create pathfinders and bibliographies. MBK
CONSULTING can help focus the search for suitable reference and
recreational reading books as well as web-sites and audio performances. |
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Website
Development & Maintenance Services |
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train you to develop, maintain, and expand your site to bring your
valuable collections to your organization’s patrons. |
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| Local History & Genealogy Sites |
Get those specialized local
history & genealogy collections out to the public by mounting them on your
website. We will help you design, maintain and enhance your site and
the institutions' collections through an online presence. |
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Our focus is taking the ideal and
applying it to t your institution's needs. We specialize in small to
medium size academic libraries, and public libraries, historical societies
and archives of all sizes. |
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Building
Surveys |
A detailed tour of the inside
and outside of your facility to identify potential hazards as relates to a
disaster response plan. Special attention is paid to roofs, outside,
below ground stairwells, emergency exits and alarm locations. |
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Collection
Surveys |
A preservation survey of the physical and
environmental needs of your collections. The survey can be
item-by-item or the collection as a whole.
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Collection
Maintenance Plans |
Special attention is paid to the repair
techniques used by your library to mend circulating collections, introduce
new techniques and procedures. Shelving and storage conditions and
techniques are also addressed. |
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Disaster
Response during response & recovery phases |
MBK CONSULTING will help you during a
disaster, either over the phone or in person. We provide
recommendations for companies to perform water removal and freeze-drying &
cleaning of books. MBK CONSULTING provides hands-on assistance
during the disaster and recovery phases.
Check out the materials in our
workshop on Disaster
Response |
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Disaster Response Plan Design
and Training |
MBK CONSULTING designs plans and provides
hands-on training specifically for your building, collections and staff. |
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Mold &
Indoor Air Quality Issues |
MBK CONSULTING helps libraries deal with mold
infections, providing information about mold and the damage it causes.
We work with Industrial Hygienists and Mold removal companies. |
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MBK CONSULTING provides research and
reference services on a contractual basis. We locate information on
people, places, businesses and things. Central Ohio has four major
reference libraries to draw from, the State Library of Ohio, The
Ohio Historical Society, The Ohio State University Libraries and Columbus
Metropolitan Library system. Each has a specialized collections,
on-line databases and resources. |
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Genealogy |
MBK CONSULTING provides assistance locating
vital records, census records, cemetery records and other documents sought
by genealogists. Central Ohio only please. |
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Local and Public History
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MBK CONSULTING helps companies, law firms and
individuals locate maps, identify pieces of land, trace ownership of a
house or tract of ground. We also perform legal research, track
corporate succession and compile histories of people, places and things. |
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Conservation and Preservation Issues |
MBK CONSULTING has files of Information about
conservation and preservation issues, contacts in the field, and expertise
to locate data about products and processes you seek.
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Digital
Technology Issues |
Our newest interest is the impact of digital
technology and the Internet on Libraries and Information Retrieval.
As we explore this issue further, MBK CONSULTING will develop written
materials and workshops. If you are interested in a specific issue
or topic, just let us know. |
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