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Pre-Class Reading Assignments

for Kent State University

WORKSHOPS

Genealogy Preservation of Library Materials workshop
Government Documents Repair decisions & methods

COURSES

Rare Books Course Preservation of Library Materials Course
Reference & Research Methods for Genealogy and Local History History of Libraries in the Western World

LECTURES

Rare Books & Digital Projects (presented to SOA & SAA Student Chapters at Kent State SLIS March 16, 2006

 

All the books for my workshops are on reserve at KSU's Main Library or in the SLIS office in the State Library of Ohio (N Fourth Street at 1st Avenue) in Columbus. 

You may be able to find the titles in your library's collection.  If not,  you may read the optional reading assignment.  You do not have to read both.  None of the books for my workshops are ordered by the University's bookstore.  I do not require that you purchase the books, just review the assigned chapters.  If you have questions or problems finding the books, contact me at info@mbkcons.com

WORKSHOPS

GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH METHODS FOR LIBRARIANS

 

Greenwood, Val.  The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy 3rd ed. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co ©2000.

 

        Review chapters 1-6, 10-12, 16, 23-24, 27. (Contact instructor for reading requirements if using 1st or 2nd edition)

Optional Reading: Croom, Emily Anne. Unpuzzling your past : the best-selling basic guide to genealogy. 4th edition Cincinnati, OH: Betterway Publishers ©2003
Read chapters focusing on vital records and census records
Link to Course Syllabus

 KSU Government Documents and Resources On-Line

Required Reading:

bulletNotess, Greg R, “Government Information on the Internet” Library Trends  v52 no.2 (Fall 2003) p256-267. (available through KentLink
bullet Shuler, John. “The Political and Economic Future of Federal Depository Libraries.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship” 31:4 (July 2005): 377-382 (available through KentLink)
bulletJacobs, James A., James R Jacobs, and Shinjoung Yeo. “Government Information in the Digital Age: The Once and Future Federal Depository Library Program.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 31:3 (May 2005) 198-208. (available through KentLink)

 

Review Joe Morehead “Introduction to United States Government Information Sources” 6th Edition (Library and Information Science Text Series) Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc ©1999. (available as electronic book and on reserve) – newest edition

Look at:

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Chapter 2 (Government Printing Office Programs and Services),

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Chapter 4 (sections on Catalogs, Indexes and checklists),

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Chapter 9 (section on Major Indexes and Guides only)

 

Link to Course Syllabus

PRESERVATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS: SELECTING APPROPRIATE TREATMENT OR REPLACEMENT OPTIONS

Fortson, Judith. Disaster Planning & Recovery. NY: Neal Schuman,  ©1992.

OR

Kahn, Miriam B Disaster Response and Planning for Libraries Chicago, IL: ALA 2002

  Read Introduction, Sections 1 & 4

AND Read

Advances in Preservation & Access v1&2 edited by Barbra Buckner Higginbotham Westport, CT: Meckler   
  Read: vol. 1: p1-17;  vol. 2: 77-100, 280-292.
Higginbotham, Barbra Buckner and Judith W. Wild. The Preservation Program Blueprint. Chicago, IL: ALA © 2001. 
  Read chapters 3-5, 10-11
Optional Reading: Managing Preservation: A Guidebook State Library of Ohio and Ohio Preservation Council ©1995
Read chapters 1, 8-9
Swartzburg, Susan. Preserving Library Materials: A Manual. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press © 1994.
Read chapters 1-3
Link to course syllabus

Repair Decisions for Circulating Collections

Kenneth Lavender Book Repair: a How-To-Do-It manual for Librarians. 2nd edition  NY: Neal Schuman ©2001
  review techniques throughout entire book
Higginbotham, Barbra Buckner and Judith W. Wild. The Preservation Program Blueprint. Chicago, IL: ALA © 2001. 
  Read:  chapters 4-5, 11
Managing Preservation: A Guidebook State Library of Ohio & Ohio Preservation Council ©1995.
  Read Chapters 1, 6-10
Optional Reading: Susan Swartzburg Preserving Library Materials: A Manual 2nd Ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, Inc. ©1995.
  Read Chapters 1,3-5,7
Link to course syllabus

Semester Long Courses

Preservation of Library Materials

Readings and texts:

bullet Preservation: Issues and Planning. Edited by Paul N. Banks and Roberta Pilette. (Chicago: American Library Association, 2000) is the course’s primary and required text.  http://www.alastore.ala.org/SiteSolution.taf?_sn=catalog2&_pn=product_detail&_op=666

The book is on reserve at KSU Libraries and will also be available for purchase at the KSU Bookstore

bullet Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: A Manual (NEDCC, 1999) is a supplemental text; it is available without charge on the World-Wide Web at http://www.nedcc.org    (Students are not expected to purchase this NEDCC work.) 
bullet Additional required readings will be assigned through electronic mail and handouts.
 

Links to the course description and syllabus

Rare Books Course
Required Reading - all articles and book chapters are available through KSU E-Reserves (login and password to be distributed to students prior to class) and /or on reserve at the KSU Libraries. 

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK: Chappell, Warren and Robert Bringhurst. A Short History of the Printed Word. Revised and updated ed. Vancouver: Hartley & Marks, 2000. The book is on reserve at KSU Libraries and will also be available for purchase at the KSU Bookstore

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Reference & Research Methods for Genealogy and Local History
Required Reading - Greenwood, Val.  The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy 3rd ed. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co ©2000 The book is on reserve at KSU Libraries and will also be available for purchase at the KSU Bookstore. The book is also on reserve in Columbus in the SLIS office in the State Library.

Various reading as assigned – on e-reserve

Links to Course description and syllabus

History of Libraries in the Western World
Required Reading:

The book is on reserve at KSU Libraries and will also be available for purchase at the KSU Bookstore. The book is also on reserve in Columbus in the SLIS office in the State Library.

Various readings as assigned - on e-reserve

Links to Course description and syllabus

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