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Building a Special Collection of Children's Literature in Your Library
Identifying, Maintaining, and Sharing Rare or Collectible Items
ASSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY SERVICE TO CHILDREN
Dolores Blythe Jones
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While extensive effort has gone into ensuring the reliability of information appearing in this book, the publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, on the accuracy or reliability of the information, and does not assume and hereby disclaims any liability to any person for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions in this publication.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Building a special collection of children's literature in your library: Identifying, maintaining, and sharing rare or collectible items/ Dolores Blythe Jones, editor. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8389-0726-1 1. LibrariesUnited StatesSpecial collectionsChildren's literature. I. Jones, Dolores Blythe. Z688.C47B85 1998 025.27808899282dc21 97-43144
Copyright 1998 by the American Library Association. All rights reserved except those which may be granted by Sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976.
Chapter 3 text copyright 1997, Justin G. Schiller.
Printed in the United States of America.
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Contents
Introduction
Zena Sutherland
v
1 Special Collections of Children's Materials: An Overview
DianeJude L. McDowell
1
2 Collection Development
John M. Kelly
12
3 Appraising Rare and Collectible Children's Books
Justin G. Schiller
36
4 Cataloging for Special Collections
Dolores Blythe Jones
58
5 Special Considerations of Original Materials
Dolores Blythe Jones and Anne Lundin
70
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6 Preservation and Security
Mary Bogan
86
7 Using Children's Literature Special Collections
Margaret Maloney
115
8 Funding Special Collections
Karen Nelson Hoyle
125
9 Public Relations and Programming
Linda Murphy and Mary Beth Dunhouse
135
10 Friends Groups
Serenna F. Day
155
Contributors
163
Index
165
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Introduction
Zena Sutherland
The two books edited by Carolyn W. Field, Subject Collections in Children's Literature (R. R. Bowker, 1969) and Special Collections in Children's Literature (ALA, 1982) and the third edition edited by Dolores Jones, Special Collections in Children's Literature: An International Directory (ALA, 1995), have become standard texts on what special collections of children's literature exist, what areas or subjects they comprise, and where they are located.
Here the contributors add to that store of knowledge by sharing their expertise on why and how to preserve and conserve, how best to do it, and what resources exist to make doing it more efficient and more accessible to a spectrum of users. It would be difficult to think of any aspect of "why and how to establish and operate a special collection of children's literature" that these diligent and knowledgeable experts have not covered.
DianeJude L. McDowell's essay serves as an overview of special collections of children's materials, most often consisting of books but also including toys, comics, and audiovisual items. She defines the materials and the scope of such collections, giving many examples that range from those that are small and selective to such major collections of children's materials as the Lilly Library (400,000 volumes) or the International Youth Library in Munich. After consideration of the justification for establishing and maintain-
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