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After growing up on a remote South Australian property Jean Primrose Whyte went on to become a dominant figure in Australian librarianship in the second half of the 20th century. She had a pivotal role as editor of the Australian Library Journal and became foundation professor of the Graduate School of Librarianship, Monash University.

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Explores the different ways in which Wales and Welshness have been represented in the national museums of Wales. This book examines how branches of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales are enlisted to narrate certain national stories as opposed to others, and how this correlates with changing perceptions of Welsh identities.

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The New Museology is essential reading for all those seeking to understand the current debate in museum ideologies. With essays by Charles Saumarez Smith, Ludmilla Jordanova, Paul Greenhalgh, Colin Sorensen, Nick Merriman, Stephen Bann, Philip Wright, Norman Palmer and Peter Vergo.

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Newspaper Reference Methods was first published in 1933. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

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The Parrish Art Museum in New York held an exhibition showing how contemporary American artists have been excluded, with museums preferring to uphold the legacies of Greece and Rome. This text explores the mission and origins of American art museums from their founding to the present.

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Research, Records and Responsibility explores developments in collaborative archiving practice between archives and the communities they serve and represent, incorporating case studies of historical recordings, visual data and material culture.

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The compelling story of the groundbreaking preservation of San Antonio's cultural and architectural past

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This is a collection of outstanding analyses of museums in the South Pacific, written by cultural, museum and architectural critics and historians.

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A guide to libraries as creative spaces including exercises, best practices, and examples for artists, librarians, and community members.

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Offers a discussion of book construction, storage, handling, cleaning and repair, as well as advice on how to properly store and handle books of value in order to protect them from fire, flood, theft and common wear and tear.

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Introduces various components of information-seeking process. This book focuses on basic concepts, strategies, tools, and tactics for research - in both electronic and print formats. It shows how to avoid plagiarism.

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Throughout the history of the world, libraries have been constructed, burned, discovered, raided, and cherished - and the treasures they've housed have evolved from early stone tablets to the mass-produced, bound paper books of our present day. This title includes insightful quotations, and the many mysteries of libraries.

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"Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, significant contributors--including the librarian of the Congress and the former executive director of the HathiTrust--present a cultural history of the library"--Dust jacket flap.

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Over the last twenty years museums have proliferated, attracting new audiences and assuming new prominence in public life. The Return of Curiosity offers a fresh perspective on museums and what they may now be good for.

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This illustrated book by well-known museum studies academic Conal McCarthy examines the vision behind the museum, how it has evolved in the last two decades, and the particular way Te Papa goes about the business of being a national museum in a nation with two Treaty partners.

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A meticulously crafted, sparkling history of the legendary museum in Paris.