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An ounce of prevention
Rethinking collection development and management
Guide to budget allocation for information resources
Libraries and Google
Subject cataloging
Digitization in the Real World
Cataloging and catalogs
Build It Once
Reference and information services in the 21st century
Library Copyright Guide
Disaster prevention and disaster preparedness
Cambridge University Library
A guide to the research collections of member libraries
Library materials preservation manual
Preservation and the management of library collections
A library, media, and archival preservation glossary
The digital librarian's legal handbook
A book for all readers
Access in the future tense
The copyright primer for librarians and educators
Preserving our heritage
Emergency preparedness for libraries
Digital books
Organizing audiovisual and electronic resources for access
Preserving digital information
Moving theory into practice
Long-term preservation of digital documents
The future of the past
Buying and contracting for resources and services : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians / Rick Anderson
Preservation
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