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	Commemorating the Past, Celebrating the Present, Creating the Future Pamela Bluh (Editor) Item Number: 978-0-8389-8431-4   Publisher: ALCTS Price: $38.50		Order Options:       Qty:
216 pages 6" x 9" Softcover ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-8431-4 Year Published: 2007 This title will inform and delight readers who want a glimpse of the past fifty years of technical services librarianship. It will fortify and reenergize readers in today’s tech services trenches and encourage and pique the interest of tomorrow’s library professionals. Includes contributions from experts in acquisitions, collection management, classification, preservation, serials; an overview of the association’s international role; and a personal recollection of the development of the current Anglo American Cataloging Rules. Table of Contents Foreword/Forward Pamela Bluh and Brian E. C. Schottlaender RTSD and ALCTS: A Personal History Through the Eyes of Our Leaders Miriam Palm Education For and About Technical Services: Where are We, and Where Do We Go Next? Janet Swan Hill The True History of AACR2, 1968-1988: A Personal Memoir (By One Who Was There) Michael Gorman Collection Development in the Best of Times and the Worst of Times Peggy Johnson Taming the Serials Beast: A Look Back and a Peek Forward Regina Romano Reynolds We are Not Alone: ALCTS and the World David Miller “And a Handful of Visionaries:” A History of Library Preservation Yvonne Carignan About the Author Pamela Bluh is Associate Librarian for Technical Services & Administration at the Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland School of Law. While editor of the ALCTS Papers on Library Technical Services and Collections, she conceived the idea of a compilation of essays reflecting on important achievements in technical services to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS). Bluh is currently serving as president of ALCTS. Reviews