Collecting with a Plan: The Arthur S. Obermayer Personal Library

Authors

Alison M. Greenlee, Wayne State UniversityFollow
Sarah J. Andrus, The Henry FordFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Abstract

This presentation describes the acquisition, conservation, cataloging, and classification of a personal library that was donated to The Henry Ford in 2016. The size of the collection, as well as the decision to preserve the donor’s numbering scheme, produced unexpected challenges.

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Recommended Citation

Greenlee, Alison M. and Andrus, Sarah J., "Collecting with a Plan: The Arthur S. Obermayer Personal Library" (2017). Library Scholarly Publications. 129.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/libsp/129

Comments

Presented at the Southeastern Michigan League of Libraries (SEMLOL) Spring Membership Meeting, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, March 31, 2017.