Forging the future of special collections

Book 2016

"Once treated as exclusive spaces for valuable but hidden and under-utilized material, over the past few decades special collections departments have been transformed by increased digitization and educational outreach efforts into unique and highly visible major institutional assets. What libraries must now contemplate is how to continue this momentum by articulating and implementing a dynamic strategic vision for their special collections. Drawi...

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ISBN:

9780838913864

Description:

xv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

"This book grew out of a colloquium on 'Forging the Future of Special Collections,' which was held in October 2014 and organized by the Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. The colloquium evolved from a Rare Book Forum at the Library of Congress that was given in 2001, called 'Private Collectors and Special Collections Libraries,' which was organized by Mark Dimunation, Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress, and aided by Dan DeSimone."--Introduction
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Reflections on the meanings of objects / E. Haven Hawley
Affinities and alliances : thoughts on acquisitions, collection development, and donor relations / Jim Kuhn
Where does the collector/donor community see special collections today? / Jon A. Lindseth
Collecting communities : the role of special collections librarians and archivists in creating new life for community-base collections / Melissa A. Hubbard
The role of the auction house / Selby Kiffer
Forging into the future : facing digital realities and forecasting endeavors for special collections librarianship / Athena N. Jackson
Lawrence Clark Powell revisited : the functions of rare books today / Joel Silver
Special collections libraries and the uses of the past / Paul Ruxin
Everything old is new again : transformation in special collections / Alice Schreyer
Special collections and the booksellers of today / Tom Congalton
Acknowledging the past / Daniel DeSimone
Literary archives : how they have changed, and how they are changing / Ken Lopez
Objects of study : special collections in an age of digital scholarship / Stephen Enniss
Considering the present : special collections are the meal, not the dessert / Jay Satterfield
Teaching with special collections / Christoph Irmscher
From Siberia to Shangri-La / Sarah Thomas
The once and future special collections / Mark Dimunation

LCCN:

2015040003

Control Number:

2883964

Other Authors:

Hirshon, Arnold, 1950- editor
Hubbard, Melissa A., editor
Jackson, Robert H., 1936- editor

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