Special Collections
Weaving a Web of Precious Materials: Hyperlinks to, from and between Some Special Collections Libraries.
... 111 special collections libraries at predominantly English-speaking universities belonging to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), whose Web site is located at ...for special ...
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Diffusion of Innovations in Special Collections Libraries: The motivations behind adoption of digitization.
... 6. How frequently were digitization projects supported by external funding agencies? Figure 4 shows that external funding was reported in 50 percent of the cases. This result suggests that libraries recognize ...
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Role-playing games in special collections: Identifying reasons for underrepresentation and potential value for researchers
... university special collections is that a former curator or dean was particularly interested in these items as an area in which to focus collection ...of collections was exploring unique areas in ...
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DiSCmap : digitisation of special collections mapping, assessment, prioritisation. Final project report
... “philatelic collections”, to take but one example, has to negotiate distinct hierarchies “among the aristocracy of library ...to Special Collections, ...
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DiSCmap : digitisation of special collections mapping, assessment, prioritisation. Final project report
... of Special Collections between the two survey ...the Special Collections which they nominated as priority cases for ...“super- collections” such as manuscripts of the British Library or ...
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Getting Undergrads into Archives: Educational Outreach Efforts of University Archives, Manuscript Departments, and Special Collections.
... One special collections was anticipating replacing a soon-to-be-vacated position with one that includes a heavy technological focus, and whose responsibilities could include creating online tutorials as ...
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Engaging Communities: Public Programming in State Universities? Special Collections and Archives
... to special collections and archives within state-supported academic ...and collections within Special ...Gender Collections’ annual friend-raising and fund-raising efforts and the ...
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"Talk to Me in a Year": The Conservator's Perspective on Collaboration for Special Collections Digitization Projects in Research Libraries
... on special collections digitization ...the special collections landscape – especially the proliferation of digital projects – may have altered the interaction between conservation and ...
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Connecting Undergraduates with Primary Sources: A Study of Undergraduate Instruction in Archives, Manuscripts, and Special Collections.
... manuscripts, and special collections departments should be conducting studies of student and faculty satisfaction with instruction sessions. They should have formal evaluation forms for faculty and students ...
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Collection Development Policy Addendum: American Philatelic Research Library Special Collections and Archives
... This document follows the development of a collection development policy addendum for the American Philatelic Research Library’s Special Collections and Archives. After a review of the organization’s ...
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Blake Library Special Collections
... These images were used by University of Maine at Fort Kent professors in various classroom projects before their placement in Blake Library.. Blake Library Special Collections [r] ...
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Recommended Conservation Practices for Archival Audiovisual Materials Held in General Special Collections
... This document proposes conservation practices for archival audiovisual materials held in general or primarily paper-based special collections. The sections give an overview of the most ...
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The University of Alabama, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, a Critique of Web. Presence
... Clearly it would be difficult to conduct “distance research” utilizing such resources. The library has not from appearances embraced digitization and Web 2.0 standards of interactivity. Of course the scarcity of digital ...
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Utilizing Student Library Assistants in University Archives and Special Collections.
... In order to fully explain the process of working with student assistants in the university archives and special collections, the paper has been broken down into several categories: Pra[r] ...
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Special Collections - Challenges and Contexts: A Case Study
... that special collections be recognized as a primary element of the research library and that, as such, reallocation of some resources will be ...among collections to be processed will need to be ...
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Off-Site Storage and Special Collections: A Study in Use and Impact in ARL Libraries in the United States
... for special collections or its potential impact on many aspects of special collections ...special collections. The authors developed a survey for the directors of special ...
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Object Lessons: An Assessment of Special Collections Pedagogy
... In 2006, Pablo Alvarez wrote of the value of introducing undergraduates to rare books by way of canonical texts like Dante’s Commedia. By inviting undergraduate classes to special collections for ...
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Stereographs as Scholarly Resources in Academic Libraries and Special Collections
... physical collections has shown, the question of whether or not to retain the object after digitization remains for future discussion; the issue of digitization itself must be addressed ...
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The Role of Tribal College Library Special Collections in Tribal Language and Cultural Preservation: A Descriptive Case Study
... American special collections at your institution. I would also like to request a copy of your institution's collection development policy, if it is available, by e-mail or postal mail for this study. If ...
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Special Collections and Social Media: A Study of Two North Carolina Collections
... historical collections must learn how to accommodate their changing information needs and ...Demand: Special Collections and Digitisation,” published in Liber Quarterly - The Journal of European ...
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