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Record Nr.

UNINA9910148687503321

Titolo

New directions for special collections : an anthology of practice / / Lynne M. Thomas and Beth M. Whittaker, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, , 2017

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-69085-3

979-82-16-12259-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations, tables

Altri autori (Persone)

ThomasLynne M

WhittakerBeth M. <1970->

Disciplina

025.17

Soggetti

Archives - United States - Administration

Archivists - Employment - United States

Libraries - United States - Special collections

Special librarians - Employment - United States

Special libraries - United States - Administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The rare book librarian's day, revisited / Melanie Griffin -- Reading room and reference (re)vision : the transformation of reader services / Mattie Taormina -- "Oh, wow!" : assessment and affective learning in special collections and archives / Anne Bahde -- Developing K-12 outreach methods for special collections centers / Amy Chen, Lisa Crane, Melanie Meyers, Charlotte Priddle, and Abby Saunders -- Teaching with special collections : alliances between cultural heritage professionals / Maureen E. Maryanski -- History, memory, community, leadership : collections-based programming in Congressional archives / Audrey McKanna Coleman -- Collecting printed books in a digital age / John Overholt -- Digital acquisitions and appraisal / Sarah Barsness and Anjanette Schussler -- Documenting Ferguson : collecting current events in archives / Meredith R. Evans -- Dance companies as living archives : protecting the future by preserving the present / Supriya Wronkiewicz -- Success with donors : practical approaches that work



for all / Sherry Williams -- You and what army? : making the most of student and volunteer labor in contemporary special collection and archives / Dana M. Miller -- A Janus perspective : origins and future of 21st-century preservation and conservation in library and archives special collections / Priscilla Anderson and Whitney Baker -- Top ten questions and answers about digital preservation for special collections and archives / Lynne M. Thomas and Jaime L. Schumacher -- Discovery of special collections resources at web scale : opportunities and challenges for metadata librarians / Christine DeZelar-Tiedman -- Special files on the semantic web : using linked data to revitalize special collections catalogs / Allison Jai O'Dell -- Old challenges, new solutions : leveraging organizational change to construct a new future / Jennifer O'Brien Roper and Ivey Glendon -- Open access and copyright in archives and special collections / Heather Briston -- Leaving privacy in the past? : exploring a curatorial conundrum / Judith Weiner -- Succession planning for 21st century special collections leadership : initial steps / Athena Jackson -- Towards a culture of social media in special collections / Colleen Thiesen.