Forging The Future Of Special Collections 1st Edition Arnold Hirshon by Arnold Hirshon, Robert H. Jackson, Melissa Hubbard 9780838913864, 0838913865 instant download after payment.

Once treated as exclusive spaces for valuable but hidden & under-utilized material, over the past few decades special collections dpt. have been transformed by increased digitization & educational outreach efforts into unique & highly visible major institutional assets. What libraries must now contemplate is how to continue this momentum by articulating & implementing a dynamic strategic vision for their special collections. Drawing on the expertise of a world-class array of librarians, university faculty, book dealers, collectors, & donors, this collected vol. surveys the emerging requirements of today's knowledge ecosystem & charts a course for the future of special collections. Expanding upon the proceedings of the National Colloquium on Special Coll. organized by the Kelvin Smith Library of Case Western Reserve University in Oct. 2014, this timely resource for special collections librarians, administrators, academics, & rare book dealers & collectors recounts the factors that governed the growth & use of special coll. in the past;

• explores ways to build 21st-century special collections that are accessible globally, & how to provide the expertise and services necessary to support collection use;
• gives advice on developing & maintaining strong relationships between libraries & collectors, with special attention paid to the importance of donor relations ;
• provides critical information on how libraries & their institutions' faculty can best collaborate to ensure students & other researchers are aware of the resources available to them;
• showcases proactive, forward-thinking approaches to applying digital scholarship techniques to special collections materials;
• looks at how the changes in the way authors work from analog to digital increases the importance of archives in preserving the aspects of humanity that elevate us; &
  
• examines sustainable & scalable approaches to promoting the use of special collections i