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Celebrating Research: Rare and Special Collections from the Membership of the Association of Research Libraries
Philip N. Cronenwett, Kevin Osborn, Samuel A. Streit, eds. • 2007 • ISBN 978-1-59407-769-2 • 312 pp., 402 illus., index This compendium includes 118 special collection profiles, each from a...
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Special Collections in ARL Libraries
Until this 1998 survey, no systematic data had been collected on special collections in ARL libraries for nearly 20 years. The results of this survey provide a snapshot of these...
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SPEC Kit 296: Public Services in Special Collections (November 2006)
SPEC Kit 296 explores public service staffing, reference and public services offered, methods of patron access, types of intellectual access tools used, patron registration, the reference interview process, and public...
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ARL Special Collections Task Force Final Status Report
This is the final report of the ARL Special Collections Task Force, chaired by Joe Hewitt. The task force was charged with advancing a seven-point action plan. The final status...
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Education and Training for Careers in Special Collections: A White Paper Prepared for the Association of Research Libraries Special Collections Task Force
Responding to data gathered by the 1998 Survey of Special Collections in ARL Libraries and anecdotal evidence, the ARL Task Force on Special Collections investigated issuesrelated to education and training...
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SPEC Kit 284: Security in Special Collections (October 2004)
A scanned version of SPEC Kit 284 is available full view through HathiTrust. View the document here » A print copy is available for $45.00 ($35.00 ARL members) plus shipping and...
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Hidden Collections, Scholarly Barriers: Creating Access To Unprocessed Special Collections Materials Innorth America’s Research Libraries
On behalf of the ARL Task Force on Special Collections, UIUC's Barbara Jones prepared this white paper that lays out the problem, the opportunities, and some recommendations for how ourcommunities...
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Special Collections Statement of Principles: Research Libraries and the Commitment to Special Collections
This statement of principles, "Research Libraries and the Commitment to Special Collections," was prepared by the ARL Task Force on Special Collections in December 2002 and endorsed by the ARL...
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Building on Strength: Developing an ARL Agenda for Special Collections
This document contains the program and the text of selected presentations from "Building on Strength: Developing an ARL Agenda for Special Collections," a meeting hosted by Brown University on June...