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 27–29, 2001.
 building-on-strength-developing-an-arl-agenda-for-special-collections-june2001.pdf
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 report summarizes the task force’s activities. An addendum recommends further actions to be taken.
special-collections-task-force-final-status-report-july2006.pdf
While many research libraries have begun to digitize their collections and share best practices around the steps required to create digital content, much less is known about what happens post-launch. Building on previous research by Ithaka S+R that defined key aspects of sustainable digital content, Appraising our Digital Investment: Sustainability of Digitized Special Collections in ARL Libraries offers a first look at the practices, attitudes, costs, and revenues associated with caring for digitized special collections. The report shares results from a survey conducted on the sustainability of digitized special collections at ARL member institutions.
digitizing-special-collections-report-21feb13.pdf
Compiled by Maralyn Jones • 1993 • ISBN 0-615-00357-5 • 452 pp.
The manual includes instructions for more than 100 collection conservation treatments (many illustrated); floor plans and furnishing/equipment lists; flow charts and decision trees; a bibliography of core readings on collection conservation; and the final report from "Training the Trainers: A Conference on Training in Collection Conservation."
Print copies are available for $45.00 plus shipping & handling.
Pamela Darling; revised by Jan Merrill-Oldham and Jutta Reed-Scott • 1993 • ISBN 0-918006-69-4 • 138pp.
This revised edition provides a well-tested methodology for comprehensive preservation planning and aims to assist libraries with their efforts to establish or augment local preservation programs. The manual brings together a variety of checklists, outlines, and samples to help guide program development.
Print copies are available for $45.00 plus shipping & handling.
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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 Board of Directors on February 6, 2003.
special-collections-statement-of-principles-2003.pdf
"Strategic Issues in Digitization Initiatives in Special Collections," by Frances Groen, presented at the 134th ARL Membership Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, and Lawrence, Kansas, May 12–14, 1999.
mm99sp-groen.pdf
Terms:1995–1999, ARL Membership Meeting, Digitization, Frances Groen, Library Administration, Preservation, Proceedings, Publications, Research Collections, Special Collections and Archives, Text
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 different ARL member library. Each profile is illustrated with color photographs and tells a story of a single collection, recounting how the resources were acquired and developed. Also included is an introductory essay by British rare book expert Nicolas Barker and an appendix that provides a broad description of each library's special collection holdings and pertinent contact information. The book contains a detailed index; the companion Web site provides a search engine.
Print copies are also available for $135 ($115 ARL members) plus shipping & handling.
Jan Merrill-Oldham, Carolyn Clark Morrow, and Mark Roosa • 1991 • ISBN 0-918006-20-1 • 54pp.
This publication discusses 10 components of a comprehensive preservation program and describes four levels of program maturity, with benchmarks for personnel, production, and budgets.
Print copies are available for purchase for $45.00 plus shipping & handling.
1993 • Print copies are available for $15/each or $80/set plus shipping & handling.
Each of the seven resource guides in this set provide comprehensive, easy-to-use information relating to a major component of effective preservation programs. These guides offer a conceptual framework to facilitate preservation decision-making within a specific area and help libraries to assess current practices. Bibliographies of additional preservation literature are included in each issue.
- Collections Conservation
Robert DeCandido • ISBN 0-918006-67-8 • 134pp.
- Collection Maintenance and Improvement
Sherry Byrne • ISBN 0-918006-66-X • 98pp.
- Disaster Preparedness
Constance Brooks • ISBN 0-918006-65-1 • 184pp.
- Managing a Library Binding Program
Jan Merrill-Oldham • ISBN 0-918006-68-6 • 159pp.
- Options for Replacing and Reformatting Deteriorated Materials
Jennifer Banks • ISBN 0-918006-65-1 • 51pp.
- Organizing Preservation Activities
Michele Cloonan • ISBN 0-918006-66-X • 98pp.
- Staff Training and User Awareness in Preservation Management
Wesley Boomgaarden • ISBN 0-918006-64-3 • 89 pp.
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