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Home Videos, Herd Books, Math Journals, & Parliamentary Papers How Historians of Science and Technology Find Primary Sources: Preliminary Results from a Semi-Structured Interview Study
Poster presented at the LCDP Luminary Class, June 2012. The decisions that academic libraries and special collections make today, in a context of rapid technologicaland other change, will shape the...
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African American Student Experience Retold in Library Collections
Poster presented at the LCDP Luminary Class, June 2012. How have research libraries chronicled the lives of African American students on campus? What are the subject headings and finding aids...
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SPEC Kit 329: Managing Born-Digital Special Collections and Archival Materials (August 2012)
SPEC Kit 329 explores the tools, workflow, and policies special collections and archives staff use to process, manage, and provide access to born-digital materials they collect. It also looks at which...
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Association of Research Libraries Joins Library Groups in Support of Lending Rights
Today the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joined the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), who all work collectively as the Library Copyright...
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Research Library Issues, no. 279 (June 2012)
RLI issue 279 includes: Digitization of Special Collections and Archives: Legal and Contractual Issues Model Deed of Gift Model Deed of Gift, including Mixed IP Rights Model Digitization Agreement Copyright Risk...
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SPEC Kit 317: Special Collections Engagement (August 2010)
SPEC Kit 317 examines exhibits, events, instruction, and other activities that are targeted to engage students, faculty, and other scholars/researchers with special collections for research and education. It investigates who...
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Transforming Special Collections in the Digital Age Working Group
Charge developed in collaboration with the Chairs of TRL Steering Committee and of the Working Group, and with input from the Executive Committee. Endorsed by Executive Committee Feb 11, 2010...
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Principles to Guide Vendor/Publisher Relations in Large-Scale Digitization Projects of Special Collections Materials
Principles endorsed by the Association of Research Libraries Board of Directors on July 26, 2010. principles_large_scale_digitization.pdf
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Research Library Issues, no. 267 (Dec. 2009): Special Issue on Distinctive Collections
RLI issue 267 includes: Introduction: A Special Issue on Distinctive Collections Special Collections at the Cusp of the Digital Age: A Credo Moving Special Collections Forward in an Age of Discovery:...
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SPEC Kit 314: Processing Decisions for Manuscripts & Archives (November 2009)
SPEC Kit 314 examines the current policies and practices for processing manuscript and archival collections in Special Collections. It is organized around four general areas: personnel, job responsibilities and training;...