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The study presents detailed interviews with the
directors of rare books and document collections at Duke
University, the University of Saskatchewan, Cardiff
University, Bryn Mawr College, Hamilton College, the
University of Glasgow, and Amherst College. The directors
discuss in detail issues such as collection security,
acquisitions, donor management strategy, digitization,
marketing and outreach to students, faculty and outside users,
exhibits, budgets, and much more.
Dr. Naomi Nelson, Director of the
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke
University, discusses the impact of the largest gift received
by the Duke Libraries, a $13.6 million donation earmarked for
the rare books collection. Dr. Nelson also discusses in
detail the history of the collection's growth and the impact
of donors.
Julie Gardham, Senior Librarian and
Manager of Special Collections at the University of
Glasgow, discusses, among many other issues, Special
Collections’ digitization efforts and its participation
in the Rare Books in Scotland (RBiS) forum facilitated
by the National Library of Scotland for members of staff in
Scottish libraries and other organizations that have
responsibility for collections of rare
books.
At Bryn Mawr College, Eric
Pumroy, Associate Chief Information Officer and Seymour Adelman Head of Special
Collections, discuss the impact on Special Collections of the
College’s move to a Drupal-driven content management
system, as well as, among other issues, the role Bryn Mawr
College plays in the Philadelphia Area Consortium of
Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL).
Tim Hutchinson, Head of University
Archives & Special Collections at the University of
Saskatchewan, explains how the university‘s Archives and
Special Collections divisions cooperate and how the two
departments handled a literal doubling of their floor space in
recent years.
Christian Goodwillie, Director and
Curator of Special Collections & Archives at Hamilton
College, takes readers on a tour of the Hamilton collection
and one of its jewels, the Communal Societies Collection,
which gathers approximately 2,500 items on communal societies,
with a particular emphasis on the Shakers. He also discusses
how to find treasures “in the stacks,” as he puts
it.
Peter Keelan, Head of Cardiff
University’s Special Collections and Archives (SCOLAR),
talks about how SCOLAR is active in seeking out
funding and regularly brings in funds for “cataloging,
conservation, and digitization” and discusses in detail
how Special Collections has prioritized digitization
projects by surveying all of the academic schools across
campus, culling responses from a dozen academics with
preferences on what they’d like to see
digitized.
Mike Kelly, Head of Archives &
Special Collections at Amherst College, explains the
development of a three-way campus partnership between Frost
Library, Information Technology Services, and the Digital
Programs Department that resulted in the establishment of
Amherst College Digital Collections
(ACDC).
