Library Trends articles from June 2003

Library Trends archives from June 2003

Introduction.
June 22, 2003... I WAS PLEASED TO ACCEPT F. W. Lancaster's invitation to add to the legacy of Michele Cloonan's 1987 Library Trends issue, "Recent Trends in Rare Book Librarianship," with a 2003 version, "Special Collections in the Twenty-First Century."...

The continuing development of special collections librarianship.
June 22, 2003... ABSTRACT THIS ESSAY INTRODUCES the overall subject of the present issue of Library Trends and puts into a contemporary and historical context all the pieces which follow. The authors look at the current world of special collections,...

"Everything old is new again": research collections at the American Antiquarian Society.
June 22, 2003... ABSTRACT THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY (AAS), founded in 1812, is the nation's oldest historical organization. Its library of books, serials, manuscripts, and graphic arts extends from the colonial period through the late nineteenth...

In the age of the Web: strategies for building a collection of primary sources for European history from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.
June 22, 2003... CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY and evolving trends in contemporary scholarship are enhancing the role of the research library as the principal custodian of the written and printed artifacts that serve as primary sources for studying the literature and...

The Elmer L. Andersen Library: accomplishing the impossible.
June 22, 2003... ABSTRACT USING THE PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION of the Elmer L. Andersen Library as a case study, this article explores the variety of planning and design issues that must be addressed in the building process. The Andersen Library...

Special collections outside the Ivory Tower.(Independent Research Library Association)
June 22, 2003... ABSTRACT SPECIAL COLLECTIONS MATERIALS are not only to be found in academic libraries; they can be found in museum, public and national, and independent research libraries as well. The focus of this paper is on independent research...

Mutually assured survival: library fund-raising strategies in a changing economy.
June 22, 2003... ABSTRACT THIS ESSAY EXAMINES THE CURRENT international economic disruption and its effect upon the scholarly and academic community, an effect that is exacerbated by what appears to be a fundamental shift in donor philosophy. Taken...

Public services and outreach in rare book, manuscript, and special collections libraries.
June 22, 2003... ABSTRACT RARE BOOK, MANUSCRIPT, AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS libraries remain both more difficult and more forbidding to use than any other parts of most libraries. A shift from an ethos that emphasized acquisition, cataloging, and...

New trends in cataloging rare and special materials.
June 22, 2003... ABSTRACT NOTE FROM THE ISSUE EDITOR: At the time of this issue's printing, this report is the best official documentation of the American Library Association's effort to update and enhance the Descriptive Cataloging of Pare Materials...

A brief look at recent developments in the preservation and conservation of special collections.
June 22, 2003... ABSTRACT DUE TO THE IRREPLACEABILITY OF MATERIALS as well as the innumerable variations in physical condition and storage needs, special collections present many challenges to preservation and conservation professionals. In reaction to...

Moving image preservation in libraries.(film and video)
June 22, 2003... ABSTRACT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS in libraries, an established practice of preservation for film and video collections is largely non-existent. By comparison, the scale of resources needed to achieve meaningful...

Digital imaging and conservation: model guidelines.
June 22, 2003... ABSTRACT ARTIFACTS ARE NOW BEING INCLUDED in digital imaging projects at an increasing rate. Digital imaging staff are rarely experienced in the handling or disposition of artifacts and often regard the artifact as being "preserved"...

Special collections in an international perspective.
June 22, 2003... ABSTRACT THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS the treatment of special collections in libraries in North America and the world. It looks first at issues of providing access for an increasingly broad and diverse readership but with limited resources....

The role of displaced book collections in culture.
June 22, 2003... ABSTRACT SHOULD RARE BOOKS TAKEN during times of war as "trophies" by the enemy be restored to their original owners? This is a controversial but increasingly important issue for special collections libraries worldwide. Attempted...

The ARL special collections initiative.(Association of Research Libraries)
June 22, 2003... ABSTRACT IN NOVEMBER 2001, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) announced the formation of a Task Force on Special Collections charged with developing an action plan to address a set of issues deemed significant by the ARL Board...

Authenticity and affect: when is a watch not a watch?
June 22, 2003... ABSTRACT AUTHENTICITY--THE VERIFIABLE CLAIM that an object is what it purports to be--is crucial for the value of an artifact as evidence, cultural object, research source, and object worthy of collecting, curating, and preserving. This...

Afterword.(speech from 1991 Sol M. Malkin Lecture in Bibliography)
June 22, 2003... ON 16 DECEMBER 1991, I gave the seventh Sol M. Malkin Lecture in Bibliography on "The Future of Rare Book Libraries" at the School of Library Service (SLS), Columbia University." (In assessing this honor, bear in mind that I am the person...