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- Title
Five Theses on the Future of Special Collections.
- Authors
Overholt, John
- Abstract
The author reflects on the future of special collections in libraries. He believes that digitization is driving the transformation of special collections librarianship. He emphasizes the friction in the process of matching users with the materials they need, adding that the content available online is too often trapped in institutional silos. He points out the need to look for new venues through which to share collections and opportunities to meet potential users. He also argues that special collections are entrusted to librarians to preserve them but preservation without use is empty.
- Subjects
LIBRARY special collections; DIGITIZATION of library materials; DIGITAL libraries; PRESERVATION of library materials; LIBRARY science; LIBRARY users
- Publication
RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, & Cultural Heritage, 2013, Vol 14, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
1529-6407
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5860/rbm.14.1.391