Special Collections Libraries in the Digital Age

Cullen, Charles T.

doi:10.1300/j111v35n03_07

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“…This particular form of collection development, the curation of works containing archival information, offers institutions an additional mechanism for developing archival collections, through the acquisition of published surrogates (Kline and Perdue, 2008, pp. xi-xii; Anderson, 2004, p. 107; Cullen, 2002, pp. 89-90).…”

Section: Building Collections Through the Acquisition Of Archival Informationmentioning

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Archives in the stacks: documentary editions in collections

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2019

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate the role of documentary editions in supporting the development of historical collections in libraries, their function as evidential and informational objects and considerations for their evaluation in collection development. Framed as objects possessing bibliographic and archival characteristics, attention is given to the evaluative challenges these objects present during collection development. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides an archival and bibliographic analysis of documentary editions through examining and discussing their archival and bibliographic elements. Consideration is given to how these elements are expressed as information and evidence, how they operate as scholarly and archive-like objects and how they acquire value as collected objects. This approach clarifies the informational and evidential characteristics of these works, offering a framework for their evaluation in libraries. Findings Documentary editions possess archival and bibliographic characteristics, requiring that evaluators critique the scholarly value and archival integrity of their content. This has implications for the curation of archival objects in library collections, where library and archival expertise can support a more nuanced assessment of these works. Originality/value The blurred documentary character of these works has been identified by scholars (Cox, 1991). This paper presents evaluative considerations. Here, these characteristics are clarified, and an approach for evaluating these works is offered.

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Section: Building Collections Through the Acquisition Of Archival Informationmentioning

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Archives in the stacks: documentary editions in collections

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2019

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“…The result of this has been the ubiquitous digitization of collections, with little analysis as to why or how much of a particular collection is digitized. This leads to resources being directed unevenly toward one collection or one format, at the expense of others (Cullen, 2001). For example, with the popularity of digital exhibits, visual formats (photographs, postcards, audiovisual materials, etc.)…”

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Digital decisions: user-driven digitization

Sussmeier

Perez

2021

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine digitization selection strategies to optimize usage by examining digital collections at Stockton University, comparing the library-driven projects to the community-driven ones. Design/methodology/approach Case study of digitization selection strategy for Special Collections and University Archives, comparing library-driven to community-driven approaches. Findings Based on webpage analytics of the digital collections, community-driven digitization projects are more successful than library-driven ones. Research limitations/implications As a case study, this paper only analyzes a select number of digital collections from one institution. Practical implications Those responsible for digitization selection may wish to allow community members to propose collections for digitization. Originality/value To the authors’ best knowledge, no other known studies have used user analytics to compare community-driven digitization projects to library-driven ones.

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Special Collections Libraries in the Digital Age

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Archives in the stacks: documentary editions in collections

Archives in the stacks: documentary editions in collections

Digital decisions: user-driven digitization

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