“Laying the Building Blocks for Our Collaborative Digital Future: Outreach at the University of Vermont Libraries’ Center for Digital Initiatives” by Robin M. Katz; “Among Friends: Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges’ ...

As pedagogical methods for using special collections materials continue to evolve, exciting innovations are beginning to emerge from our classrooms. In this seminar, three librarians present tools, projects, class models, ...

To address backlogs of unprocessed materials, more special collections libraries are involving students in their workflows. This practice not only expedites the processing of collections by talented young scholars, it also ...

How can catalogers and archivists better work together for the benefit of their users, public services staff, conservators, and the collection in general? More and more people self-identify as “special collections catalogers” ...

Don’t be frightened! “Hybrid collections” are a relatively new thing. What are the four or five simple things that everyone – librarian, archivist, administrator – needs to know? The authorities in this seminar will demystify ...

OCLC Research has just completed a survey of special collections and archives in academic and research libraries in the U.S. and Canada. Five library consortia participated: RLG, ARL, IRLA, Oberlin, and CARL (Canada). The ...