Public services and outreach in rare book, manuscript, and special collections libraries.
From: Library Trends
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Date: 6/22/2003
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Author: Traister, Daniel
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 preservation has brought into new prominence issues generally grouped together under the rubric of "promotion." This essay considers some of the ways in which this addition to the ethos of special collections has the potential to change for the better the ...
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