Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction
Lynne M. Thomas and Beth M. Whittaker
Chapter 1: The Rare Book Librarian's Day, Revisited
Melanie Griffin
Chapter 2: Reading Room and Reference (Re)Vision: The Transformation of Reader Services
Mattie Taormina
Chapter 3: "Oh, Wow!": Assessment and Affective Learning in Special Collections and Archives
Anne Bahde
Chapter 4: Developing K–12 Outreach Methods for Special Collections Centers
Amy Chen, Lisa Crane, Melanie Meyers, Charlotte Priddle, and Abby Saunders
Chapter 5: Teaching with Special Collections: Alliances Between Cultural Heritage Professionals
Maureen E. Maryanski
Chapter 6: History, Memory, Community, Leadership: Collections-Based Programming in Congressional Archives
Audrey McKanna Coleman
Chapter 7: Collecting Printed Books in a Digital Age
John Overholt
Chapter 8: Digital Acquisitions and Appraisal
Sarah Barsness and Anjanette Schussler
Chapter 9: Documenting Ferguson: Collecting Current Events in Archives
Meredith R. Evans
Chapter 10: Dance Companies as Living Archives: Protecting the Future by Preserving the Present
Supriya Wronkiewicz
Chapter 11: Success with Donors: Practical Approaches that Work for All
Sherry Williams
Chapter 12: You and What Army?: Making the Most of Student and Volunteer Labor in Contemporary Special Collection and Archives
Dana M. Miller
Chapter 13: A Janus Perspective: Origins and Future of 21st-Century Preservation and Conservation in Library and Archives Special Collections
Priscilla Anderson and Whitney Baker
Chapter 14: Top Ten Questions and Answers about Digital Preservation for Special Collections and Archives
Lynne M. Thomas and Jaime L. Schumacher
Chapter 15: Discovery of Special Collections Resources at Web Scale: Opportunities and Challenges for Metadata Librarians
Christine DeZelar-Tiedman
Chapter 16: Special Files on the Semantic Web: Using Linked Data to Revitalize Special Collections Catalogs
Allison Jai O'Dell
Chapter 17: Old Challenges, New Solutions: Leveraging Organizational Change to Construct a New Future
Jennifer O'Brien Roper and Ivey Glendon
Chapter 18: Open Access and Copyright in Archives and Special Collections
Heather Briston
Chapter 19: Leaving Privacy in the Past?: Exploring a Curatorial Conundrum
Judith Weiner
Chapter 20: Succession Planning for 21st Century Special Collections Leadership: Initial Steps
Athena Jackson
Chapter 21: Towards a Culture of Social Media in Special Collections
Colleen Thiessen
Afterword
Index
About the Editors and Contributors