scholarly journals LICENSING THE USE OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS MATERIALS

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Browar ◽  
Cathy Henderson ◽  
Michael North ◽  
Tara Wenger
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
History Of ◽  
Rare Books

This article has been written to assist special collections administrators who want to establish a fee policy and schedule for the publication (in any media or format) of original materials in their charge. The article examines the history of special collections’ approaches to this practice, offers a rationale for charging fees, discusses relevant copyright issues, and offers model policies and fee schedules. The article grew out of the work of an ad hoc committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. The Licensing and Reproduction of Special Collections Committee had been asked . . .

scholarly journals Controlling Goods or Promoting the Public Good: Choices for Special Collections in the Marketplace

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-63
Author(s):  
Michelle Light
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Rare Books

For the past few decades, many special collections repositories in the United States have charged licensing or use fees to those patrons who use or publish special collections materials for commercial purposes. In fact, about fifteen years ago the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries charged an ad hoc committee, the Licensing and Reproductions of Special Collections Committee, to “create a reasoned and articulate defense of libraries’ right to charge licensing fees for commercial uses of their materials.”2 The Committee noted that, historically, libraries allowed scholars to publish freely from the content they . . .

scholarly journals The Curious Case of a "Mayflower Bible"

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
Carolyn K. Coates
Keyword(s):  
Print Culture ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
History Of The Book ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Liberal Arts University ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Liberal Arts Institution ◽  
History Of ◽  
Rare Books

A library at a small liberal arts university receives from a donor an old book, which has long been assumed to be a Mayflower Bible. A staff librarian who is not accustomed to dealing with rare books reflects on the process of determining the true identity of the volume, its provenance, and the story behind it, with particular interest in the value of this experience to a library whose special collections are limited. Attention to the history of the book and of print culture demonstrate that even the most unlikely library gifts can serve the liberal arts institution through their value both as text and as artifact.

scholarly journals Book Review: Archives Alive: Expanding Engagement with Public Library Archives and Special Collections

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 243
Author(s):  
Melanie Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
First Century ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Rare Books

In Archives Alive, Diantha Dow Schull expertly demonstrates the strength, vitality, and importance of rare books, special collections, and archives departments located in public libraries rather than academic or research libraries. Schull’s purpose is two-fold. First, she demonstrates the breadth and depth of special collections in public libraries; second, she demonstrates how twenty-first-century special collections departments work, frequently with technology, to increase engagement with the publics they serve. The scope is limited to special collections departments in American public libraries, but within these parameters, coverage is exhaustive and strikes an appropriate balance between activities at large, well-funded institutions and smaller departments with more modest resources.

scholarly journals Aims and Approaches in Special Collections Assessment: A Case Study from the Osler Library

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-112
Author(s):  
Anna Dysert
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Rare Book ◽  
University Library ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Institutional Review ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
Rare Books

The Osler Library of the History of Medicine, a branch of the McGill University Library in Montreal, Quebec, is a research center for the history of medicine and science with significant rare book and archival holdings. As part of an institutional review launched in 2013, the Osler Library decided to look into methods of collections analysis to compile data about its collections and uncover subject strengths among items, enabling the library to better promote and communicate information about holdings to users, plan for growth, and target collections development. Collections assessment initiatives in rare books and special collections represent the coalescing . . .

scholarly journals Bringing Rare Books to Light: The State of the Profession

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa A. Hubbard ◽  
Ann K.D. Myers
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
White Paper ◽  
The State ◽  
Professional Discourse ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Association Of Research Libraries ◽  
Agenda Item ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Rare Books

When the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released the results of its 1998 survey of special collections, the backlog of unprocessed and uncataloged collections emerged as one of the most serious and daunting issues facing the profession. An increasingly enthusiastic professional discourse about the “hidden collections” problem, as it became known, has developed as a result. The ARL Special Collections Task Force, convened in 2001 and dissolved in 2006, focused on exposing hidden collections as a top agenda item, and produced the much-cited white paper, “Hidden Collections, Scholarly Barriers.” This active discourse has also induced a flurry of articles and . . .

scholarly journals THE EDUCATION AND HIRING OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIANS:: OBSERVATIONS FROM A RECENT RECRUIT

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-90
Author(s):  
Susan Stekel Rippley
Keyword(s):  
White Paper ◽  
National Meeting ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Association Of Research Libraries ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Rare Books

The topic of what skills and qualifications are required of special collections librarians has come up in numerous places in past months, including in an Association of Research Libraries (ARL) White Paper released in November 2004 and at the most recent (June 2005) Rare Books and Manuscripts (RBMS) Preconference in St. Louis. Not coincidentally, it also was the focus of a roundtable session at the April 2005 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) National Meeting in Minneapolis. This article summarizes the discussion at the latter event and points out how several themes have been recurring in other contexts. Those . . .

Consortium of European Research Libraries 2008: New Challenges

2009 ◽  
pp. 80-84
Author(s):  
Nailya F. Verbina ◽  
Andrei C. Masevich
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
International Research ◽  
Book History ◽  
Bibliographic Database ◽  
European Research ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
International Research Institute ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
History Of Culture

On the activities of one of the most significant international organizations connected with research of book history - Consortium of European Research Libraries. The creation of a bibliographic database of the printed book from 1452 to 1830, which was supposed to collect materials from libraries of Europe, was the goal of Consortium since the beginning of its foundation. The authors of the article write that today the activities of the Consortium is much broader, it turns into international research institute on the history of culture.

Writing and Ritual in Deuteronomy 28

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Quick
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
History Of ◽  
Important Means ◽  
Written Word ◽  
Ritual Process ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Ritual Context

This chapter argue that ritual behaviours might be just as good a source as literary texts for the diffusion of traditional cursing and treaty material across different cultures in the ancient Near East. In particular, the role of ad hoc oral Targum in the ritual process could have been an important means by which traditions were shared between different language communities. Recognition of the ritual context of this material also provides insights for the comparative method, the dating and authorship of Deuteronomy 28, and the subversive impetus thought to have stood behind its composition. Ultimately, the function of the written word in a largely oral world is shown to be fundamental to understanding the composition, function and the early history of the curses in the book of Deuteronomy.

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