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Positioning Special Collections at Penn State University
Mike FurloughJune 4 2013 New Haven CT
Past Forward! Meeting Stakeholder Needs in 21st Century Special Collections
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“….libraries and their institutions will increasingly be distinguished by the special collections of rare and unique materials that they hold…”
Don Waters, 2005
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“….taken to an extreme, the argument about institutional distinctiveness can also limit scholarly productivity by provoking the impulse to protect silo-like boundaries around collections...”
Don Waters, 2009
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Assessing Collections
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Collection Development Policy
DeaccessioningProcess ImprovementImproving Discovery
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University Region
Special Topics(for teaching and research)
Collections of Distinction
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Scholarly Communication
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Research & Scholarly Communications
Special Collections
Digitization & Preservation
Publishing and Curation Services
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“Data are the new special collections.”
Sayeed Choudhury, many times
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Univeristy Publication Outreach
ScholarSphere | “ArchiveSphere”
Digital Preservation
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Boundaries
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THANK YOU
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