New: A Blog For "Unique And Distinctive Collections Project" From RLUK
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Unique and Distinctive Collections: A Research Libraries UK Project
From the RLUK Web Site:
This project aims to maximise the potential of unique and distinctive collections (UDCs) in RLUK libraries. Traditionally known as special collections, UDCs are common and prominent features of large research libraries and have helped define their identities and patterns of use. Such collections may consist of all types of documentary material: manuscripts and archives, books, pamphlets and periodicals, maps, graphic materials, sound and moving image material, as well as born-digital and digitised collections. Individual items may be unique or distinctive, but often these qualities derive from their gathering into larger collections or links to the history of the institution, region or research strengths.
Learn More About the Project
See Also: Unique and Distinctive Collections: revised project plan (13 pages; PDF)
See Also: RLUK Appoints a new Unique and Distinctive Collections Project Manager (September 16, 2011)
Filed under: Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, Maps
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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