The Past, Present, and Future of Libraries
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The Past, Present, and Future of Libraries

Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 110, Part 3)

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eBook - PDF

The Past, Present, and Future of Libraries

Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 110, Part 3)

About this book

In October 2018, the Amer, Philosophical Soc. (APS) gathered a group of scholars, library professionals, & thought leaders to discuss the past, present, & future of the library. This also marked the 275th ann'y. of the APS, founded by Benjamin Franklin & several friends. Topics include: The Female Mind & the Art of Reading across the Color Line; Academic Libraries Supporting Change in Amer. Higher Educ., 1860-1920; Building the Native Amer. Collection at Amherst College; Toward Authentic Accessibility in Digital Libraries; Changing Attitudes Toward Access to Special Collections; Preservation of Electronic Gov't. Info.; Speculation on the Future of Library Curation; The Collection Is the Network; Future Frontiers for Special Collections Libraries. Illus.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Contributors
  3. Librarian's Note
  4. I. Reading Communities
  5. 1 From Literary Salon to Library: The Female Mind and the Art of Reading Across the Color Line
  6. 2 Women of the Roxburghe Club: Bibliomania, Country Houses, and Bridges to the Twenty-First Century
  7. II. Building Collections
  8. 3 Ushering in the Era of Expansion: Academic Libraries Supporting Change in American Higher Education, 1860-1920
  9. 4 Decolonizing Special Collections: Building the Native American Literature Collection at Amherst College
  10. III. Access and Accessibility
  11. 5 Take Me into the Library and Show Me Myself: Toward Authentic Accessibility in Digital Libraries
  12. 6 Changing Attitudes Toward Access to Special Collections
  13. 7 Preservation of Electric Government Information: An Urgent National Priority
  14. IV. Tools and Technologies
  15. 8 The Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts: A Special Collections Research Tool for the Twenty-First Century
  16. 9 Virtual Reality and the Academic Library of the Future
  17. 10 The New Wave of Digital Collections: Speculating on the Future of Library Curation
  18. V. Networks, Collaboration, Community
  19. 11 The Collection Is the Network: Collection, Collaboration, and Cooperation at Network Scale
  20. 12 Refworld: Future Frontiers for Special Collections Libraries
  21. Index