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CARL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

CARL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. CLA 2013 LORRAINE BUSBY MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND. So what’s so special about special collections?. Well, frankly, everything!. Background. Taking Our Pulse: The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives (Oct. 2010)

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CARL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

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  1. CARL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CLA 2013 LORRAINE BUSBY MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND

  2. So what’s so special aboutspecial collections?

  3. Well, frankly, everything!

  4. Background • Taking Our Pulse: The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives(Oct. 2010) • CARL survey of special collections at 27 member libraries (April 2012) • Digitization of Special Collections and Archives: Legal and Contractual Issues(Jun. 2012)

  5. Purpose of Survey • To better understand the nature and operations of special collections in Canadian research libraries – now and in the future • No recommendations at this point • Survey starts a discussion about the future of special collections in Canada

  6. Hidden Treasures • Primary sources for scholarship • Attracts the best researchers • Engages communities • Enhances reputations • Enriches student learning • Low use • Not always valued by parent institutions • Require substantial investments in • Space • Funding • Specialist staffing Valuable assets? Expensive & under utilized?

  7. Today’s Goals • To share results from the CARL survey • To discuss challenges identified in the survey • To seek your input and suggestions for projects, directions, solutions to the items identified

  8. CARL Survey Highlights • Significant physical and virtual space is needed • Increasingly acquisition policies are narrowing and becoming more restrictive in scope • There is no ‘best’ funding model • There are no measures to demonstrate the return on investment

  9. CARL Survey Highlights (cont.) • Additional investments of staff, particularly with skills in digitization and digital management knowledge, are predicted • Funding in-house digitization efforts remains elusive • Corollary investments are needed in access tools, computer storage capacity, and preservation mechanisms for perpetual access

  10. Challenges • Need for long term solutions for physically & virtually storing special collections • Need for policies to deal with the acquisition, access, and restrictions of various collections • Need for meaningful measures to demonstrate ROI and impact • Need to add & develop specialized staff skills in digitization, marketing, and promoting

  11. Challenges (cont.) • Need for more funding • Internal funding sources • Grants • Donors • Endowments • Need for greater preservation • Need to ensure perpetual access

  12. Identified Priorities • Contributing to a national strategy • Facilitate information sharing • Preservation support • Coordination of digitization projects to reduce duplication & redundancies

  13. CARL’s Role is to: • Provide leadership • Advocate • Coordinate, and • Facilitate

  14. Today’s Discussions • Your ideas, suggestions, and contributions re: • Changing patterns in use • Strategies to increase use • Strategies to measure & report ROI

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  16. THANK YOU

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