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Thoughts at Half-time: The RLUK Unique and Distinctive Collections Project six months in

Thoughts at Half-time: The RLUK Unique and Distinctive Collections Project six months in Alison Cullingford RLUK Meeting, Aberdeen, 29 March 2012 #rlukudc @speccollbrad. Background. Collections have great potential Technology = more visible, accessible

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Thoughts at Half-time: The RLUK Unique and Distinctive Collections Project six months in

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  1. Thoughts at Half-time: The RLUK Unique and Distinctive Collections Project six months in Alison Cullingford RLUK Meeting, Aberdeen, 29 March 2012 #rlukudc @speccollbrad

  2. Background • Collections have great potential • Technology = more visible, accessible • BUT need specialist staff, resources • Under pressure in tough times • RLUK strategy: help libraries make most of collections

  3. The UDC Project • September 2011-September 2012 • Final Report will • Map situation • Showcase good practice • Offer helpful arguments and advice • Recommend actions by RLUK and others

  4. The UDC Project People • Alison Cullingford, Project Manager • Working with Mike Mertens of RLUK • Reporting to Project Board • Helped by Advisory Group of RLUK Special Collections people • And you!

  5. Many questions • Why do research libraries have/keep collections? • How can we define, identify, measure unique, distinctive? • Why do these qualities matter? • What about born-digital collections? • How can collections (be seen to) support missions?

  6. The Project ... • Not just “Special Collections” • Non-RLUK libraries too • Not a list of collections • Not just relevance to humanities

  7. Project is examining • Role of collections in • Research • Teaching • Community engagement • Fundraising • Marketing • And more ...

  8. Our work includes • Desk research including unpublished, social media • Gathering examples and case studies • Publicising a) the Project b) its findings

  9. The OCLC/RLUK Survey • Working closely with Project • Vital source of robust data • Recommendations taken forward into Project work • More on the Survey later this afternoon!

  10. Hidden Collections Survey • RLUK and London Library in 2010 • Wished to broaden, include archives • Project to publish in interim form to make evidence available now

  11. Lots of links • Such as ... • COPAC CM Tool • Preservation Learning Programme • Archives Discovery Agenda

  12. The Challenge “The present survey is timely and very welcome, but now it’s what is done with its findings—as soon as possible—that matters.” -- Respondent to OCLC/RLUK survey For Survey, read Report!

  13. Over to you

  14. Thank you! • Alison Cullingfordc/o Special Collections, J.B. Priestley Library, University of Bradford, Bradford. BD7 1DP.a.cullingford@bradford.ac.uk @speccollbrad • rlukuniqueanddistinctive.wordpress.com/

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