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Where museums, libraries, and archives intersect. Anne Van Camp RLG Manager, Member Initiatives

Where museums, libraries, and archives intersect. Anne Van Camp RLG Manager, Member Initiatives. June 2003 32 nd LIBER Annual General Conferece Rome, Italy. RLG Background. Nonprofit membership corporation Founded in 1974 160+ members in 15 countries

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Where museums, libraries, and archives intersect. Anne Van Camp RLG Manager, Member Initiatives

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  1. Where museums, libraries, and archives intersect. Anne Van Camp RLG Manager, Member Initiatives June 2003 32nd LIBER Annual General Conferece Rome, Italy

  2. RLG Background • Nonprofit membership corporation • Founded in 1974 • 160+ members in 15 countries • Headquarters in Mountain View, California; offices in New York City and London

  3. RLG Mission Through collaborative action, improve access to information that supports research and learning

  4. Types of RLG Members Museum National/ State University Primary Sources Public Research

  5. Online Information Resources • RLG Library Resources • RLG Union Catalog and Z39.50 Gateways • ESTC and Hand Press Books • SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs • RLG Citation Resources • RLG Archival Resources • The AMICO Library • RLG Cultural Materials

  6. Historical Ways of Providing Access to Primary Materials • Published guides • Unpublished guides • Good reference staff • Good scholarly guesswork • Conferences, articles pointing to stuff • Electronic access via bibliographic utilities

  7. Current Efforts Underway to Enhance Access • From collection level description to full-text finding aids • Various presentation strategies • Movement to standards • Taking best advantage of the web • Surfing vs. Organized access • Mediated to unmediated discovery

  8. New Technologies and Practice • Web as the preferred delivery vehicle • Emerging standards and practice for description • Greater appreciation for need to promote and integrate primary research materials

  9. Current Services • Archival Resources - union access to dispersed primary resources • Cross file searching • Unexpected content • Unified result

  10. RLG Cultural Materials • Digital objects documenting civilization • Digital surrogates of materials in all formats • Cross-searching among dispersed collections • Access to rare, fragile, or hidden treasures • Recreated or new “virtual collections” • Rights management framework

  11. Future Trends • More integration of related content • More digital surrogates available • New users, uses of primary material

  12. Learning More • General information about RLG: www.rlg.org/ • RLG Archival Resources: www.rlg.org/arr/ • RLG Cultural Materials: www.rlg.org/culturalres/ • RLG Library Resources: www.rlg.org/libres.html

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