Sanders, Emily
Fall 2016
Citation:
Evans, M. R. (2015). Modern Special
Collections: Embracing the Future While Taking Care of the Past. New Review Of Academic Librarianship, 21(2), 116-128.
doi:10.1080/13614533.2015.1040926
Summary: This article uses a broad framework
to decipher certain archival concepts in academic librarianship: collection,
connection, collaboration, and community. It uses that meaning to reflect on
changing landscape of special collections. It comes up with very practical
solutions to some common troubles facing modern special collections. It works
to embrace the past with regards to the present and future in what Evans calls
a “nontraditional strategic manner.”
Evaluation: I found this article is
tremendously informative. It is an alternative method of going about the
thought process-- as it contains literal thought and no measurable data-- but
it produces several insightful notions about modern special collections work.
The only problem is that the audience can’t be sure how well these methods work
as they aren’t put to practice in anyway.
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